Comparison

Crostix Pro vs Pics 2 Words

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Crostix Pro

This app offers a digital library of acrostic puzzles, a word game similar to crosswords where letters from answers form a hidden quote. It provides automatic letter placement and features like hints, scoring, and adjustable font sizes for an engaging puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Automatic letter placement
  • 150+ included puzzles
  • In-app puzzle purchases
  • Hint system for letters/words
  • Scoring based on hints used
  • Adjustable font size
  • Device rotation support
Features
Currently charting
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Welcome to the world of acrostics! An acrostic, also called a crostic or double crostic, is a cousin of crossword puzzles, with clues and answers whose letters are rearranged to form a quote from a famous (or not-so-famous) author. If you're familiar with acrostics, you will quickly see how convenient they are on the iPhone, because letters are automatically copied to the correct place as you type them in. Crostix, the online library of acrostic puzzles, is now available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It includes 150 puzzles, from easy to fiendishly hard, and you can buy more puzzles right in the application. The program has all the features you'd expect: - get hints for a single letter or an entire word, - see your score, based on how many hints you needed, - change the font size by pinching, - rotate the device as you like, and - get help on all program options. If you're new to the world of acrostics, the application also includes a short tutorial to get you started.

About

Pics 2 Words

Engage in a graphically updated word search game with infinite puzzles across eight difficulty levels. Search for words describing hidden images horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and backwards. Compete with friends online or play offline.

Highlights
  • Infinite individual puzzles
  • Eight difficulty levels
  • Multilingual word search
  • Versatile search directions
  • Online competition with friends
  • Help function for hints
Features
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Do you love word search games? Then the graphically updated version of the classic word search game is just the right app for you! New and infinite individual puzzles are generated in eight different levels of difficulty. This game is suitable for both young people and adults, thanks to its varying levels of difficulty and easy usability. Over 500 images are hidden in the puzzles! Features: - Multilingual: Search for words that describe the images in German, English, French, and Spanish. Perfect for those who want to learn new words in other languages. - Various Categories: The images in the puzzles come from categories such as food, animals, transportation, household appliances, colors, sports, and more. No game is the same! - Versatile Search: The words must be searched not only horizontally and vertically but also diagonally and backwards. A real challenge! - Help Function: If you don't know which word describes the picture, simply click on the image to display the searched word. - Competition: Play on the go or compete online with your friends by measuring the time it takes you to find all the pictures. - Ad-Free: Unlock the app to play without ads. How does the game work? Mark the descriptive word of a picture, and it will be removed from the list. The game is finished once you have found all the hidden words. Pics2Words is a free word search game that was completely redesigned in 2024. Download it now and enjoy endless puzzle fun! Ad-Free Playing: You can unlock this app to play without ads.

Screenshots

Crostix Pro3 screens
Pics 2 Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pics 2 Words at Free against Crostix Pro's $4.99. Crostix Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#112 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pics 2 Words is free to download; Crostix Pro costs $4.99 up front. Crostix Pro sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pics 2 Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Crostix Pro against 4.6 for Pics 2 Words. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crostix Pro has 55 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crostix Pro ships an update every 4 months, Pics 2 Words every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Crostix Pro versus Pics 2 Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrostix ProPics 2 Words
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (55 ratings) — better4.6 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings55 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#112 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian MountfordAsgardSoft GmbH

Customer experience

Crostix Pro

All ratings51 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.4%

Pics 2 Words

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Crostix Pro

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Library is gone, no record of puzzles
  • App not working with latest iOS
  • In-app purchases do not all work
  • Books 10 & 11 will not open
  • AppStore shows purchased but app says waiting for data
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  • App crashes
  • In-app purchase feature does not work
  • Paid for book, charged again after update
  • Completed puzzles show blank after update
  • App is waiting for data
  • Misspelling in puzzle quote
  • Cannot buy Book 5
  • App only checks for new puzzles every 30 days

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more puzzles
  • Add free starting letters
  • Add ability to skip filled squares
  • Add display for first letters of clue answers
  • Add score tracking
Show 5 more
  • Add more challenging puzzles
  • Add more US-centric puzzles
  • Add more religious references
  • Add dark mode
  • Add puzzle title in top bar

Pics 2 Words

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Crostix Pro

One-time10
  • Crostix Book Four$1.99
  • Guest Author: Gordon Frakes$1.99
  • Crostix Book Five$1.99
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  • Crostix Book Six$1.99
  • Crostix Book Seven$1.99
  • Guest Author: Gordon Frakes 2$1.99
  • Crostix Book Eight$1.99
  • Crostix Book Nine$1.99
  • Crostix Book Ten$1.99
  • Crostix Book Eleven$1.99
1 purchases

Pics 2 Words

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Crostix Pro free?
Crostix Pro costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Pics 2 Words free?
Pics 2 Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crostix Pro or Pics 2 Words?
Crostix Pro is rated higher. Crostix Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while Pics 2 Words averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Crostix Pro or Pics 2 Words have ads?
Pics 2 Words shows ads; Crostix Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Crostix Pro or Pics 2 Words?
Crostix Pro ships an update every 4 months, and Pics 2 Words every 3 months. Most recently, Crostix Pro was updated on November 10, 2026 and Pics 2 Words on November 1, 2026.

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