Hangman Pro vs Crookhaven
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hangman Pro
Challenge your vocabulary with this classic word-guessing game. Play solo against your device or with a friend, choosing from a variety of word categories. It faithfully recreates the nostalgic chalkboard experience.
- One player mode
- Two player mode
- Multiple word categories
- Chalkboard visual style
- Vocabulary building
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Think you have a good vocabulary? Take on your iPhone or a friend in this chalkboard classic and find out how good your vocabulary really is. Hangman Pro is the best Hangman game available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game faithfully captures every detail of the classic Hangman experience, right down to the chalk dust. Hangman Pro supports one player and two player gameplay, so you can let a friend choose a word or have your phone select a word from a broad range of categories. Word list categories include: -Easy -Standard -Hard -Animals -Food -Geography -Holidays -SAT -TOEFL Build your vocabulary and have a blast at the same time. Download Hangman Pro today and let the fun begin!
Crookhaven
Embark on a captivating treasure hunt in a charming seaside town. Decipher cryptic clues and uncover the secrets of a lost pirate fortune buried beneath the town's rich history. Prepare for a thrilling adventure filled with intriguing characters.
- Treasure hunt adventure
- Decipher cryptic clues
- Uncover lost pirate fortune
- Explore a seaside town
- Engage with intriguing characters
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Embark on a captivating treasure hunt in the charming seaside town of Crookhaven, where mysteries unfold and legends come to life. Navigate a quaint coastal landscape, decipher cryptic clues, and uncover the secrets of a lost pirate fortune buried beneath the town's rich history. Prepare for a thrilling adventure filled with intriguing characters in this beautiful new adventure from Fire Maple Games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Crookhaven at daily against Hangman Pro's every 8 months. Hangman Pro's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 71%) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Hangman Pro costs $1.99 and Crookhaven $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Hangman Pro against 4.3 for Crookhaven. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 169 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Hangman Pro's written reviews are positive against 71% of Crookhaven's.
Hangman Pro ships an update every 8 months, Crookhaven daily. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Hangman Pro | Crookhaven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (76 ratings) — better | 4.3 (169 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 71.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 169 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #53 — better | #138 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 358 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | Fire Maple Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Hangman Pro
Crookhaven
User reviews
Hangman Pro
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧠 Excellent vocabulary building and mental stimulation
- 📚 Challenging word selection, especially hard difficulty level
- ⚡ Works offline without internet connection
- 👨👧👦 Great for family play and children's education
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay
Room to improve
- 🔤 Font is hard to read and poorly designed
- 😤 Extremely difficult with many short words
- ⚠️ Game difficulty feels unbalanced
- 🎮 Limited gameplay variety and mechanics
- 💾 Game crashes and progress loss issues
Crookhaven
From 169 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful artwork and graphics
- 🤔 Engaging puzzles and mysteries
- 🕹️ Fun and immersive gameplay
- 🕰️ Lengthy and satisfying experience
- 🎮 Charming and nostalgic Fire Maple style
Room to improve
- 🗺️ Overly large and confusing map
- 🔁 Repetitive fetch quests and back-and-forth
- 🤖 Obvious use of AI-generated art
- 🔋 Overheating issues on some devices
- 💰 Expensive for an older-style point-and-click game
Bugs and requests
Hangman Pro
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes on iPhone 11 Pro before opening
- Game adds missed word when playing offline
- Win/loss ratio corrupted after reaching 100 games
- Game incorrectly marks words as lost on login
- Long startup time
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- Incompatible with iPhone X and iOS 11
- Stuck in word-writing mode unable to return to normal play
Requested features
16 requests- Multiplayer online mode to play with remote opponents
- Two-player mode with shared word selection
- Landscape mode support for larger screens
- Ability to extend number of wrong guesses allowed
- Rollover unused tries to next game
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- Word definitions and dictionary lookup
- Display winning words after game completion
- Time-based scoring system
- Bonus points for perfect games (zero wrong guesses)
- More word categories (cars, characters, etc.)
- Ability to save game progress mid-play
- Spell-check functionality
- Additional body parts for more guesses
- Filter options (minimum word length, specific categories)
- Help/tutorial page
- Local WiFi multiplayer mode
Crookhaven
Reported bugs
2 issues- Black screen issues on launch
- Inventory item display glitches
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to teleport between locations
- More intuitive map with location markers
- Clearer objectives and less backtracking
- Option to disable AI-generated art
- Improved performance optimization
In-app purchases
Hangman Pro
No in-app purchases
Crookhaven
No in-app purchases
Questions
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