Crossword Solver Silver vs Crossword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crossword Solver Silver
This app helps you solve challenging crossword puzzles quickly and easily. Enter known letters to instantly find solutions from an extensive word database. Perfect for when you need a little help with difficult crosswords.
- Solve puzzles quickly
- Enter known letters for solutions
- Instant results
- Access over 280,000 words
- Multiple word sets (Standard, Expanded, Jargon, Names)
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Solve the toughest crossword puzzles FAST and EASILY on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch now with Crossword Solver! Do you enjoy playing those challenging crossword puzzles online and in our daily newspapers, but after you've given it your best and still can't find the answer don't you wish you had a little help? Now you do! Just enter the known letters in to the text box and press Solve Crossword. That's it... within seconds the solution is presented in the results text box! Select from our Standard, Expanded, Jargon, and Names word sets... giving you instant access to over 280,000 words at your fingertips!
Crossword
Engage with a vast collection of American-style crosswords, featuring adjustable grid sizes and difficulty levels. Enjoy unlimited on-the-fly generated puzzles and utilize helpful tools like validation and a built-in solver. Supports multiple languages and spelling preferences for a personalized experience.
- Adjustable grid zoom and movement
- Multiple grid sizes and difficulty levels
- On-the-fly grid generation for unlimited play
- Thousands of straight and general knowledge clues
- US/UK English spelling options
- Built-in crossword solver and hints
- Crosswords in French, German, and Dutch
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Play a large range of crosswords. All use the usual American style grids, such as is used in the NY Times, USA Today and many other newspapers Note that all the answers and clues use US English spellings, and that the general knowledge clues are tailored for US players. Features: • You can zoom in & out of the grid, and move around, making it possible to play larger grids even on smaller screens • There is a large range of built in grids, from sizes 11x11, 13x13 and 15x15 at different difficulty levels. Most have just 16% black squares, per the standard definition • In addition a new grid of sizes up to 8x8 can be generated on-the-fly by the app, meaning unlimited games to play • Many 1000's of clues, both straight and general knowledge • Choose between US or UK English spellings • General knowledge questions tailored to your country (currently US, UK, Australia and Canada) • Ability to save and reload games, so several games can be played at the same time • Numerous aids in case you get stuck, e.g. validate word/letter, reveal word and even a built-in crossword solver to show potential matches • Easily flip between different crosswords, just like a crossword puzzle book • Also includes crosswords in French, German and Dutch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crossword at 4.4 against Crossword Solver Silver's 3.5. Crossword also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 32%) and ratings volume (150 vs 11). Crossword Solver Silver's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Crossword sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Crossword Solver Silver asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crossword holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossword has 150 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Crossword Solver Silver's written reviews are positive against 70% of Crossword's.
Crossword Solver Silver ships an update every 2 months, Crossword every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Crossword Solver Silver | Crossword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) | 4.4 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Procypher Software Co. | Havos |
Customer experience
Crossword Solver Silver
Crossword
Bugs and requests
Crossword Solver Silver
Reported bugs
35 issues- App closes when checking second word
- Does not work in portrait orientation
- SOLVE button behind camera on iPhone
- App closes after using 'look up' facility
- Display issues on iPhone 11 screen notch
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- Switch to landscape from portrait is poor
- 'Look up' facility loses app functionality
- Ads across input space, won't go away
- No keyboard
- Ads cause app to lock up
- Partially blank screen after update
- White square on screen, cannot type
- Freezes if not connected to internet
- Ads obliterate top section, nowhere to type
- Keyboard disappears after closing ad
- Keyboard does not pop up
- Ads pop up over whole screen
- Keyboard disappears without trace
- App freezes after closing ad apps
- Keyboard does not appear after closing ad
- Ads intrude to the point of making it unusable
- Ads gone balmy, can't clear screen
- Keyboard doesn't appear, ads annoying
- Ads pop up then keyboard is lost
- Ads screw up keyboard access
- Keyboard does not appear, useless
- Cannot type in a '?', iPad keyboard issue
- Cannot rotate or deselect text entry box
- App won't work after OS upgrade
- Lite version won't do anything without purchase
- Stumped by simple words or swamps with useless words
- Doesn't do anything, interactive with keyboard
- Cannot see crossword, no help
- Doesn't solve anything
- Expired after short trial, asked to buy full version
Requested features
7 requests- Add missing words to dictionary
- Option to pay for ad-free version
- Add '?' to letter keyboard
- Ability to explore multiple words
- Add clue input functionality
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- Fix cursor placement for '?'
- Fix iOS dictionary integration
Crossword
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crossword Solver Silver
No in-app purchases
Crossword
- Supporter (no ads)$4.991 Year
- Stack of 1300 Coins$0.99
- Stack of 3000 Coins$1.99
- Stack of 8000 coins$3.99
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- Stack of 20000 Coins$9.99
Questions
Is Crossword Solver Silver free?
Is Crossword free?
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