Crossword Solver Silver vs Crossword Scanner
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 Scanner
Capture crosswords from physical media or digital screenshots and solve them on your device. Features a live preview for accurate scanning and an intuitive interface for inputting answers.
- Scan crosswords with live preview
- Import from device gallery
- Solve scanned crosswords on device
- Tap to edit horizontally/vertically
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Scan and solve crosswords from newspapers, magazines and the likes directly on your iPhone or iPad! * Scan * Use the amazing 4K live preview to capture accurate representations of your crosswords from magazines or newspapers. Import directly from the device gallery to use screenshots from your digital subscriptions. Always make sure you only scan crosswords you either own or are allowed to copy. * Solve * Once you have scanned your crossword, it is available for solving on your device. Tap a character spot once to edit horizontally; once more on the same spot to edit vertically.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crossword Solver Silver at 3.5 against Crossword Scanner's 1.3. Crossword Solver Silver also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Crossword Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment and device support 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 Scanner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Crossword Solver Silver asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crossword Solver Silver holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Crossword Solver Silver's written reviews are positive against 33% of Crossword Scanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Crossword Solver Silver ships an update every 2 months, Crossword Scanner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crossword Solver Silver | Crossword Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Procypher Software Co. | Havnør |
Customer experience
Crossword Solver Silver
Crossword Scanner
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 Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crossword Solver Silver
No in-app purchases
Crossword Scanner
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Quarterly$4.993 Months
- Yearly$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
- Enable sharing$39.99
Questions
Is Crossword Solver Silver free?
Is Crossword Scanner free?
Which has better reviews, Crossword Solver Silver or Crossword Scanner?
Do Crossword Solver Silver or Crossword Scanner have ads?
Which is updated more often, Crossword Solver Silver or Crossword Scanner?
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