Crossword Solver Silver vs Crosswords
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!
Crosswords
Enjoy daily crossword puzzles from various newspapers and sources, with features like hints, clue lookups, and progress tracking. Upgrade for automatic puzzle downloads and access to an extensive library of challenging crosswords.
- Daily new puzzles
- Hints and clue lookups
- Progress tracking
- US and UK Cryptic puzzles
- Automatic background downloads
- Extensive puzzle sources
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"… the definitive source for puzzles for iOS…" -- the New York Times Play the Award Winning Crosswords on your iPad or iPhone, optimized for iOS 27! Each day many newspapers provide their crossword puzzles online; wake up each day to new puzzles, solve them, get hints, view clues, and track how quickly you're improving! • Touch and hold a square to view hints • US and UK Cryptic puzzles available • Hints, Websites, and Clue lookups • Enter answers in 'ink' or 'pencil' • Quickly see your recently played, or sort by date, difficulty or source • Detailed info on each puzzle • Post your solve times online and compare with other solvers After upgrading, you can also: • Automatically get new puzzles every day • Access nearly unlimited puzzles from many different sources • Grab older puzzles with a tap • Download new puzzles automatically in the background Upgraded Puzzle Sources: • Brendan Emmett Quigley's Weekly Puzzle • Inkwell Crossword (Archives only) • Village Voice (Archives only) • Chronicle of Higher Education (Archives only) • King Features Crosswords (Joseph, Sheffer, and Premier) • People Magazine (Archives only) • Newsday (Archives only) • Andy Kravis, Cruciverbist at Law • Glutton for Pun • MacNamara’s Band • Murchie’s Monday Fills • Neville Fogarty • Puzzle Express • The Stickler Weekly • World of Crosswords Premium Crosswords subscription required: • Matt Gaffney’s Crossword Contest • American Values Crossword • Crooked Crosswords Providers list subject to change. •• For support, please visit our website at http://www.standalone.com •• Privacy Policy: https://www.standalone.com/legal/ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crosswords at 4.3 against Crossword Solver Silver's 3.5. Crosswords also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (579 vs 11). Crossword Solver Silver's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Crosswords sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Crossword Solver Silver asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crosswords holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crosswords has 579 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Crossword Solver Silver's written reviews are positive against 30% of Crosswords'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, Crosswords every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Crossword Solver Silver | Crosswords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) | 4.3 (579 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.0% of reviews — better | 29.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 579 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Procypher Software Co. | Stand Alone, Inc. |
Customer experience
Crossword Solver Silver
Crosswords
User reviews
Crossword Solver Silver
From 11 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful for crosswords
- 👍 Useful tool
- 👍 Solves difficult puzzles
- 👍 Good dictionary
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 😠 Intrusive ads
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Keyboard issues
- 🐛 Display problems
- 🐛 App freezes
Crosswords
From 579 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Diverse and challenging puzzles
- 👍 Clean and user-friendly interface
- 💡 Ability to check/reveal answers
- 👍 Responsive developers
Room to improve
- 🐛 Stability issues and crashes
- 🐛 Bugs with navigation and menu
- 🐛 Inconsistent puzzle download functionality
- 🔒 Lack of accessibility for visually impaired users
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
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
Crosswords
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzle grid freezing or displaying blank
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
- Inability to access or download certain puzzle sources
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to delete puzzles
- Comprehensive error checking and feedback
- Customizable keyboard and gestures
In-app purchases
Crossword Solver Silver
No in-app purchases
Crosswords
- Dell Crosswords$1.99
- Edited by Ben Tausig, Vol. 1$1.99
- Ridonkulous Crosswords$1.99
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- Brendan Emmett Quigley's Faves #1$2.99
- Jonesin' Crosswords$2.99
- Edited By Tausig 2$2.99
- Brendan Emmett Quigley Freestyle$2.99
- Crosswords Pro (Upgrade)$3.99
- Crossword Nation's Centennial Edition$7.99
- Crosswords Pro$9.99
Questions
Is Crossword Solver Silver free?
Is Crosswords free?
Which has better reviews, Crossword Solver Silver or Crosswords?
Do Crossword Solver Silver or Crosswords have ads?
Which is updated more often, Crossword Solver Silver or Crosswords?
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