Happi Spells vs Cross Fun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Happi Spells
This educational game helps young children practice spelling through interactive mini crossword puzzles. It features colorful illustrations, audio feedback, and a scoring system to make learning fun and engaging.
- 60 mini crossword puzzles
- Over 300 words
- Drag and drop letter tiles
- Audio feedback
- Earn points and snails
- Hundreds of illustrations
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** Happi Spells Highlights ** - Featured by Apple in multiple categories! - Apps4Kids: This is an ingenious idea for an app. Lovely produced, surely a keeper. --------------------------------------- Has your child just figured out how to read? (If not, start by downloading Happi Reads.) Well, then it is time for the next step - spelling. Come along with Happi and try to solve challenging mini crossword puzzles. "Happi Spells" is the crossword spelling game where kids can practice spelling in a fun and exciting way by dragging letter tiles on to 60 different mini crossword puzzles. Compete for "snails" and try to improve your own high score. Don't like your score on one puzzle - just go back and try to beat it. The fewer mistakes, the more "snails" you earn. Every solved puzzle will open up a new one. Game Description: "Happi Spells" consists of 60 mini crossword puzzles in 5 different levels with 12 puzzles in each level. Puzzles are made up of 4-8 intersecting words with the relevant letter tiles spaced around the puzzle. The object of the game is to drag the tiles to their correct places in the puzzle with as few mistakes as possible. Tiles dragged to their correct place will stick. Tiles dragged to an incorrect box will "go back". Colorful images illustrate all words in the crossword puzzles. Features: * Hours of fun filled spelling practice with more than 300 words in 60 increasingly difficult crossword puzzles * Ability to change between UPPER and lower case * Audio Feedback * Hundreds of unique and vivid illustrations and backgrounds * Earn points and "snails" and try to better your high score * No ads, links or setting screens to confuse your child KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a MOMs with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps.
Cross Fun
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Cross Fun is an app designed to practice your spelling and vocabulary while doing crosswords. The app includes four different exercises – each of those features 270 crosswords and has three different difficulty levels. A total of 1080! While writing you will hear the letters be spelled out and when you have completed the word it will be spelled out as well. *** Game Set *** • Crossword - Solve the crossword in the proposed order or drag letters into boxes as you like. • Hidden words - When you touch the letters that forms the word those will light up and when you are finished an illustration of the word will show. • Puzzles - Swap the letters until you spelled all the words right. • Fire! Solve crosswords on time! Drag the letters in the right place before they catch fire. *** Settings *** The settings are saved until the next time you use the app. The following settings are possible: • The audio icon turns on and off the menu music • The flag icon changes the language • The "A" icon switches between upper and lower case • The line icon selects the width of the lines • The number icon chooses how many extra letters you want for help in the "Crossword" game set • The star icon switches to a different game set out of the four different ones ABOUT LÄRAMERA & LERIPA ------------------------ Our products are child friendly and none of our apps contains in-app purchases, advertisement or data collection. Information about our apps can be found on our website www.laramera.se *** Like our page on Facebook (Leripa AB), and follow us on Twitter (Leripa_Software), in order to receive discounts, free codes and news!*** Feel free to contact us if you have any questions: info@laramera.se Please rate and review the app to help us spread knowledge to more kids and to learn how to become even better. Thank you! :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cross Fun at every 6 weeks against Happi Spells's every 4 months. Happi Spells's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Happi Spells costs $2.99 and Cross Fun $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Happi Spells ships an update every 4 months, Cross Fun every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Happi Spells | Cross Fun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 7.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Happi Papi LLC | Leripa AB |
In-app purchases
Happi Spells
No in-app purchases
Cross Fun
No in-app purchases









