Crossword Puzzles + vs Crossword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crossword Puzzles +
Enjoy a vast collection of classic crossword puzzles on your iPhone and iPad. This app offers over 800 puzzles across various types, with a modern design and intuitive controls. Participate in a community rating system with thousands of players.
- 800+ free crossword puzzles
- Multiple puzzle types (classic, keywords, anagrams, scandinavian)
- Modern design with multitouch gestures
- In-game rating system with 8000+ participants
- Hint modes
- Sound and vibration support
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Huge crossword puzzle collection now comes to iPhone and iPad! At the moment here is 800+ free crossword puzzles including but not limited to classic crosswords, keywords, anagrams, scandinavian crosswords and much more! Blazingly fast with modern design and support for multitouch gestures. This app have it’s own rating system with more than 8000 participants. * full support for iPad and iPhone * six different crossword puzzle types * frequently updated database with 800+ puzzles * different hint modes * sound and vibration support * in-game settings
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 review sentiment: Crossword at 70% against Crossword Puzzles +'s 21%. Crossword also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (153 vs 2). Crossword Puzzles +'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Puzzles + sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Crossword sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Crossword holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossword has 153 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Crossword Puzzles +'s written reviews are positive against 70% of Crossword's.
Crossword Puzzles + ships an update every 4 weeks, Crossword every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crossword Puzzles + | Crossword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.4 (153 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.2% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 153 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Oleksii Harbuzenko | Havos |
Customer experience
Crossword Puzzles +
Crossword
Bugs and requests
Crossword Puzzles +
Reported bugs
15 issues- Unable to download puzzles
- App crashes immediately on opening
- Ads cover puzzle clues
- In-app purchase to remove ads fails
- Progress lost after updates
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- Clues are too small to read
- App freezes
- Grid errors when downloading puzzles
- No way to exit puzzles or return to main menu
- Pop-up ads are unclosable
- Randomly closing of the game
- Controls not explained
- Inconsistent answers for mythology questions
- Game freezes when hint button is used too often
- Tiles with clues are cut short
Requested features
11 requests- Fix ads covering clues
- Restore lost progress
- Increase font size for clues
- Add option to change font size
- Improve navigation and controls
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- Add a way to exit puzzles/return to main menu
- Add an answer key
- Fix puzzle download issues
- Ensure in-app purchases work
- Improve accuracy of mythology questions
- Make puzzles easier for younger players
Crossword
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crossword Puzzles +
- No advertising$0.99
- Hints$0.99
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
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