Lexeme vs GridSmith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lexeme
This app assists with crossword puzzles and anagrams. It offers advanced search capabilities for missing letters, letter rearrangements, and pattern matching. A built-in thesaurus helps refine results by meaning.
- Crossword completer
- Anagram solver
- Missing letter search
- Pattern matching
- Built-in thesaurus
- Cryptic crossword syntax
Read full descriptionHide full description
Lexeme is an advanced crossword completer and anagram solver. It has a simple syntax designed to suit the default keyboard and the constructions typically found in cryptic crosswords. Lexeme can search for words and phrases where there are missing letters, anagrams of some or all letters, or a pattern inside another pattern at any position. It also has a built-in thesaurus that can be used to filter search results for a particular meaning.
GridSmith
Read full descriptionHide full description
FREE APP NO ADS NO PAYWALL Use all the features provided to you to make unique and personal designs that will make your puzzles shine. Keep an eye on the statistics data, always available at a glance. Keep all your creations at the same place, on all your devices. You can't ever loose them even if you uninstall the app or upgrade your hardware, thanks to iCloud synchronization. Stay tuned for more features because word filling and sharing will come soon! Help us improve the app by commenting down below what's the feature you want to see next.
Screenshots
Verdict
Lexeme and GridSmith are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Lexeme | GridSmith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Finn | Gingko Lab |
In-app purchases
Lexeme
No in-app purchases
GridSmith
No in-app purchases
