Crossword vs Block Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crossword
Enjoy over 750 professional crossword puzzles designed for casual play. This app offers a clean, ad-free experience with features like pinch zooming and landscape mode to enhance your word-solving sessions.
- 750+ professional puzzles
- 45 free puzzles
- Pinch zooming grid
- Landscape mode with clue list
- Cheats and answer checking
- No ads
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A brand new crossword puzzle every day, plus 750+ professional puzzles for your coffee break. These are casual level puzzles suitable for all. DAILY PUZZLES A brand new crossword published every day. Build a streak by playing daily, earn coins, and unlock puzzles at your own pace. Four weeks of daily puzzles are available to catch up on. SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS Subscribe for unlimited access to every daily puzzle and all archive packs, with no coins needed. Available as monthly, quarterly, or annual plans. 750+ ARCHIVE PUZZLES Fifteen packs of professional crosswords suitable for all levels. Great for a quick coffee break or a longer session. EARN COINS & STREAKS Open the app each day to earn bonus coins. The longer your streak, the bigger the bonus. Spend coins to unlock daily puzzles, or watch a short ad for extra coins whenever you choose. Features: - a brand new crossword every day - daily login bonus with streak rewards - earn coins by playing daily, or watch a short ad for extra coins - unlock puzzles with coins, or subscribe for unlimited access - great for iPads and iPhones - pinch zooming grid - landscape mode with clue list - hints, highlight mistakes and answer checking - Backup and restore If you're looking for US-style grids, why not try our 'Crossword US' apps. The Terms of Use (EULA) can be found here: https://www.teazel.com/crossword_terms/ios_terms_en.html
Block Words
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Every tile can be used only four times. Spend those uses carefully, turn the board gold and uncover the hidden Block Word. Block Words gives you one fresh strategic word grid each day. Trace adjacent letters to spell words, build your score and beat the target. Longer words score more, fully used tiles earn bonuses, and the strongest runs finish with a platinum celebration. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY - Daily: solve the day's puzzle and find its hidden Block Word - Classic: race the clock while longer words earn time bonuses - Extra: untimed strategic play without the hidden-word objective - Extra Classic: a pure timed word hunt FEATURES - Daily puzzles, streaks and a calendar of previous grids - Online leaderboards, with offline play still available - Block Words Mini included free: Block Words, bite-sized on a 3×3 grid - Block Words Mega: a huge 5×5 grid with two hidden Block Words and only three uses per tile - English plus Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese editions - A guided tutorial - Optional rewarded hints - A one-time purchase to remove automatic interstitial ads Block Words and Block Words Mini are free to play and supported by advertising. Block Words Mega, language editions and Remove Ads are available as non-consumable in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Block Words at none against Crossword's 15. Crossword's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Crossword sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Block Words asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Crossword | Block Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teazel | One Life Left Ltd. |
Bugs and requests
Crossword
Reported bugs
2 issues- Purchased content not restoring properly on new devices
- Keyboard not working correctly in some cases
Requested features
3 requests- Option to adjust puzzle and clue size
- Ability to sync progress across devices
- More free puzzles or a free trial period
Block Words
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crossword
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 12)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 9)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 1)$0.99
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- pack of Crosswords (Pack 2)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 3)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 4)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 5)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 6)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 7)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 10)$0.99
- pack (Pack 14 of 50 puzzles)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 13)$0.99
- pack of Crosswords (Pack 11)$0.99
- full set of Crossword packs$3.99
Block Words
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Crossword free?
Is Block Words free?
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