Crossword vs Kliem
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
Kliem
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Discover new Maltese words in Kliem, the new Maltese Wordle Game! Built by one developer over a weekend as a fun project for family and friends, Kliem aims to gamify learning Maltese, in a new, fun, way! Fill up your word dex with new words, and try to catch 'em all in a pokemon-inspired rush to capture all the five letter words in the game. Can you find them all? Kliem is fully opensourced, free and collects 0 data on its users. All feedback, help and support is welcome.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kliem at none against Crossword's 15. Kliem also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Crossword's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Crossword sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Kliem asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crossword ships an update every 5 months, Kliem weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crossword | Kliem |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teazel | Sean Ellul |
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
Kliem
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
Kliem
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Crossword free?
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Do Crossword or Kliem have ads?
Which is updated more often, Crossword or Kliem?
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