Comparison

Crossword vs Flexle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 750+ professional puzzles
  • 45 free puzzles
  • Pinch zooming grid
  • Landscape mode with clue list
  • Cheats and answer checking
  • No ads
Features
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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

About

Flexle

Features
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Flex your vocabulary. Flexle is the word-guessing game that doesn't stop at five letters. Pick your challenge from 3 to 8 letters long, race the clock on today's Daily Word, and now go head-to-head with friends on live League Tables. HOW IT WORKS Guess the hidden word before you run out of tries. Every guess tells you which letters are right, which are close, and which aren't in the word at all. Simple to learn, genuinely hard to master once you're up against 7 and 8-letter words. CHOOSE YOUR DIFFICULTY -3 Letters — Brutal -4 Letters — Tricky -5 Letters — Classic -6 Letters — Crunchy -7 Letters — Big Brain -8 Letters — Rare Find -Random — test your luck, any length, no peeking Each length plays differently. Shorter words mean fewer clues and less room for error. Longer words give you more to work with, but a lot more ways to go wrong. DAILY WORD One puzzle, once a day, the same word for everyone. Build a streak, track your history on a full calendar view, and share your result as a clean, spoiler-free grid — no letters given away, just your score and your streak. PLAY OFFLINE Flexle validates every guess against a 60,000+ word list bundled right in the app, so you can keep playing without a connection. NEW: FRIENDS, GROUPS & LEAGUE TABLES Word games are better with a bit of competition. Add friends with a simple 8-character code Create or join groups for the people you actually play with Compare performance on League Tables sorted by Daily Word score, current streak, level, or Daily Wins — a running point tally of who's actually won each day Share your league table when you're on top, because gloating rights matter Switch between "All Friends" and any group you're in, and switch the ranking to whatever you're best at. LEVEL UP Earn XP for every game you finish, level up over time, and use hints strategically when a word's got you stuck — reveal a letter, eliminate wrong ones, or fill in what you already know. SYNCED ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Your progress, stats, and streaks sync automatically via iCloud, so picking up your iPad after playing on your iPhone just works. Flexle is free to play, with optional hint packs available if you want a boost. No subscriptions, no pressure. Guess smart. Build your streak. Flex your vocabulary.

Screenshots

Crossword4 screens
Flexle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flexle at monthly against Crossword's every 5 months. Crossword's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crossword sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Flexle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crossword ships an update every 5 months, Flexle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Crossword versus Flexle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrosswordFlexle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTeazelLIAM PATRICK TAYLOR

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

Flexle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Crossword

One-time14
  • 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
3 purchases

Flexle

One-time3
  • 10 hints$0.99
  • 25 hints$1.99
  • 60 hints$3.99

Questions

Is Crossword free?
Crossword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flexle free?
Flexle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crossword or Flexle have ads?
Neither Crossword nor Flexle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crossword or Flexle?
Crossword ships an update every 5 months, and Flexle monthly. Most recently, Crossword was updated on October 14, 2026 and Flexle on October 7, 2026.

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