Crossword vs Anagrow
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
Anagrow
This word puzzle game challenges you to transform a four-letter word into longer words by adding one letter at a time. Use color-coded hints to guide your guesses and solve daily word ladders within a limited number of attempts.
- Daily word ladder challenges
- Letter progression mechanic
- Color-coded letter hints
- Limited guess system
- Four-letter starting words
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LAST becomes STEAL becomes TABLES. That's Anagrow. Three words a day, each built from the letters of the last plus one new letter you have to find. Solve the four-letter word and its letters carry into the five. Solve that and they carry into the six. HOW IT PLAYS Green means right letter, right spot. Amber means right letter, wrong spot. Correct letters lock in place, so you only shuffle what you haven't cracked yet. You get fourteen guesses for the whole ladder, not fourteen per word, so use them wisely. ONE PUZZLE A DAY Everyone gets the same ladder. Solve it, build your streak and see how your scores stack up over time. Turn on reminders and we'll let you know when tomorrow's puzzle is ready. WANT MORE? Finished the daily? Bonus ladders are there if you fancy another go. No accounts. No timers. No pressure. Just letters, and the word hiding in them. Made by Sausage Studios.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Anagrow at none against Crossword's 15. Anagrow also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Crossword's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Anagrow asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crossword ships an update every 5 months, Anagrow weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crossword | Anagrow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| 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 | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teazel | Patrick Wakefield |
Customer experience
Crossword
Anagrow
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
Anagrow
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
Anagrow
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Crossword or Anagrow have ads?
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