Acrostic Crossword Puzzles vs GHOST!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acrostic Crossword Puzzles
Engage your mind with a unique word game that blends crosswords and cryptograms. Solve puzzles to reveal hidden quotes, with letters in the quote directly corresponding to letters in the answers. Enjoy a challenging yet fun brain workout with a vast library of puzzles.
- Hidden quote revelation
- Crossword and cryptogram blend
- Automatic grid updating
- Multi-level undo
- Error removal
- Hint system
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Acrostic puzzles are crosswords with a twist: find the hidden quote. This combination of crossword and cryptogram provides an entertaining brain workout. Each letter in the quote is linked to a letter in one of the clue answers. As you fill in more and more answers, more letters will begin to fill the quote grid, until eventually the entire quote is revealed. Once the quote is partially filled in, you can also do this process in reverse – each letter you add to the quote will fill in the corresponding letter in the clue answers. By working back-and-forth, eventually the entire quote and all clue answers will be revealed. The app includes 60 free quality puzzles with no ads, ever. They range from beginner to expert from renowned publishers like Acrostica, Acrostics by Cyn, Lovatts Puzzles, PennyPress Anacrostics, Puzzle Baron and Spanish language puzzles from Tav Ripo. Additional puzzle packs containing 48 to 50 puzzles are available for a small fee; the full library is 7100 puzzles! Advanced play features include automatic grid updating and indexing, see related cells, multi-level undo, remove errors, and hints. A wide range of difficulty levels will challenge beginners and seasoned players alike. If you like word games, crosswords or cryptograms, acrostic puzzles are a fun way to exercise your brain! Quality Software by Egghead Games. Contact us at support@eggheadgames.com or www.eggheadgames.com. We stand by our products and will happily refund your purchase if you’re not completely happy.
GHOST!
This word game challenges players to expand their vocabulary and think strategically about language. It offers a fun twist on classic word games, pushing users to discover new words and their meanings.
- Vocabulary expansion
- Strategic language thinking
- Classic word game twist
- Discover new words
- Challenging gameplay
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Deliquescent? Perspicacious? Who knew these were words?! Adding a fun twist to the classic word game, GHOST is any word nerd's dream! It will challenge (and most likely expand) your vocabulary, pushing you to think strategically about language like you never have before.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GHOST! at Free against Acrostic Crossword Puzzles's $5.99. GHOST! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Acrostic Crossword Puzzles's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 8) and chart position (#16 vs unranked). On ads 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
GHOST! is free to download; Acrostic Crossword Puzzles costs $5.99 up front. Acrostic Crossword Puzzles sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. GHOST! asks for nothing beyond the download.
GHOST! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Acrostic Crossword Puzzles has 1.6K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Acrostic Crossword Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 100% of GHOST!'s.
Acrostic Crossword Puzzles ships an update every 3 weeks, GHOST! every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acrostic Crossword Puzzles | GHOST! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #16 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Egghead Games LLC | Eliot Greenfield |
Customer experience
Acrostic Crossword Puzzles
GHOST!
In-app purchases
Acrostic Crossword Puzzles
- Puzzle Baron Volume 9$3.99
- PennyPress Vol 2$4.99
- Puzzle Baron Acrostics - v2$4.99
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- Puzzle Baron Volume 3$4.99
- Puzzle Baron Volume 4$4.99
- Puzzle Baron Volume 5$4.99
- Puzzle Baron Volume 6$4.99
- Puzzle Baron Volume 7$4.99
- Puzzle Baron Volume 8$4.99
- Puzzle Baron Volume 1$4.99
- Anarostics by PennyPress Vol 1$4.99
- Acrostica I - 48 puzzles$7.99
GHOST!
No in-app purchases
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