Comparison

Acrostic Crossword Puzzles vs GHOST!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Hidden quote revelation
  • Crossword and cryptogram blend
  • Automatic grid updating
  • Multi-level undo
  • Error removal
  • Hint system
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Vocabulary expansion
  • Strategic language thinking
  • Classic word game twist
  • Discover new words
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Acrostic Crossword Puzzles4 screens
GHOST!1 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Acrostic Crossword Puzzles versus GHOST!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcrostic Crossword PuzzlesGHOST!
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEgghead Games LLCEliot Greenfield

Customer experience

Acrostic Crossword Puzzles

All ratings1,546 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral7.3%
Negative11.5%

GHOST!

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Acrostic Crossword Puzzles

One-time12
  • 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
None

GHOST!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Acrostic Crossword Puzzles free?
Acrostic Crossword Puzzles costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is GHOST! free?
GHOST! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Acrostic Crossword Puzzles or GHOST!?
GHOST! is rated higher. Acrostic Crossword Puzzles averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while GHOST! averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Acrostic Crossword Puzzles or GHOST! have ads?
Neither Acrostic Crossword Puzzles nor GHOST! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Acrostic Crossword Puzzles or GHOST!?
Acrostic Crossword Puzzles ships an update every 3 weeks, and GHOST! every 4 days. Most recently, Acrostic Crossword Puzzles was updated on November 1, 2026 and GHOST! on October 24, 2026.

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