Conspire vs Crossword Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Conspire
This app allows you to collect and collaborate on crossword puzzles with friends. Import puzzles from newspapers or online, then work on them together in real-time or asynchronously. Answers sync across devices, and progress is merged seamlessly.
- Crossword puzzle collection
- Import puzzles from print or web
- Real-time collaboration with friends
- Asynchronous puzzle merging
- Cross-device answer synchronization
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Welcome to Conspire, the crossword scanning and crossword sharing app. Collect your crossword puzzles together in one place so that you can always have them with you, and so that you can collaborate on them with your friends, even when you're not able to be in the same place at the same time. You can import crosswords into Conspire either from a printed newspaper or from the internet. Once imported you can invite your friends to work on your crossword with you. Answers that you type appear on their device. What they type appears on yours. If you can't be online together then Conspire will carefully merge the answers that you and your friends have entered.
Crossword Scanner
Capture crosswords from physical media or digital screenshots and solve them on your device. Features a live preview for accurate scanning and an intuitive interface for inputting answers.
- Scan crosswords with live preview
- Import from device gallery
- Solve scanned crosswords on device
- Tap to edit horizontally/vertically
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Scan and solve crosswords from newspapers, magazines and the likes directly on your iPhone or iPad! * Scan * Use the amazing 4K live preview to capture accurate representations of your crosswords from magazines or newspapers. Import directly from the device gallery to use screenshots from your digital subscriptions. Always make sure you only scan crosswords you either own or are allowed to copy. * Solve * Once you have scanned your crossword, it is available for solving on your device. Tap a character spot once to edit horizontally; once more on the same spot to edit vertically.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Conspire at 3.5 against Crossword Scanner's 1.3. Conspire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Crossword Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, device support 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 Scanner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Conspire asks for nothing beyond the download.
Conspire holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Conspire's written reviews are positive against 33% of Crossword Scanner's.
Conspire ships an update every 2 months, Crossword Scanner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Conspire | Crossword Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Matthew Finn | Havnør |
Customer experience
Conspire
Crossword Scanner
In-app purchases
Conspire
No in-app purchases
Crossword Scanner
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Quarterly$4.993 Months
- Yearly$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
- Enable sharing$39.99
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