CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM vs Riddl!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM
A unique word game blending crossword and cryptogram puzzles. Solve puzzles with no clues, revealing parts of the solution as you progress through increasing difficulty levels. Hints are available to assist with challenging stages.
- Crossword and cryptogram puzzle blend
- Three difficulty modes (Easy, Medium, Hard)
- Progressive difficulty with level-ups
- Partial solution exposure per level
- Five hints per level
- Challenging word puzzle gameplay
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Crossword Cryptogram is a unique word game, that combines elements of crossword and cryptogram word puzzles. You are given a crossword with no clues, The challenge is to complete the puzzle with a cryptogramesque gameplay. Three Difficulty modes. (Easy, Medium, Hard), The early levels of the Easy category will get you up to speed with the gameplay. Each Level exposes part of the solution. The higher the level the less exposed solution. Incrementing difficulty as you level up! Easy - 50% to 75% of correct letters exposed. Medium - 25% to 49% of correct letters exposed. Hard - 0% to 24% of correct letters exposed. To help you complete the most difficult levels, five hints are provided for each level. Use Hints wisely, Each hint will expose a wrong letter placement or notify you that all letter placements are correct. This is a very challenging word puzzle game. A real workout for your gray matter.
Riddl!
Test your word-guessing skills with a daily challenge. Solve a single-word answer within three attempts to keep your mind sharp. This game offers a quick and engaging way to exercise your brain.
- Daily riddle challenge
- Single-word answers
- Three attempts per riddle
- Brain-sharpening gameplay
- Simple and engaging
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Challenge yourself, and keep your brain sharp by solving the daily riddle! Each answer is one word, but you only have three attempts, can you do it?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Riddl! at 5.0 against CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM's 4.2. Riddl! also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 80%) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Riddl! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM's written reviews are positive against 80% of Riddl!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM ships an update every 2 months, Riddl! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM | Riddl! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROBERTO MANONGDO | Keaton MacLeod |
Customer experience
CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM
Riddl!
In-app purchases
CROSSWORD CRYPTOGRAM
No in-app purchases
Riddl!
No in-app purchases
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