YACReader vs Cruciverbalist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YACReader
Easily read and manage your digital comics, manga, and webtoons on your device. Supports various file formats and offers seamless synchronization with cloud storage and desktop versions. Customize your reading experience with advanced features and filters.
- Supports CBZ, CBR, PDF, and more
- Cloud sync (Dropbox, Box, OneDrive)
- Desktop sync and remote reading
- Folder organization
- Automatic scroll and panel-by-panel reading
- Manga and webtoon modes
- Image filters editor
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YACReader offers you the best way to read and manage your digital comics and mangas. Enjoy your collections anywhere. YACReader supports all the common digital comic formats, such as: cbz, cbr, zip, rar, rar5 or pdf. Importing your comics into your iPad or iPhone has never been easier. You can use your Dropbox, Box and OneDrive account for synchronizing your comics with YACReader. YACReader supports iTunes/Finder File Sharing to copy comics between your computer and YACReader. You can also browse, import ,remote read (stream) and sync back the digital comic collections stored in your computer using the desktop version of YACReader (totally free)*. Import comics from any place in your device thanks to the integration with Document Picker. Organize your comic library creating folders and copy, cut, paste or delete comics and folders. YACReader has the easiest method for selecting multiple comics and folders and organize them. Using a tap gesture is all you need to read your comics from start to finish thanks to the built-in YACReader automatic scroll. Enjoy reading comics and do not worry about anything else. Do you like Manga? YACReader supports Manga mode for reading right to left and it also support continuous vertical scroll for webtoon. Configure your reading experience with various fit modes, single or double page mode, continuous scroll, automatic margins trimming, several ways to setup the hot areas in the screen and more. YACReader offers guided reading, you can zoom in any panel and then continue reading panel by panel from there. It also includes settings to personalize the experience. This is a feature continuously developed thanks to all the feedback coming from the users. On iOS 18+ devices, YACReader lets you translate comics in real time. It uses on-device OCR and translation on the current page, with no internet connection required, and lets you configure the language, colors, and font. YACReader can also detect the color of the text and speech bubbles and use the same colors as in the original comic, making the experience as pleasant as possible. This is an experimental feature and depends heavily on image quality. It fully respects your privacy; to use it, you will need to download the dictionaries for the languages you want. Supported languages depend on what iOS supports natively. You can also enhance you comics with a full featured image filters editor, filter settings can be synchronized through YACReaderLibrary across any device that supports the new filters. YACReader is kept updated to support the latest iOS features, such as Widgets, Dark Mode or Split Screen. YACReader for desktops has been downloaded more than 2 million times since 2009, every update counts with hundreds of thousand downloads. Now, you can also enjoy YACReader on your iOS device. The best feature YACReader has to offer is its customer support, if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. Visit the web site at http://ios.yacreader.com or get support at ios@yacreader.com *Visit the web site of YACReader for computers at http://www.yacreader.com - YACReader for computer is FREE and is available for all major computer platforms. Find other users and help at: http:www.yacreader.com/forum - Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/YACReader , Twitter - http://twitter.com/yacreader or the YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/yacreader.
Cruciverbalist
Design and build your own crossword puzzles with customizable grid sizes and word lists. Get suggestions for words and phrases to complete your puzzles, then export them in various formats for sharing or submission.
- Customizable grid sizes
- Black square and letter placement
- Word and phrase suggestions
- Import custom word lists
- Export to PDF (blank or formatted)
- No ads or subscriptions
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Write your own crossword puzzles! No ads and no subscriptions. CREATE - Pick a grid size: 5x5, 9x9, 15x15, or 21x21 - Fill in black squares and letters - Receive suggestions for valid words and phrases to complete partially filled rows and columns - A 550,000+ word list of English words, names, and phrases is included to make suggestions, but you can also import your own word list to augment or replace this dictionary SHARE - Export completed puzzles to PDF, either blank with clues to share with friends, or formatted to submit to the New York Times
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cruciverbalist at Free against YACReader's $4.99. Cruciverbalist also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). YACReader's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 30). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Cruciverbalist is free to download; YACReader costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
YACReader holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YACReader has 2.6K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of YACReader's written reviews are positive against 73% of Cruciverbalist's.
YACReader ships an update fortnightly, Cruciverbalist every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YACReader | Cruciverbalist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better | 4.4 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Luis Ángel San Martín | Miranda Strand |
Customer experience
YACReader
Cruciverbalist
Bugs and requests
YACReader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes
- Unreliable cloud sync and import
- Folder import issues
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
7 requests- Automatic right-to-left reading mode
- Improved folder management and organization
- Cloud sync and backup options
- Epub support
- Continuous vertical scrolling
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- More customization options
- Improved performance and stability
Cruciverbalist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
YACReader
No in-app purchases
Cruciverbalist
No in-app purchases
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