Comparison

CrossClue vs Auric

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

Head to head
About

CrossClue

Features
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Crossword puzzle game with the word definition as the clue. Incorrect words can be solved for based on correct and incorrect letters and their positions. Learn new words, their definitions, and increase your vocabulary!!

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Auric

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There’s a moment in every run when the screen fills with light, motion, and gold. Your aura hums. The next challenge is forty seconds away. You keep moving, collecting, and choosing. Magnet, or Power? Faster blades, or more of them? Auric: Eclipse is that moment, stretched out. A fast arcade bullet-heaven built for one thumb. Your abilities activate automatically. You move, collect gold, and choose what to upgrade. No menus during gameplay. No aiming. Just movement, timing, and builds that grow every minute. Wave after wave, the sky grows darker. Every coin strengthens your build. Every level changes the direction of the run. Every minute brings a new challenge with new patterns to learn. Hold on long enough and the eclipse breaks. INSIDE • 4 weapons, each upgradeable through 5 tiers • 6 passive stats — Magnet, Regen, Power, Speed, Heart, Luck • Dozens of build combinations every run • 4 enemy types — drifters, runners, tanks, shooters • A major challenge every 60 seconds with unique patterns • Endless scaling and persistent high scores • Fully offline on iPhone and iPad NOT INSIDE • Energy meters · timers · pay-to-win · forced ads • Interruptions during gameplay · pop-ups · Wi-Fi requirement • Battle passes · daily login screens · cluttered menus One optional rewarded ad per run — watch to continue from a difficult moment. That’s it. Auric: Eclipse is designed for phone-speed play. Two minutes between classes or thirty during a flight — same feeling. Jump in, learn, improve, repeat. The kind of game where “one more run” quietly becomes four. The eclipse keeps growing. Stay bright long enough to outlast it. — Genre: bullet-heaven · survivors-like · roguelite · arcade Controls: touch joystick (any thumb position) / WASD Age: 0+ · fantasy arcade action

Screenshots

CrossClue4 screens
Auric4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Auric at none against CrossClue's 1. Auric also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). CrossClue's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CrossClue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Auric asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrossClue ships an update every 6 weeks, Auric daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
CrossClue versus Auric: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossClueAuric
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJoe ThayerArsenii Borodin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrossClue

One-time1
  • 1 month ad free$2.99
None

Auric

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrossClue free?
CrossClue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auric free?
Auric is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CrossClue or Auric have ads?
Neither CrossClue nor Auric shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrossClue or Auric?
CrossClue ships an update every 6 weeks, and Auric daily. Most recently, CrossClue was updated on October 15, 2026 and Auric on October 21, 2026.

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