Comparison

Cross Spin vs Puzzmo

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

Head to head
About

Cross Spin

Engage your mind with quick, bite-sized crosswords. Spin the board to discover new word combinations and race against the clock to solve puzzles. Enjoy progressive levels and unique themes for endless wordplay fun.

Highlights
  • Bite-sized mini crosswords
  • Spin the board for solutions
  • Timed puzzle challenges
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Unique themed categories
  • New puzzles added consistently
Features
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Dive into the world of wordplay with Cross Spin, the ultimate app for word puzzle lovers! Test your knowledge and sharpen your mind by solving bite-sized crosswords designed to deliver quick, rewarding fun. Spin the board to find solutions, but don’t think too long or time will run out! Each level brings a new challenge, featuring creative gameplay and engaging categories that will keep you coming back for more. Key Features: Bite-Sized Fun: Solve quick and clever mini crosswords perfect for your coffee break or commute. Spin to Win: Find new word combinations and solutions with each spin of the board. Beat the Buzzer: Race to finish each puzzle before the time runs out. Progressive Levels: Start easy and advance through increasingly challenging puzzles. Unique Themes: Enjoy a variety of categories, from geography and linguistics to music and science. New Puzzles: Continue the fun with new puzzles and categories added consistently. Whether you're a crossword expert or just getting started, Cross Spin is the perfect way to relax, learn, and have fun with words. Download now and start spinning!

About

Puzzmo

Discover a universe of daily puzzles with original games and modern classics. Enjoy word puzzles, strategy games, and crosswords with helpful hints. It's a free and engaging way to challenge your mind.

Highlights
  • Daily original puzzles
  • Classic puzzle games
  • Word puzzles
  • Strategy games
  • Crosswords with hints
  • Memory and matching games
Features
Currently charting
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Hello! If you're reading this you either really love Puzzmo or you are somehow undecided about our app. Let's be clear: you should download the app. We made it for you and it's free and it's really good! What do you have to lose? Puzzmo is the center of the puzzle universe. You'll find fresh original games by brilliant designers like Zach Gage and new daily puzzles for modern classics like Cross|word, SpellTower, Flipart, Typeshift, Pile-Up Poker, Memoku, and more. You'll also find a little puzzle at the bottom of this AppStore description. Go on, scroll to the bottom. NEW: MEMOKU Inspired by the classic memory game, Memoku invites you to match pairs of numbers, but there's a twist – like Sudoku, no number can appear in the same row, column, or box twice. BONGO Bongo challenges you to build a better board out of twenty five tiles, often picked on a theme by Puzzmo's friends, community members, and celebrity guests. There’s always a better board. PILE-UP POKER Pile-Up Poker is a twist on traditional poker where players build rows and columns of poker hands. The objective is to create the highest overall score by adding cards one by one to the gird, making strategic decisions along the way. FLIPART Flipart is a modern twist on digital jigsaw puzzles. This free daily puzzle challenges you to rearrange Tetris-like shapes by tapping the pivot points so that none of the shapes overlap and they all fit within the border. Flipart puzzles are enjoyable for kids and adults alike! TYPESHIFT Typeshift is our free, daily captivating word puzzle game that challenges your vocabulary, spatial reasoning, and wit. Solve puzzles by shifting columns of letters like a combination lock to form words. Each puzzle is a fun brain-teaser chock full of both word search and strategy. CROSS|WORD Puzzmo crossword puzzles are for everyone. Some of the world’s top solvers compete daily for the fastest solve on Puzzmo, but that doesn’t mean we’re here to stump you. In fact if you’re new to crosswords or struggling complete a grid, we’re here to help. Only Puzzmo crosswords offer an optional, easier hint with every single clue. CUBECLEAR Cube Clear is a word puzzle game where players spell words in a grid whose letters then disappear. Longer words score higher points, and adjacent tiles disappear after use, causing remaining tiles to tumble to the bottom of the grid. With only 36 letters, the challenge of Cube Clear is two-fold. Can you clear the board, and in how few words? WORDBIND Wordbind is a directional anagram game that challenges you to discover new words hidden within the chosen words of the day. You can only key in letters from left to right, you’re allowed to skip letters, and you can use the same letter twice to find the perfect word. With each word you find, you rise the ranks on your way to Luminary status. REALLY BAD CHESS Aside from the small advantage white gains by making the first move, chess is a battle of wits between two competitors with the same pieces in the same positions. Puzzmo’s free daily Really Bad Chess game turns all of that “fairness” on its head. For example, you might have a huge material advantage with three queens while your computer opponent might have no queens and five rooks. The pieces may look random, but your advantage is carefully calculated! SPELLTOWER SpellTower is a two-dimensional grid of letters that looks like your typical word search puzzle. But unlike a traditional word search, you can change directions, cross your own path, go diagonal, and even spell backwards! This freedom of movement allows you to find more complex and challenging words, but this isn’t the only twist with SpellTower. As you use letters, they disappear from the grid, with the ultimate goal being a perfect, total clear of the entire board. You found it! If you can solve this classic riddle, enter the answer at puzzmo.com/code "Forward I’m heavy, backwards I’m not. What word am I?" Happy puzzling!

Screenshots

Cross Spin4 screens
Puzzmo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cross Spin at 100% against Puzzmo's 43%. Cross Spin also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Puzzmo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (172 vs 15). 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. Puzzmo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Cross Spin asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cross Spin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzmo has 172 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cross Spin's written reviews are positive against 43% of Puzzmo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cross Spin ships an update every 12 months, Puzzmo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Cross Spin versus Puzzmo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCross SpinPuzzmo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (15 ratings) — better3.7 (172 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings15172 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#145 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJoPat Games, LLCPuzzmo Inc.

Customer experience

Cross Spin

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Puzzmo

All ratings172 ratings
Positive65.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative29.1%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral16.9%
Negative40.3%

Bugs and requests

Cross Spin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Puzzmo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crossword clues not locking in correctly
  • Transitions between games could be smoother

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to resume games from where left off
  • Numerical order for crossword clues
  • Remove subscription, keep account option

In-app purchases

None

Cross Spin

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Puzzmo

Subscriptions2
  • Puzzmo Plus (monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Puzzmo Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Cross Spin free?
Cross Spin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puzzmo free?
Puzzmo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cross Spin or Puzzmo?
Cross Spin is rated higher. Cross Spin averages 5.0 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Puzzmo averages 3.7 from 172 ratings.
Do Cross Spin or Puzzmo have ads?
Both Cross Spin and Puzzmo show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cross Spin or Puzzmo?
Cross Spin ships an update every 12 months, and Puzzmo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cross Spin was updated on October 1, 2026 and Puzzmo on October 14, 2026.

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