Comparison

Crossword Solver vs Herkünfte

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

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About

Crossword Solver

Solve challenging English crosswords and word games with this comprehensive helper. It uses your known letters to suggest answers and includes extensive databases of proper nouns, synonyms, and foreign words. Features multiple solving modes and filters to narrow down possibilities.

Highlights
  • Extensive proper noun database
  • Filters for narrowing answers
  • Multiple solving modes (crosswords, anagrams, etc.)
  • Solves two-word answers
  • Downloadable dictionaries for 36 languages
  • Offline functionality
Features
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This app will help you solve English crosswords and other similar word games. The application uses the letters you already know to find a list of possible answers. It has many advantages compared to similar applications: 1) Contains many thousands of Proper Nouns, including full names, professions, nationality, date of birth and death for about 60,000 famous people, plus around 26,000 places, i.e. countries, cities, rivers, mountains etc. It also knows the names and other data of 90,000 popular movies, books, comics, bands, songs, albums, works of art, deities and fictional characters. These proper nouns are essential for solving general knowledge clues, which can make up to 20-25% of crossword clues. These clues are the type that you either know them or you don't, i.e. difficult to just guess, so if you do not know a particular person you are usually stuck 2) Provides filters to reduce the list of possible answers. This is essential when only a few letters are known. For example, you can filter out rarely used words. 3) Choose the language of the word list, from a large range of downloadable dictionaries. 36 languages are currently available (see below) 4) Contains 5 different modes for help solving Crosswords, Anagrams, Synonyms, Codewords and Cryptic Crosswords. Codeword mode allows the user to specify which letters are already known (and hence not considered for the unknown letters), and which unknown letters are the same (i.e have the same Codeword number). Cryptic mode contains extra help with many examples 5) Solves "two word" answers. This is very useful in combination with first and last names of famous people. It also finds "two word" anagrams 6) View answers in multiple columns. Optimized use of screen space. Takes full advantage of size of tablet 7) Can be played in portrait or landscape mode. Just rotate your device and the display adjusts automatically 8) The dictionary also contains some foreign language words. These are often found in some crosswords. Foreign words are English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Latin 9) Contains about 150,000 synonyms, using the built-in thesaurus, to help find the solution from the clue. All of these features are available without an internet connection, and are rarely found in similar applications. Other features unique to this app: - Lightning fast search engine. No search button needed as possible matches are displayed instantly as you type - Comprehensive list of 300,000+ normal words, split into common and rare lists to help you find the right match - View detailed word definition of the possible answers (internet connection required) - Link to the wiki page for famous people, places, films, books etc. (internet connection required) - App can be downloaded onto an SD card The following dictionaries are supported: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Indonesian, Romanian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Azeri, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Catalan, Galician, Tagalog

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Herkünfte

Features
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Woher kommt das Wort Butter? Warum heißt das Fenster Fenster? Herkünfte beantwortet solche Fragen für über 28.000 deutsche Wörter. Zu jedem Wort zeigt die App, von welchen älteren Wörtern es abstammt und was diese früher bedeutet haben. VERSTÄNDLICH STATT WISSENSCHAFTLICH Die Erklärungen kommen bewusst ohne grammatische Fachbegriffe aus. Alle älteren Wörter sind mit gewöhnlichen deutschen Buchstaben geschrieben, ohne Lautschrift und ohne fremde Alphabete. Jede Herkunft ist eine Kette: Das Zeichen < heißt „kommt von“, in Klammern steht die Bedeutung des Wortes auf dieser Stufe. Fehlt die Klammer, hat sich die Bedeutung nicht geändert. Beispiel Butter: lateinisch butyrum < griechisch boutyron < griechisch bous (Rind) + griechisch tyros (Käse) KOMPLETT OFFLINE Das gesamte Wörterbuch ist in der App enthalten. Kein Internet, kein Konto, keine Werbung, kein Tracking. SCHNELL NACHSCHLAGEN • Suche über den Wortanfang, Umlaute können auch als a, o, u eingegeben werden • Alphabet-Leiste am rechten Rand zum Springen wie in den Kontakten • Verlauf der zuletzt geöffneten Wörter • Schalter „Bedeutung anzeigen“ blendet zu jedem Wort eine kurze Erklärung ein, was es heute bedeutet • Glossar der wenigen Begriffe, die trotzdem gebraucht werden, etwa „mittelhochdeutsch“ oder „germanisch“ MITHELFEN Die Einträge wurden mit Sorgfalt zusammengestellt. Wer trotzdem einen Fehler findet, meldet ihn direkt aus der App. Jede Meldung wird gelesen und geprüft.

Screenshots

Crossword Solver4 screens
Herkünfte3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Crossword Solver at Free against Herkünfte's $22.99. Crossword Solver also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Herkünfte's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Crossword Solver is free to download; Herkünfte costs $22.99 up front. Crossword Solver sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Herkünfte asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crossword Solver ships an update every 7 months, Herkünfte every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Crossword Solver versus Herkünfte: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossword SolverHerkünfte
PriceFree — better$22.99
Rating4.3 (152 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings152 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB8 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHavosJurgen Hollfelder

Bugs and requests

Crossword Solver

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App redirects to App Store
  • Enforced full-screen ad timeouts
  • Screen fitting issues (landscape/portrait)
  • App not working on iPad
  • Cannot report problems
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  • Not recognizing simple words
  • Keyboard issues (spaces, cases)
  • Game Center forced login
  • App Store redirection on launch

Requested features

7 requests
  • Option to submit words
  • Improve keyboard input
  • Add definition input
  • Allow input of word length
  • Update UI to be more professional
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  • Fix screen fitting issues on various devices
  • Allow users to input definitions

Herkünfte

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crossword Solver

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter (no ads)$4.991 Year
None

Herkünfte

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crossword Solver free?
Crossword Solver is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Herkünfte free?
Herkünfte costs $22.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crossword Solver or Herkünfte have ads?
Crossword Solver shows ads; Herkünfte does not.
Which is updated more often, Crossword Solver or Herkünfte?
Crossword Solver ships an update every 7 months, and Herkünfte every 3 days. Most recently, Crossword Solver was updated on October 26, 2026 and Herkünfte on October 24, 2026.

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