Comparison

Crossword Solver vs Crossword Clue Solver

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

About

Crossword Clue Solver

This app helps you solve crossword puzzles by searching for words based on clues or patterns. It offers a simple, quick, and effective way to overcome challenging word puzzles, requiring an internet connection to maintain an up-to-date wordlist.

Highlights
  • Search by clue
  • Search by pattern
  • Up-to-date wordlist
  • Quick and effective
  • Internet connection required
Features
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Are you stuck in the middle of a Crossword puzzle? With this Crossword helper you can search for words based on a clue or a pattern! Simple, quick and effective! Needs an internet connection. This way we can keep the wordlist up to date at all time without updates.

Screenshots

Crossword Solver4 screens
Crossword Clue Solver4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crossword Clue Solver at 4.8 against Crossword Solver's 4.3. Crossword Clue Solver also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 149) and review sentiment (84% vs 73%). Crossword Solver's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Crossword Solver sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and Crossword Clue Solver sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crossword Clue Solver holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossword Clue Solver has 15K ratings behind it against 149, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Crossword Solver's written reviews are positive against 84% of Crossword Clue Solver's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crossword Solver ships an update every 7 months, Crossword Clue Solver every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Crossword Solver versus Crossword Clue Solver: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossword SolverCrossword Clue Solver
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (149 ratings)4.8 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.4% of reviews83.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14915K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB12 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHavosNiek Dijkhuis

Customer experience

Crossword Solver

All ratings149 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral6.7%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral7.6%
Negative19.0%

Crossword Clue Solver

All ratings15,280 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive83.6%
Neutral7.2%
Negative9.2%

User reviews

Crossword Solver

From 149 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for crosswords
  • 💡 Useful for anagrams
  • ✅ Versatile tool
  • 📚 Comprehensive dictionary
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient

Room to improve

  • 🐛 UI needs update
  • 🐛 Some rare words missing
  • 🐛 Not recognizing simple words
  • 🐛 Inconsistent word recognition
  • 🐛 Poor user interface

Crossword Clue Solver

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great free crossword app
  • 👍 User friendly
  • 👍 Quick and easy to use
  • 👍 Helpful for solving crossword puzzles
  • 👍 Provides multiple answer options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 🐛 Unreliable server connection
  • 🐛 Outdated or missing words in the dictionary
  • 🐛 Slow or unresponsive at times
  • 🔍 Too many irrelevant suggestions

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

Crossword Clue Solver

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes or freezes unexpectedly
  • Connectivity issues with no internet error
  • Inconsistent performance after updates
  • Inability to clear previous clue input

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add auto-correct or auto-complete functionality
  • Integrate with more comprehensive dictionaries
  • Provide an option to mark irrelevant suggestions
  • Allow searching by partial words or patterns
  • Add a dark mode or customizable theme

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crossword Solver

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter (no ads)$4.991 Year
1 purchases

Crossword Clue Solver

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$3.991 Year

Questions

Is Crossword Solver free?
Crossword Solver is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crossword Clue Solver free?
Crossword Clue Solver is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crossword Solver or Crossword Clue Solver?
Crossword Clue Solver is rated higher. Crossword Solver averages 4.3 out of 5 from 149 ratings, while Crossword Clue Solver averages 4.8 from 15K ratings.
Do Crossword Solver or Crossword Clue Solver have ads?
Both Crossword Solver and Crossword Clue Solver show ads.
Which is updated more often, Crossword Solver or Crossword Clue Solver?
Crossword Solver ships an update every 7 months, and Crossword Clue Solver every 5 months. Most recently, Crossword Solver was updated on September 18, 2026 and Crossword Clue Solver on September 24, 2026.

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