Comparison

Cozy Crosswords vs wurdweb

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

Head to head
About

Cozy Crosswords

Engage in a calming crossword puzzle game with a unique tile-dragging mechanic. Solve small, themed grids with a gentle soundtrack and customize your experience with various visual options. Enjoy daily challenges and adjustable difficulty for a peaceful play session.

Highlights
  • Tactile tile dragging gameplay
  • Themed mini-crossword puzzles
  • Lo-fi soundtrack
  • Extensive visual customization
  • Daily challenges with leaderboards
  • Adjustable difficulty settings
Features
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Cozy Crosswords is a calm, relaxing crossword puzzle game designed for slow, satisfying play. Each puzzle is a small crossword made up of 5 connected words, all related to a single clue. You solve the grid by dragging and placing letter tiles, creating a smooth, tactile experience that feels great to play. With 250 clues and over 500 different crosswords, Cozy Crosswords offers a wide mix of literal and thought-provoking challenges, all set to a gentle lo-fi soundtrack. FEATURES: Cozy Experience: Every interaction is designed to feel soft and satisfying, from smooth tile dragging to subtle sound effects and haptic feedback. The relaxed pace and calming music create a cozy space to think and unwind. Customization: Make the game your own with 40+ background colors, multiple tile colors and tilesets, different tile shapes, and a variety of fonts. Completing achievements unlocks new tilesets with carefully curated color palettes. Daily Crossword: A brand-new, randomly generated crossword is available every day. Solve it at your own pace and compare your time on the online daily leaderboard. Adjustable Difficulty: Adjust your difficulty as you choose. Pick easy for a simple, straightforward experience, or hard for a slower and thought provoking play. Normal difficulty provides the perfect middle ground. No ads. No in-app purchases. No power-ups or gimmicks. Cozy Crosswords is a clean, focused experience built around relaxing, bite-sized crossword puzzles. Whether you play for a minute or settle in for a longer session, Cozy Crosswords is meant to feel warm, peaceful, and deeply satisfying.

About

wurdweb

Engage in word puzzles with a relaxed atmosphere. Connect words from a list to form a web on the board, aiming to reach a finish tile or maximize word placement. Offers infinite unique puzzles, daily challenges, and custom puzzle creation.

Highlights
  • Infinite unique puzzles
  • Daily, Weekly, Monthly Puzzles
  • Custom puzzle creation
  • Controller support
  • Leaderboards
  • Multiple languages
Features
Currently charting
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Word puzzles with Sunday morning vibes. Grab words from a list and cross them with words on the board. Puzzle your way towards a Finish Tile, put down enough words, or put down as many words as you can! In this game, you'll find: • Infinite unique puzzles, generated by an intelligent algorithm. • Challenges, to let you try different play styles. • Daily, Weekly and Monthly Puzzles, where you put down as many words as you can! • Numbered Puzzles, a sequence of slightly harder puzzles. On top of that, you'll also find: • Cute little characters who walk around in your puzzles doing absolutely nothing. • Leaderboards for Daily, Weekly and Monthly Puzzles, for when you feel competitive. • Make Your Own Puzzle, where you get to pick the type of puzzle, the theme, and the optional variation. • Play with controllers compatible with your device. wurdweb can generate puzzles in the following languages: • Dutch • English (U.K.) • English (U.S.) • French (Canada) • French (France) • German • Italian • Portuguese (Brazil) • Russian • Spanish (Latin America) • Turkish • Swedish • Polish On top of the languages above, the interface (but not the puzzles!) is also available in the following languages: • Japanese • Arabic • Chinese (Simplified) • Chinese (Traditional) • Korean wurdweb is designed by Aran Koning and Adriaan de Jongh, two game designers and friends from the Netherlands.

Screenshots

Cozy Crosswords4 screens
wurdweb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: wurdweb at 5.0 against Cozy Crosswords's 4.6. Cozy Crosswords's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and chart position (#6 vs #30). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Cozy Crosswords costs $1.99 and wurdweb $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

wurdweb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 61 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Cozy Crosswords versus wurdweb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCozy Crosswordswurdweb
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (34 ratings)5.0 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3461 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#6 — better#30
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size371 MB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMulberry Tree Games, LLCAdriaan de Jongh

In-app purchases

None

Cozy Crosswords

No in-app purchases

None

wurdweb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cozy Crosswords free?
Cozy Crosswords costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is wurdweb free?
wurdweb costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cozy Crosswords or wurdweb?
wurdweb is rated higher. Cozy Crosswords averages 4.6 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while wurdweb averages 5.0 from 61 ratings.
Do Cozy Crosswords or wurdweb have ads?
Neither Cozy Crosswords nor wurdweb shows ads.
Which is more popular, Cozy Crosswords or wurdweb?
Cozy Crosswords currently peaks at #6 in the App Store charts, and wurdweb at #30. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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