Daily Cryptic vs gridlo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Cryptic
Learn to solve cryptic crosswords with daily clues, progressive hints, and step-by-step explanations. Build your skills through a structured learning series and practice with weekly crosswords and monthly prize challenges.
- Daily cryptic clues
- Progressive hints
- Step-by-step explanations
- Structured learning series
- Weekly practice crosswords
- Monthly prize challenges
- Progress tracking
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Daily Cryptic teaches you to solve cryptic crosswords — one clue at a time. Every day brings a fresh cryptic clue with progressive hints and a step-by-step explanation, so you learn the technique behind every answer. Work through the learning series, build a solving streak, then put your skills to work on full crosswords and monthly prize challenges. EVERY DAY • A new hand-picked cryptic clue • Progressive hints when you're stuck • Clear step-by-step explanations of the wordplay • Streaks and stats to track your progress LEARN THE CRAFT • A structured learning series covering the major clue types — anagrams, hidden words, containers, reversals and more • Step-by-step explainers that show how each answer is built CROSSWORDS & PRIZES • Weekly crosswords to practise on • Monthly prize challenges • Entry rules and eligibility are shown before you enter SYNC EVERYWHERE • Your progress, streaks and entries sync between iOS and dailycryptic.co Terms of Use: https://dailycryptic.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://dailycryptic.co/privacy
gridlo
Engage in daily mini-crosswords, compete with friends in races and tournaments, and explore community-created puzzles. Improve language skills through fun, themed challenges.
- Daily mini-crosswords
- Friend challenges and tournaments
- Community-created puzzles
- Language practice puzzles
- Create your own puzzles
- Global leaderboards
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gridlo is a social mini-crosswords game & platform. Play the Daily Solve a mini-crossword each day, build your streak, see how your time compares with friends. Will you be fastest in the world? Race your friends Challenge your friends to one-on-one matches or tournaments. App-wide Sunday Sessions tournaments bring the community together. Explore Social puzzles Play themed mini-crosswords from the community - think idiosyncrasies of London life, brain teasers and etymology. Get creative & make your own - our tools make it fun & easy. Language practice The funnest way to improve your language skills, with dedicated practice puzzles daily. Terms of Use: https://thegridlo.com/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://thegridlo.com/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Daily Cryptic at every 2 days against gridlo's fortnightly. Daily Cryptic also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). gridlo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Daily Cryptic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per 3 months and gridlo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Daily Cryptic against 5.0 for gridlo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Cryptic has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Daily Cryptic ships an update every 2 days, gridlo fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Daily Cryptic | gridlo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TF Daily | BreadRolls Group |
Customer experience
Daily Cryptic
gridlo
In-app purchases
Daily Cryptic
- Plus Quarterly7 Days trial$24.993 Months
- Plus Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
gridlo
- Unlimited$1.991 Month
- Unlimited annual$9.991 Year
- 1 credit$0.49
- 10 credits$0.99
- 50 credits$1.99









