Crosswords vs All The Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crosswords
Enjoy daily crossword puzzles from various newspapers and sources. Get hints, track your progress, and compare solve times. Upgrade for automatic downloads and access to premium puzzle collections.
- Daily new puzzles
- Hints and clue lookups
- Solve time tracking
- US and UK Cryptic puzzles
- Automatic background downloads
- Access to premium puzzle sources
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"… the definitive source for puzzles for iOS…" -- the New York Times Play the Award Winning Crosswords on your iPad or iPhone, optimized for iOS 27! Each day many newspapers provide their crossword puzzles online; wake up each day to new puzzles, solve them, get hints, view clues, and track how quickly you're improving! • Touch and hold a square to view hints • US and UK Cryptic puzzles available • Hints, Websites, and Clue lookups • Enter answers in 'ink' or 'pencil' • Quickly see your recently played, or sort by date, difficulty or source • Detailed info on each puzzle • Post your solve times online and compare with other solvers After upgrading, you can also: • Automatically get new puzzles every day • Access nearly unlimited puzzles from many different sources • Grab older puzzles with a tap • Download new puzzles automatically in the background Upgraded Puzzle Sources: • Brendan Emmett Quigley's Weekly Puzzle • Inkwell Crossword (Archives only) • Village Voice (Archives only) • Chronicle of Higher Education (Archives only) • King Features Crosswords (Joseph, Sheffer, and Premier) • People Magazine (Archives only) • Newsday (Archives only) • Andy Kravis, Cruciverbist at Law • Glutton for Pun • MacNamara’s Band • Murchie’s Monday Fills • Neville Fogarty • Puzzle Express • The Stickler Weekly • World of Crosswords Premium Crosswords subscription required: • Matt Gaffney’s Crossword Contest • American Values Crossword • Crooked Crosswords Providers list subject to change. •• For support, please visit our website at http://www.standalone.com •• Privacy Policy: https://www.standalone.com/legal/ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
All The Words
Test your spelling skills in timed or untimed challenges. Identify all possible words using your given letters. Supports both English and Spanish languages.
- Timed and untimed game modes
- Identify all possible words
- Uses provided letters
- English and Spanish language support
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Can you spell all the words? Enjoy timed and untimed games as you are challenged to identify all the words that can be created with your letters. Play with English or Spanish!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Crosswords at Free against All The Words's $1.99. Crosswords also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (580 vs 1). All The Words's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On 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
Crosswords is free to download; All The Words costs $1.99 up front. Crosswords sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. All The Words asks for nothing beyond the download.
All The Words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crosswords has 580 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Crosswords's written reviews are positive against 60% of All The Words's.
Crosswords ships an update every 3 days, All The Words monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Crosswords | All The Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (580 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.3% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 580 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #141 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stand Alone, Inc. | Learning Answers LLC |
Customer experience
Crosswords
All The Words
Bugs and requests
Crosswords
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzle grid freezing or displaying blank
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
- Inability to access or download certain puzzle sources
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to delete puzzles
- Comprehensive error checking and feedback
- Customizable keyboard and gestures
All The Words
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crosswords
- Dell Crosswords$1.99
- Edited by Ben Tausig, Vol. 1$1.99
- Ridonkulous Crosswords$1.99
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- Brendan Emmett Quigley's Faves #1$2.99
- Jonesin' Crosswords$2.99
- Edited By Tausig 2$2.99
- Brendan Emmett Quigley Freestyle$2.99
- Crosswords Pro (Upgrade)$3.99
- Crossword Nation's Centennial Edition$7.99
- Crosswords Pro$9.99
All The Words
No in-app purchases
Questions
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