Clean Crosswords vs Crossword ·
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clean Crosswords
Enjoy a classic crossword experience designed for iOS devices. This app offers 1,800 puzzles with clues directly in the grid for easy viewing and play. It provides weeks of challenging fun in a clean, British English format.
- 1,800 crossword puzzles
- Clues in puzzle grid
- Classic British English
- Designed for iPhone and iPad
- Challenging fun
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Designed for iPhone and iPad and the new iOS and written in classic British English, Clean Crossword is different and possibly the best crossword ever published for iOS devices. The clues are shown right in the puzzle grid, making puzzles easy to view and play for weeks of challenging fun.
Crossword ·
Engage your mind with daily crossword puzzles designed for adults. Learn new words, expand your vocabulary, and enjoy unlimited word games at your own pace. Hints are available to assist you through challenging levels.
- AI-curated crossword levels
- Derive missing words from clues
- Unlimited word games
- Play at your own pace
- Hints available
- Offline mode
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Train your brain daily with the latest crossword game for iPad and iPhone. Challenge your wits, learn new words and elevate your vocabulary with our AI curated levels. Features of CrossWords by Word Search Games: - Derive the missing words from the clues - Fun high quality crossword puzzles games - Unlimited word games!!! - Play at your own pace! - No lives! Play unlimited word puzzles! - Hints available to help you with puzzles. - Offline mode Cross word puzzles is popular around the world. Play Crosswords for brain training by solving word puzzles!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clean Crosswords at 66% against Crossword ·'s 0%. Clean Crosswords also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 1). Crossword ·'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Clean Crosswords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Crossword · sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clean Crosswords holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clean Crosswords has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Clean Crosswords's written reviews are positive against 0% of Crossword ·'s.
Clean Crosswords ships an update every 4 months, Crossword · every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clean Crosswords | Crossword · |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.9K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | the binary family | Word Search Games |
Customer experience
Clean Crosswords
Crossword ·
Bugs and requests
Clean Crosswords
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incorrect word definitions or answers
- Arrows pointing to wrong cells
- Puzzle progress not saving properly
- Ads causing app crashes or freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Ability to replay completed puzzles
- More variety in puzzle difficulty levels
- Better integration of American English
Crossword ·
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clean Crosswords
- Remove Ads$7.99
Crossword ·
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 550 Coins$4.99
- 1200 Coins$9.99
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- 2600 Coins$19.99
- 7500 Coins$49.99
Questions
Is Clean Crosswords free?
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