Ultimate Crosswords HD vs Codewords Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Crosswords HD
Engage your mind with a variety of crossword puzzles. Play solo or compete online with others for high scores and rewards. Features include daily challenges, zoom functionality, and helpful hints to solve even the trickiest clues.
- Multiplayer online and solo play
- Daily crossword challenges
- Zoom function for clues
- Built-in web help and anagram hints
- Customizable colors
- Compete for high scores and payouts
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Features: ◉ Multiplayer Online and Solo Crossword game ◉ Daily Crossword Game ◉ Zoom function for clues ( easy reading on iphones ) ◉ Built in Web Help for those hard clues ◉ Use Anagrams to help ◉ Customise your colours ◉ Compete against everyone else to complete the crossword and get the highest points. BIG payouts for the winners. ◉ Clear Fonts even on iPhones ◉ Enjoy playing crosswords, at home, on the move, even on Holiday.. ◉ All games are free, no purchases required. ◉ Thousands of words and clues , millions of crosswords, all for FREE. ◉ Great hint system to help you complete words. ◉ Can't guess the answer? , try an Anagram Hint ◉ Anyone can play. Great for playing on the train or even the beach.. Crosswords HD offers you the best in great, entertaining and challenging crossword puzzles . Very clear clues, and game board. Very intuitive interface.
Codewords Pro
Engage in a unique word puzzle game where numbers replace letters. Solve hundreds of free puzzles or tackle two new daily challenges. Customize your experience with various difficulty levels, grid styles, and language options.
- Hundreds of free puzzles
- Two daily puzzles
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Various grid styles
- Multiple languages
- Customizable settings
- VoiceOver compatibility
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Codewords Pro is an app to play Codewords, a popular word game similar to crosswords. It features several hundred free puzzles as well as 2 daily puzzles. Codewords puzzles are similar to crosswords, but instead of clues, each letter has been replaced by a number from 1 to 26, and you need to figure out which letter each number represents. Features : - Several levels of difficulty, from beginner to very hard - A mix of grid styles : american, french, italian, ... (the difference is in the way the black squares are placed) - 2 new puzzles every day - Several languages available - Many settings to customize the features and the look and feel of the grid - Playable with VoiceOver
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ultimate Crosswords HD at none against Codewords Pro's shown. Ultimate Crosswords HD also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). Codewords Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (88% vs 68%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Ultimate Crosswords HD sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Codewords Pro sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Codewords Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Codewords Pro has 261 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Ultimate Crosswords HD's written reviews are positive against 88% of Codewords Pro's.
Ultimate Crosswords HD ships an update fortnightly, Codewords Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Crosswords HD | Codewords Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (261 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 87.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 261 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Chris Guyler | Emmanuel Mathis |
Customer experience
Ultimate Crosswords HD
Codewords Pro
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Crosswords HD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Codewords Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- VoiceOver not working as expected
- Cannot reset the grid
- Incorrect display of letters/numbers with VoiceOver
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- English version of the app
- Option to remove ads with purchase
- Synchronization between devices (iPad/iPhone)
- More grids available
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- Provide solutions the following day
In-app purchases
Ultimate Crosswords HD
- 1000 Coins$1.99
- 2500 Coins$3.99
- 5000 Coins$7.99
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- 10000 Coins$14.99
- 50000 Coins$18.99
- Advert Free$19.99
Codewords Pro
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 3$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 4$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 5$1.99
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- Intermediate Puzzles - Vol. 4$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 6$1.99
- Expert Puzzles - Vol. 7$1.99
- Expert Puzzles - Vol. 8$1.99
- Hard Puzzles - Vol. 3$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 2$1.99
- Intermediate Puzzles - Vol. 2$1.99
- Hard Puzzles - Vol. 2$1.99
- Expert Puzzles - Vol. 2$1.99
- Intermediate Puzzles - Vol. 3$1.99
- Expert Puzzles - Vol. 3$1.99
- Easy Puzzles - Vol. 7$1.99
- All-Access Pass$9.99
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