cross vs Lex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cross
Access player rankings, match results, and tournament schedules for North American SCRABBLE. Stay updated on the competitive Scrabble scene.
- View player rankings
- See match results
- Discover upcoming tournaments
- North American SCRABBLE focus
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cross-tables lets you see players, results, and upcoming tournaments from the world of North American SCRABBLE.
Lex
Instantly verify Scrabble words, check tile points, and get definitions. Supports offline lookups and includes a unique photo-scanning feature to analyze word lists from images. Offers an ad-free experience with a one-time purchase.
- Scrabble word validation
- Tile point calculation
- Offline definitions
- Photo word list scanning
- Recent lookup history
- Ad-free option
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Lex is a fast, beautiful Scrabble word checker and dictionary for the moment your friend across the table claims "qi" is a word. Type any word, see in an instant whether it's a legal play in international Scrabble (SOWPODS), how many tile points it scores, and what it means. Roughly 268,000 words and offline definition entries for every legal word are bundled in the app for instant lookup. Open Lex, type a word, and the result card updates as you type: a green VALID badge or red NOT VALID, the word laid out as wooden Scrabble tiles, the total point value, and grouped definitions by part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb). The Scan tab lets you photograph a Boggle list, screenshot, or handwritten notes, then review valid and invalid words side by side. The Recent tab keeps a history of typed lookups, and Settings lets you remove ads or upgrade to Lex Pro. Lex is free with a single Medium Rectangle banner ad on the search screen; a one-time Remove Ads purchase turns it off permanently. Typed lookups are processed entirely on-device. Photo word checks run OCR on-device, then send only extracted text and line layout to Lex's parser so messy columns and numbering can be cleaned into a word list. Free users get 1 photo check per month; Lex Pro unlocks unlimited photo checks and also removes ads. Privacy Policy: https://lex.clarved.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: cross at 5.0 against Lex's 1.0. cross also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Lex's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume 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. Lex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. cross asks for nothing beyond the download.
cross holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
cross ships an update every 2 months, Lex weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cross | Lex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seth Lipkin | Clarved Inc. |
Customer experience
cross
Lex
In-app purchases
cross
No in-app purchases
Lex
- Remove Ads$3.99
