Jigsaw Crossword + vs Squell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jigsaw Crossword +
This game challenges you to reconstruct crosswords using jigsaw puzzle pieces. Letters on the pieces guide you to complete the grid. Customize grid size, difficulty, and language for a personalized experience.
- Reconstruct crosswords with jigsaw pieces
- Letters on pieces aid completion
- Unlimited puzzles
- Configurable difficulty and grid size
- Supports 26 languages
- Portrait and landscape modes
- View word definitions
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Recreate a crossword with jigsaw pieces. The letters on the pieces help you complete the puzzle. Easy to use interface, drag and drop puzzle pieces across the screen. This game is also known as pieceword, bits & pieces, jigcross, jigsnip and building blocks. Play with an English word list or choose one of 25 other languages. • Play an unlimited number of different puzzles!! • Multiple difficulty options. Play one of 10 built in difficulty levels, or use the advanced mode to configure the difficulty just as you want. • Four different sizes of puzzle piece are possible. • Pieces can start outside the grid (classic version), or all are randomly placed on the grid and are then swapped to find the solution (ideal for smaller screens). • Designed for fun games from the smallest mobile phones up to the largest tablets. You can configure: 1) Grid size Specify exactly how many columns and rows to use (from 3 to 20). Even non square grids (e.g. 12x15) are possible. 2) Difficulty Settings Change the difficulty of the puzzles, from easy to very difficult. 3) Language Choose the language of the word list, from a large range of downloadable dictionaries. 26 languages are currently available (see below). 4) Orientation Can be played in portrait or landscape mode. Just rotate your device and the display adjusts automatically. This app gives you the ultimate power to play the game just the way you want. Game aids: 1) As words are formed, then valid words are highlighted. 2) You can choose to have one or more pieces placed into their correct position at the beginning of the game. 3) During the game, you can request a random puzzle piece to be placed into its correct position. 4) You can ask the game if a selected puzzle piece is in the correct position. Each game is assigned a difficulty level from 0 (easy) to 9 (very hard). The difficulty level is determined by the settings. Each difficulty level maintains the high scores (measured by fastest time to complete the game). The game displays the best 20 scores for each difficulty level. Other features unique to this app: 1) View the definition of the word from an online source (e.g. Wiktionary), optimized for viewing on a small screen. 2) When you play with a word list in a foreign language, the word definition will (where possible) be in your own language. This is great for language learning! Dictionaries available are English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Polish, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian(Latin), Serbian(Cyrillic), Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian and more coming later
Squell
A casual spelling game combining vocabulary challenges with spatial reasoning. Rearrange letter grids to form words, with move count impacting score. Enjoy offline play and save progress to return anytime.
- Spatial reasoning word puzzles
- Move-based scoring system
- Save progress and resume anytime
- Offline gameplay
- Addictive and engaging gameplay
- Simple, clean design
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Squell is a casual spelling game that challenges your vocabulary and your spatial reasoning. Imagine Boggle got a little too friendly with a Rubik's cube and you've got Squell. Rearrange a grid of letters to spell words. How many moves you make matters, but get good and keep the game going to rack up tons of points. Squell games are controlled by how many moves you make, so you play it at your own pace. It's a great game to put down and come back to later, since all progress is saved on your device as you play and you can always review the words you've already spelled. It works offline, so it's great on a plane, a train, or in that waiting room with no cell service. Squell is simple to play, but with plenty of strategies to uncover and master, you'll come back to it again and again!
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The clearest difference is update cadence: Squell at every 8 days against Jigsaw Crossword +'s every 10 months. Squell also leads on chart position (#148 vs unranked) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Jigsaw Crossword + costs $2.99 and Squell $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Jigsaw Crossword + against 4.8 for Squell. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Squell has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Jigsaw Crossword + ships an update every 10 months, Squell every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jigsaw Crossword + | Squell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #148 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Havos | Compassionate Robot Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Jigsaw Crossword +
Squell
In-app purchases
Jigsaw Crossword +
No in-app purchases
Squell
No in-app purchases








