Comparison

Crossword Puzzle Redstone vs Crossword

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Crossword Puzzle Redstone

Solve thousands of free crossword puzzles with various difficulty levels and themes. Enjoy a polished interface, smart hints, and offline play. Improve your vocabulary and challenge yourself daily with puzzles from top constructors.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free crossword puzzles
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Themed and themeless puzzles
  • Smart Look Up and hints
  • Offline mode
  • Dark Mode
  • Show and clear errors
Features
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Solve 30,000+ human-made crossword puzzles from indie and industry-leading crossword creators for free — no subscriptions! Crossword Puzzle Free by Redstone, also known as "The crossword lover's dream app," delivers a polished crossword solving experience with fresh content and a clean, well-designed word game interface. You can solve crosswords offline, with new packs of mini, midi and regular word puzzles released regularly. Enjoy themed crossword puzzles, build your vocabulary, learn new words, and challenge yourself every day with puzzles from easy to master. ---- Wide range of English crossword puzzles (American-style / NYT): - Four difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard and Very Hard (Master). - Sizes: Minis, Midis and Regular 15x15 puzzles. - Themes: Both themed and themeless crossword puzzles. Crossword game features: Smart Look Up, Dark Mode, Multi-word Entry Hints, Smart Step, Lock Completed Words, Incorrect Puzzle Assistance, Reveal Help, Show Errors, Clear Errors, Offline Mode, User Interface Themes. --- We provide free crossword puzzles from 80+ crossword and word game creators, including independent and industry-leading puzzle authors with work published in The New York Times (NY Times), The Washington Post, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and more. Featured crossword creators and cruciverbalists include Brendan Emmett Quigley, Sid Sivakumar, Will Nediger, Fred Piscop, Mark McClain, Andrew Ries, Brad Wilber, Bonnie L. Gentry, Paolo Pasco, Ross Trudeau, Matthew Stock, David Alfred Bywaters, Mangesh Ghogre, Myles Mellor, Martina Waluk, Norah Sharpe, Ada Nicolle, Greg Johnson, Bart Gold, Stella Zawistowski, Hannah Binney & Madison Shultz, Steve Mossberg, Trent H. Evans, Dylan Thomas, Rock and Roll Crosswords, and Barbara Olson.

About

Crossword

Engage your mind with a vast collection of daily crosswords, playable offline. Enjoy customizable themes, unlimited hints, and track your progress with player rankings. Collect items and unlock snow globes for added challenges.

Highlights
  • Offline crossword play
  • Unlimited free hints
  • Light and dark themes
  • Player rankings
  • Item collections
  • Snow globe gallery
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Collection of crosswords without the Internet, crossword puzzles for every day. Spend time with the benefit of the mind, check your erudition, find out all the questions and answers. Play for fun and without limits: you can start solving any crossword and use an unlimited number of clues. Why choose our crosswords: - new puzzles that are formed by our team; - hard and easy mode due to keyboard type selection; - switching between light and dark theme; - you can play without internet in offline game; - huge database of questions; - convenient guessing process; - unlimited free hints; - online ranking of players; - optimized for all screen sizes and device types; - tasks for players, collections of items, gallery of snow globes. Game Features: - Supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Italian; - 69000 unique questions in English; - 3650 crosswords in English. Also 12350 crosswords in other languages; - sections of the game: main, additional, purchased and crossword of the day; - full keyboard and simplified; - playing field size 12 by 12; - enlarge the crossword with gestures so that questions can be better seen. Gallery of snow globes: The game has a star currency. You get them for solving crosswords and completing tasks. With this stars you can open layers of snow globes in the gallery. By fully opening the snow globe, you will receive diamonds. Item collections: You have the opportunity to collect items based on different themes. For solving some crosswords you will receive items. Collect all the collection items and earn more diamonds. Player ratings. The game has online ratings of players. The first rating is based on the number of solved crosswords. The second rating is based on the time of guessing the crossword. The third by count of diamonds. Rating is formed by players, that active during the last seven days. Levels that have been solved using no more than two clues participate in the ratings. Diamonds can be obtained for solving some levels, for completely collecting a collection of items, or for completely opening all elements of every picture in gallery. In the rating settings, you can set an avatar by linking a social network. You can also change the default name to your own there. The game is suitable for the whole family. It contains advertising. If you have any questions, you can contact us by mail, through social networks or directly in the application through the "Contact us" section. We wish you a pleasant time with our game "Crossword: Puzzle collection"!

Screenshots

Crossword Puzzle Redstone4 screens
Crossword4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Crossword Puzzle Redstone at 115K against Crossword's 35. Crossword Puzzle Redstone also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 40%) and chart position (#162 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crossword Puzzle Redstone sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Crossword sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Crossword Puzzle Redstone against 4.7 for Crossword. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossword Puzzle Redstone has 115K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Crossword Puzzle Redstone's written reviews are positive against 40% of Crossword's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crossword Puzzle Redstone ships an update every 2 months, Crossword every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Crossword Puzzle Redstone versus Crossword: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossword Puzzle RedstoneCrossword
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (115K ratings) — better4.7 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings115K — better35
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#162 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB172 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperREDSTONE GAMES LTDAVitaly Mishin

Customer experience

Crossword Puzzle Redstone

All ratings115,068 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews506 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral13.0%
Negative28.7%

Crossword

All ratings35 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Crossword Puzzle Redstone

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incorrect answers
  • Crashes on opening app
  • Keyboard issues
  • Losing progress when closing app

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to sort/save puzzles by author
  • Landscape mode support
  • Option to use device keyboard
  • More international/less US-centric content
  • Statistics on average solve times
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  • Error reporting system
  • More frequent puzzle updates

Crossword

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Crossword Puzzle Redstone

One-time13
  • Diamond Crossword Puzzles from M. Mellor, Vol. 7$0.99
  • Diamond Crossword Puzzles from M. Mellor, Vol. 10$0.99
  • Crosswords: M. Mellor, Vol. 30$0.99
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  • Crossword Puzzles from C. Media, Vol. 3$1.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from M. Mellor, Vol. 5$1.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from C. Media, Vol. 4$2.99
  • Crosswords: Larry H., Vol. 19$3.99
  • Crosswords: D. Diebold, Vol. 7$3.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from M. Mellor, Vol. 9$3.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from P. Wells, Vol. 4$3.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from Larry Harrington, Vol. 3$3.99
  • Crosswords: M.Fleming, Vol. 13$3.99
  • Remove Ads$34.99
2 purchases

Crossword

One-time2
  • 50 Crosswords$2.99
  • Disabling advertising$6.99

Questions

Is Crossword Puzzle Redstone free?
Crossword Puzzle Redstone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crossword free?
Crossword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crossword Puzzle Redstone or Crossword?
Crossword Puzzle Redstone is rated higher. Crossword Puzzle Redstone averages 4.8 out of 5 from 115K ratings, while Crossword averages 4.7 from 35 ratings.
Do Crossword Puzzle Redstone or Crossword have ads?
Both Crossword Puzzle Redstone and Crossword show ads.
Which is updated more often, Crossword Puzzle Redstone or Crossword?
Crossword Puzzle Redstone ships an update every 2 months, and Crossword every 5 weeks. Most recently, Crossword Puzzle Redstone was updated on September 24, 2026 and Crossword on September 15, 2026.

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