Comparison

Crossword Puzzle Redstone vs Exploding Brain

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
Currently charting
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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

Exploding Brain

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Exploding Brain is a fast, tactile flow-state game about keeping an overheating mental machine under control. Manage pressure, heat, balance, and scrambled words at the same time as the system gets faster, louder, and harder to hold together. Each instrument is simple on its own. The challenge is staying calm when everything starts demanding your attention at once. Features: - One-handed multitasking gameplay - Analog-inspired pressure, heat, and balance instruments - Fast scrambled word challenges - Dynamic difficulty that ramps as you survive - Game Center leaderboards - Haptics and reactive sound effects - No ads, accounts, or backend services How long can you stay in flow before your brain explodes?

Screenshots

Crossword Puzzle Redstone4 screens
Exploding Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Exploding Brain at none against Crossword Puzzle Redstone's 16. Exploding Brain also leads on ads (none vs shown). Crossword Puzzle Redstone's advantage is chart position (#153 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Exploding Brain asks for nothing beyond the download.

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Crossword Puzzle Redstone versus Exploding Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossword Puzzle RedstoneExploding Brain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (115K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings115K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#153 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB10 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperREDSTONE GAMES LTDAALEXANDER SEAWARD SEDENSTR COGGINS

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

Exploding Brain

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
None

Exploding Brain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crossword Puzzle Redstone free?
Crossword Puzzle Redstone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exploding Brain free?
Exploding Brain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crossword Puzzle Redstone or Exploding Brain have ads?
Crossword Puzzle Redstone shows ads; Exploding Brain does not.

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