Daily Crosswords vs Honeycomb Hints
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Crosswords
Engage your mind with a new, original crossword puzzle every day. Access over a thousand puzzles instantly and play at your own pace. Use hints to overcome challenges and earn more by playing daily.
- Daily new crossword puzzles
- Over a thousand accessible puzzles
- Hint system for assistance
- Earn extra hints daily
- Play at your own pace
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Daily Crosswords is a game with new and original crossword puzzles! Over a thousand crosswords are accessible right away to be played at your own rhythm. When stuck you can use hints to reveal letters. Earn extra hints by playing every day. Enjoy Daily Crosswords!
Honeycomb Hints
This app assists with word game arithmetic by automatically updating hint matrices and clue lists from uploaded screenshots. It allows manual entry of discoveries as you play, making word game calculations easier.
- Screenshot analysis for word games
- Automatic hint matrix updates
- Two-letter-list clue generation
- Manual discovery entry
- Supports multiple screenshots
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Good at word games but struggle at counting? Let Honeycomb Hints take care of the arithmetic so you can play quick. Upload screenshots of your words and watch as the hint matrix and two-letter-list clues are automatically updated. As you solve for more words, upload more screenshots or manually enter your discoveries- whichever is more convenient for you. The Honeycomb Hints app is an independently developed project created in the spirit of Fair Use Doctrine. It is in no way affiliated with the New York Times (NYT) or the NYT Spelling Bee game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Honeycomb Hints at 5.0 against Daily Crosswords's 4.3. Honeycomb Hints also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Daily Crosswords's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price 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. Daily Crosswords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Honeycomb Hints asks for nothing beyond the download.
Honeycomb Hints holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Crosswords has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Daily Crosswords ships an update every 9 months, Honeycomb Hints every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Crosswords | Honeycomb Hints |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pyrosphere, Lda | Aaron Cohen |
Customer experience
Daily Crosswords
Honeycomb Hints
In-app purchases
Daily Crosswords
- 40 Hints$0.99
Honeycomb Hints
No in-app purchases
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