--- title: "Crosswords - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: ""… the definitive source for puzzles for iOS…" -- the New York Times Play the Award Winning Crosswords on your iPad or iPhone, optimized for iOS 12! Each day many newspapers provide their crossword " --- # Crosswords — United States ![Crosswords App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/30/0f/46/300f4637-9104-e040-34eb-aa04170ccbf2/Crosswords27-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-85-220.png/400x400bb.png) **Developer:** [Stand Alone](https://apptail.io/developer/stand-alone-sBcd) **Category:** Games **Rating:** 4.4/5 (574 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.standalone.crosswords7 **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 2026.13 (released 2026-05-06) **Original Release:** 2013-10-02 **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id688876601) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/united-states) ## Crosswords Description "… the definitive source for puzzles for iOS…" -- the New York Times Play the Award Winning Crosswords on your iPad or iPhone, optimized for iOS 12! Each day many newspapers provide their crossword puzzles online; wake up each day to new puzzles, solve them, get hints, view clues, and track how quickly you're improving! • Touch and hold a square to view hints • US and UK Cryptic puzzles available • Hints, Websites, and Clue lookups • Enter answers in 'ink' or 'pencil' • Quickly see your recently played, or sort by date, difficulty or source • Detailed info on each puzzle • Post your solve times online and compare with other solvers After upgrading, you can also: • Automatically get new puzzles every day • Access nearly unlimited puzzles from many different sources • Grab older puzzles with a tap • Download new puzzles automatically in the background Upgraded Puzzle Sources: • Brendan Emmett Quigley's Weekly Puzzle • Inkwell Crossword (Archives only) • Village Voice (Archives only) • Chronicle of Higher Education (Archives only) • King Features Crosswords (Joseph, Sheffer, and Premier) • People Magazine (Archives only) • Newsday (Archives only) • Andy Kravis, Cruciverbist at Law • Glutton for Pun • MacNamara’s Band • Murchie’s Monday Fills • Neville Fogarty • Puzzle Express • The Stickler Weekly • World of Crosswords Premium Crosswords subscription required: • Matt Gaffney’s Crossword Contest • American Values Crossword • Crooked Crosswords Providers list subject to change. •• For support, please visit our website at •• Privacy Policy: EULA: ## Crosswords Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/d3/d8/10/d3d81057-0214-5670-e9df-016bb8404e98/mzl.oviaulrr.png/640x960.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/a2/9e/14/a29e144b-4800-ab45-cbf5-5dd3b487e5ad/mzl.irhphjfi.png/640x960.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/dc/32/37/dc32376f-b294-0c7b-9d59-e62c52f852e1/mzl.uvvgcczu.png/960x640.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/e7/a4/af/e7a4afaa-1fac-469f-c10d-981a06198319/mzl.lxvhxhvm.png/640x960.png) ## Crosswords Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 382 (67%) - 4 stars: 106 (18%) - 3 stars: 29 (5%) - 2 stars: 21 (4%) - 1 stars: 36 (6%) ## Crosswords Reviews in United States ### **--- "It was fine the way it was" Like others, I paid to “upgrade” to this new version because many of the providers were no longer loading in the old one. Some of the interface changes are annoying, but I can live with them. The real problem is the leaderboards. In short, they don’t work. I can get to the screen where it shows the top few times, and mine, but clicking on the all times button brings up a blank screen, 100% of the time. I tried to reach out to the developer for a fix, and was ignored. -- Docsobeck, 2025-09-05 ### ***-- "Stopped downloading new crosswords" I paid for this app a few years ago and as of February 2025, it’s no longer downloading new crosswords. No way to contact the developer. :( -- Seaweede, 2025-07-30 ### **--- "Daily puzzle update" Recently will not consistently download daily puzzles. I have to delete app, and then reinstall. This is getting very tiresome as deletes other puzzles I have saved. This program has not been updated for a year. Please fix! -- Soma1066, 2025-02-07 ### *---- "Bait and switch" The app showed the option to link my NYT crossword account, so I paid for full version and suddenly now that option is gone. Deep in the faq on their website I read that support for NYT is no more. Wouldn’t have bought it if I knew that. Thieves. -- chiliwacker, 2025-01-28 ### *---- "The Game" Can’t even uninstall this 😡 -- Mama-63, 2025-01-03 ### **--- "What happened?" I’ve been enjoying g this app for several weeks. Then, I noticed clues did not match puzzles, answer spaces were cut off on the right and bottom edges, Hints function stopped working. I deleted the app and reinstalled, but it still does not work the way it did last week. -- Marcia in Downey, 2024-04-20 ### *---- "Upgrade doesn’t work" It claims if you bought pro on the old version it will give you a discount to buy pro on this one, but it won’t! It does load the old version quickly before going to the purchase screen so it should find my purchase history, but it never activates! Awful! -- Original Z, 2024-01-07 ### ***-- "Going Downhill for voiceover users :(" This is the only crossword app I have found accessible to blind folks with screen readers, but it has developed some problems, and sai does not return my emails. Also The best puzzle (quigley) seems to be gone now. I have never seen ny times puzzrs in this app. Pleeeeez bring back Quigley!!!! -- n8lag, 2023-09-23 ### ****- "I like this" Responsive, fresh, and notebook/iPad oriented for once. Clues are better than easy. Two suggestions: implement the arrow keys on the magic keyboard. Add auto sizing: on the iPad Air you have to scroll a bit to get around. -- agedefying, 2023-06-28 ### *---- "No additional puzzles" App comes with a few starter puzzles and offers other bundles for sale. I tried to buy two of these, they took my money, never provided any additional puzzles. So, for two bucks it’s not worth my time to pursue. But save your own time and money and don’t deal with these crooks. -- afjdsaooewau, 2023-03-30 [View all Crosswords reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://app.apptail.io/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Crosswords In-App Purchases | Item | Price | |------|-------| | Crosswords Pro | $9.99 | | Crosswords Pro (Upgrade) | $3.99 | | Edited By Tausig 2 | $2.99 | | Dell Crosswords | $1.99 | | Crossword Nation's Centennial Edition | $7.99 | | Ridonkulous Crosswords | $1.99 | | Brendan Emmett Quigley Freestyle | $2.99 | | Edited by Ben Tausig, Vol. 1 | $1.99 | | Jonesin' Crosswords | $2.99 | | Brendan Emmett Quigley's Faves #1 | $2.99 | ## Crosswords Discovered Keywords - crosswords classic - crosswords ## Apps Similar to Crosswords - [Crossword Puzzle Redstone](https://apptail.io/app/crossword-puzzle-redstone-wkg/united-states) - [Crossword+](https://apptail.io/app/crossword-JNn/united-states) - [Crossword Puzzle Universe](https://apptail.io/app/crossword-puzzle-universe-lyI/united-states) - 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[Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/netherlands) - [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/hong-kong) - [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/taiwan) - [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/germany) - [France](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/france) - [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/lebanon) - [India](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/india) - [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/sweden) - [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/nepal) - [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/vietnam) - [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/latvia) - [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/philippines) - [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/singapore) - [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/kuwait) - [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/denmark) - [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/romania) - [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/bermuda) - [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/malaysia) - [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/croatia) - [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/hungary) - [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/indonesia) - [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/ireland) - [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/israel) - [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/iceland) - [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/italy) - [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/japan) - [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/south-korea) - [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/cayman-islands) - [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/kazakhstan) - [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/sri-lanka) - [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/lithuania) - [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/luxembourg) - [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/madagascar) - [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/north-macedonia) - [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/malta) - [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/mauritius) - [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/mexico) - [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/nigeria) - [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/norway) - [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/peru) - [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/pakistan) - [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/poland) - [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/portugal) - [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/russia) - [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/saudi-arabia) - [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/south-africa) - [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/argentina) - [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/austria) - [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/azerbaijan) - [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/belgium) - [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/bulgaria) - [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/bahrain) - [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/brazil) - [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/belarus) - [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/switzerland) - [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/chile) - [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/colombia) - [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/cyprus) - [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/czechia) - [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/dominican-republic) - [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/algeria) - [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/ecuador) - [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/estonia) - [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/egypt) - [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/spain) - [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/finland) - [Ghana](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/ghana) - [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/crosswords-JUS/greece) - 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