“WAY too many ads. Not just between puzzles, or even between hands. Sometimes it will shove an ad in your face during a move. Want to remove ads? $10 is too much to buy this challenge-less game, but they charge even more than that to…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 212 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.7 ★29,433 ratings
500K+Downloads
12+Age rating
298 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Crossword Challenge is the ultimate brain-training crossword game that keeps your mind sharp and your spirit competitive! Solve beautiful picture clues, enjoy smooth modern gameplay, and embark on a journey of daily mental exercise. Whether you’re a seasoned word solver or a casual puzzle fan, Crossword Challenge will quickly become your new daily ritual!
Train your brain every day with fun and relaxing crosswords. Stretch your vocabulary, improve your logic skills, and keep your mind young with every puzzle you complete!
Dark Mode Support lets you play comfortably at any time, day or night.
Picture Clues add a fresh twist to the classic crossword experience, making each puzzle even more exciting and fun to solve.
Daily Mini Levels with City Badge Rewards give you quick, rewarding challenges every day. Collect them all and showcase your achievements!…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 4.41 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 4.41, updated 2026-09-18.
What we measured
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Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 70 distinct reviewers (33.0% of 212 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (5 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“bad design. bad hints. obviously bait to make you watch 10 ads.”
“I LOVE crosswords, but this game is drowning in ads! Nearly every puzzle feels like a commercial break with a crossword attached!”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 4.41.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$1.99
Highest$19.99
Standart Puzzle Pass 7 Days$3.99
Pro Puzzle Pass 7 Days$4.99
Standart Puzzle Pass 30 Days$11.99
Pro Puzzle Pass 30 Days$14.99
Limited Puzzle Pass 30 Days$2.99
Show 5 more purchases
25 Hints$19.99
5 Hints$7.99
1 Revive$1.99
10 Revives$14.99
5 Revives$7.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.