“Ads — Can’t even play for pop up ads. Sad”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 511 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.9 ★67,281 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
393 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Are you ready to embark on a journey of brain-boosting fun?
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of wordplay with Crossword Puzzle Explorer, the definitive crossword puzzle experience that's not only fun but also educational! Best of all, this game is completely free to play!
Whether you're a seasoned crossword enthusiast looking for a new challenge or someone just beginning their crossword journey, Crossword Puzzle Explorer has something special for you.
Dive into our vast crossword puzzle collection, featuring a diverse range of themes, sizes, and difficulty levels. There's a puzzle for every mood and skill level.
Key Features
- Endless Puzzles: Challenge yourself with an impressive collection of thousands of crossword puzzles that span the spectrum from easy to expert.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.160 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.160, updated 2026-09-08.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
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
2 themes 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
90% or more 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.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
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: Raised by 103 distinct reviewers — 20.2% of the 511 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
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: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (2.3% of 511 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Ad popping up every second — The ad has started popping up in less than a second. It will close and before you can select anything it comes back preventing playing the game!! Prior to this issue kI have enjoyed playing the Crossword”
“What happened to FREE — Been using the app for many months. Now I can’t use it with adds that don’t go away.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.160.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.