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Version 3.7.3 · 2026-09-13
Bonmo just got better! In this update: • iPadOS 27 compatibility. • Performance improvements behind the scenes. Have feedback? Email us at [email protected]
App Store rating4.6★955 ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $6.99–$39.99
Age12+Store age rating
Size54 MBiPhone download
CategoryGames
DeveloperIhor Ryzhkov
What we found
Full reportToo little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.
Money
- Free to download · in-app purchases $6.99–$39.99 (4 listed). Monthly plans $6.99 (about $84 a year) and $7.99 (about $96 a year); yearly plans $29.99 and $39.99.
- If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 3.7.3, updated 2026-09-13.
Preview
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
About this app
Play Bonmo with your Apple Pencil.
Solve crosswords by writing letters in the blank squares, and Bonmo will understand your handwriting.
No more tapping on squares and typing each letter on the screen keyboard. Write naturally with your Apple Pencil and focus on solving clues and filling grids with Bonmo.
Highlights:
• First-ever crossword app with handwriting recognition!
• Designed exclusively for iPad and Apple Pencil.
• Third-party styluses are also supported.
• All our crosswords are lovingly handcrafted by real people.
• Ad-free! Stay focused, and don't get distracted by ads.
• Complete each level at your own pace, with no rush or time pressure.
• With unlimited attempts to solve each puzzle.
Subscription pricing and terms:
Premium subscription is the best way to enjoy Bonmo. You will have unlimited access to all the puzzles while you maintain an active subscription.…
From the developer’s store description.
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The full report
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings and evidence
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.
What reviewers report
No review analysis published for this app.
Measurements
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
From store data and reviews
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description lists a price and how often it bills
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
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 app 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, not a finding.
Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
Versions and dates analysed
Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.
Store update history
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Assessment record
- Status
- Not yet tested
- App identifier
crossword-puzzle- Sources used
- None recorded
- Reviews read
- None recorded
- Package examined
- No package scan
- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
Store facts
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
App Store
- Store rating
- 4.63 ★ · 955 ratings
- Version
- 3.7.3
- Updated
- 13 Sep 2026
- Price
- Free · In-app purchases
- Age rating
- 12+
- Size
- 54 MB
- Developer
- Ihor Ryzhkov
- Category
- Games
- Listing price
- Free · In-app purchases
Purchases the store lists
What this app sells
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
Subscriptions4
Crossword With Pencil MonthlyMonthly$7.99
Crosswords For Pencil MonthlyMonthly$6.99
Crosswords With Pencil YearlyYearly$39.99
Crosswords With Pencil YearlyYearly$29.99
Method and limits
What a missing label means
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.
Limits of this report
- A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
- Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
- Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
- A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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