“Game play is like several other word games, it's OK. I understand the need for ad revenue, but there's an ad after almost every level. That's just greedy. So, got new phone, logged in with Facebook. My levels were restored, but I had over…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 461 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Crossword Quest
Words MobileUnleash your vocabulary and play Crossword Quest, the world’s #1 word cross p…
4.7 ★145,390 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Unleash your vocabulary and play Crossword Quest, the world’s #1 word cross puzzle game! Crossword Quest is a fun and relaxing word game in a wordcross style format made for the smartest brains!
This game is a cross between all the aspects of word games you love to make you totally addicted and entertained! Swipe the letters to find and guess the hidden words, build up your vocabulary, and have fun!
Crossword Quest starts as an easy word game and gets harder as you level up! Can you beat the game?…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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.
We cannot tell which version of the app this analysis describes. It was run 2026-10-04 , and the app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.4.0, updated 2026-03-19.
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
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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 2.4.0, scanned 2026-10-05.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
None requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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 2
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.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 7 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager) and 3 more
Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Progress is gated behind watching an ad: "Watch a video for a special gift!"
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
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.
In the app's own text: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Progress itself is for sale: "Open the bank now or pass more levels to get more coins at the same price!"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Update: Now they make you watch multiple ads bout the most lame games, then you have to Wait another 5 seconds to cancel the lame ad. Do yourself a favor, stay clear of this ad infested game. I have no clue why they like to aggravate…”
“Just started playing this, and it's cool Only, like most games, there are many adds. But they're worth it. Nice game”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.4.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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