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Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 519 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.

Crostic Guru - Guess The Words

Severex

Crossword puzzles, Solve Clues

4.6 ★102,730 ratings
1M+Downloads
12+Age rating
238 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases

About this app

Ready for a real brain challenge? We’ve got the ultimate puzzle game for true logic lovers! Our new game will put your brain to the test with intricate word puzzles, hidden proverbs, famous quotes, and secret words to decode. But here’s the twist – there’s no auto-fill! Every single letter must be placed manually, and mistakes matter – accuracy is everything! Can you handle the challenge?

A Fresh Take on the Crossword Puzzle Genre! If you love crossword puzzles, logic riddles, and word games, this is your next obsession! We’ve taken the classic crossword genre and turned it into an interactive brain workout, where every move requires precision and strategy. No more random guessing or easy solutions – each word must be carefully assembled, piece by piece.

This is the perfect mix of traditional word puzzles and innovative gameplay mechanics that will keep you hooked for hours.…

Preview

Real screenshots from the store listing.

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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.

Automated analysis in progress

Which version this describes

When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.

App Store

This analysis describes version 2.2.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 2.2.1, updated 2026-08-14.

Google Play

This analysis describes version 2.2.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 2.2.0, updated 2026-09-01.

What we measured

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How these are measured

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 at least 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
65–79% 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.

Methodology

Positive evidence 1

Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.

Developer says data deletion can be requested
Measuredfrom the store listingview evidence
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 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
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
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 12 distinct reviewers (2.4% of 497 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is the store privacy disclosure.view evidence
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 (4 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.

Aggressive ad load
“absolutely love this game since I've started playing I've become absolutely addicted. hate having so many ads to watch all the time. constantly showing "Crostic app not responding" close app or wait...... It does this at LEAST 10 TIMES in…”
4★ · Google Play · 2026-07-27
Aggressive ad load
“too many ads, doesn't take some real words. some phrases are incorrect. deleting the app after 26 levels.”
2★ · Google Play · 2026-08-06
Aggressive ad load
“pain, the game itself is great but the ads are so frustrating. the ads pop up about every 4 or 5 moves. Also, screen blacked out while playing. Deleting game!”
1★ · Google Play · 2026-06-30

Assessment & version history

App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.

Store listing updated to version 2.2.1.

What this app sells

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