“Great game, but waaaay too many ads popping up after every couple of moves. I like the game so much that I would pay to have an ad free experience, but the only options are for one or more months, then I'd have to pay again! No thanks!…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 403 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Kryss - Crossword Puzzle Game
Crossword & Sudoku Games LTDKryss is a crossword game you can play solo or with friends.
4.4 ★101,775 ratings
5M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Kryss is a crossword game you can play solo or with friends. Take turns with the computer, a random player, or someone you know.
Every game brings a Scandinavian-style crossword, also known as an arrowword, that you haven't solved before, with clues and drawings to help you. Crossword puzzles and arrow words in 12 languages, free to play.
HOW TO PLAY You get five letters each turn and one minute to place them in the shared crossword. Score bonus points for completing words, getting the key letters right, and using all five letters in one turn. Every letter you place stays on the board for the other player too, so sometimes it pays to save a letter for later.…
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 9.90 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 9.88, updated 2026-10-01.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 9.90, not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
Version 9.88 · 2026-10-01
No release notes were provided for this version.
What we measured
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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
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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.
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.
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 41 distinct reviewers (10.2% of 403 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I've used this app for years and played thousands of games with friends and family members, but lately the game is literally unplayable. at least half the time I try to play my next turn, the game load screen just spins for 10 seconds and…”
“I have loved this game since I came across it, but there seems to be so many bugs in it now. Update: Thank yous bunches for fixing those annoying bugs. HELP! Is there any way you can get rid of that annoying Shein pop-up ad? That is the…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 9.88.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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