★★★★★ Used to be 5 stars for me
Thu Apr 17 2025 JasminebayIt used to be five stars for me until you had to pay coins to see the wrong letters sounds stupid, but why to go from being free to see what was wrong to having to pay for it
★★★★★ Horrible, horrible update
Wed Apr 16 2025 pancakefactorThe previous app was not perfect. It was a little buggy and the puzzles were dated and often repetitive. However, it was very low stress and was an excellent game if you needed to kill 5-10 minutes.
This new update completely ruined it. The coin system is completely unnecessary and ruins the experience. All I want to play is a straightforward crossword puzzle. Now when I open the app I can't even get 15 seconds in before being subject to "competing" for coins and prizes.
I have no idea what the developers were thinking with this update. Because it's on Apple Arcade, it's not even like you can milk money out of people like games with similar prize systems.
That said, I would not be surprised if this is the arcade version of a game that you intend to release on the App Store that's going to implement all these freemium tropes with the requirement to spend real money to keep playing.
It's so frustrating that I have to delete this game now. I'll check back in a month or two to see if any positive updates get released.
★★★★★ Update months back ruined it
Fri Sep 19 2025 ataphelionThe app updated months ago and now there are endless popups and distractions. It’s nearly impossible to focus on the puzzles. Literally before, during, and after you get hit with various popups. I gave up on this game because of it. It’s overstimulating, obnoxious, and frustrating now. I’m always willing to adjust if developers want to change features (like the hint feature, which I do think is worse now but still tolerable for me) but the endless popups man… It’s not something you can just get used to. It’s just nonstop distractions.
★★★★★ Turn for the worse
Tue Apr 15 2025 nutjobWhat was once a quick and fun way to get your crossword fix in has become a visually unappealing , noisy, and otherwise outright assaulting experience. All I wanted was to solve words. Now I have unwanted coins, daily visit goals, and sound/graphics that would make Las Vegas blush. Type one word and suddenly a new goal appears! Get coins! Rocket Rush! Progress bars on every little thing! PvP with people you care nothing for! This is an enormous step backwards but thankfully there are no shortage of other crossword apps out there. This one’s getting deleted, STAT.
★★★★★ Boring and Repetitive
Sun Jun 22 2025 NONONONO_ NONONONOlike the title says. this game became boring to me almost immediately because it does not challenge you in any way. get used to typing the word omaha, because they are obsessed with including it — its an answer for 4 of the first 50 puzzles. i saw other repeated prompts as well, but none stuck out to me as much as that one. would be good for a 5 year old, maybe, but all of the pop culture references are way out of spec for a child. unclear who the target audience for this game is due to difficulty and reference mismatches.
★★★★★ Just ehh…
Thu Sep 18 2025 WannabeRamoneThe transitions are clunky, the op-ups and banners abrasive, and the game play awkward. The animation overall just feels slightly jarring and the puzzle questions are often repetitive, with a fair amount of the clues feeling like they’re really reaching in credibility over witty association.
The “themed” puzzles have very little to do with their actual theme, and the ones that do are often rather obscure.
It was a fun time killer for a slight while, but got old fast…
★★★★★ So many popups
Sun Sep 07 2025 deepsoul13I just want to play the game. Yet every time I open the app it’s at least 10 different popups and interruptions with a bunch of useless animations. Even in the middle of a level there’s a pop up to try to get me to play some other game. All the animations are annoying and I’ve played the game a lot less after the update introduced them a few months ago. More and more animations keep being added and I’m borderline considering deleting it altogether.
★★★★★ I miss the simplicity
Fri May 30 2025 what_is_in_a_nicknameI miss just being able to do fun crossword puzzles without the bells and whistles jumping up at me. I wish there was a Zen mode where one could just play the puzzles and not have the rest. For the people who like the new bells and whistles they can happily have them. I’d be a zen player. At this point I don’t even want to launch the app anymore.
★★★★★ 1.30 update ruined the simple crossword game
Thu Jun 26 2025 McnigmaSo much extra junk that gets in the way of the crossword puzzles. This use to be a great app to fire up and kill some time, but now it's throwing all kinds of extra junk at me. Coins, rockets, daily bonuses, and more. They want to be another king-whatever and ruined the ability to fire up the app, solve a puzzle and move on to the next puzzle. So sad to see it happen...
★★★★★ Pop ups
Sat Sep 27 2025 Stupids adsThis game used to be so much fun until the pop-up started. I really don’t enjoy looking at the pop-ups when I’m into the game. I deleted crossword jam because of that. I pay monthly and it’s nice not to have but the pop-ups are a pain.I can’t figure out how to stop them if there is even a way. I’m considering leading this game also because he’s pop-ups are so irritating.