Puzzazz Crossword & Puzzle at App Store analyse

App power index: 750 (based on ranks around App Stores today)
Games Book Puzzle Word
Developer: Puzzazz
Price: 0 free
Current version: 6.2.1, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 10 Apr 2012
App size: 164.38 Mb
4.2 ( 2752 ratings )
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> 16.5k
Monthly downloads
~ $ 6.75k
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Puzzazz’s ad-free bookstore has more FREE puzzles than ever, including new daily KenKen® and hand-crafted Sudoku puzzles. Solve the NYT Crossword¹ in the only app that presents the print edition faithfully—NYT editor Will Shortz says it’s the only app which is “able to handle almost any New York Times crossword trick.” Puzzazz’s award-winning TouchWrite™ handwriting recognition makes solving more fun, especially on small screens, the perfect icing for our unique, optimized user experience designed by puzzle lovers for puzzle lovers.

Puzzazz is “snazzy” (says the New York Times), “groundbreaking” (says WIRED), and “TouchWrite is an awesome technology” (says GeekWire). Reviewers think it is “fantastic,” the “best way to do the NYT,” and “Hands down the best crossword puzzle app.”

Browse our selection of more than a hundred ebooks of great hand-crafted puzzles of all types. Try the free puzzles in each ebook and then buy the rest if you like what you’ve solved. Puzzle ebook sales not only benefit our authors, but they allow us to keep the app free and ad-free with high-quality puzzles for everyone.

▶ We’ve got oodles of puzzles

Browse through thousands of puzzles by world-class authors–some of the best you’ll find anywhere—and solve hundreds of free puzzles. Try before you buy because every ebook starts with free puzzles!

From the NYT — Just enter your nytimes.com Crosswords subscription credentials to get started. Puzzles will download automatically each day when they are released.

From the web — Open puzzles directly from the web or email to solve in Puzzazz.

▶ The reviews are stellar

“The people at Puzzazz have been working hard on cultivating quality puzzles and developing TouchWrite, a groundbreaking new technology for doing puzzles on the screen.” —Wired

“Best APP Ever! The TouchWrite technology is perfect, especially when I use it on the phone.” —Jackleroy

“Fantastic puzzle app! Some things are actually better than solving on paper.” —Wendell O

“Best puzzle experience out there! The TouchWrite software alone puts Puzzazz way ahead of the field. I also love the selection of books—something to satisfy all types of puzzlers.” —puzzlefan1001

“Best way to do the NYT!” —derekallen7

“I specifically subscribed to NYT Premium crosswords because this app supports them.” —hightemp

▶ Our experience is optimized for you

Puzzazz is built with an eye toward how you solve puzzles, from our patent-pending TouchWrite handwriting recognition and Bluetooth keyboard support to on-screen keyboards designed specifically for different types of puzzles. Use your Apple Pencil or 3D Touch to quickly switch between “pen” and “pencil” input. If you’re left-handed or color blind, you’ll appreciate that we haven’t ignored you. Plus, Puzzazz supports Split View and Slide Over, allowing you to Google a clue (or watch a movie!) while solving a puzzle.

You can always see the complete puzzle, plus both Across and Down clues at the same time, no matter how you orient your device or which options you choose (like showing Answer Boxes). Puzzazz supports all of the tricks authors and editors like to use, like unusual grids or clues. You’ll appreciate automatic clue and cross-reference highlighting, easy rebus (multiple letter) entry, and the built-in hinting (with smart hinting for cryptics). Take notes on a clue or mark a cell. Time yourself if you want (you can compare your times on the puzzle leaderboards). Rate puzzles you solve and see how your ratings compare with others’.

Puzzazz’s powerful puzzle engine makes it the best app for all types of puzzles, many previously available only on paper, Puzzle types include crosswords, cryptic and variety crosswords, diagramless crosswords, acrostic, cryptogram, word, Sudoku, KenKen, logic, Mentagy, mystery puzzles, and many more. And check out the spectacular Year of Puzzles, Maze of Games, Cryptic All-Stars, and Variety Show.

¹ NYT Crossword subscription required
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# Term Store county Place Priority
1 daily sudoku 2 ⭐️⭐️
2 sudoku daily 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3 crossword new york 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4 the new york times crossword 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 sudoku time 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6 nyt crossword 3 ⭐️⭐️
7 new york times crossword 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8 sudoku cross free 4 ⭐️
9 across lite crosswords 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10 sudoku free - word puzzle game 5
11 cryptic crossword 5 ⭐️⭐️
12 cryptograms 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
13 free crossword puzzles 6 ⭐️⭐️
14 nytimes crossword 6 ⭐️⭐️
15 sudoku logic puzzles 7
16 sudoku free puzzles 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
17 daily crossword 8 ⭐️⭐️
18 free sudoku puzzle games 10 ⭐️⭐️
19 crossword puzzles 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
20 cryptogram 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
21 crossword puzzle games 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
22 crossword puzzles! 17 ⭐️⭐️
23 crossword puzzles . 18
24 crossword puzzle free 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
25 word cross: crossword games 20
# App Common words
1 NYT Games: Word Games & Sudoku 99
2 Clean Crosswords 57
3 CodyCross: Crossword Puzzles 48
4 Crossword Puzzle Redstone 47
5 Crosswords 47
6 Crosswords Classic 45
7 Penny Dell Daily Crossword 45
8 Crossword Puzzles! 40
9 Crossword – World's Biggest 39
10 Daily Themed Crossword Puzzles 37
11 Crosswords With Friends 37
12 :) Sudoku 33
13 Sudoku.com - Number Games 33
14 Pic Crossword Puzzles and Quiz 31
15 Crossword Jigsaw Puzzles 30
16 Daily Celebrity Crossword 29
17 Crossword Jigsaw - Word Search and Brain Puzzle with Friends 29
18 Crossword Light 28
19 Crossword Puzzle Club - Free Daily Cross Word Puzzles Star 28
20 Word Search Daily! - 2016 Puzzle Game of Topics to Practice and Solve with Popular English Vocabulary 25
21 Word Spark Hexa - Block Puzzle 25
22 Killer Sudoku! 25
23 Sudoku・ 25
24 Sudoku Puzzle Packs 25
25 Stress Free Sudoku Game Book! 23
26 Penny Dell Jumbo Crosswords 2 – Crossword Puzzles for Everyone! 23
27 Devarai Crosswords 22
28 Crossword Puzzles + 22
29 Sudoku Quest Color Soduku Game 22
30 Sudoku Puzzles · 22
31 Sudoku :) 21
32 Pixelogic - Daily Nonograms 20
33 Word Search - Find Crossword Challenged Puzzles 20
34 Wordalot – Picture Crossword 20
35 Daily Sudoku Puzzles 20
36 Daily Puzzles 20
37 Word Crossy - A Crossword game 19
38 Crossword Jewels™ 18
39 Sudoku (Full Version) 18
40 Crossword - classic word search puzzle game on english for lovers of games guess words, hangman and boggle 18
41 Daily Crossword 18
42 Sudoku: Award Winning Sudoku! 18
43 Sudoku Cross Free - A Sudoku/Crossword Puzzle Hybrid 18
44 Sudoku ◆ 18
45 Word Find - Guess Crossy Words 17
46 Crossword⋆ 17
47 Sudoku Packs 17
48 100 PICS Quiz-Guess The Trivia 17
49 Simply Sudoku – the Free App for iPhone & iPad 17
50 :) Sudoku + 17
Available in countries
Country Price
Canada free
China free
France free
Germany free
Italy free
Netherlands free
Portugal free
Spain free
Poland free
UK free
India free
Japan free
Korea, Republic Of free
Poland free
Russia free
Turkey free
USA free
Korea, Republic Of free
Ukraine free
Available for devices
iPhone3GS, iPadWifi, iPad3G, iPhone4, iPodTouchThirdGen, iPodTouchFourthGen, iPad2Wifi, iPad23G, iPhone4S, iPadThirdGen, iPadThirdGen4G, iPhone5, iPodTouchFifthGen, iPadFourthGen, iPadFourthGen4G, iPadMini, iPadMini4G, iPhone5c, iPhone5s, iPadAir, iPadAirCellular, iPadMiniRetina, iPadMiniRetinaCellular, iPhone6, iPhone6Plus, iPadAir2, iPadAir2Cellular, iPadMini3, iPadMini3Cellular, iPodTouchSixthGen, iPhone6s, iPhone6sPlus, iPadMini4, iPadMini4Cellular, iPadPro, iPadProCellular, iPadPro97, iPadPro97Cellular, iPhoneSE, iPhone7, iPhone7Plus, iPad611, iPad612, iPad71, iPad72, iPad73, iPad74, iPhone8, iPhone8Plus, iPhoneX, iPad75, iPad76, iPhoneXS, iPhoneXSMax, iPhoneXR, iPad812, iPad834, iPad856, iPad878, Watch4, iPadMini5, iPadMini5Cellular, iPadAir3, iPadAir3Cellular, iPodTouchSeventhGen, iPhone11, iPhone11Pro, Watch5, iPadSeventhGen, iPadSeventhGenCellular, iPhone11ProMax, iPhoneSESecondGen, iPadProSecondGen, iPadProSecondGenCellular, iPadProFourthGen, iPadProFourthGenCellular,
New York Times puzzles.

The app says I can play New York Times crosswords but then will not let me download them.

Great puzzles!

This is by far the best puzzle app. I love the creativity in the crossword puzzles

Best APP Ever!

For a puzzle person, this is great. The touch-write technology is perfect, especially when I use it on the phone. Lots of puzzles, crossword and more... Ive used this daily for many happy months. Thank-you. (Puzzles are brain-protein!)

Great puzzles, great interface

Puzzazz is the most user friendly of the puzzle apps out there. They have puzzles by masters of the craft, including the New York Times. The UI is pleasant, in app purchases are reasonable.

Perfect for Crosswords

This app allows special effects that are used in crossword puzzles like the Sunday NYT to be seen. Several noted crossword puzzle bloggers have mentioned this lack in the apps they use. Hopefully theyll find this one! Its great for many other types of word puzzles as well.

Confused!!!

Started out to be awesome great puzzles, but tried to play second game and it will not let me. It keeps closing to the point of frustration!!!

Excellent in every way

Hands down the best crossword puzzle app in the App Store. Great variety of puzzles AND access to the New York Times xwords. Really great! Also... Some of the best customer service around!

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