Black Ink Crosswords 4+
Solve crosswords with style
Red Sweater Software
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Black Ink, the popular Mac crossword-solving app, is now available for iOS! Enjoy the stunningly beautiful grids and elegant solving mechanics of this beloved app. Works with multiple free puzzles available on the web, and with paid puzzles including the New York Times, American Values Club, Inkubator, Crossword Nation, and more.
What’s New
Version 2.1.3
This update is a quick fix for a crash introduced in version 2.1.2, when "Auto Correction" is enabled and you try to solve a puzzle that doesn't have answers included, such as the Friday Wall Street Journal puzzles.
Version 2.1.2 included a variety of bug fixes and improvements:
- New puzzle sources: Lex's Minis and Lex's Crosswords
- Improved the accuracy of overlay image drawing over puzzle grid
- Attempting to check or reveal answers on puzzles with no answers now displays an explanatory alert
- Fix a crash that could occur when using a mouse on iPad and selecting the "Enter Special Answer" button
- Fix a bug that caused Restore Purchases to erroneously show "Lifetime Unlock" as purchased
- When a very long clue is displayed, make sure the corresponding space in the puzzle is scrolled into view
- Now supports entering a hyphen or a period as a special entry answer
- Added a close button to NYT authentication panel
Version 2.1 featured an all new native design for Apple Vision Pro, and support for graphical puzzle overlays (supplied by some New York Times puzzles):
- Native Apple Vision Pro support
- Now supports puzzles that specify graphical overlays on the puzzle
- Now supports puzzles that specify multiple correct answers for a given square
- Keyboard shortcuts are now shown as expected when holding the Command key down on keyboard
- Improvements to the appearance and behavior of the in-app purchase interface
- Now supports keyboard shortcuts for Enter Special Answer (Cmd-Opt-M) and Clear Word (Cmd-Delete)
Ratings and Reviews
Kudos for including a one time purchase
I like that there’s an option to buy the premium features once instead of subscribe
My Daily Dose
I use Black Ink on my phone every morning to complete the NYT and WSJ crosswords. It’s simple and straight-forward, and never gets in my way. Try it!
my preferred crossword app
my favourite feature is being able to solve nyt puzzles without all the graphical hints that lessen the solving experience. i want the focus on the solving experience—not circles, animations, or other constructor conceits which shout “look at what i made”.
i often begin trying to solve downs-only, so a way to (initially) avoid showing acrosses would be useful. an across-only mode would make sense as well.
i appreciate the regular-sized keyboard. it results in fewer fat-fingered typos.
requests
- timing statistics for tracking mental changes. being able to export to numbers would be great.
- option to reduce the clue type size to avoid the 3-lines puzzle “bounce”
App Privacy
The developer, Red Sweater Software, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Red Sweater Software
- Size
- 8.7 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2009-2024 Red Sweater Software
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Monthly Premium Features $1.99
- Annual Premium Features $19.99
- One-Time Purchase $99.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.