Crostics 4+

Love Love Love!

Why did my previous review disappear?? Have never had that happen That’s really annoying!! Don’t want to retype.

Love the beautifully clean interface, fun clues, quotes, and help button right on the keyboard. Can’t remember what else I prev wrote. Just download. I love their other apps although I haven’t tried their one that isn’t free. There’s are one of the only few that I actually buy more puzzles.

I did email the authors about needing more puzzles. Am replaying old ones but ready for new ;-). They are very responsive. As I’ve gotten better, my requests aren’t so needed ;-)

Nice casual time killer

This is a good game for killing time. You can jump in and out even in the middle of a puzzle.

The user experience is good. I like how easy it is to jump back and forth between puzzles. I don’t lose track of where I am like I do in other word games of this type. It just feels good to play. One temporary announce was having to press delete a bunch of times to clear a word but I see now that you can long press for that.

The puzzles themselves are decent though there are some differences if you’re used to the Dell/Penny Press puzzles. They have two letter clues and they’re often easier than they could be (e.g. the state abbreviations). Having two letters from the same clue in the same word in the quote is not allowed in the magazines. The first letters of the clues don’t spell the author and source. And it took a bit for me to realize clues like “helps land airplanes” refer to a person and not an action.

I suspect much of this is dictated by the smaller phone screens which would be much harder to manage for the length of puzzle you normally see. Either way, it’s a fun casual game and I’ll be purchasing the puzzle packs shortly.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for taking the time to leave such a nice review. You are right that many decisions were dictated by the smaller screens. Something fun on larger screens/puzzles turned out to be sometimes less fun on a smaller screen, so we tried to strike a decent balance. Hearing that you've enjoyed the puzzles is gratifying because it means at least some of the design decisions worked.

Thank you for the simple app!

Challenging enough, simple platform with no ads to “force” someone to purchase for relief. I never purchase, but did on this one :) why? Because I wanted to due to the fact I enjoyed myself and the app. Thank you. Hopefully more books after the 8 packs of 24 I bought. If not, I’m satisfied with my experience. Kudos to the developer!