Duel invites now open straight from your notifications. Tap a challenge and you land on the duel, ready to accept. Your result card now shows your own finished grid. Fixed the board shrinking on devices with large font sizes, and smoother back navigation from shared links and notifications. Small fixes and polish throughout.

Your daily streak now updates the moment you finish the daily puzzle, and tapping the streak flame on Home takes you straight to the Daily challenge. Hints now show how they affect your points. Rewording a clue with AI keeps your score close to a clean solve, while revealing letters or words costs more. Reminders now follow your local time zone. Small fixes and polish throughout.

New: make a crossword about someone you love. Tell us a few facts, and we write the clues. Share it as a playable link or print it for the party. The daily countdown now fits neatly in its ring, and the post-puzzle buttons line up properly. Small fixes and polish throughout.

Puzzles still building when you left, or started on another device, now wait for you on Home and your Created tab. When someone plays a puzzle you made, even without signing in, it counts toward your play total and shows up in your notifications. With auto-check on, your cursor skips letters you already got right. Duels are free to accept for everyone, on any plan. Printing a class set from a shared link takes you straight to the multi-copy options. Smoother puzzle loading and saving, plus small polish fixes.

Play with friends. Add a friend with a single link, then challenge them to a duel: same crossword, best time wins. Duel on the daily, on a puzzle you made, or on a fresh crossword about any topic. Every rematch adds to your series. For teachers: class sets. Print one crossword as up to four versions, same words on different grids, each with its own answer key, so answers cannot wander between desks. Plus small fixes and polish throughout. Happy solving!

Small update, sharper details. Fixed button labels that could get trimmed on the puzzle complete screen. And if a subscription payment ever runs into trouble, Grid Genius now spots it and points you straight to the fix so you keep playing without a gap. Happy solving!

Your puzzles now live right on the Home screen: everything you have made, with play counts, one tap away. Making puzzles got a big upgrade. Add an optional backup hint to any word in the Word Builder and stuck solvers see your hint first, labeled as the maker's hint. Edit your own puzzles in the builder any time, remix any puzzle you complete into your own, and switch a puzzle between private and public right from its menu. Also new: a smoother welcome for first-time players, a daily heads-up when your puzzles get new solvers, refreshed motion throughout, and plenty of fixes. Happy solving!

Thanks for the feedback! This update fixes a crash that could happen when opening a puzzle from library search, and cleans up how search results display and how the keyboard behaves. Happy solving!

A smarter start and more flexible plans: New here? A brand new welcome: name a topic you love and solve your first puzzle right away, with free AI help while you find your feet. More flexible plans, including a weekly option for trying Pro. A richer celebration when you finish a puzzle. The leaderboard now explains its scoring: daily challenge and streak bonuses boost every solve. Stability improvements and polish throughout. Happy solving!

A fresh look, plus smarter hints: A refreshed editorial design across the home screen, notifications, and navigation, with cleaner type and a new frosted toolbar. Stuck on a clue? Ask the AI to reword it, then cycle through several fresh angles until it clicks, or tap back to the original any time. Stability improvements and polish throughout. Happy solving!

Two new ways to play, plus a fresh look: Build with your own words. Type in a word list and Grid Genius turns it into a real crossword to solve, print, or share. Save any puzzle as a PNG, JPEG, or PDF for solving on paper or sharing anywhere. A redesigned puzzle library with a cleaner look, grid previews on every card, and a simpler navigation bar. Smarter notifications so you never miss your daily streak. Plus plenty of fixes and polish throughout. Happy solving!

Small follow-up to the big 1.0.7 redesign: • Better measurement behind the scenes so we can keep improving the app • Minor fixes and polish Happy solving!

This update gives Grid Genius a warm new look and a smoother way to make puzzles: • Make a Puzzle, redesigned: topic ideas picked for you, your recent topics a tap away, and difficulty and grid size side by side • Settings, redesigned in the app's warm editorial style • Puzzle cards now show a mini preview of each grid, with cleaner titles and tags • For subscribers, Home gains a For You shelf with puzzles matched to your interests • The puzzle board now stays centered while you solve • The welcome warm-up matches your skill level, and the AI clue rephrase steps in when you look stuck • Clearer leaderboards: the Daily page shows today's fastest solves, the Ranks page shows points earned • Refreshed upgrade screens, and reminders that are timed to when you like to play • Theme and reliability fixes throughout Happy solving!

We have refreshed Grid Genius and tightened things up: • A new welcome experience that builds a sample puzzle from a topic you choose • A redesigned puzzle complete screen that makes sharing your results easier • A new animated splash screen • Daily Challenge and streaks now refresh at a consistent time each day • A cleaner upgrade screen • Subscription handling and overall reliability fixes, plus polish throughout Happy solving!

Save reliability and smoother deep links. • Puzzle progress now auto-saves on every edit, with a sync status pill in the top bar so you always know your work is safe • Open Grid Genius links from Messages, Mail, and shared notes directly in the app (Universal Links for puzzles, topics, daily, leaderboard, and profiles) • Paid trial subscribers now see the correct "You're a Pro!" state right after signing up • Several reliability fixes for cold-launch deep links Plus polish across navigation, layout, and copy throughout.

Now available on iPad and Mac! Grid Genius adapts to larger screens — play on your iPad, or install from the Mac App Store on any Apple Silicon Mac. Also new in this update: • Completed Puzzles tab — revisit every puzzle you've solved, with trophies and stats • Redesigned share sheet — share your daily results as a Wordle-style emoji grid, or export a trading-card image with your tier and solve time • Refreshed daily challenge card with a new glass-gradient design • Premium screen improvements — see localized pricing and trial eligibility at a glance • Navigation and layout fixes across the app

Discover fresh puzzle topics with the new Inspire Me panel — tap once for curated suggestions across science, history, pop culture, and more. Daily puzzle results now share as a Wordle-style emoji grid. We polished the Premium screen, fixed hint balance sync after re-login, and the daily home-screen widget now refreshes correctly when its cache goes stale.

New homescreen widgets for iOS! Add Grid Genius to your home screen or lock screen to see today's daily puzzle and your current streak at a glance. Tap to jump straight into play.

Scan a QR code from a printed crossword and it opens directly in Grid Genius — no more typing URLs or searching. Shared puzzle links now open straight into play.