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Cryptogram Round – Word Game Review
Cryptogram Round is a Word/Education/Puzzle game from Norman Basham, first launched in 17th March 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 3,236+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Cryptogram Round Stand Out
Cryptogram Round is the best way to solve cryptograms anywhere.
You've played millions of our cryptogram games over the years and we've listened:
• No ads
• Handpicked quotes
• Hints
• Puzzles include punctuation
• Puzzles size to screen, no scrolling
• Auto advance after guess
• Optionally show incorrect answers
• Show letter usage counts
• Share quotes
• Play in landscape or portrait
Enjoy our witty and wise puzzle quotes with friends and family, knowing that each time you solve a puzzle, you gain an insight and strengthen your mind.
This Word game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Cryptogram Round is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 3rd October 2020
Recent improvements include:
Improved puzzles!
Support for latest devices.
Performance enhancements.
Fixed issue where a letter would occasionally appear as …
Download & Availability
Cryptogram Round is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Cryptogram Round on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Love the quotes and they are fun and challenging sometimes Im not good at who said them . But it is so entertaining for us. Love a challenge. Good job Dee.
This is part of our daily puzzle routine. Its fun and the quotes are interesting.
Nice game with good quotes. Easy to play. Hints are helpful. Game is good for the brain.
We wish there were more difficult/longer puzzles, but overall its a pretty good.
We really enjoy the challenge and the quotes.
One of our favorite puzzles to solve.
New to cryptograms. Love this all. Great for beginners.
No starter words given! And an option to turn off wrong letter pics! Which for us are both wonderful things. We only wish there were more rounds.
Fun. Some really great quotes. We used to be partial to only printed/booklet cryptograms, but we think this app changed that. Clean,smart format. No silly cartoony, annoying graphics.
Like doing the cryptograms every morning to start our day.
This game is better than any other Cryptogram Ive found yet!! We love that it populates all the spaces that has the same letters!! This is the only one that does this. What a game changer for us!! -.
We have been enjoying Cryptogram Round immensely. It is easy and fun to play and the quotes are entertaining and interesting.
We enjoy the game but we hope it gets more challenging.
Love this game. It's challenging.
Great game. We are a long time cryptogram player and this is the best iPad game we have.
We have enjoyed playing! No ads so far.
We just wish there were more puzzles.
This is a fine, fun, and stimulating game. We highly recommend it.
We really like these games. They are fun and can be slightly challenging but not overly hard.
We love that you can play a round without being bothered by ads. Word puzzles are the best.
These cryptograms are relaxing without being too easy. They do make you think.
Great cryptos of great peoples sayings.
Excellent way to keep your mind sharp.
No ads at all and love how it fills in all of the letters at the same time.
This is a great little crypto game. We like the famous quotes. However we feel like they could pick some more modern ones or more spoken by women. Some feel quite old and sexist.
Love this game. The puzzles are fun and not too challenging.
We almost didnt download this bc of the lower review count. Dont be fooled. This app is exceptional. Easy to read, challenging, FREE, NO ADS.
Fun, fun, fun and no interruptions.
We enjoy this puzzle for its large font making it easy to read. We also enjoy all of the like letters filling in so Im not wasting time going through all of them. Its a quick and easy way to use a little wait time.
Nice thoughts on an easy break.
These are wonderful. And they really make you think.
This app is the easiest cryptogram to navigate. The letters are big and evenly spaced. The highlighted letters in red when you select the wrong letter is very helpful and the sequence of letters from left to right is automatic so you don't have to tap as much.
Simple but interesting & very neatly presented. Im completely happy with this time-filler puzzle app.
If you like Cryptograms, youll like this game. No frills or annoying interruptions just good puzzles.
Ive played about 25 games and so far Im enjoying this very much. Plus, we havent had to watch ads.
We love a challenge and this game gives us just that. Trying to keep our mind alert so this is one way to have fun and work our brain. Love it.
These are fun, and we love the quotes.
This is a great cryptogram puzzle app! No ads!! Love it.
Some are hard, some are easy, all are fun.
Fun puzzles that are challenging byte doable.
Finally, a cryptogram that doesnt make you find and fill in all of the individual matches to a letterthis one puts them in for us! Seems like all the others should take a hint from this one.
We absolutely love cryptograms. No ads and definitely no buying.
Fun until you run out of puzzles and have to buy more.
These pithy puzzles are fun to do, challenging enough to be interesting, and yield just enough food for thought to keep you coming back.
Quick and easy with just enough challenge to be entertaining.
Fun to solve the interesting quotes in these puzzles.
This is a fun and interesting word game. Not too hard, not too easy.
Love the puzzles! Been playing strictly BoyHowdy.
Relaxing and challenging. No ads is the best part.
No ads, engaging quotes, we're very glad we stumbled across this game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.8.1
- Size: 12.68 MB
- iOS: 11.4 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Norman Basham
Last updated: 3rd October 2020 | Genre: Word, Education | Developer: Norman Basham