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Crossword Climber – Word Game Review
Crossword Climber is a Word/Education/Board game from AppyNation Ltd, first launched in 1st November 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 529+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Crossword Climber Stand Out
Put your word skills to the ultimate test.
Climb the mountain one step at a time by solving thousands of challenging crossword clues.
Can you make it to the top and claim the title of Greatest of All Time?
■ 7,500 unique clues!
■ Play at your own pace – perfect for idle moments
■ Use hints if you get stuck on a word
■ From the makers of One Clue Crossword & Picture Perfect Crossword
SUPPORT
Please select the [HELP] option from the Pause Menu (the gear icon at the bottom-right of the game screen) if you require assistance.
If you require further assistance or are unable to access the in-game help, you can contact us via email: [email protected]
Crossword Climber is free to play, but contains optional paid items to help progress more quickly.
You can disable in-app purchase functionality in your device's settings if you do not want to use this feature.
Please visit www.appynation.com or /bigpuzzles on Facebook for more great free puzzle games!
This Word game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Crossword Climber is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd February 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
New 'climb the mountain' feature!
iPhone X support!
More polish!
Bug fixes!
Download & Availability
Crossword Climber is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Crossword Climber 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:
Fun, fun, fast game! Addictive.
Nice to have a challenge before we fall asleep.
Enjoying this game very much. Some are easy, some hard. Gets our brain going.
Great and challenging game but not impossible. The hint system is nice.
This is the best puzzle ever. We had never seen or even heard of a crossword climber til thia one and im so glad we downloaded it.
Really enjoy it. Challenging and fun.
Just started this game yesterday but already hooked.
If you like puzzle game you love this game. If you love word game you love this game.
The challenge is better than the last crossword game we had downloaded.
Love the game, levels are fun and you can gain hints easily.
A lot of bad crossword apps out there.
Pretty easy, which is great for us as we like crosswords but generally struggle with them. Might be boring for experienced solvers.
Fun and exciting to play. Very hard to put down.
Easy to start and stop at any time. Kills time and keeps us busy.
Very addicting but too many interruptions with ads and rate mes.
This is a great time-killer and good brain exercise. Fun and addictive.
This is our favorite game. We love that theres little to no repetition so it continues to be challenging and amusing.
We waited to write a review until we made it to the top of the ladder. Most of the words are common sense some of the words really can stump you. But every day you get free hints and it's only 1 hint whether you want to reveal only the letters in the word or just reveal 1 letter. Once in a while a pop up comes up asking you if you want a bonus "reward" today was the first time we tried. Well that was so worth it in the future to rack up hints. It's a 20 second ad for 2 hints, big deal. All our other games we constantly get 30 second pop ups and get nothing in the end with no choice of watching it or not. All in all a great game to play for a quick hit or a boring afternoon.
We wish more puzzles were like this.
We love this game. Its a very unique game. There maybe a lot of ads, but we managed to get use to them. If we can get some hints out of them Ill watch them. It definitely keeps us thinking. We did get a couple of games out of some of these ads.
Engaging game helps us kill time when Im waiting for grandkids.
We enjoy this but all too often the clues dont coincide with the answer:(.
So far we really like the game. Nice challenge. Ads are a pain, nevertheless, Im enjoying this game.
While this is a great game. We should not have to watch a video to get the hints that we earned.
This game is amazing, one small feature could make this game better though. The ability to mix up the letters! Other apps have this feature and it would be a great addition to this one. Sometimes all you need is just a jumble of the letters to jog your memory. Thanks.
Makes you think! Gives the clues, letters and allows you to earn hints. It's addictive brain rherapy.
Some words a tad tough causing you to eat up your hints which they are stingy on giving you just 1 at a time. Other than that this game is fun to play.
We enjoy it enough to add to our daily puzzle routine. The design is pleasing and the content is varied.
Fun and challenging game. Makes you think.
But too many advertisements and some words are more English than American.
We enjoy this game but lately, after watching the ads where it says Ill get a new hint, it doesnt give us the hint. This very frustrating since we just sat and watched an ad to get a free hint.
If you love word games then this one is sure to satisfy your needs. We waited to write a review until we completed the entire first mountain but we found ourselves feeling let down that there wasnt any reward feeling for doing so after all those words to reach it!! No fanfare, no reward except a little flashing flag at the peak. We will keep the game just as a time passer if we need one but we wont continue to pursue the next peak with any sort of anticipation.
We cannot figure out our goal. It just keeps going and going.
Ads constant, its super expensive and just horrible.
This is a fun and often challenging crossword game. Im giving it one star () because they want $9.99 to get rid of advertisements. We dont mind paying to stop the intrusive and obnoxious advertisements but we think $9.99 is way too much. We hate apps that are just platforms for advertising. We would rather delete the app than be forced to endure advertisements! We would never buy anything based on this form of advertising. Im old enough to remember the original lure of payed cable tv, no advertising, thats why it was payed up front. Still waiting for the update offering ad free. Oh, by the way we're a 65 year old man and am really not interested in buying ourselves woman's clothing.
Fun, quick play while waiting an appt. Sometimes challenging, but not so often as to be frustrating. Very enjoyable.
To get a gift you shouldnt have to watch ad.
Clues get progressively more difficult as you advance. Entertaining but not very challenging yet.
Awesome game. Fun to play. Not to easy but also not to hard.
Every day words unthought of hints.
Just started playing It is very hard to put down.
Great paced and challenging way to keep the mind exercised.
This is a fun game to play, you have to use your thinking cap to get some of the words because the clues dont always give it away! Thanks for making this game.
Instantly catchy. Enjoy all the games from this group.
This game is fun but has too many ads. At first, you could get your bonus with a click on the gift box, now you have to watch a 30 second ad every time you get a bonus hint. Its very frustrating. Besides that, this game is fun.
We havent had it long but so far lots of fun.
Fun and different type of crosswords.
Our favorite word game crosswords.
Enjoying it so far. Only reason its not 4-5 stars is you have to watch an ad to receive your hint for leveling up.
Poor mechanics. Needs more context for unusual words. Not engaging.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.2
- Size: 114.59 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: AppyNation Ltd
Last updated: 2nd February 2018 | Genre: Word, Education | Developer: AppyNation Ltd