Last updated on January 16th, 2026 at 03:43 pm
Crossword – Word Hike – Puzzle Game Review
Crossword – Word Hike is a Puzzle/Word game from Joy Vendor Limited, first launched in 11th November 2022.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 67,681+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Crossword – Word Hike Stand Out
Crossword enthusiasts, welcome to Word Hike!
Embark on a free-to-play crossword puzzle adventure that not only challenges your vocabulary but also takes you through a series of engaging and thought-provoking puzzles.
With Word Hike, dive into a vast world of words where each puzzle solved is a step closer to becoming a crossword master!
Features:
-Engaging Crossword Puzzles: Enjoy a wide variety of free crossword puzzles. Whether you're a beginner or a puzzle master, Word Hike has something for everyone.
-Dynamic Puzzle Experience: Our puzzles are designed to be both challenging and fun, providing a satisfying experience for puzzle lovers. With new puzzles added regularly, the adventure never ends.
-Learn While You Play: Expand your vocabulary and improve your spelling skills with every puzzle you solve. Word Hike makes learning new words fun and easy.
-User-Friendly Interface: Navigate through the game with ease thanks to our intuitive interface and smooth gameplay mechanics.
-Play Anytime, Anywhere: With offline mode, enjoy Word Hike without an internet connection. Perfect for puzzle solving on the go.
Why Choose Word Hike?
-Free to Play: Dive into a world of puzzles at no cost. Word Hike is completely free to play, offering hours of entertainment without any barriers.
-Unlimited Puzzles: With a vast array of crossword puzzles, you’ll never run out of challenges. Keep your brain sharp and engaged with endless puzzle-solving fun.
-Family-Friendly Fun: Word Hike is suitable for all ages. Gather your family and friends and see who can solve the puzzles the fastest!
Download now for free and join a community of puzzle enthusiasts who have discovered the joy and satisfaction of puzzle-solving with Word Hike!
We would love to hear your feedback, if you have any questions or suggestions, you can contact us via our customer service email: [email protected]
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This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Crossword – Word Hike is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 26th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Fixed bugs
Download & Availability
Crossword – Word Hike is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Crossword – Word Hike 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:
We have to keep uninstalling Word hike and then reinstalling it because it is the only way we can update. We enjoy doing the crossword puzzles.
We think that this is the most fun we have had on any of the games on the computer. We love Word Hike!! Creative, colorful, fun, and challenging!! Way to go.
We get that people complained about the game being too easy at the early stages but now we think youve made the clues too ambiguous. Please find the happy middle between then and now.
This could be a really fun app. But it has some annoyances that are very frustrating. One is the animation after getting a correct letter. It slows the game because you cant type another letter until the animation is finished. Sometimes the clue list doesnt move after finishing a line. Sometimes it wont let you put in a letter on a line by clicking on the clue or the square. And finally, the ads are incessant, long and repetitive. If this was a satisfying, as in none of the above mentioned annoyances, then we would consider paying the $5.99 to get rid of ads. But until/unless that happens, we wont pay for it.
This game doesnt have one single thing the advertisement says it does. All of the cartoon characters where are they? Did you not think it was good enough on its own merits? Its a okay game very disappointing to not see what drew us in , in the first place.
Very rewarding, none stressful. Challenging and so rewarding for the memory. We truly enjoy this game and we are so glad it is not presented as daily.
We keep getting cheated out of our coins when Solitaire Tri-Peaks ad lacks an option to Close! Please get rid of this games Ad. It has the same exact issue on other games. Not a happy player.
Love this game- but so tired of the ads. We dont see anywhere to purchase. Thanks! For those saying its too easy keep going.
Too many ads that last too long. Puzzles too simple.
We enjoyed it until the minor flaws got old. Would have been tremendously better: 1) without the animations, with 2) even slightly better grammar, and 3) without the constant pluralization. Youre timed on completion. Okay. But then there are these indulgent animations that make you stop in the middle of spelling a word. When can you start again? Who knows! You also cant type over existing letters – suppose the word is chimney, but the we and n are already in place, youd better spell it chmey. Okay, but awkward. Nearly everything is plural, even if it doesnt make sense for it to be. And lastly, grammar! Hint: Not having the adventurous. So it apparently means calms, but why is having part of the hint, and why is it plural? Most of the words are elementary school level, so we guess they make it harder with poorly written hints. Lots of tiny words, so they make them a smidge longer by pluralizing with s or es or such?? Oh and lots of the answers are multiple words when a better answer would have been a single word from a slightly more advanced reading level. We dont know if this was a conscious choice or if the developers were non-native speakers.
We were a huge fan of this game until we got to level 56.. We can assure we did not leave them bad behaviors from our parents . And we long longer enjoy this game . Because honestly its not facts . And you should change it.
This isnt the same game that was advertised within one of our games, it was showing cartoons/ pictures with multiple-choice answer for which cartoon it was or whatever the question was, and then it filled in a crossword?? This is not at all that we dont understand, we only played a few rounds of game is super simple, but we want the game that was advertised.
Great game at first and played every day. Then as soon as we got up to 325 games and 3400 hint rewards, the games became impossible without hints. PLUS so many boo boos in whoever made these puzzles. Must be from Bidens office! Also, Im sick of ads.
So far way too easy. Dont give so many hints, but maybe it will get harder. Also, thank you for not bombarding with ads, we can actually play the game, and usually we appreciate not being bombarded so we buy the game to give to the creators. Other apps, Ill just delete them if its too crazy. Its rude.
Its fun-ish.we dont like the autofill squares after getting clues right. It makes it less challenging.
Game is fun, but you play one game and sometimes the same game comes up again. This happened lots of time. We updated but still the same. HELP.
This game is great. However, whomever they got writing clues for this game is either too young to be using some of the words in this game or is playing a joke on you as a player and they know it. One clue was Home of the Gulf State Park. How would anyone outside of that state know which state in the USA that houses that park. Also, some clues have better words associated with the clues than the word they are meant to hint towards and its very confusing. The graphics are great, the themed words are kind of fun, and its overall a solid effort. Unfortunately, the wording is off just enough that we couldnt handle the ridiculous wording and have chosen to delete the app. If they ever decide to correct those hints or find someone with a better understanding of the words they are using, we might pick it back up. Until then, DELETED.
The questions that we saw were elementary. They may get hard as you work through it but we couldnt stand the music long enough to find out. We went into settings and could not turn it off.
We understand the need for ads. But you don't need them after every board. Cut the ads to get higher rating from us.
Fast and fun! Keeps your brain sharp.
This is a great game for your brain to think.
Im all caught up & need more levels.
We wasnt going to download this at first, now Im so excited we did. When we need to unclog all the mental lush .! Open, double-Click.
We paid to not have to watch ads but still had to watch them so we deleted the game.
Like the game a lot! Except has anyone else reported their battery getting extremely warm while playing? It doesnt happen with any other app.
But to many ads and we should have to pay to get it off. Because one day soon Im going to get tied of it and delete it.
We mostly play the logic puzzles but some clues are just wrong. Need to review the clues better. Also there are times when there isnt enough info to correctly determine an answer; its purely a guess. This game should never require guessing, if someone is capable of figuring out all the clues. We do not like the ad in the middle of the logic game. Pricing is ridiculous. Id like to give a 3.5. Its not a 4 star.
Ive played this game every night for about 2 years we love it.
Why is the app crashing all of a sudden.
We enjoy very much and it is usually our go togame to play. However, even when we indicate an ad is not suited for us, we are still forced to view it over and over again. The game has suddenly started crashing repeatedly. So frustrating.
Been playing for a long time, but today app wont stay open.
We liked this game so we paid for a month of no adds. Then it wouldnt even open. We redownloaded the app and still wont open. It worked perfect until we paid for it.
Since the new update our app wont even open. Every time we try to open the app it will let us click on it but it wont load. The app just closes like we ended it. This has been one of our favorite games for years, a lot of variety. We would like this fixed please.
We just remembered why we stopped playing, Too many ads and Im not paying 10 plus bucks just to not have them. Thats insane work. Otherwise, the puzzles are great.
Ive had this app for years and all of a sudden it started crashing. We even tried updating the app.
Not sure why these game developers are still using ads which are way too long to view and show up after every puzzle! We realize the ads are necessary but follow a good practice for ads by keeping them to 15 seconds (if we dont see the benefit within the first few seconds, Im never downloading the game featured in the ad anyway). Also, maybe allow two to three puzzles to be played before showing the next ad. An ad after every puzzle is way too much. Also, stop the ads which pop up and takeover the screen during a puzzle. Those so called coffee break ads are horrible. Giving you a few more weeks before we delete the app.
We think your ad is very deceiving you show one game and the actual game is not at all what you advertised.
The logic game is a great challenge but the abrupt interruption of ads takes away from the experience. Back to the App Store for us.
Constantly crashing and doesnt save the words already found. Getting annoying. May end up deleting soon.
Ads between EVERY level AND coffee break ads in the middle of levels! Its too much.
A week ago we could play this game and use 50 coins to go back to the logic game without starting over or the trivia daily, if we wanted to buy ourselves back in the game, we could do that with coins. Now the only option is to watch a freaking ad even though we pay for ads free and we hate it so much it is taken all of the joy away from this game to us. This used to be the game we would play for relaxation because its calm and every time it forces us to either start over or do a freaking ad, we just close the app.
The ads are way too long & as a result we lost interest in the game.
Too many, very long ads. You get 2 tries with vague hints and have to watch the same ad over and over.
We absolutely loved this game UNTIL two days ago when it wouldnt go past an advertisement for a solitaire card game. We tried everything to get past it and nothing worked. Uninstalled! Get the glitches fixed and we might come back and recommend it as a fun game to friends.
We really look forward to playing both these games. Logic is challenging yet comforting. Really good for decompressing after a stressful day.
Its fun but the ads are ridiculous. They are so long and you have to interact with them and they take over your whole screen.
You have to pay money for things and it wont let us update it. We agree with everyone who says reviews about having to pay. This is not fun. Please fix this!!! If you fix this we will give this a five star rating.
We dont like being timed against other people when we play a game. It doesnt feel relaxing.
On logic level 6, a clue says Elijah is a survivor, but hes actually a victim.
Its educational while also being fun, it doesnt get any better than that.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.22.4
- Size: 554.98 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, ZH, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Joy Vendor Limited
Last updated: 26th December 2025 | Genre: Puzzle, Word | Developer: Joy Vendor Limited