Crosswords Classic Reviews

by Ocaoivorew

Ben whatever the heck his name is, wrote ALL the “beginner” crossword and let me tell you, a college educated woman , can’t do one of them. It is frustrating to the point of wanting to throw the whole thing out the window. I knew answers for some of these but he used obscure words and people the average person couldn’t possibly know. If you’re a PhD geek, or a new york times player, great, I chose it for beginning puzzles . No way.

by Virtual Bulletin Board

It seems like the developers just walked away from CrosswordsClassic. There is no support whatsoever. I’ve been waiting months for them to fix the problem of being unable to print out the puzzles. I get a generic answer that “they are aware of the problem and working on it” but.....months??? C’mon guys, you charge a pretty steep price for an app that has no developer support. Wish I could get my money back. Won’t be downloading any more apps from Standalone, that’s for sure!

by ME THE BOOK WORM

I’ve had CrosswordsClassic and enjoyed it for years. This is the second time I have not been able to receive new puzzles. This is been going on for weeks. I have sent in two different queries asking why this is happening and what I can do. No one ever writes back. Maybe they’ve gone out of business?

by Asparagus8

Used CrosswordsClassic for 10 years. After paying for it, they lost most of their good puzzle providers. Then frequent syncing issues between iPhone & iPad. Developer very hard to deal with & constant issues. Lost thousands of puzzles today - just disappeared - I’m done now. I will never, ever buy any app from standalone inc again!

by Jafoesq

I’ve had CrosswordsClassic for a few years but it has recently quit downloading new puzzles. Haven’t been able to download one since May 27. Disappointing.

by MLR_54115

Been using CrosswordsClassic for years and now when trying to download new puzzles I get a message that says I must connect to the internet to download puzzles. However I am always connected to the internet.

by Tremolux66

This used to be my favorite crossword app. And it has worked fairly well: I find it easier to operate than other apps. My main concern is the supply of puzzles. My favorite puzzle provider is no longer available , and for a number of the providers that I selected, I haven’t seen a new download in years. The puzzles that are still available no longer interest me, so I’ve subscribed to the NYT puzzles and use their app to work them. It’s not as convenient as CrosswordsClassic, but they supply a steady stream of interesting puzzles.

by Overwater

Everything was okay. All my entries were black letters. I had errors set to hidden. Then for no reason all my entries are red. Correct and incorrect. If I set it to errors in red my entries are black if correct but now I see every wrong entry and that feels like cheating. I tried deleting and re-loading CrosswordsClassic . It worked for about a week. Now I’m seeing red again. It’s just not fun anymore.

by Cpmadem

I’ve used CrosswordsClassic for years and its been great. However, I’ve noticed that crossword providers have been shrinking and lately none of the Newsday Crosswords are available. What’s going on?

by Davimus Prime

They don’t have any 24x24 grids anymore, expect maybe once or twice a week.

Updates have not delivered any significant improvements or features over the years. They’re just not trying.

by Sick At Home

I used to have no problem with new puzzles being imported and then????? all of a sudden puzzles stopped com8ng in...annoying

by Artemus49

Right now, not one of my favorite apps. Major problems since the last update, there are a few glitches in it. The latest update makes it so you can't even see the top line across because it's shaded by the toolbar and the puzzle won't move.

by Mattpoll

I love CrosswordsClassic but the shrinking supply of puzzles is a concern. Many of my favorite titles no longer seem to be available. Is anything being done to increase the supply?

by Avnyc11

It would be so much easier to be able to filter the difficulty list by source and also to filter the source list by digit. Could you please add this in?

Thank you!

by Al P.n.

I love the fact CrosswordsClassic exists and has existed forever and I love the flow of it (how you jump clues, how you input text, etc). But to be honest, I don't understand why CrosswordsClassic is so buggy. Every update in the last 5 years brings missing buttons, misaligned toolbars, disappearing puzzles, or some such.

by JHappiness

One of the first apps I ever got on my iPad, really love it. Recently not downloading all the puzzles I used to get. Only problem

by Wsm484

Year after year, this has been the best iOS crossword app. Don’t know what I’d do without it. The gameplay, the configurability, the use of screen real estate... all best in class.

I just wish it still handled NYT subscriptions like other crossword apps do.

by Braveorchid

I use this almost daily. The one issue I have are the occasional puzzles where there are apparently several letters in one box as part of the solution. There’s no way to enter that, so there’s no way to solve the puzzle. It’s rather irritating and I end up deleting them/not bothering when I come across them—it’s just not obvious at first.

by FTP25

I like CrosswordsClassic a lot! But every once in a while it has a puzzle that requires more than 1 letter per square. How are we supposed to fill them all in?

by J. Susan

I have had CrosswordsClassic on both my iPhone and iPad for several years now and I love it. Recently CrosswordsClassic on my iPad got messed up so I deleted it and reinstalled. The options gear was missing on the reinstall and I was unable to change the settings to my liking. I contacted Customer Service (Ben) who investigated the issue and created an update to fix it. I’m a happy Crosswords Classic geek again!