Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords

🇺🇸 United States
Guardian News & Media Ltd  | 
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App Rating
2.9
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Votes
245
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App Age
5y 10m
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Last Update
Mar 27, 2024
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iAP
$3.49 - 33.99

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4.62
Number of Ratings (Voted)
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5y 10m
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$19
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Update Frequency
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Title Length
29
26
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Description Length
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Number of Screenshots
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Size
23MB
278MB
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Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords
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Daily word games & Sudokus
Description (
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Give yourself a real challenge with over 15,000 crosswords and sudokus from The Guardian and Observer - and enjoy new ones added every day. Start playing today with unlimited access for fourteen days. After that, either play a new crossword and sudoku everyday for free, or enjoy full access by subscribing. App features include: Play with ease: Timer, reveal, check, and clue functions Play with friends: Two-player mode and social sharing Play anywhere: Offline play Play through history: A user-friendly calendar of the enormous Guardian archive of over 15,000 crosswords and sudokus Play your favourites: Search by crossword setter Puzzles included in the app: Quick - a quick but challenging crossword, published every Monday to Saturday Cryptic - a cryptic crossword where every clue contains a definition of the answer you're looking for, published every weekday Quiptic - a cryptic puzzle for beginners, published every Monday Weekend - our weekend cryptic, published every Saturday Everyman - a prize crossword, published every Sunday Speedy - a compact crossword for those in a hurry, published every Sunday Prize - a prize crossword, published every Saturday Codeword - our challenging clueless crosswords Sudoku - easy, medium, hard, expert and mini Killer Sudoku - easy, medium, hard, expert Terms of use: All content in the Guardian app is copyright Guardian News & Media 2020. All rights reserved. Terms of use and privacy policy apply when accessing content via the Guardian app. Privacy policy: http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy Terms and conditions: http://www.theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service }
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Rating
2.9
245 voters

Some Latest Reviews

Zadacka
15 Jan, 2024
2
I love *almost* every aspect of this app, but the lack of support for the magic keyboard on the iPad is really painful. The aswesome physical keyboard is right there (I keep reaching for it) and pressing keys on the screen feels so clunky instead. Plea to the developer: please could you fix this? This would be a 2->5 star immediate improvement in my eyes (and I will re-review!)
L0Z_
20 Nov, 2023
4
For those with the freezing on startup issue, the latest puzzles are probably loading in the background with no feedback to you that this is happening. Wait a minute or two for the latest puzzles to download. You’ll only need to do this once. (When you first download the app you’ll see the puzzles are from 2022, wait a while for them to refresh). It’s a shame because a simple “please wait” message would save a lot of headache here. Once the app is updated it works well. Happy subscriber.
Boudicca60
13 Nov, 2023
1
I've had this for a while but recently it loses all my input if I shut down even briefly. I have tried giving feedback with no response. I notice there is no response from the developer here either. Not impressed and won't renew.
Tim_D1
25 Oct, 2023
1
One of the best crossword apps from a usage point of view - the interactions are very well-designed. The puzzles themselves range from the pleasingly-straightforward to the downright impossible. But the app suffers from one infuriating flaw, which is that it won’t consistently save progress. There’s at least a 50% chance that if you leave the app halfway-through a puzzle, you’ll return to some previous random point and lose a load of progress. Maybe the Guardian developers manage every puzzle in one sitting. Here in the real world, however, this bug is absolutely maddening and has existed for years. A real shame, because it seriously spoils what would otherwise be a nigh-on perfect execution.
Redcore4
01 Sep, 2023
3
There’s no undo button (frustrating if you want to keep your annotations but make a mistake on a sudoku) and the keyboard is frustrating because it’s smaller than the iPad one and harder to type on. It’s also annoying to be asked to set up and pay a fairly hefty subscription to use the app, just to do the same crosswords and puzzles that you can play for free on the guardian website. Apart from that the app is okay - it works but it’s definitely not worth paying to use beyond the free trial.
AuntyEm247
01 Sep, 2023
3
When it’s working, I really enjoy this app - vast collection of puzzles to choose from and some nice features for those of us who need a little hint now and again. Unfortunately, the app freezes often. I have to force quit and restart all the time. I’ve been using it on an iPhone 7 - admittedly, older tech - but other apps on my phone don’t freeze and crash like this. I’d really like to support The Guardian by purchasing a subscription for the puzzles, but I’m just not sure if I can justify the cost given how often the app crashes.
Foggy trough
26 Jul, 2023
1
I paid for the subscription and after while the app ceased recognizing that I had a subscription. Contacted the Guardian customer support and they told me they were looking into it, but after a month I’ve received no support or offer to refund.
Hokey40
17 Jul, 2023
3
I enjoy the crosswords but I often have to delete the app and download a fresh copy as it keeps failing to open.
philgyford
09 Jul, 2023
1
Opened the app for the first time on my iPad, saw the available crossword puzzles (all of which were from early 2022 - it's currently July 2023) but nothing worked. Wherever I tapped, nothing happened. Force quit it and opened again. Some of the puzzles were now recent but, again, tapping anywhere did nothing. Back to the website for me.

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Additional Information
Rating:
2.9
Voted: 245
App Store Link:
Website:
Email: -
Privacy Policy:
Categories: Word, Games, Entertainment, Puzzle
Size: 23MB
iAP: 3.49 - 33.99 $
App Age: 5 years 10 months
Release Date: Feb 11, 2020
Last Update: Mar 27, 2024
Version: 1.5
Version history
1.5
Mar 27, 2024
- All in-app merchandising and promotion of the subscription offering has been removed from the app experience. - New in-app messaging has been implemented to notify users about the forthcoming closure of the app.
1.4.1
Feb 23, 2022
This update of Guardian Puzzles includes bug fixes and performance improvements. - The reliability of sharing links for Codeword puzzles has been improved. - Printing Killer Sudoku puzzles via AirPrint will now include the cages. - Selection of Killer Sudoku cages in the player is improved. - Puzzle play settings are stored more reliably. - The visibility of the clues in the ‘All Clues’ interface is improved.
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