iPad App: Crosswords
= 5 stars
Do all the crosswords you can handle with this iPad app.
The good
- Downloads puzzles from major newspapers (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle, Newsday) at no additional cost. Every day means more puzzles. There’s even UK style puzzles, cryptics, and French ones from Le Monde.
- Reformatted with the iPad in mind: the larger screen accommodates more of the puzzle leading to much less pinching and zooming around, and the keyboard is larger.
- Improved functionality in small but satisfying ways: the list of crosswords downloads is easier to use, clues going in the opposing direction are displayed in grey, just below the current clue, and the clue navigation buttons have moved above the keyboard.
The Bad
- Puzzle sync: have started a puzzle on the iPad and it would be great to have that progress retained on the iPhone. Would be a great addition to the free account used to post puzzle times.
Conclusion
The iPhone version of Crosswords is my “killer app” that keeps me from moving to another smart phone, and the iPad version is no different in regards. In my review of the iPhone version, the only negative was “the small screen ocasionally feels rather cramped.” The iPad’s larger screen effectively obliterates that problem. Highly recommended.
iTunes App Store Link: Crosswords – Stand Alone, Inc.
So this offers quality puzzles from proper publications, with more added every day? Thats pretty good…but also seems hard to believe.
This is a great app and one which I already have for my iPhone. Now it’s another reason to get me an iPad, not that I needed one.
I just wish I was as good at crosswords as my dad was!
well, don’t really need an iPad either, but this app is certainly fun justification. And based on the number of crosswords completed and my completion times in comparisons to others – am not that good at crosswords either…
how neat, how many of us remember having to fly on a plane only to have your pen fall under the seat right when you have your word discovered. Ipad is a solid product, great post im getting this…. cheers all