2020-12-22
Terrible interface
There seems to be no way at all to choose which crossword you want to do, or any way of returning to a previous crossword that you gave up on.
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Description
Created by British editors, Arrow Words Free is a classic crossword app with a useful twist. In arrow words puzzles, the clues are shown right in the puzzle grid, making them easy to view and play on the iPad screen.
This lovingly produced app includes 1,500 all-new Arrow Words puzzles in 4 levels. Easier levels use simpler words and a smaller grid, perfect for a short break. Harder levels have tougher clues and larger puzzle grids for hours of challenging fun. Also, careful editing and a huge pool of words ensure that clues don’t repeat too often.
The sound and graphics are also designed for true crossword aficionados. Choose from three visual interfaces that recreate the atmosphere of the crossword in the Sunday paper. If you miss using your favorite pen to solve puzzels, you’ll love the optional sounds of a moving pen as you fill in the squares, custom recorded for each letter!
Features:
• Once you’ve solved an Arrow Words puzzle on the iPad, you’ll never go back to paper!
• 1,500 free puzzles, 4 difficulty levels and grid sizes
• 3 interface options: Classic, News, Colour
• Optional sound effects and background music
The premium service is offered as a monthly or yearly subscription that does renew automatically and can be managed via the iTunes account settings. The costs for the premium service are either $1,99 per month or $9,99 per year. View the privacy policy here: http://thebinaryfamily.com/privacy-policy/
– New subscribers can choose a one-week trial subscription at no cost.
– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
– Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
– Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase
http://thebinaryfamily.com/terms-of-use
What's New in Version 4.1
We fixed a small visual bug.
Seller
Name
the binary family GmbH
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
4.1
Size
101.7 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 11.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, German
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.5 of 5 (214 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2020-12-19
Clued up
Love the crosswords different levels of skill to suit all ability levels
2020-04-05
Advert Hell
Adverts are relentless, played 2 games and deleted.
2019-11-22
Crossword .
Very good app ,keeps brain working when ill in bed,and can't get to shops for newspaper 9/10.however uses at times americanised words,have to really think about,but good
2019-10-11
Get your brain working
Differing levels to work on. Some clues are repetetive . Good to get clues when stuck.
2019-08-20
Restoring purchases?
Actually really like the app tbh! Use it to pass the time when I’m bored but was kinda disappointed to see that although I have paid for an upgrade on my iPhone, I’d have to pay again just to have the same puzzles on my iPad! This has annoyed me slightly
2019-08-10
Good app
Great to use & good level of challenge. Except it would be better if errors were flagged up once you typed word in without having to check.
2019-07-13
Bad
The clues and the words do not accurately match. Its badly done by someone who doesn't put any thought into the clues and has a poor knowledge of language.
2019-02-05
Enjoy
Really enjoy these puzzles before bed to take my mind off the day. Good levels of difficulty. Some interesting words.
2019-01-16
Good puzzle.
I love that you can get help to complete a word if you need it.
Great puzzle to wind down with.
Love it.
2018-12-09
OK but too many American spelled words
Title says it all. Vapour spelled vapor is a good example. Too many of these.
2018-11-14
Best one I’ve tried
I’ve tried loads of free puzzle apps and they were all terrible, this is the first one I haven’t deleted after 1 puzzle, was fun and exactly what I was looking for. Moving around the puzzle can be a little jumpy but other than that no complaints.
2018-10-25
Too many ads!!!
The puzzles are very good, make a great distraction and help pass the time away. The main criticism I have is the ads are relentless & infuriatingly so. It’s great the app is free - but there needs to be an option to dispense with those ads! They’re much too frequent, far more than any other app I’ve had; which makes it mentally wearying.
The app is worth paying a small amount for, just to get rid of all the ads.
2018-09-04
Fidgety
Moving from one word to another is so fidgety. If you accidentally press the wrong square the way it moves is so frustrating
2018-03-29
Good fun
My wife and I love this app.It really is fun .
2017-04-13
Pretty good for a freebie
Not bad at all, though some clues can be obscure. On the whole, I enjoy the crosswords.
2016-05-17
Addictive App
This is a brilliant app if you enjoy Arrow Words.
Great to be able to choose level of difficulty and is hard to put down once opened. Very very good.
2016-04-02
LEVI
If you enjoy arrow words then this is a good app to play. With the aid of the Internet all clues are generally solvable even if your still none the wiser after.
2016-03-29
Ver. 3 Arrow Word
I have noticed that when I go to a new game I go down from 300 games by two's. Therefore I am only getting 150 games for my outlay?
But the game itself is very relaxing and having suffered a stroke is very healthy way of spending time.
Thank you
2016-02-01
Its a decent app
If you like doing crosswords in magazines, this app is good for you. It's not the Times, but some of the clues are challenging.
2016-01-30
Not very good
Too many of the clues are repeated all the time. Some are far too hard and I am none the wiser after I have the answer. They can be so obscure they are impossible to get
2015-10-02
Rubbish
Total rubbish
2015-09-24
Won't work with iOS 9
Loads but then freezes so the keyboard does not work and I can't use the puzzles at all.
2015-06-12
Fantastic
Lots of free puzzles and easy to use
2015-04-09
great game
great format and good puzzle content. easy to use and the help button really does help with no limit to how often it can be used.
2015-04-04
Great game
Great game, help options are a real help when needed, recommend that you download it,5stars from me
2015-03-25
Spot On
Spot On
2014-12-30
Disappointing!
Very disappointing as it contains errors!
2014-12-06
Ok
Nice wee app, easy to use and if you are having difficulty you can always tap the "help" button.
2014-11-01
Mrs
Enjoyable thought provoking. Use them on the bus to work to wake my brain up. Have learnt a lot of new words. Thank you for the challenge.
2014-04-01
It's good
Enjoyable puzzle, recommended.
2014-02-14
Upgrade?
Very good app BUT do not upgrade for another 400 puzzles as you only get about 5 each of the difficult & very difficult ones instead of 100 of each. The rest just do not appear.
2013-12-27
Jinksypooch
I do enjoy this app, a good wined down when needed.plus it keeps the brain exercised.
2013-09-05
Good
Very good but some clues are or seem misleading so you really do have to think hard which makes it very good I enjoyed doing these crosswords and can recommend them 10 out of 10
2013-07-24
Frustrating spelling!
Excellent idea and format. However, some very odd spellings, not all of which are down to being American! Lots of groups of two letters with no clues - that's just lazy clue-writing (or, worse, the compiler didn't notice!) Some words not even in Oxford English Dictionary, so will be finding a different game to play.
2013-07-20
It's all in the clue
The answers are often a total surprise. Not rewarding for that reason.
2013-06-15
Good fun
App is good and fun, several levels of difficulty so gives a challenge!
2013-06-05
Word search
Really good puzzle, love the mark errors function.
2013-04-22
Mr
To many American words for example clue "----master, old school
I put "head" but the answer was "alma"
,answers that make no sense,indeed answers that actually come from the Middle Ages words that are not used anymore.poor
2013-04-21
It's ok
Not as good as I hoped it would be. some of the clues, even with the right answer, don't make any sense.
The bubble that's pops up to tell you how much of the puzzle is completed, very very annoying. Oh yes, shock, gasp, horror, when you've completed the puzzles you have to buy more. Other than that it passes the time away. Nothing's ever perfect.
2013-04-09
Poor
So poor
2013-04-01
Arrow Word
Love this app! Great fun and educational too. Good to play individually or as a group. Well worth installing!
2013-03-24
Crossword
Most enjoyable well laid out with clear clues,very entertaining.
2013-03-14
Ok to good
Reasonable crosswords. Agree with other reviews about weird clues but generally decent. Quite enjoyable way to pass 10 minutes!
2013-02-10
Avid puzzler
Love puzzles and this overall is very good just a few weird clues but the solver button is always there
2013-02-07
Scrolling.
Irritating that he grids have to scroll on the iPad and some odd clues. Generally quite good.
2013-01-26
Not bad but let down by careless mistakes...
Good in lots of ways - good selection of words, clues generally good and I like the different difficulty levels. But...
Some of the clues are very odd and seem to have very little connection to the solution. American spellings can be annoying, but nowhere near as annoying as grammatical mistakes in clues that distort the meaning of the clue (eg 'sweeps friend', as opposed to 'sweep's friend').
Good as a free download, but would not pay to upgrade
2013-01-23
My Review of Arrowwords
I am quite addicted to these puzzles and find it most enjoyable, although I find some of the clues quite ambiguous at times, otherwise, I would recommend it to puzzlers!
2013-01-14
Brilliant
Gets rid of the cobwebs and gives the brain a very good workout, very highly recommended. The only downside are the prices to upgrade, apart from that 8/10