Puzzazz Crossword & Puzzle
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Puzzazz | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The NYT calls it “snazzy” and Wired says it’s “groundbreaking”? Puzzazz’s unique, optimized user experience and its exclusive TouchWrite technology make solving more fun, even on small screens. It won’t take you long to see why puzzle lovers call it “fantastic,” the “best way to do the NYT,” and “Hands down the best crossword puzzle app.”
▶ OODLES OF PUZZLES
From Puzzazzz ▶ Browse through puzzles by world-class authors, some of the best you’ll find anywhere and solve hundreds of free puzzles. You can try before you buy because every book starts with free puzzles!
From the NYT ▶ To solve the NY Times crossword, just enter your NYTimes.com Crosswords subscription credentials to get started.
From the web ▶ Our Puzzle Downloads book contains links to many independent authors’ web sites, which have puzzles you can download or subscribe to, as well as commentary you’ll find interesting. For free downloads, simply tap on the Download or Solve in Puzzazz link for the puzzles you want to solve; for puzzle subscriptions, open the puzzles directly from the subscription emails you receive.
▶ WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“The people at Puzzazz have been working hard on cultivating quality puzzles and developing TouchWrite, a groundbreaking new technology for doing puzzles on the screen.” —Wired
“TouchWrite is an awesome technology” —GeekWire
▶ STELLAR REVIEWS
“Best APP Ever! The TouchWrite technology is perfect, especially when I use it on the phone.” —Jackleroy
“Fantastic puzzle app! Some things are actually better than solving on paper.” —Wendell O
“Best puzzle experience out there! The TouchWrite software alone puts Puzzazz way ahead of the field. I also love the selection of books—something to satisfy all types of puzzlers.” —puzzlefan1001
“Puzzazz is the most user friendly of the puzzle apps out there. They have puzzles by masters of the craft.” —Toddwseattle
“Best way to do the NYT! Best part is extra features for some of the gimmick puzzles.” —derekallen7
“I specifically subscribed to the New York Times Premium crosswords because this app supports them.” —hightemp
“Killer app! Was looking for a good crossword app and so far this is the best I’ve found.” —CadillacCruiser17
▶ OPTIMIZED EXPERIENCE
Puzzazz is designed by puzzle lovers for puzzle lovers, with a solving experience that is all about the puzzles. It’s an elegant and optimized experience for puzzles of all types.
Puzzazz is built with an eye toward how you solve puzzles, from our TouchWrite handwriting recognition to subtle features for left-handed and color blind solvers. You can always see both Across and Down clues at the same time, no matter how you orient your device, and you’ll appreciate automatic clue highlighting, including cross-references. Take notes on a clue or mark a cell in the grid. Time yourself if you want (you can compare your time on the puzzle leaderboards). Get a hint if you need one.
Puzzazz is not just the best crossword puzzle app—it’s the best app for all types of puzzles, including cryptic and variety crosswords, and many previously available only on paper, including acrostic, cryptogram, word, logic, Mentagy, rebus, mystery puzzles, plus the spectacular Maze of Games. Puzzazz supports everything you find in crosswords, including rebus (multiple letter) cells, extra or missing clues, and unusual grids. If you solve cryptics, you’ll love the smart hinting.
Reviews
Love this app
Oddsoxx
It took a little practice with the Apple Pencil to get the letters right consistently but it works great now! I love the variety of puzzles and the fact that I can do one or two in each book before deciding whether to buy the book or not. I’ve always enjoyed crossword puzzles in paper form but not so much on the iPad until I discovered Puzzazz. Being able to write in the answers as opposed to typing on a little keyboard, makes it perfect for me.
The BEST puzzle app on the market
DadOfEgg
I have solved more than 3000 puzzles in the app. It offers a plethora of excellent puzzles written by the best constructors operating today. The prices are incredibly reasonable and the value is excellent. There are many freebies available so you can try before you buy. It's the only app that perfectly replicates the New York Times print crossword. This app is taking too much of my time and that's the best evidence of its excellence!
Apple Pencil - no help section
rgarner
I have at length looked for tutorials of how to use the Apple Pencil with the different puzzles on Puzzazz but have yet to find one, and while most of the writing technique is pretty intuitive, I’m extremely frustrated that there is not an easily find-able guide to how to write letters and numbers for each type of puzzle and what might be the most efficient way to use the Pencil on each puzzle. The only reason to use this app is because you want to utilize your Pencil while playing games making the omission of a help section especially problematic, hence the one star review. It would be a five star review if this matter was addressed.
Awful app
heafcliff
Don’t even bother if you are left handed and using the TouchWrite feature. All in all, bad experience
Perfect interface!
smoakes
I’ve been using Puzzazz for ages, and realized I’d never told anyone how GREAT it is. We especially love the cryptic crosswords, because it gives us the divisions and clue types if we need them — but only if we need them.
Year of Puzzles is Awesome
JSH3017
The app itself is well-designed and useful, but the unique Year of Puzzles book is what gets this five stars. I am in the midst of solving it and it is an absolute blast—so clever and different. I’ve grown a bit tired of the daily NYT Crossword, and this is the antidote. It will really get the juices flowing. Check it out!
The best kenken experience bar none!
JonBristow
The support for puz files is also amazing! I’m primarily a keyboard user, but the note taking is simple and the answer entry fairly straightforward. I only have a few improvements I would make: • Add more cell markup options (maybe 8 other colors for shading? For sudoku, I like both center and corner notes too, but that sounds harder from a software perspective) • Add more varied puzzle books! I haven’t found any killer or sandwich sudoku books yet (please prove me wrong, I have cash in hand!) and the Maze of Games is an amazing conversion, so I know this software can handle it! • An idea of what books have been added when so I can see the cool new books I’m missing.
