Acrostic Crossword Puzzles

A Google user

5 years ago

this app is pretty good if you enjoy acrostics but is hard to work with on a phone screen. acrostics need more room. if you have a tablet it would probably be much better.

bill pemberton

10 months ago

fun but keyboard interaction leads to many mistakes. good as a diversion. you need to decide if paying money for themed puzzle packs is worth it.

K Mills

1 year ago

Disappointing "major upgrade" - now it's clunkier and hard to find my current puzzle! I do appreciate the new volumes, but even those are difficult to find after adding them!

Jonathan Goldberg

5 months ago

Enjoy the ap for its fun puzzles solid easy to use design.

A Google user

4 years ago

Worth the two bucks. Some of the starter puzzles nastily hard, but overall a good mix. Play with the display to get your preferred version- mine is having the key visible in the middle.

A Google user

5 years ago

the customer service was fast and very friendly with helping me get a refund on this game. the only reason i didnt like this game is because it was different from the ones in the brain games book. also im not good at crossword type puzzle clues.

A Google user

4 years ago

There's a good range of puzzle difficulty in the starter pack, but the extra puzzle packs after the initial 4 (for a total of 40 puzzles) can be a bit too steep.

A Google user

5 years ago

Great app, challenging acrostics. My favorites are from Acrostica; I have a large vocabulary, so it's an unexpected pleasure to find as many as eight words I've never seen in a single Acrostica puzzle.

A Google user

5 years ago

No surprise so many 5 stars ratings. The devs are *right on it* with the tiniest suggestion for improvement. Emails have been answered at 2 in the morning. --I've loved all these games in mags for decades, but they are so much better electronically. No wasted time erasing or filling in squares. This is the only dev mags like Penny Press/ Dell will license to present their puzzles as an app, because of their super high standards. $2.99 each for new volumes is cheap for hours of fun.

regina connors

1 year ago

Well they updated the new version to allow you to get out of dark mode but not in any intuitive way. But I'll take it. But I had bought all Puzzle Baron acrostics up to number 38 and I can't see 22-38. I used to be able to see them in the previous major version. But they're gone. What did I spend my money for?

A Google user

5 years ago

They vary from not to tough to fairly difficult, depending on your experience. As a 63 year old life long crossword fan, they are challenging enough for most. Not so simple that they aren't fun while not being impossible to solve. One of my favorite apps.

Bill Falls

2 years ago

A wide range of third-party acrostic puzzles in a framework that works well, even on a small phone screen. The developers are very responsive to bug reports and user suggestions. No subscription acrostic puzzles but I'll be asking them to consider adding the NYT for those of us who subscribe.

LG Henning

1 year ago

I am having a difficult time dealing with the dark mode. I am also not happy with how the unsolved puzzles displayed. I The icons are too big. In short, I am not happy with update. I have had the app for a long time and have enjoyed it, but the new display is making it cumbersome to use. Please give option to toggle white mode.

Rebecca Boyce

4 years ago

I had problems with the app (it wouldn't open) I cleared the app cache & it started working again. I love these puzzles! I've been doing these for years & had to give them up after 2 surgeries on my right hand (I can't write very long anymore) Penny press is my favorite thank you! Now that I can get them on my phone I can finally do them again. The price for the volumes is very reasonable. (Almost half the cost when ordered by mail). I hope you keep them coming I do lots of them!

Joseph H.

4 months ago

Nicely done. Nice mixture of hard and easy puzzles, interface is aptly functional without being intrusive or annoying.

Jeff Davis

2 years ago

If you complete the puzzle but there is an error - usually due a typo - you get a message that the puzzle is not solved correctly. That is fine. However, that message counts as a "hint" and cost you an trophy icon. Very very frustrating when I complete the puzzle without hints and I get penalized anyway. The message that is isn't correct doesn't point out where the error is, so not a hint. *Update* I figured out what happens is that the cells to enter in letters is so close to the lightbulb it is very easy to accidently hit the lightbulb hint. Frustrating but not a huge problem since you don't unlock anything or gain any benefit by not taking hints.

Jennifer Andall

5 months ago

Edit: Bug was fixed very quickly and my purchases were still there. This really is my favorite game and the publishers handle the problems well. I used to love this app, but I had to uninstall it because it stopped working. I'm really annoyed that I bought a pack of puzzles and won't get to play them because the app keeps crashing.