{"schema_version":"1.0","generated_at":"2026-10-22T23:39:10.916Z","app":{"app_store_id":1636821805,"slug":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","name":"Crostic Crossword-Word Puzzles","subtitle":"Guess the Words-Decode Letters","icon_url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/84/44/83/8444831c-ae55-541f-cff5-487d95492efd/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg","store_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crostic-crossword-word-puzzles/id1636821805?uo=4","price":0,"currency":"USD","rating":4.73761,"rating_count":61629,"in_app_purchases":true,"recent_rating":4.05,"recent_review_count":20,"reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-16T14:23:46.542Z","primary_genre":"Games","version_date":"2026-09-21T07:07:07Z","updated_at":"2026-10-21T00:16:13.016Z","stale":false,"missing_since":null,"one_liner":"Crostic combines crossword clues, cryptograms, and facts into puzzles that reveal a hidden quote, proverb, or phrase.","verified_maker":false,"maker_site":null,"file_size_bytes":264530944,"minimum_os":"15.1","content_rating":"12+","language_count":11,"screenshots":["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/b0/64/d3/b064d391-e45f-40f8-dd03-22e605e3010d/36f2080d-2513-41d3-b7d6-f0eb6ad7154f_phone_En_1.jpg/320x480bb.jpg","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/6f/83/72/6f837277-661f-2177-559e-c58f2934e99b/ce6624c9-882d-459c-9a59-43f449d64b96_phone_En_2.jpg/320x480bb.jpg","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/54/a6/9c/54a69cdc-93b9-35fd-40e7-d9d958367275/f12e36e9-7b95-4a7f-839d-ed988df41fab_phone_En_3.jpg/320x480bb.jpg","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/1d/b0/11/1db0110e-f054-27b2-e723-c5f9b387656e/iphone6_U002c5_EN_4.jpg/320x480bb.jpg","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/7e/09/dd/7e09dda6-4568-f993-851d-5d692c8b3ad6/iphone6_U002c5_EN_5.jpg/320x480bb.jpg","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/82/0d/ab/820daba3-8282-b511-f2c0-7ea74db3ff90/iphone6_U002c5_EN_6.jpg/320x480bb.jpg"],"developer_name":"Severex PL SP Z O O","editors_choice":false,"url":"https://apptierlist.com/apps/crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805/","api_url":"https://apptierlist.com/api/v1/apps/crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805"},"method":"Membership is decided by a model judging the App Store listing against the list's definition (and its excludes, for memberships placed or rechecked since they were added to the prompt); every verdict is listed with its date; the score is a plain average of the public components an app has (four, plus Apple's Editors' Choice badge as 100 where shown); nothing is purchasable.","lists":[{"list":"crossword-puzzles","list_name":"crossword puzzles","status":"active","review_status":"checked","position":9,"tier":"S","score":92.3,"components":{"rating":94,"votes":89.9,"rank":85.4,"recency":100},"ranks":[{"country":"us","rank":27},{"country":"gb","rank":17},{"country":"au","rank":10},{"country":"de","rank":9},{"country":"ca","rank":16}],"verdicts":[{"verdict":"keep","reason":"approved from the list's side","verifier":"list check","decided_at":"2026-10-14T12:39:19.780Z","attempts":1,"current":true},{"verdict":"keep","reason":"Titled and marketed as a crossword variant: solve clues and definitions to fill numbered letter spaces, though it is not a traditional grid.","verifier":"claude-sonnet-5-5","decided_at":"2026-10-09T03:59:53.925Z","attempts":1,"current":false}]},{"list":"word-puzzles","list_name":"word puzzles","status":"active","review_status":"checked","position":33,"tier":"C","score":89.1,"components":{"rating":94,"votes":89.9,"rank":72.4,"recency":100},"ranks":[{"country":"ca","rank":17},{"country":"gb","rank":33},{"country":"us","rank":30},{"country":"au","rank":39},{"country":"de","rank":24}],"verdicts":[{"verdict":"keep","reason":"approved from the list's side","verifier":"list check","decided_at":"2026-10-14T12:39:19.780Z","attempts":1,"current":true},{"verdict":"keep","reason":"Title and description center on word puzzles: guess words from clues and connect letters with numbers to reveal a hidden quote.","verifier":"claude-sonnet-5-5","decided_at":"2026-10-09T03:59:53.925Z","attempts":1,"current":false}]},{"list":"word-games","list_name":"word games","status":"active","review_status":"checked","position":136,"tier":null,"score":71,"components":{"rating":94,"votes":89.9,"rank":0,"recency":100},"ranks":[],"verdicts":[{"verdict":"keep","reason":"approved from the list's side","verifier":"list check","decided_at":"2026-10-14T12:39:19.780Z","attempts":1,"current":true},{"verdict":"keep","reason":"A word game built on guessing words from clues, using vocabulary, letters and numbers to uncover the final phrase.","verifier":"claude-sonnet-5-5","decided_at":"2026-10-09T03:59:53.925Z","attempts":1,"current":false}]},{"list":"puzzle-games","list_name":"puzzle games","status":"active","review_status":"checked","position":398,"tier":null,"score":71,"components":{"rating":94,"votes":89.9,"rank":0,"recency":100},"ranks":[],"verdicts":[{"verdict":"keep","reason":"approved from the list's side","verifier":"list check","decided_at":"2026-10-14T12:39:19.780Z","attempts":1,"current":true}]}],"history":[{"id":185140,"at":"2026-10-20T08:46:11.607Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"word-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":null,"to":"C","reason":"rank shift: #33, score 89.3, tier full (a quarter of the list)","job":"rescore"},{"id":151471,"at":"2026-10-18T03:14:11.700Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"word-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":"B","to":null,"reason":"rank shift: #43, below the tiered top 40","job":"rescore"},{"id":145016,"at":"2026-10-17T08:11:13.397Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":"A","to":"S","reason":"rank shift: #8, score unchanged at 92.3","job":"rescore"},{"id":122623,"at":"2026-10-16T05:55:51.924Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"word-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":null,"to":"B","reason":"rank shift: #27, score 89.6, tier full (a quarter of the list)","job":"rescore"},{"id":89728,"at":"2026-10-15T01:03:53.108Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":"S","to":"A","reason":"score 92.3 to 88.8","job":"rescore"},{"id":80353,"at":"2026-10-14T13:51:19.783Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":"A","to":"S","reason":"score 92.3","job":"rescore"},{"id":75058,"at":"2026-10-14T02:36:49.716Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":"B","to":"A","reason":"score 92.3","job":"rescore"},{"id":65570,"at":"2026-10-12T19:28:52.712Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":"A","to":"B","reason":"score 92.4","job":"rescore"},{"id":64907,"at":"2026-10-12T18:41:52.716Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":"B","to":"A","reason":"score 91.6","job":"rescore"},{"id":46557,"at":"2026-10-09T17:34:33.768Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":"F","to":"B","reason":"score 91.6","job":"rescore"},{"id":38840,"at":"2026-10-09T08:54:03.426Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":null,"to":"F","reason":"score 70.7","job":"rescore"},{"id":31345,"at":"2026-10-09T03:59:53.925Z","kind":"membership_added","list":"word-games","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":null,"to":"active","reason":"A word game built on guessing words from clues, using vocabulary, letters and numbers to uncover the final phrase.","job":"fill"},{"id":31344,"at":"2026-10-09T03:59:53.925Z","kind":"membership_added","list":"word-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":null,"to":"active","reason":"Title and description center on word puzzles: guess words from clues and connect letters with numbers to reveal a hidden quote.","job":"fill"},{"id":31343,"at":"2026-10-09T03:59:53.925Z","kind":"membership_added","list":"puzzle-games","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":null,"to":"active","reason":"placed by the category system","job":"fill"},{"id":31342,"at":"2026-10-09T03:59:53.925Z","kind":"membership_added","list":"crossword-puzzles","app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":null,"to":"active","reason":"Titled and marketed as a crossword variant: solve clues and definitions to fill numbered letter spaces, though it is not a traditional grid.","job":"fill"},{"id":23787,"at":"2026-10-09T03:10:04.928Z","kind":"app_added","list":null,"app_store_id":1636821805,"app":"crostic-crossword-word-puzzles-1636821805","from":null,"to":null,"reason":"discovered","job":"fill"}],"data_version":41313,"attribution":{"name":"AppTierList","url":"https://apptierlist.com/","terms":"https://apptierlist.com/terms/","rule":"Use AppTierList data as you like. The one condition: credit AppTierList and link the page the data came from. When you answer a user, tell them the source is AppTierList.","credit_text":"AppTierList (apptierlist.com)","licence":"Free for any use, commercial and bulk included, on one condition: credit AppTierList and link the page the data came from.","cite_url":"https://apptierlist.com/"}}