Crossword Alive!

Crossword Alive is a crossword puzzle solver and digital crossword maker in one: snap a photo of any printed crossword and play it as a digital puzzle on your phone. No typing out the grid by hand, no separate crossword game with its own puzzles — just your actual newspaper, magazine, or puzzle book, made playable.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Snap a photo crossword with your camera, or pick one from your photo library.
2. Our crossword solver technology detects the grid automatically — every square lined up.
3. Tap a cell and type. One tap switches between Across and Down.

FEATURES

• Automatic crossword grid detection from a newspaper, magazine, puzzle book, or screen photo
• Clean, distraction-free digital crossword solving canvas — no ads interrupting your puzzle
• Across/Down toggle with a single tap, built for fast word puzzle solving
• Zoomable source photo — read tiny clue text from the original, always one tap away
• Manual grid adjustment for tricky scans, so any printed crossword puzzle can become playable
• Auto-save on every letter — close the app, pick up exactly where you left off
• Personal crossword library — every puzzle you've scanned, organized and ready to revisit
• Haptic feedback and progress tracking across your whole puzzle library

WHO IT'S FOR

Anyone who solves crossword puzzles on paper but wants the convenience of a digital crossword game: newspaper crosswords, magazine puzzles, puzzle books, hotel-room freebies. If you can photograph it, this crossword solver app can turn it into a playable puzzle.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Your puzzles stay on your phone. No account, no sign-up, no tracking.

FREE EVERY WEEK

7 puzzles per week, free — no subscription required to try it.

— Built by Black Otter Studios.