# Crux

> Crux (App Store name: "Crux: No Ads Games Daily Hub") is a free iPhone and iPad app from Pizzart Pte. Ltd. with a ton of daily word, logic, number, geography, trivia, colour and arcade games, and no ads. The daily games need an internet connection. App Store id 6815674578: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6815674578

Facts checked 2026-11-06. Optional Crux Plus: $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year (US). Rated 13+. English only. iPhone and iPad only; five games also play in a web browser. Not affiliated with The New York Times. Not the offline "Crux: Daily Crossword" app or the "Crux: Daily Logic Puzzles" app. Every link below is a markdown copy of a page on crux.quest; the HTML page says the same thing.

## Facts
- [Crux, in plain facts](https://crux.quest/ai.md): Plain facts about Crux, the free iPhone and iPad app with a ton of daily games and no ads: price, what is in it, privacy and how to cite it. Checked 6 November 2026.
- [Questions people ask about Crux](https://crux.quest/faq.md): Answers to the questions people ask about Crux: does it have ads, is it free, what Crux Plus costs, does it work offline, is it like Wordle, is it for kids, and who makes it.
- [No ads in Crux. Here is exactly what that means.](https://crux.quest/no-ads.md): Crux shows no ads: no banners, no video ads, no pop-ups and no ads you watch for a reward. What that covers, how Crux makes money instead, and what no ads does not mean.
- [Which Crux is which?](https://crux.quest/which-crux.md): Several apps and sites are called Crux. This one is Crux: No Ads Games Daily Hub by Pizzart Pte. Ltd., App Store id 6815674578: a ton of daily games, no ads, needs the internet.
- [What changed, and when](https://crux.quest/changelog.md): What has changed in Crux and on crux.quest, with dates.
- [Our promise to players](https://crux.quest/promise.md): no ads, fair puzzles, safe progress, fair treatment for members, your data is yours.
- [Privacy Policy](https://crux.quest/privacy.md)

## Comparisons and guides
- [Crux compared with other puzzle apps](https://crux.quest/compare/index.md): Honest, sourced comparisons of Crux with NYT Games, Netflix Puzzled and No Wifi games apps: price, ads, offline play and what is in each.
- [Crux vs NYT Games](https://crux.quest/compare/nyt-games.md): Crux vs NYT Games: puzzles, price, ads, offline play and ratings, side by side. NYT Games has Wordle and the NYT Crossword; Crux has a ton of different daily games, free, with no ads.
- [Games like Wordle, with no ads](https://crux.quest/wordle-alternatives-no-ads.md): Free games like Wordle with no ads, on iPhone and iPad. Crux has five-letter, six-letter, four-board and number versions plus NaN other daily games, and no ads. Other good options too.
- [Games without wifi in Crux](https://crux.quest/offline-games.md): Crux has a No Wifi section with practice rounds you can play without a connection, plus daily games with no ads when you are online.
- [Daily puzzles for a parent or grandparent](https://crux.quest/puzzle-games-for-older-adults.md): Choosing a puzzle app for an older parent or grandparent? What Crux offers (no ads, a daily crossword, word searches, declared accessibility features), what it does not, and other apps to look at.

## Games in the app
- [All games](https://crux.quest/games/index.md)
- [Room 5×6](https://crux.quest/games/room-5x6/index.md): Guess a five letter word using the keys below. Each guess teaches you something new about the word. Green is right spot.
- [Room 6×7](https://crux.quest/games/room-6x7/index.md): Guess a six letter word using the keys below. Each guess teaches you something new about the word. Green is right spot.
- [Quick Crossword](https://crux.quest/games/quick-crossword/index.md): Fill the small grid, one clue at a time. Tap a square to type. Tap it again to switch across or down.
- [Wordoku](https://crux.quest/games/wordoku/index.md): Fill every row, column, and 3x3 box with each letter exactly once. The letters already placed are locked clues.
- [Think 21](https://crux.quest/games/think-21/index.md): The oracle hides one word. Ask any question to narrow it down. Each question costs one. Spend them on big buckets first.
- [Rooftop](https://crux.quest/games/rooftop/index.md): Every word you find lands in the grid above. Drag across the letters below to chain a word. Shared letters link rows and columns.
- [Heat Cue](https://crux.quest/games/heat-cue/index.md): Find the hidden noun. You have unlimited guesses. Each guess scores from zero to one hundred. Higher is closer in meaning.
- [Quartet](https://crux.quest/games/quartet/index.md): The wall holds sixteen words and four hidden themes. Tap four words that share a theme, then submit them.
- [Letter Swap](https://crux.quest/games/letter-swap/index.md): The words are nearly right. Swap two letters to fix them. Tap one letter, then another. They trade places. The swap budget shows up top.
- [Bracket Peel](https://crux.quest/games/bracket-peel/index.md): Each bracket holds a smaller clue. Read it first. Solve the deepest bracket and tap to fill it in.
- [Quad](https://crux.quest/games/quad/index.md): Each board hides a different five letter word. Every word you type lands on all four boards at once. Solve a board to freeze it.
- [Word Hunt](https://crux.quest/games/word-hunt/index.md): An eight by eight letter grid with a theme. Swipe along letters in a straight line to mark a word.
- [Hex Hunt](https://crux.quest/games/hex-hunt/index.md): Thirty-seven hex cells in a diamond, each with a letter and a theme. Drag across neighbouring cells to mark a word.
- [Meander](https://crux.quest/games/meander/index.md): A square grid of letters with a theme. Many words hide inside. Drag through adjacent cells in any direction. Paths bend as you go.
- [Word Flow](https://crux.quest/games/word-flow/index.md): A mostly empty grid with single letters along each word path. Drag from letter to letter in order to spell a theme word.
- [Letter Merge](https://crux.quest/games/letter-merge/index.md): A grid of letter tiles. Swipe to slide them all one way. Two of the same letter that collide become the next one up.
- [Word Fall](https://crux.quest/games/word-fall/index.md): Tiles fall while the clock above counts down. Read them as they drop. Tap falling letters to build a word.
- [Meter](https://crux.quest/games/meter/index.md): The line is split into syllables you can tap, one beat each. Mark the stressed syllables. Tap hear the line if you want to listen first.
- [Crucible](https://crux.quest/games/crucible/index.md): Drag one element onto another. They merge into something new. New elements join your shelf. Fuse them again, even with themselves.
- [Wordsmith](https://crux.quest/games/wordsmith/index.md): The scrambled letters always spell one real word. Tap letters into the slots. Any valid anagram counts. Solve before the timer runs out.
- [Word Crush](https://crux.quest/games/word-crush/index.md): Colored segments creep toward the trapped pet. It drops into a slot and eats segments of its color.
- [Syllable Stitch](https://crux.quest/games/syllable-stitch/index.md): Each answer is split into two or three spoken pieces. Tap pieces in order to build the active clue answer.
- [Letter Tumble](https://crux.quest/games/letter-tumble/index.md): Drag across the tray to move the orb, then let go to drop it. Two orbs of the same letter that touch become the next letter up.
- [Wide Berth](https://crux.quest/games/wide-berth/index.md): A word is hiding in the grid. Guess real words without ever landing on it.
- [Slide Quote](https://crux.quest/games/slide-quote/index.md): Drag a tile onto another, or tap two in turn. Arrange the word chunks left to right, one row at a time.
- [Words of Hanoi](https://crux.quest/games/words-of-hanoi/index.md): Tap a tube to select its top letter. Only the top tile moves. Tap another tube with space. Any letter may sit on any other.
- [Word Blast](https://crux.quest/games/word-blast/index.md): Drag a piece onto the grid, or tap a piece then its top-left grid cell. Complete a word from our list across or down to clear its line.
- [Word Tower](https://crux.quest/games/word-tower/index.md): Each round asks for one thing. Type any answer that fits and submit. A right answer stacks one block per letter.
- [One Line](https://crux.quest/games/one-line/index.md): Trace a path from one to the last number in order. Every square gets visited. Do not lift your finger.
- [The Parcels](https://crux.quest/games/parcels/index.md): Some cells hold a number. Each marks one rectangle to draw. Drag from a number to its opposite corner. Its area must equal the number.
- [Pipes](https://crux.quest/games/pipes/index.md): Tap a pipe to rotate it a quarter turn. Link every pipe into one network from the source. No open ends, no leaks, then it is solved.
- [Kings](https://crux.quest/games/kings/index.md): The grid splits into coloured regions, one crown owed to each. Tap once to mark a square, again to crown it. One crown per row and column.
- [Directions](https://crux.quest/games/directions/index.md): An arrow goes as far as it can in the way it points. If something is in the way, it stops in front of it.
- [Outnumbered](https://crux.quest/games/outnumbered/index.md): Drag across touching hexes until it holds the voter count shown. A tie gives the seat to nobody.
- [Tile Link](https://crux.quest/games/tile-link/index.md): Tap two tiles with the same symbol. The path must stay clear and turn twice at most. Each cleared pair makes more room. Remove every tile.
- [Mahjong](https://crux.quest/games/mahjong/index.md): A tile needs nothing above it and one open side. Tap two free tiles with the same symbol to clear them. Each pair uncovers more tiles.
- [Equation](https://crux.quest/games/equation/index.md): Today is one equation, eight characters wide. Each row submits a guess. Read the colors before the next. Times and divide first.
- [Number Match](https://crux.quest/games/number-match/index.md): Pair equal digits, or two digits that add to ten. Cleared gaps connect pairs in eight directions or in reading order. No clock.
- [Reckoner](https://crux.quest/games/reckoner/index.md): One small sum at a time. The clock reads 1:15. Tap the right number. The next sum arrives at once. Answers in a row multiply the score.
- [Number Merge](https://crux.quest/games/number-merge/index.md): Start at the top. Tap one gate in each row to change your number. You can switch lanes freely. Look ahead before choosing.
- [Trade Routes](https://crux.quest/games/trade-routes/index.md): Each chart shows what one country sells. Start guessing. Each rectangle is what one country sells the most of. Bigger means more.
- [Almanac](https://crux.quest/games/almanac/index.md): Guess the country from interesting facts. Six facts. Six guesses. Each miss unlocks a fact. One a day. Archive holds the last month.
- [Passport](https://crux.quest/games/passport/index.md): Five countries are highlighted at once. Name them all. Type any country name. Correct ones turn green and reveal.
- [Capital Match](https://crux.quest/games/capital-match/index.md): One column lists ten countries, the other their capitals. Tap a country, then tap the capital you think belongs to it.
- [Flag Streak](https://crux.quest/games/flag-streak/index.md): Ten flags arrive in turn. Read each one before you type. Tap the input and spell the country the flag belongs to. One guess per flag.
- [Postcards](https://crux.quest/games/postcards/index.md): Five photos of famous places. One country each. Type the country the landmark sits in. Submit to reveal it. A wrong country costs a life.
- [Atlas Streak](https://crux.quest/games/atlas-streak/index.md): Read the name and find it on the map. Tap the map. Move your pin until you are ready to lock it. Close pins earn points.
- [Chord Call](https://crux.quest/games/chord-call/index.md): A chord plays. Tap the notes you hear on the keyboard. Fill the slots, then strum to lock your guess in. Green note is right.
- [The Refrain](https://crux.quest/games/refrain/index.md): A title and a year, or an artist and a missing word. Four choices. Tap the artist, or the missing title word. Three correct wins the day.
- [First Lines](https://crux.quest/games/first-lines/index.md): A novel begins, but a few words are missing. Type the words that belong in each gap. Tap check to learn the book, author, and year.
- [The Attribution](https://crux.quest/games/attribution/index.md): A famous line appears with four names beneath it. Pick who actually said it. Three misses ends the run. The reveal names the true source.
- [The Ladder](https://crux.quest/games/ladder/index.md): Ten questions wait on the ladder. Take each one slowly. A wrong answer costs a heart. The third miss ends the climb.
- [Word Sort](https://crux.quest/games/word-sort/index.md): A list of items in a known sequence. Read the prompt first. Press a row and slide it up or down. Arrange the sequence. Three tries.
- [The Polyglot](https://crux.quest/games/polyglot/index.md): A famous phrase appears in its own script, with a romanization below. Tap hear it to listen before choosing the language. Four choices.
- [Quote Run](https://crux.quest/games/quote-run/index.md): Someone said this. The three gates ahead each name an author. Drag the track left or right, or tap an author below, to change lanes.
- [Hue Sort](https://crux.quest/games/hue-sort/index.md): A row of eight colors arrives out of order. Tap one swatch, then another. They trade places.
- [Hue Mix](https://crux.quest/games/hue-mix/index.md): Each round shows two source swatches. Picture them stirred together. Three swatches offer themselves.
- [Paintcision](https://crux.quest/games/paintcision/index.md): Each round sets a target color beside a small bench of base paints. Tap a paint to add a unit. The mix and its match percent move with you.
- [Color Mix](https://crux.quest/games/color-mix/index.md): The top swatch is your target. Your bowl begins empty. Tap a jar to add a base color. Minus and undo let you adjust.
- [Flash Balls](https://crux.quest/games/flash-balls/index.md): Each letter is a value: A is one, Z is twenty-six, AA is twenty-seven. Drag across the board.
- [Sand Crush](https://crux.quest/games/sand-crush/index.md): Drag any of the three shapes over the well and let go. The sand spills.
- [Wish Drop](https://crux.quest/games/wish-drop/index.md): Touch the tank and a penny lowers above your thumb. Slide to aim, let go to drop. A grip changes how it falls.
- [Magic Balls](https://crux.quest/games/magic-balls/index.md): The wand follows your finger. Lift to launch the balls. Broken bricks drop charms. Catch a times three and every ball becomes three.
- [Tiny Painters 3D](https://crux.quest/games/tiny-painters-3d/index.md): Roll the paint balls to colour every tile of the board.
- [Crowd Sort](https://crux.quest/games/crowd-sort/index.md): Sort the crowd into matching lanes across three boards.
- [Pour](https://crux.quest/games/pour/index.md): Pour colours between tubes until every tube holds just one colour. One board a day, in as few pours as you can.
- [Red Exit](https://crux.quest/games/red-exit/index.md): Slide the blocks out of the way and get the red block through the exit, in as few moves as you can.
- [Signal Coast](https://crux.quest/games/signal-coast/index.md): Light every beacon on today's coast before the visible rival does. One shared board, plan any time.
- [Slick](https://crux.quest/games/slick/index.md): Swipe the ball to slide it until it hits a wall. Paint every open square in as few slides as you can.
- [Checkmate Minute](https://crux.quest/games/checkmate-minute/index.md): A chess position where you can force mate. Find the winning moves before the clock runs out, one puzzle a day.
- [Who’s Left?](https://crux.quest/games/whos-left/index.md): Ask yes or no questions to narrow a board of characters down to the one we picked. Find them in as few questions as you can.
- [Clear Field](https://crux.quest/games/clear-field/index.md): Clear the board without hitting a mine. Every board opens safely and can be solved by logic alone, no guessing.
- [Line Sums](https://crux.quest/games/line-sums/index.md): Keep or cross out numbers so every row and column adds up to its target. One board a day, solved by deduction.
- [Drop Merge](https://crux.quest/games/drop-merge/index.md): Drop numbered tiles into the columns. Equal neighbors merge and double, and one drop can chain several merges.
- [Chain Sum](https://crux.quest/games/chain-sum/index.md): Chain touching tiles of the same number and they add up on the last one you tap. Reach the target tile before you run out of moves.
- [Rhyme Swap](https://crux.quest/games/rhyme-swap/index.md): A daily word game where you sort scrambled letters into three short rhyming words in as few swaps as possible
- [Emojinal](https://crux.quest/games/emojinal/index.md): Guess The Word: like the emoji guess-the-word games, two or three emoji hint a single English word (hot face plus dog equals hotdog); ten…
- [Word of Mouth](https://crux.quest/games/word-of-mouth/index.md): Six word puzzles a day: a word read in a foreign sentence, an idiom with a gap, a false friend and a rare English word.
- [Fine Print](https://crux.quest/games/fine-print/index.md): Single-player trivia with near-miss traps.
- [Search Feud](https://crux.quest/games/search-feud/index.md): Finish the search the way everyone typed it. One prompt a day, ten ranked answers, three strikes.
- [Who Wins?](https://crux.quest/games/who-wins/index.md): Two photos. Pick who wins. Ten matchups a day, three hearts.
- [Blind Rank](https://crux.quest/games/blind-rank/index.md): Seven things, dealt one at a time. Lock each into a tier, no take backs, then see how your picks compare with the crowd.
- [The Tray](https://crux.quest/games/tray/index.md): Tap raised tiles to send them to the tray. Three of a kind clear, and the tray holds seven, so plan where the third one lands.
- [Tessera](https://crux.quest/games/tessera/index.md) (coming soon): Tap a queue's front shooter. It rides under the picture, left to right.
- [Runner](https://crux.quest/games/runner/index.md) (coming soon): The track has three lanes. Swipe or tap to move one lane over. Every row leaves one lane open. Be in it when the row arrives.
- [Cats vs Mice](https://crux.quest/games/cats-vs-mice/index.md) (coming soon): Drag anywhere to move. Your toys fire on their own. Collect sparks and choose one upgrade when the room pauses.
- [Hue Front](https://crux.quest/games/hue-front/index.md) (coming soon): Drop it on your side. The ghost shows where it lands. Rollers walk and paint. Splash and sprinklers spread colour.
- [Insane Pour](https://crux.quest/games/insane-pour/index.md) (coming soon): Pour, scaled to a candy glassworks: up to forty-five glossy tubes and glowing Vats set in named patterns, tubes that hold four to eight,…
- [Atlas Craze](https://crux.quest/games/atlas-craze/index.md) (coming soon): Atlas Streak with the borders switched off.
- [Tap Tunes](https://crux.quest/games/tap-tunes/index.md) (coming soon): Set the ball down, aim, let go. Clear every white shape with one shot.
- [The Big Town](https://crux.quest/games/big-town/index.md) (coming soon): A cosy board-game town for 2 to 5 friends: roll the dice, plan your day, meet up, play quick mini-games and chase a life goal.
- [Clean Take](https://crux.quest/games/clean-take/index.md) (coming soon): Say five tongue twisters and quick answers against the clock, then play them back, mark the clean takes and beat your own time.
- [Which One](https://crux.quest/games/which-one/index.md) (coming soon): One player describes a secret item out loud, the other asks one question and picks it from the shelf. Swap roles and win together.
- [Say It Like You Mean It](https://crux.quest/games/say-it-like-you-mean-it/index.md) (coming soon): Record one line in a secret mood. Other players listen and guess how you meant it, then the reveal shows who read you right.
- [Drift](https://crux.quest/games/drift/index.md) (coming soon): Draw a word, pass it on, guess the drawing. Three players, six turns, then see how far the idea drifted.

## Play in a web browser
- [The Polyglot](https://crux.quest/polyglot.md): hear a famous phrase and pick its language.
- [Words of Hanoi](https://crux.quest/hanoi.md): sort letter tiles between tubes until each spells a word ([how it is made](https://crux.quest/hanoi/about.md)).
- [Couples Queries](https://crux.quest/couples.md): a daily game show for two.
- [Atlas Streak](https://crux.quest/atlas.md): find countries on the map.
- [Insane Pour](https://crux.quest/insane-pour.md): pour colours between tubes.

## Data
- [modes.json](https://crux.quest/data/modes.json): every game, its status, page and rules.
- [facts.json](https://crux.quest/data/facts.json): the facts above, each with its source.

## Optional
- [Press kit](https://crux.quest/press.md)
- [Support](https://crux.quest/support.md)
- [Terms of Service](https://crux.quest/terms.md)
- [Full text of the fact pages in one file](https://crux.quest/llms-full.txt)