About this app
Black Ink, the popular Mac crossword-solving app, is now available for iOS! Enjoy the stunningly beautiful grids and elegant solving mechanics of this beloved app. Works with multiple free puzzles available on the web, and with paid puzzles including the New York Times, American Values Club, Inkubator, Crossword Nation, and more.
Latest release
What’s New
This update: - Fixes a problem that caused login attempts to the New York Times to fail if the New York Times app is also installed on the device - Clues with literal newlines are now interpreted and formatted correctly Version 2.3.9 included the following changes: - Fixed a bug that caused two puzzles to download every time the download button was tapped - Changing orientation between Across and Down in a completed word now implies "retyping" mode - Fixed a bug that prevented very old puzzles from AV Club from downloading as expected - Added a "Contact Support" menu item to the Settings panel to provide a way to share data with Red Sweater - Further refinements to time zone handling to ensure proper resolution of targeted puzzle URL - Fixes to address the mislabeling of puzzles with the wrong date - Keystrokes that advance selection are now ignored for a short time after selecting as clue by typing its number Thanks for using Black Ink. Please tell a friend!
Audience growth
Ratings growth
Baseline captured. Growth appears after the crawler observes a changed rating count.
Momentum comes from crawler snapshots for the tracked storefront. “Viral growth signal” means unusually fast recent rating gains; it is an indicator, not download data.
Price tracking
Price intelligence
- First observed Aug 7, 2026 · 9:57 PM Free
Screenshots
