Description
Crosswords like you remember, but for today's iPhone and iPad.
IA Palavras Cruzadas is a native iOS crossword game in Brazilian Portuguese, with 60+ curated themes across three difficulty levels, a thumb-friendly QWERTY keyboard, and hints generated locally by your iPhone's AI — when supported.
WHY CHOOSE
• 60 themes localized in Portuguese — cuisine, geography, cinema, technology, sports, nature, and more
• Three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard — difficulty changes by vocabulary, theme, and clue style
• Compact 7x7 grid with 44pt minimum touch targets, designed for one-handed play
• In-app QWERTY keyboard that doesn't cover the grid
• On-device AI hints — generated on your iPhone, never sent to the cloud (requires iPhone with Apple Intelligence on iOS 26 or later)
• Native Liquid Glass on iOS 26+ with elegant fallback on iOS 18 to 25
• Dynamic Type, Dark Mode, and high-contrast board mode
• Runs on iPhone and iPad, in portrait and landscape
PRIVACY FIRST
• Zero tracking. Zero data collection. Zero network connections.
• Everything local: preferences, progress, and best streak stay on your device.
• AI hints run exclusively on-device. The puzzle answer is never sent to the model — the app generates a curated supplemental hint and the model only rewrites it.
• Privacy Manifest (PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy) declared per Apple's recommendations.
• Brazilian LGPD compliant: no data collection means no LGPD-relevant processing.
iOS 26 EXPERIENCE
• Liquid Glass applied to tab bar, buttons, and game surfaces.
• AI hints execute only on-device, on demand — you must enable them in Settings and tap "Generate hint".
• Curated supplemental text ensures the hint never reveals the answer.
WHO IT'S FOR
• Anyone who wants Portuguese crosswords in the subway, in line, on offline flights.
• People who care about privacy and prefer apps without the cloud.
• One-handed players tired of keyboards covering the board.
• Families sharing devices who want a game that respects vocabulary.
No ads. No subscription. No login. No signup.
Note: gameplay is primarily in Brazilian Portuguese. The interface is bilingual (Settings → Language) but puzzle themes and answers are in pt-BR.
What's new (v1.1.4)
• iPad: layout rewritten to use the full screen — board on the left, clues on the right.
• Standard QWERTY keyboard inside the app, replacing the old column layout.
• Settings: the last section is no longer hidden behind the tab bar.
• Your in-progress puzzle (letters, selected clue, error count) is preserved when reopening the app.
• Compact landscape no longer overflows; minimum touch targets respected.
• VoiceOver announces check results and hint generation; selected-cell text readable in increased-contrast mode.