v1.1 Is Live
Klew for iOS v1.1 is on the App Store. Three changes in this one, all of them about meeting people where they are.
A Redesigned Profile Tab
The Profile tab in v1.0 buried the most interesting thing about your solving history: the part where it's yours. Streak, achievement progress, recent solves, none of it was front and center.
v1.1 rebuilds the Profile tab around that data:
- Your current streak and recent solves are the first thing you see.
- Achievement progress shows what you're working toward, not just what you've completed.
- A tap-through lets you drill into the full stats when you want to go deeper: solves by size, fastest times, clean-solve percentage.
The redesign treats the Profile tab as something you'd actually scroll, not just a settings drawer to dig through.
Easy Mode, Now a Choice You Make Up Front
Crosswords have a learning curve. v1.0 launched with a single difficulty experience, which worked for solvers who already know the form but quietly turned away people who didn't.
v1.1 makes the difference explicit:
- During onboarding, new solvers pick easy mode or regular mode. Easy mode keeps the full clue list visible and offers more hand-holding on the harder clues.
- Easy mode is also one tap away from any puzzle, so you can pull it in mid-solve when something stumps you, or turn it off when you want the regular experience.
This isn't a difficulty setting hidden in Settings. It's a real, surfaced choice. The goal is for someone who's never solved a crossword before to feel like Klew is for them too.
The All Sizes Achievement Fix
A bug from v1.0 that I'm glad to have closed: the All Sizes achievement was only counting 5x5 mini and 11x11 daily solves. It quietly skipped the 9x9 midi.
v1.1 fixes the count. If you've been solving midis without getting credit for them, those solves now properly contribute to All Sizes. Achievements you earned legitimately but didn't see will surface the next time you complete a puzzle of any size.
Try It
Update to v1.1 on the App Store. Open the Profile tab, take a look at what your solving life looks like now, and try easy mode on a puzzle one size up from where you usually feel comfortable.
Henry Pendleton is the founder and developer of Klew. He builds from Charleston, South Carolina.