5 stars: Edit: the problem below seems to have been fixed. Zero complaints now, app is great! One nice feature would be statistics in the app, but mobile site seems to work just fine for that. (Prior complaint: The archive used to always go to the last puzzle I accessed, but a recent update causes it to always bounce back to the current month. Having to change the month and year every time I access the archive is tedious.)
5 stars: The crossword is great. The app is easy to use. The other games are ok, but the spelling bee is sometimes reluctant to present a new puzzle and I have given up on a couple of occasions. Some of the spelling bee words are definitely obscure; and less obscure words are sometimes missing. Love the game stats (now that I have found them), The NYT is the only app I use every day. Thank-you!!
4 stars: Best xword interface I've seen. Even so: * The pencil/uncertain_fill button needs to be used all the time. I'd like it closer to the keyboard, in easy reach. * I was blindsided and frustrated by the
3 stars: I am enjoying the puzzles, though as others have said the price is too high. I also experience strange lags in the keyboard input that only happen in this app. For me it's worth it for the crosswords but I have no trouble identifying with the people who won't/can't pay $53 a year...
3 stars: great app! Love the new Spelling Bee game - still needs full suite of solver stats available to iphone users though. Also, it routinely says I'm of...