TL;DR: Yes, it exists. Cruzadinha BLA is a Brazilian Portuguese crossword app, with a 5×5 Daily Mini every day and a 15×15 Big Sunday every week, free for everyone, always. It works offline. No ads anywhere. No data collection. Optional support unlocks seasonal Special Editions, but the main rhythm of the app is entirely free.
The question is direct. The answer is too.
Do you want a crossword that opens fast, plays without internet, does not interrupt you with a 30-second video, does not collect your data, does not push notifications at you? Yes, that exists in Portuguese in 2026. It is Cruzadinha BLA, on the App Store, free.
How the app fits the question. Cruzadinha BLA is free in its main rhythm. Daily Mini 5×5 every day, Big Sunday 15×15 every week, archive 11×11 organized by theme (Culture, Trivia, History in the opening archive). All of it, free.
What costs is optional support for seasonal Special Editions. Whoever wants the World Cup Pack, Drummond Pack, Carnival Pack, becomes a supporter. Whoever does not want it stays with the main rhythm, which is more than enough to solve a crossword every day.
Offline too: the entire archive fits in the app download. Daily Mini, Big Sunday, archive by theme, everything travels with you. Airplane mode, subway, countryside without signal, anywhere.
Ads: zero. No banner, no video, no pop-up, no interstitial. You open the app, play, close. No visual friction.
What the app does not ask for. Data collection: nothing you do inside Cruzadinha BLA leaves your iPhone. Apple's Privacy Questionnaire is fully answered as No. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising identifier. Notifications: the app does not ask for permission to notify you. You open when you want. The app will not pull you to it. System permissions: the app does not ask for contacts, photos, location, microphone, camera. It does not need any of those to solve a crossword. Sign-up: no login, no account, no email. You download, open, play. There is nothing that connects your identity to the app.
Pull quote: You open the app, play, close. No sign-up, no permission, no collection. The app respects your time.
How the app pays its bills without ads. Legitimate question: if there are no ads, how does the app pay its bills? The answer is optional support. The seasonal Special Editions (World Cup, BLA Anniversary, Drummond, Carnival, Festa Junina) are unlocked with optional support. Whoever wants, supports. Whoever does not, continues with the main rhythm free. It is editorial architecture instead of adtech architecture. The app does not need your eye to exist. It needs some people to value the extra content and want to support. It works with five percent of the base. The other ninety-five percent play for free, forever, without resentment.
What this changes in practice. The difference is not just in the absence of ads. It is in the speed of the experience. The app opens instantly. There is no long splash. No network request to authenticate. No banner loading up there. You open and you are in the crossword. It is also the difference in who the app treats as interlocutor. When advertising pays for the app, the advertiser is the real client, and you are the product. When optional support pays for the app, you are the reader, and whoever supports pays so that the reader can exist.
Common questions. Does Cruzadinha BLA have any mandatory paid version? No. The Daily Mini, the weekly Big Sunday and the 11×11 archive are free forever. Optional support unlocks seasonal Special Editions. Does the app really work offline? Yes. The entire archive fits in the download. You can play in airplane mode, anywhere without signal. What kind of data does the app collect? Nothing you do inside Cruzadinha BLA leaves your iPhone. Apple's Privacy Questionnaire is fully answered as No. No analytics, no tracking. How does the app pay its bills without ads? Optional support to unlock seasonal Special Editions. Whoever wants supports, whoever does not continues playing the main rhythm free.
Cruzadinha BLA is on the App Store, free. Download at https://apps.apple.com/app/cruzadinha-bla/id6769588425, or open the app page at https://bla.vc/apps/cruzadinha.
