Pricing
Simple pricing, per game.
Run one game or all four. Every plan is fully hosted and published for you, with no long build project at your end.
News Crossword
$49/month
- Premier mini crossword experience
- Mini crossword format (5×5)
- Published to your site every day, 365 days a year
- Fully hosted
- Customizable font
- Fully embeddable on your site
News Word
$49/month
- AI-powered puzzle creation and automated publishing
- Word ties to your news
- Links to the related article on the finish page
- Puzzle is fully editable
- End-user statistics and streak
News Mix
$49/month
- Automated daily puzzle creation and publishing
- Nine letters pulled from one of your headlines
- One minute on the clock
- Links to the related article on the end screen
- End-user statistics and streak
News Quiz
$49/month
- AI-powered quiz creation
- Publish a full news quiz in a few minutes
- Intuitive AI tools such as Iterate
- Add an email alert signup card
- Add a donate card
- Up to 5 quizzes a month
Embedding
Add embedding to any game for $10 a month, and drop it into your own pages with a single line of code.
Setup
A one-time $249 setup fee per game covers getting your feed connected, your styling applied and your first puzzles published.
Overages
Daily puzzles include 30,000 plays a month; the quiz includes 5,000. Beyond that it is $.02 per play — a good problem to have.
Full service — News Quiz only
$499/month
No setup fee. We select the articles, create the quiz, review and edit it, and publish it for you. Up to five quizzes and 5,000 plays a month, then $.02 per play. Full service is available for News Quiz only, not for the daily puzzles.
Pricing questions
Can we run more than one game?
Yes, and many newsrooms do. Each game is priced separately, so you can start with one and add others when you are ready.
What counts as a play?
One reader opening one puzzle or quiz. Daily puzzles include 30,000 plays a month and the quiz includes 5,000; past that it is $.02 per play.
Is the setup fee per game or per newsroom?
Per game. It is a one-time $249 charge that covers connecting your content, applying your styling and getting the first puzzles published.
Do we need the embedding add-on?
Only if you want the game to live inside your own pages rather than on a hosted page. Most newsrooms do want that, and it is $10 a month.
What if we would rather not run it ourselves at all?
Take the full-service News Quiz at $499 a month. We handle article selection, creation, review, editing and publishing, with no setup fee. Full service is offered on News Quiz only — the daily puzzles publish themselves.
Want a quote for your newsroom?
Tell us which games you are interested in and roughly how big your audience is, and we'll get back to you with specifics.