A Good Snowman vs Luminosus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Good Snowman
Embark on a charming puzzle adventure as a monster tasked with building snowmen. Explore a delightful world with adorable graphics and an enchanting soundtrack. This game offers lovingly-crafted puzzles without any in-app purchases or ads.
- Adorable graphics
- Enchanting original soundtrack
- Lovingly-crafted puzzle design
- No in-app purchases
- No ads
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A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build is an adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen. * Adorable graphics by Benjamin Davis (Cosmic Express, Sushi Snake). * Featuring an enchanting original soundtrack by Priscilla Snow (Voyageur, The Silence Under Your Bed). * Lovingly-crafted puzzle design from Alan Hazelden (Cosmic Express, Sokobond). * No in-app-purchases or ads. * iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 5, iPad 2, iPad Mini or later recommended. Awards: Top 10 apps of 2016 - TIME magazine Best Character Design - Intel Level Up 2014 Official Selection - Develop Indie Showcase 2014 Official Selection - Screenshake 2015 Official Selection - BAFTA Inside Games Arcade 2015 Official Selection - Different Games Arcade 2015 Official Selection - Fantastic Arcade 2015
Luminosus
A unique puzzle game blending Tetris-style gameplay with color-matching mechanics. Plan your moves ahead to create white blocks for higher scores. Offers classic and marathon modes, leaderboards, and achievements for endless fun.
- Color-matching puzzle mechanics
- Strategic planning ahead
- Classic and Marathon modes
- Global leaderboards
- Achievements
- Controller support
- Color blind and night modes
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**Editors pick for “New games we love” in 135+ countries** **Editors pick for “New and noteworthy games” in 150+ countries** **Editors pick for “What we are playing this week”** **Editors choice "Indie corner"** Luminosus is a unique and challenging puzzle game that combines the fun of matching colors on a Tetris-esque board. Puzzle pieces can be changed back and forth as many times as you want, so a red block will change a yellow piece orange but another red piece will change it back to red. If a piece is influenced by all three colors it is turned white and scores significantly more when cleared. In this way the game requires planning more steps ahead than your standard piece-dropping puzzle game. With its simple but addictive gameplay, Luminosus offers hours of entertainment and a twist on the classic Tetris and Puyo experience. Features: • Classic mode for a relaxing experience • Marathon game mode for the ultimate challenge • Compete against the world on the leaderboard • Achievements • Controller support • Color blind and night modes • Unique and challenging gameplay that combines Tetris with color matching
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Luminosus at $0.29 against A Good Snowman's $5.99. Luminosus also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). A Good Snowman's advantage is ratings volume (240 vs 17) and review sentiment (86% vs 71%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
A Good Snowman costs $5.99 and Luminosus $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Luminosus holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A Good Snowman has 240 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of A Good Snowman's written reviews are positive against 71% of Luminosus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
A Good Snowman ships an update every 2 months, Luminosus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Good Snowman | Luminosus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $0.29 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (240 ratings) | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 240 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 6 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Draknek Limited | Short Circuit Studio |
Customer experience
A Good Snowman
Luminosus
Bugs and requests
A Good Snowman
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on certain devices, especially older models
- Compatibility issues with background music playback
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content to extend playtime
- Additional themes or environments to explore
- Cloud save functionality for cross-device play
Luminosus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
A Good Snowman
No in-app purchases
Luminosus
No in-app purchases
