Miracle Merchant vs Lumen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Miracle Merchant
Become an alchemist's apprentice in this solitaire-style card game. Mix and combine ingredient cards to brew potions for adventurers. Enjoy a unique, randomly generated challenge with each game and collect a variety of masterfully crafted potions.
- Solitaire style gameplay
- 41 collectable potions
- Daily tasks
- Daily game with global highscores
- Mix and combine puzzle gameplay
- 2-3 minute playtime per game
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Miracle Merchant is a solitaire style potion brewing card game. In Miracle Merchant you become the apprentice of a master alchemist who creates potions for thirsty adventurers. By mixing and combining different ingredient cards you create powerful potions based on the needs of your customers. Each game has a unique, randomly generated set of cards that will test your skills. By successfully completing games you can collect a variety of masterfully crafted potions. Daily tasks will keep you busy and you can compete with other players via online leaderboards. Features + Solitaire style gameplay + 41 collectable potions + Daily tasks + Daily game with global highscores + Mix and combine puzzle gameplay + 2-3mins playtime per game Visit www.tinytouchtales.com & www.miracle-merchant.com
Lumen
A serene logic puzzle game where you draw a single continuous loop through a grid, guided by white and black pearls. Enjoy a calming experience with no timers or pressure, featuring daily puzzles and a beautiful visual style.
- Daily hand-crafted puzzles
- Hundreds of puzzles
- Relaxing visual style
- Smart hints
- Offline play
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Lumen is a calm, beautiful logic puzzle built around a single rule: light the glowing pearls and draw one continuous loop through the grid. White pearls ask the loop to pass straight through. Black pearls ask it to turn. Every puzzle has exactly one elegant solution, and the quiet satisfaction of finding it is the whole point. There is no timer and no pressure. Solve one puzzle on a coffee break, or sink into a long, meditative streak. Lumen is designed to slow your mind down, not speed it up. Features: - A fresh hand-crafted puzzle every day - Hundreds of puzzles across gentle to genuinely tricky - A clean, glowing visual style made to relax - Smart hints when you want a nudge, never forced - Play offline, anywhere, anytime Lumen is free to play. An optional one-time unlock opens the full puzzle library. Terms of Use (EULA): https://policies.superfuturelabs.com/lumen/terms Privacy Policy: https://policies.superfuturelabs.com/lumen/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lumen at 5.0 against Miracle Merchant's 4.4. Lumen also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). Miracle Merchant's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Miracle Merchant sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Lumen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lumen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Miracle Merchant has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Miracle Merchant ships an update monthly, Lumen daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Miracle Merchant | Lumen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 250 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 4+ |
| Developer | Arnold Rauers | Super, Inc. |
Bugs and requests
Miracle Merchant
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when completing potions
- Daily tasks and challenges not working properly
- Inability to restore purchases on reinstall
- Compatibility issues on newer iOS devices
Requested features
5 requests- More game modes and progression systems
- Ability to customize or upgrade potion shop
- Clearer tutorial and in-game explanations
- Synchronization of progress across devices
- Expanded potion and ingredient variety
Lumen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Miracle Merchant
- Character Unlock 5$0.99
- Character Unlock 6$0.99
- Unlock Character 1$0.99
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- Unlock Character 3$0.99
- Unlock Character 2$0.99
- Unlock Character 4$0.99
- Unlock Miracle Merchant$1.99
Lumen
- Lumen Pro$4.99









