Lintrix vs Grid Ranger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lintrix
Engage in a dynamic action-puzzle game set in a vibrant world. Create barriers, utilize crystal powers, and uncover new tactics to defend yourself against powerful foes across dozens of mind-bending levels. Immerse yourself in a compelling story with a wondrous visual style and original soundtrack.
- Dynamic action-puzzle gameplay
- Wondrous trixelart visuals
- Compelling story
- Original soundtrack
- 4 galaxies with 60+ levels
- Unlockable secret levels
- iCloud support
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Lintrix is a challenging action puzzle. Explore a wonderful new world of Lintrix and reason the cause of your existence. Crystals of light will help you on your tortuous path. Defend yourself by creating barriers, reveal new tactics to achieve better results, use diverse crystal powers and hold the line against increasingly powerful foes. Pursuit new ways that no one have thought of in dozens of mind bending levels. Vibrant soundtrack and wondrous visual style will immerse you into an astonishing world of Lintrix. Discover new abilities and overcome breathtaking challenges on your way. Do not let anything stop you! Features: - Dynamic action-puzzle - Wondrous trixelart - Compelling story - Original soundtrack - 4 distinct galaxies with 60+ levels - Unlockable secret levels - iCloud support - play from all your devices - No Ads, No In-App purchases ** Winner of the Russian Developers Cup in DevGamm nomination **
Grid Ranger
Experience a high-speed synthwave shooter with a unique blend of racing, arcade, and bullet hell gameplay. Master increasingly challenging levels and modes, enhanced by an 80s vector display aesthetic and original soundtrack.
- Synthwave shmuplike gameplay
- Vector-scan display emulation
- Racing, arcade, and bullet hell zones
- Multiple difficulty modes
- Infinite mode
- Original synthwave soundtrack
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A heart-pounding laser-powered synthwave shmuplike. Level up your finger dexterity and see what lies beyond the grid... Each level starts with a high-speed racing zone, followed by a slower arcade zone, and ends with a powerful bullet hell boss. - Uses the V99 vector engine that emulates classic vector-scan displays of the early 80's - 3 levels total, each increasing in difficulty, to reach insane levels of intensity by the very end - 2 modes of difficulty: Normal and Hardcore - Infinite mode: a never ending level that gets increasingly fast and difficult, unlocked after level 1 is completed - 8 original tracks by Miles Tilmann, composer for NOVA DRIFT Created by Pixeljam and Datassette. https://www.pixeljam.com https://discord.gg/pixeljam
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lintrix at 4.0 against Grid Ranger's 3.5. Lintrix also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 67%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Grid Ranger's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Lintrix costs $0.99 and Grid Ranger $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lintrix holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Lintrix's written reviews are positive against 67% of Grid Ranger's.
Lintrix ships an update every 3 months, Grid Ranger weekly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Lintrix | Grid Ranger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 215 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nekki Limited | Akupara Games |
Customer experience
Lintrix
Grid Ranger
In-app purchases
Lintrix
No in-app purchases
Grid Ranger
No in-app purchases
