Ripple Effect vs Bend the Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ripple Effect
A logic puzzle game where players fill grids with consecutive integers based on room size. It features rules about number placement to ensure separation between identical digits in rows and columns.
- Consecutive integer placement
- Room-based puzzle mechanics
- Row and column separation rules
- Challenging logic puzzles
- Grid-based gameplay
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Ripple Effect is popular logic puzzle game in Japan. The solver must place one positive integer into each cell of the grid according to these rules: Every room must contain the consecutive integers from 1 to the quantity of cells in that room inclusive. If two identical numbers appear in the same row or column, at least that many cells with other numbers must separate them. For example, two cells both containing '1' may not be orthogonally adjacent, but must have at least one cell between them with a different number. Two cells marked '3' in the same row or column must have at least three cells with other numbers between them in that row or column, and so on.
Bend the Light
A puzzle game where you manipulate lasers and mirrors to hit targets. It features over 50 pre-made levels and a robust editor for creating and sharing your own challenges with a community of players.
- Over 50 hand-crafted puzzles
- Puzzle editor for custom levels
- Share and play user-made puzzles
- Hint system for assistance
- Laser and mirror deflection gameplay
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Bend the Light is a puzzle game of lasers and mirrors. Your goal is to build constructions that deflect beams so they hit desingated targets. It offers levels ranging from easy distractions to hard challenges. # Features - More than 50 hand-crafted puzzles - A puzzle editor. Build your own levels! - Share your puzzles with other players - Access to other user-made puzzles - Hint function to help you to find the solutions
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Verdict
Ripple Effect and Bend the Light both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Bend the Light's written reviews are positive against 30% of Ripple Effect's. Bend the Light also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 24 months). Ripple Effect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Bend the Light sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Ripple Effect asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ripple Effect against 5.0 for Bend the Light. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Ripple Effect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bend the Light's.
Ripple Effect ships an update every 24 months, Bend the Light every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Ripple Effect | Bend the Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuki Fujimoto | Stanley Lam |
Customer experience
Ripple Effect
Bend the Light
In-app purchases
Ripple Effect
No in-app purchases
Bend the Light
- 3 hints$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Premium Pack$0.99
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- 10 hints$1.99
- 30 hints$4.99
- 75 hints$9.99
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