Comparison

Flow Free vs Lights Off

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flow Free

Connect matching colored pipes on a hexagonal grid to create a flow. Solve puzzles by pairing all colors and covering the entire board without pipes crossing. Offers hundreds of levels and daily challenges for a relaxing or timed experience.

Highlights
  • Hexagonal grid puzzles
  • Connect matching colors
  • Hundreds of free levels
  • Daily puzzles
  • Time Trial mode
  • Game Center achievements
  • Cloud sync
Features
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Hexes! The next evolution of Flow Free®! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Hexes®! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Hexes a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free: Hexes features: * Over 2,500 free, hexagonal puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!

About

Lights Off

Features
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This is an enhanced version of a classic light switch game. Although the rules are simple, it is a test of the methods and skills of light switch The game has four modes: Lights Up 1 mode: At the beginning of the game, a bright light appears at a random position. When you press the bright light, the state of the lights around the top, bottom, left, and right of the light changes. Change to off, and at the same time, the pressed light will go out. Your task is to light as many lights as possible. When the number of lights reaches 35, that is, only one is left off, the game wins. Lights Off 1 mode: At the beginning of the game, 36 lights are all on. Whenever you press the light, the state of the lights around the top, bottom, left and right of the light changes. For example, it turns off, changes to light, it turns on, changes to off. , But the pressed lights will not go out, but the lights that have been turned off can also change the status of the surrounding lights, but you turn off all lights, that is, when the number of lights is 0, the game wins Lights Up 2 mode: At the beginning of the game, all 36 lights are turned off. Whenever you press a light, the state of the lights around the top, bottom, left and right of the light changes. At the same time, the pressed lamp will also change the corresponding state. Your task is to light as many lights as possible. When the number of lights reaches 36, that is, all lights are on, the game wins. Lights Off 2 mode: At the beginning of the game, all 36 lights are on. Whenever you press a light, the state of the lights around the top, bottom, left, and right of the light changes. At the same time, the pressed light will change the corresponding state. Your task is to turn off as many lights as possible. When the number of lights is 0, that is, all lights are off, the game wins Your goal is to challenge the highest score, the lowest number of steps and the average number of steps. Come on, and challenge your opponents with global players. Tip: You can click the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 at the bottom of the application to switch from "LIGHTSUP1" to "LIGHTSOFF1", "LIGHTSUP2", "LIGHTSOFF2"

Screenshots

Flow Free4 screens
Lights Off4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flow Free at Free against Lights Off's $0.99. Flow Free also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 14 months). Lights Off's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flow Free is free to download; Lights Off costs $0.99 up front. Flow Free sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Lights Off asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flow Free ships an update every 5 months, Lights Off every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flow Free versus Lights Off: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlow FreeLights Off
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBig Duck Games LLC峻 杨

Bugs and requests

Flow Free

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hints using themselves randomly
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Ads causing performance issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More new and unique puzzle packs
  • Ability to disable animations
  • Leaderboards and competitive modes
  • Increased difficulty options

Lights Off

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Flow Free

One-time11
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • Unlock All Themes$1.99
  • Classic Pack 2$1.99
Show 8 more
  • 10x10 Mania$1.99
  • Jumbo Pack 2$1.99
  • Kids Pack$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • 11x11 Mania$1.99
  • 20 Hints$2.99
  • Unlock All Packs and Remove Ads$4.99
  • 100 Hints$9.99
None

Lights Off

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flow Free free?
Flow Free is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lights Off free?
Lights Off costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flow Free or Lights Off have ads?
Flow Free shows ads; Lights Off does not.
Which is updated more often, Flow Free or Lights Off?
Flow Free ships an update every 5 months, and Lights Off every 14 months. Most recently, Flow Free was updated on September 28, 2026 and Lights Off on September 17, 2026.

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