Bitgram vs Bend the Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bitgram
A minimalist puzzle game with a unique color-matching mechanic. Place shapes of two colors on opposite colored spaces to solve puzzles and achieve high scores. Relaxing gameplay for brain-training challenges.
- Unique color-matching mechanic
- Tangram-like shape placement
- Brain-challenging puzzles
- Relaxing gameplay
- High score challenges
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Bitgram is an addicting and minimalist puzzle game that will challenge your brain! Bitgram features a brand new concept: each shape can only be of two colors and can only be placed on the opposite color. Easy to learn and relaxing to play: place as many shapes as you can, just like on a tangram and reach a high score!
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
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bend the Light at 100% against Bitgram's 80%. Bend the Light also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Bitgram's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Bitgram sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bend the Light sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bend the Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Bitgram's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bend the Light's.
Bitgram ships an update every 9 months, Bend the Light every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bitgram | Bend the Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Games for Friends LLC | Stanley Lam |
Customer experience
Bitgram
Bend the Light
In-app purchases
Bitgram
- Remove Ads$0.99
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
