Comparison

Bend the Light vs LetterBoom!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

LetterBoom!

A simple and addictive word puzzle game where players find letters on a board. Compete with friends to reach high levels or crack difficult challenges. Offers two game modes and helpful tools to assist gameplay.

Highlights
  • Find all letters on the board
  • Compete with friends
  • Levels game mode
  • Crack the 100 game mode
  • Shuffle letters tool
  • Shield protection tool
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It's very simple — just try to find all the letters you see on the board. Sounds easy, right? Ok, are you ready to get all the 100 then? ——— Compete with your friends and find out, who will reach the highest level or be the fastest and crack all the stack. ——— Two game modes: — Levels: you get three lives to reach the highest level you can — Crack the 100: complete the most difficult level fasten than others. ——— Your tools: — Shuffle letters around if you got stuck. Sometimes it is very helpful to just view things from another perspective. Can be used only once per game. — Use the shield to protect yourself from one wrong hit. One shield per game. You get 5 shields for free at the beginning.

Screenshots

Bend the Light4 screens
LetterBoom!2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LetterBoom! at every 2 days against Bend the Light's every 6 months. LetterBoom! also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Bend the Light sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and LetterBoom! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bend the Light ships an update every 6 months, LetterBoom! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bend the Light versus LetterBoom!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBend the LightLetterBoom!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStanley LamCatforce Studio

Customer experience

Bend the Light

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LetterBoom!

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Bend the Light

One-time6
  • 3 hints$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Premium Pack$0.99
Show 3 more
  • 10 hints$1.99
  • 30 hints$4.99
  • 75 hints$9.99
3 purchases

LetterBoom!

One-time3
  • 10x Shields$0.99
  • 25x Shields$1.99
  • 40x Shields$2.99

Questions

Is Bend the Light free?
Bend the Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LetterBoom! free?
LetterBoom! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bend the Light or LetterBoom! have ads?
Both Bend the Light and LetterBoom! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bend the Light or LetterBoom!?
Bend the Light ships an update every 6 months, and LetterBoom! every 2 days. Most recently, Bend the Light was updated on June 10, 2026 and LetterBoom! on August 15, 2026.

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