Bend the Light vs Life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Life
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A life game where you can enjoy changing the pattern with simple rules. 1 . If there are exactly three living cells adjacent to a dead cell, the next generation will be born. 2 . If there are two or three living cells adjacent to a living cell, they will survive in the next generation. mode 'Random1', 'Random2', 'Random3', 'Blinker', 'Toad', 'Beacon', 'Pulsar', 'Octagon', 'Galaxy', 'Hertz oscillator', 'Clock', 'Shuttle', 'Penta decathlon', 'Line1', 'Line2', 'Square1', 'Square2', 'Glider', 'Diamond', 'Lightweight spaceship', 'Middleweight spaceship', 'Heavyweight spaceship', 'Flotilla1', 'Flotilla2', 'Gosper glider gun', 'New gun', 'Simkin glider gun', 'Ping-pong', 'Puffer train1', 'Puffer train2', 'Puffer train3', 'Puffer train4', '5x5', 'Diehard', 'R-pentomino', 'Acorn', 'Edit', * There is also an edit mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Life at none against Bend the Light's 6. Life also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and 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
Both are free to download. Bend the Light sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Life asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bend the Light ships an update every 6 months, Life every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bend the Light | Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | E-ONLINESERVICE |
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
Life
No in-app purchases
