Comparison

Bend the Light vs orange (game)

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

orange (game)

Solve 50 unique logic puzzles by making the entire screen orange. This color-based puzzle game offers a new challenge with each level, building on a popular series. Hints are available to help you progress through the conundrums.

Highlights
  • 50 unique logic puzzles
  • Color-based challenges
  • Hint system available
  • Part of a puzzle game series
  • Multiple hints per level
Features
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Can you make the screen orange in 50 levels? Each level has its own logic. It's here, the next part of my colour puzzle series! After 'yellow', 'red', 'black, 'blue', 'green' and 'pink' it's time to solve 50 new conundrums! Do you need help? Use the light bulb button in the top right corner of each level to get hints. There are multiple hints for each level. With the in-app purchase you will not get ads before the hints. This is the seventh game in my color puzzle series. There are already 7 color games each with 50 new levels. A Bart Bonte / bontegames puzzle game. Enjoy! @BartBonte

Screenshots

Bend the Light4 screens
orange (game)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: orange (game) at monthly against Bend the Light's every 6 months. orange (game) also leads on ratings volume (405 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Bend the Light's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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 orange (game) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bend the Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: orange (game) has 405 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bend the Light's written reviews are positive against 94% of orange (game)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bend the Light ships an update every 6 months, orange (game) monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bend the Light versus orange (game): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBend the Lightorange (game)
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.7 (405 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better93.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5405 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB22 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperStanley LamBart BONTE

Customer experience

Bend the Light

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

orange (game)

All ratings405 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews365 reviews
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.8%

Bugs and requests

Bend the Light

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

orange (game)

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Hint function not working for some
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and colors
  • Ability to save progress
  • Tilt/motion controls

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
1 purchases

orange (game)

One-time1
  • premium unlock$2.49

Questions

Is Bend the Light free?
Bend the Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is orange (game) free?
orange (game) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bend the Light or orange (game)?
Bend the Light is rated higher. Bend the Light averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while orange (game) averages 4.7 from 405 ratings.
Do Bend the Light or orange (game) have ads?
Both Bend the Light and orange (game) show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bend the Light or orange (game)?
Bend the Light ships an update every 6 months, and orange (game) monthly. Most recently, Bend the Light was updated on September 29, 2026 and orange (game) on October 15, 2026.

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