Comparison

Six Match vs Luminosus

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

Head to head
About

Six Match

Engage in a unique Match-3 puzzle experience where you must achieve matches within a limited number of turns. This game blends sliding tile mechanics with strategic coin matching, introducing special coins and mechanics for enhanced gameplay. Enjoy bite-sized challenges and a premium, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Match-3 with limited turns
  • Sliding tile puzzle mechanics
  • Special wild-card coins
  • Bomb creation
  • Card collection for bonus score
  • Un-matchable diamond collection
  • Coin-cage mechanics
Features
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Enter the Match-3 board as Mr Swap-With-Coins and try to make a match in 6 turns or less. It's like a sliding tile puzzle crossed with a Match-3 game. As the coins keep dropping, so do new mechanics: * Get wild-card-coins from matching 4 or junction-match to create a bomb. * Each match gives you a card, collect matching cards for bonus score. * Lucrative un-matchable diamonds you can only collect at the bottom of the board. * Wrap your mind around coin-cages that push whole lines of coins. * Yet more mechanics, but why spoil it all? Six Match also features: * A puzzle mode with bite sized challenges. * Gamepad support. * Auto-save. * No pay-to-win or timers. Six Match is now a self-contained paid app: Ads, in-app purchases, and social features have been removed to ensure the longevity of this game.

About

Luminosus

A unique puzzle game blending Tetris-style gameplay with color-matching mechanics. Plan your moves ahead to create white blocks for higher scores. Offers classic and marathon modes, leaderboards, and achievements for endless fun.

Highlights
  • Color-matching puzzle mechanics
  • Strategic planning ahead
  • Classic and Marathon modes
  • Global leaderboards
  • Achievements
  • Controller support
  • Color blind and night modes
Features
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**Editors pick for “New games we love” in 135+ countries** **Editors pick for “New and noteworthy games” in 150+ countries** **Editors pick for “What we are playing this week”** **Editors choice "Indie corner"** Luminosus is a unique and challenging puzzle game that combines the fun of matching colors on a Tetris-esque board. Puzzle pieces can be changed back and forth as many times as you want, so a red block will change a yellow piece orange but another red piece will change it back to red. If a piece is influenced by all three colors it is turned white and scores significantly more when cleared. In this way the game requires planning more steps ahead than your standard piece-dropping puzzle game. With its simple but addictive gameplay, Luminosus offers hours of entertainment and a twist on the classic Tetris and Puyo experience. Features: • Classic mode for a relaxing experience • Marathon game mode for the ultimate challenge • Compete against the world on the leaderboard • Achievements • Controller support • Color blind and night modes • Unique and challenging gameplay that combines Tetris with color matching

Screenshots

Six Match3 screens
Luminosus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Luminosus at fortnightly against Six Match's every 3 months. Luminosus also leads on price ($0.29 vs $2.99). Six Match's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Six Match costs $2.99 and Luminosus $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Six Match against 4.9 for Luminosus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 17 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Six Match's written reviews are positive against 71% of Luminosus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Six Match ships an update every 3 months, Luminosus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Six Match versus Luminosus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSix MatchLuminosus
Price$2.99$0.29 — better
Rating4.8 (47 ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron SteedShort Circuit Studio

Customer experience

Six Match

All ratings47 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative18.2%

Luminosus

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Six Match

No in-app purchases

None

Luminosus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Six Match free?
Six Match costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Luminosus free?
Luminosus costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Six Match or Luminosus?
Luminosus is rated higher. Six Match averages 4.8 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Luminosus averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Six Match or Luminosus have ads?
Neither Six Match nor Luminosus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Six Match or Luminosus?
Six Match ships an update every 3 months, and Luminosus fortnightly. Most recently, Six Match was updated on September 27, 2026 and Luminosus on September 25, 2026.

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