Comparison

Pipe Pathway vs Lampion

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

Head to head
About

Pipe Pathway

Connect rotating pipe pieces to form a complete path. This brain-training puzzle game offers daily challenges and a hint system to guide you through its 400 levels. Enjoy smooth performance and a small file size.

Highlights
  • Daily unique puzzles
  • 400 puzzles included
  • Step-by-step hint guide
  • Automatic connection recommendations
  • Optimized performance
  • Small file size
Features
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Pipe Pathway is the pipe connection puzzle game for brain training The puzzle are any part of pipe. There had set to be not a mess on the board. We have a target to make all pipe to be connected for the complete path. *** How To Play *** We tap on the pipe. That pipe will rotate clockwise for 90 degrees. Rotate the other pipe to be connected for the correct path and colour. *** Features *** * Daily Puzzles - unique from other packs and updated every day. * 400 puzzles. * Hint guide - Step by Step and Play/Pause. * Automatic recommend system - highlight cells for the pipe connect not complete. * Best performance. * Small file size - good for download, update version and save space. Enjoy.

About

Lampion

Features
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The shadow is solid ground. The soul walks only where your light does not reach. Lampion is a quiet shadow-theatre puzzle. The lantern hangs on stations around the scene. Tap one and it flies there, redrawing every shadow on the board — and your soul walks as far as the new darkness allows. Move the light, and the path appears. ONE RULE, TEN WORLDS Shadow is the only safe ground, but shadow needs light: in the open dark there is no path at all, and in bare light there is no cover. Your lantern has to make both at once, and keep making them while the soul moves. WHAT YOU GET • 60 handcrafted scenes across 10 chapters — a stone garden, a ruined wall, a lake, a pier, an ice field, a street of lanterns, a cellar, a mill yard, a hall of mirrors, a tower. • A new puzzle every night, from a bank of 400. Solve it and your lantern garland grows; miss a night and the garland stays — nothing is taken away. • Every scene has a machine-verified best solution, so a perfect run is always possible. The game tells you when a position can no longer be solved. • No timer. Unlimited undo. Thinking is free. • Sparks buy a nudge when you are stuck. You earn them by playing. • Play the puzzles offline; sign in only if you want cloud save. THE TONIGHT BOARD Solving tonight's puzzle can put your result on a shared daily board under a nickname you choose. It is optional, it asks before it posts anything, and you can play forever without it. The rules fit in one line: shadows are safe, bare light is not, and the dark outside the lantern's circle swallows what it touches.

Screenshots

Pipe Pathway4 screens
Lampion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lampion at none against Pipe Pathway's 4. Lampion also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Pipe Pathway's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pipe Pathway sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Lampion asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipe Pathway ships an update every 2 weeks, Lampion weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pipe Pathway versus Lampion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipe PathwayLampion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (70 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings70 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJirapongMJK APPS SRL

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pipe Pathway

One-time4
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • 30 Hints$1.99
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  • 60 Hints$2.99
None

Lampion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipe Pathway free?
Pipe Pathway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lampion free?
Lampion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pipe Pathway or Lampion have ads?
Both Pipe Pathway and Lampion show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipe Pathway or Lampion?
Pipe Pathway ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lampion weekly. Most recently, Pipe Pathway was updated on November 2, 2026 and Lampion on October 25, 2026.

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