Stroop! vs Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stroop!
This colorful puzzle game challenges your perception and reaction time. Match the color of the word to the word's actual color, not the word itself, under a strict time limit. Compete for high scores in this engaging brain-training experience.
- Color word matching
- Time-limited challenges
- High score competition
- Multilingual word support
- Reverse Stroop Effect gameplay
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Stroop is confusing and colorful Puzzle Game! Don't be misled by the Reverse Stroop Effect! And Touch the color correctly in limited time. Achieve a high score!! *name of color will be written in not only English, but also French and Spanish... How to Play Color name will be shown and Touch the same color speedy! If you touch wrong color or Time is up, the Game is Over... The deadline will come closer!! Choose answer in a moment and get a high score!!
Lights
This game offers a modern twist on a classic electronic memory challenge. It features over 15 game modes, including local multiplayer, and tests your memory and reflexes. Compete with others via leaderboards and improve your cognitive skills with daily play reminders.
- Over 15 game modes
- Local multiplayer
- Online leaderboards
- Achievements
- Daily play reminders
- Multiple sound options
- 11 language translations
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A fresh take on a classic electronic game. Easy to play, difficult to master. Over 15 game modes, including local multiplayer. Up to 12 buttons, and a variety of sound options. Lights offers much more than a simple "repeat after me" challenge by testing your memory, reflexes, and more. Can you conquer them all? Unlock Achievements and see how you compare to friends or the world with online Leaderboards. Improve your memory by challenging yourself regularly. Set a schedule in the app to remind you to play for a few minutes daily, weekly, or anything in between. Now translated to 11 languages, including Ukrainian!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stroop! at none against Lights's 1. Stroop! also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Lights's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (180 vs 11). 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. Lights sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stroop! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lights holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lights has 180 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Stroop!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Lights's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stroop! ships an update every 2 weeks, Lights every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stroop! | Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 4.4 (180 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 180 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yukihiro Kadono | Lee Phillips |
Customer experience
Stroop!
Lights
In-app purchases
Stroop!
No in-app purchases
Lights
- Disable ads$1.99
