Comparison

½ Halfway vs Lioza

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

Head to head
About

½ Halfway

Guide two light elements to reunite and restore harmony in a black and white world. Strategically use objects to solve mind-bending puzzles and prove your puzzle-solving skills. Enjoy a stress-free, offline experience with beautiful minimalist artwork.

Highlights
  • Challenging hand-crafted levels
  • Offline play
  • Minimalist artwork & animations
  • Stress-free gameplay
  • Simple swipe controls
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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In a world dominated by black and white, two elements are seeking a path to reunite and restore the harmony. Guide the light elements to destination and meet halfway using the help of the other objects strategically placed across the level and prove incredible puzzle solving skills by succeeding in mind bending situations. Halfway features: · Challenging hand crafted levels grouped into 4 chapters. · Play Offline, no internet connection required to play. · Beautiful, minimalist artwork & animations. · True black and white graphics. · No violence, stress free; play at your own pace. · No ads, no in-app purchases. Buy it once, own it forever. · Simple controls, Swipe to move · Easy to learn; no instructions needed! · Optimized for all iOS devices.

About

Lioza

A calm, tile-drafting strategy board game where players draft stones to build their wall and outwit opponents. Easy to learn with short matches, it offers various modes for solo play, online matches, or local multiplayer.

Highlights
  • Calm stone-drafting gameplay
  • Two game modes: Classic and Free Hand
  • Three AI bot strengths
  • Solo, Quick Match, private lobby, and pass & play
  • Offline play supported
  • No account required to start
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Lioza is a calm, stone-drafting strategy board game. Draft stones, build your wall, and outwit your rival — every stone you take is one they can't have. Easy to learn, hard to put down: your first round teaches you the game, and getting good is the fun part. A match runs about ten minutes. • Free, ad-free, no pay-to-win — the whole game, free • Two modes — play the Classic with a pre-defined board or Free Hand that gives you a blank canvas to lay your stones • The honest bot — multiple strengths: Apprentice, Master, Grandmaster & Legend. It never peeks at hidden information and never gets a lucky "algorithm." It plays by the same rules you do. Beat it, and you earned it • Play your way — solo vs the bot, Quick Match against a stranger, a private lobby with up to four friends, or pass & play on a single phone • Works offline — the bot and pass & play need no connection • No account to start — sign up only when you want to play online Rooted in calçada, the hand-laid black-and-white stone pavement of Lisbon: pale pedra lioz set against dark basalt into waves you can walk across. Five mineral stones, laid one at a time, into something worth keeping. And learn from Master Lio — the old calçada stone-mason who's the face of the honest bot. Free. Ad-free. No pay-to-win. Ever.

Screenshots

½ Halfway4 screens
Lioza4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lioza at Free against ½ Halfway's $1.99. Lioza also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.4). ½ Halfway's advantage is ratings volume (98 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Lioza is free to download; ½ Halfway costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lioza holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ½ Halfway has 98 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of ½ Halfway's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lioza's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

½ Halfway ships an update every 56 months, Lioza every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
½ Halfway versus Lioza: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter½ HalfwayLioza
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (98 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings98 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 56 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTepes OvidiuAnkur Goyal

Customer experience

½ Halfway

All ratings98 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

Lioza

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

½ Halfway

No in-app purchases

None

Lioza

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ½ Halfway free?
½ Halfway costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lioza free?
Lioza is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ½ Halfway or Lioza?
Lioza is rated higher. ½ Halfway averages 4.4 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while Lioza averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ½ Halfway or Lioza have ads?
Neither ½ Halfway nor Lioza shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ½ Halfway or Lioza?
½ Halfway ships an update every 56 months, and Lioza every 8 days. Most recently, ½ Halfway was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lioza on October 24, 2026.

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