Lyxo vs No.9
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lyxo
Explore a world of light and shadow by manipulating rays of light. Solve puzzles by illuminating targets, mixing colors, and avoiding obstacles across 87 unique levels. Experience innovative gameplay with striking visuals.
- Manipulate light rays
- Mix colors
- Avoid obstacles
- 87 handcrafted levels
- Innovative game mechanics
- Clean, minimalistic design
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Lyxo will take you on a journey to the fascinating world of light. Use rays of light to explore the darkness, avoid obstacles, create new sources of light, mix colors and thus make your targets light up. 87 levels lead you through breathtaking worlds of color, light and shadow and surprise with extraordinary puzzles and solutions. Features: - Innovative new game mechanics - 87 handcrafted levels - A wide range of exhilarating, engaging, and diverse obstacles - Striking, beautiful, clean visuals - Minimalistic with a deep, Bauhaus-inspired design www.lyxogame.com
No.9
Immerse yourself in a tranquil puzzle experience with evolving geometric forms and a serene soundtrack. Synchronize elements in form and time to achieve deep relaxation and contemplation. This app offers a score-free, ad-free, and data-free environment for peaceful engagement.
- Tranquil puzzly vacuum
- Evolving geometric forms
- Serene, slow-paced rhythm
- Synchronize form and time
- No scores, ads, or IAPs
- Original soundtrack
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No.9 is an attempt to transport you to a tranquil puzzly vacuum, a gallery of geometric forms and figures that evolve in harmony with a serene, slow-paced rhythm, inviting deep relaxation and contemplation. Your journey involves synchronizing diverse elements in both form and time. Consistent with all my projects, this one also features no scores, no advertisements, no in-app purchases, and does not collect any data - just relax. Featuring a wonderful soundtrack created by: Bartłomiej Kołaciak
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: No.9 at 5.0 against Lyxo's 4.1. No.9 also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (93% vs 83%). Lyxo's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On ratings volume, 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
Lyxo costs $2.99 and No.9 $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
No.9 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Lyxo's written reviews are positive against 93% of No.9's.
Lyxo ships an update every 9 months, No.9 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lyxo | No.9 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (33 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.5% of reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Sturn | Maciej Targoni |
Customer experience
Lyxo
No.9
In-app purchases
Lyxo
No in-app purchases
No.9
No in-app purchases
