Lyxo vs Rytmos
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
Rytmos
Solve maze puzzles to create evolving musical compositions. Explore planets, discover new sounds, and unlock musical toys. This relaxing game also offers insights into music history.
- Maze puzzle gameplay
- Music creation
- Planet exploration
- Unlockable musical toys
- Music history facts
- Expansion pack included
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Rytmos is a relaxing puzzle game, where you create music by solving maze puzzles. Travel from planet to planet and discover new music. Solve the puzzles on each side of the cubic planets and create small musical loops that slowly evolves into full music compositions. Unlock 20+ musical toys and jam on top of the planet music. Learn a bit of rare music history while playing the game. This version of the game now includes a large expansion pack.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rytmos at Free against Lyxo's $2.99. Rytmos also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Lyxo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.1 vs 3.6). On ratings volume, 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
Rytmos is free to download; Lyxo costs $2.99 up front. Rytmos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lyxo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lyxo holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 62 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Lyxo's written reviews are positive against 48% of Rytmos's.
Lyxo ships an update every 9 months, Rytmos every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lyxo | Rytmos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (33 ratings) — better | 3.6 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.5% of reviews — better | 47.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 730 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Sturn | Floppy Club |
Customer experience
Lyxo
Rytmos
Bugs and requests
Lyxo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rytmos
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes on startup
- Black screen on launch
- Game freezes during purchase process
- Purchases not syncing across devices
- No sound issues
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- Levels not clickable after completion
- Graphical clipping issues
- Unintended solutions in puzzles
- Input latency in jam section
- Slider cube off-screen on certain devices/planets
- Words/text not displaying correctly
- Game not loading on older iPhones
- App closes unexpectedly
- Purchase verification issues
- Demo version not unlocking full game after purchase
Requested features
10 requests- Add multi-touch functionality for instruments
- Improve jam section responsiveness
- Allow viewing instrument history after unlock
- Port to VR
- Add more free levels or planets
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- Fix display issues with button text
- Improve clarity on how sounds overlap
- Make the game more accessible to non-musicians
- Add challenges to extend playtime
- Consider a full game with ads instead of a high upfront cost
In-app purchases
Lyxo
No in-app purchases
Rytmos
- Unlock the galaxy$4.99
