Comparison

Dozen vs Light Ahead

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

Head to head
About

Dozen

A challenging memory card game where you compete against your iPhone to test and improve your memorization skills. Flip cards, match pairs, and score points before the device outmaneuvers you. Engage in fast-paced, addictive gameplay anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Memory card game
  • Compete against iPhone
  • Memorize card locations
  • Score pairing points
  • Fast-paced gameplay
  • Sharpen memory
Features
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Dozen is a new kind of memory card game, one in which you play against the iPhone© to prove your memorizing abilities. Flip cards, memorize their locations, and score pairing points before the iPhone© beats you to it. Challenge your mind, sharpen your memory, and engage in fast-paced gameplay that is addictive, right from your pocket. Take Dozen with you wherever you go, pairing off cards as you race against your iPhone©. It’s a great way to travel, unwind after a long day, or simply take a break from the work or studying at hand.

About

Light Ahead

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You have no weapon. You have a candle, a poor sense of direction, and forty dungeons between you and the way out. Light Ahead is a stealth maze puzzle. Study each monster's patrol, slip past it or lure it onto a trap, and light every torch in the room. The ladder out stays locked until the last flame catches. Meet your hero: a perfectly ordinary person who wandered into the wrong dungeon and absolutely cannot stand the dark. No sword. No plan. Just an irrational need to light every single torch before leaving. The monsters? Terrifying. The darkness? Somehow worse. So here you are, dodging creatures, diving behind corners, and avoiding ancient dungeon traps, all because you refuse to take the ladder until every candle is lit. Lure monsters into traps, slip through the chaos, and methodically illuminate 40 handcrafted pixel dungeons one torch at a time. FOUR THINGS DOWN THERE ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE DARK Skeletonus. Phantomus. Vlad the Undying. And waiting at the bottom, sealed in with you, Groll. While a boss still stands, the ladder stays shut. — 40 levels of cowardly, torch-lit brilliance — Four boss fights, each one guarding the way out — Monsters with patrol patterns to study and exploit — Environmental traps that do the fighting you refuse to do — Charming pixel art dungeons — No ads. No in-app purchases. Pay once, lights forever. Light Ahead: because someone has to do it, and that someone is apparently you. Music by xDeviruchi (Marllon Silva), from the Minifantasy series by Leohpaz.

Screenshots

Dozen2 screens
Light Ahead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dozen at Free against Light Ahead's $1.99. Dozen also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Light Ahead's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). 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

Dozen is free to download; Light Ahead costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dozen ships an update every 5 months, Light Ahead every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dozen versus Light Ahead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDozenLight Ahead
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.9 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB57 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperIgor FedorovBE PLUS S.R.L.

In-app purchases

None

Dozen

No in-app purchases

None

Light Ahead

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dozen free?
Dozen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Light Ahead free?
Light Ahead costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dozen or Light Ahead have ads?
Neither Dozen nor Light Ahead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dozen or Light Ahead?
Dozen ships an update every 5 months, and Light Ahead every 6 days. Most recently, Dozen was updated on November 7, 2026 and Light Ahead on October 31, 2026.

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