Luna Controller vs Ripplet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luna Controller
This app allows you to set up and manage your game controllers for a cloud gaming service. It also enables you to use your phone as a virtual controller to play games, with options for guest play and managing connections.
- Register Luna Controllers
- Set up Wi-Fi and Cloud Direct
- Use phone as virtual controller
- Add guests to gaming sessions
- Manage Bluetooth connection
- Update controller software
- Check battery status
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The Luna Controller app allows you to set up and manage your Luna Controllers and play Luna games using your phone via the Phone Controller. With the Luna Controller app you can: - Register Luna Controllers to your Amazon account - Set up your Luna Controller to connect to wifi and enable Cloud Direct - Play games on Luna using touch inputs on your mobile device using the Phone Controller - Add friends to your local Luna gaming session using Guest Mode - Manage the Cloud Direct wifi connection - Manage your Luna Controller Bluetooth connection - Update the software on your Luna Controllers - Check battery status - Switch between Cloud Direct and Bluetooth - Get help for common troubleshooting problems To set up the Luna Controller: 1. Download and install the Luna Controller app on your mobile device. 2. Power up your Luna Controller with 2 AA batteries. Press and hold the Luna button for 3 seconds, and an orange light will start spinning 3. Open the Luna Controller app and follow the on-screen instructions To set up a Luna Phone Controller: No controller? No problem. You can use your phone to play Luna games. 1. Go to the appstore on your mobile device and install the Luna Controller app. 2. Sign into your Amazon account. 3. Select Play With Phone Controller. The next time you're ready to play, just follow these steps: 1. Open the Luna app on a compatible device, such as a compatible Fire TV, PC or Mac 2. Open the Luna Controller app on your mobile device. 3. Select Launch under your virtual controller and wait for your controller to connect to Luna. 4. Use the virtual controller to select the game you want to play and launch it. Guests can also download the Luna Controller app and join in on the gameplay. By using this app, you agree to Amazon’s Conditions of Use (www.amazon.com/conditionsofuse) and Privacy Notice (www.amazon.com/privacy).
Ripplet
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Touch only the water. Ripplet is a physics puzzle set on a glowing night pond. Paper lanterns drift on the surface, each one longing for the lotus of its color — and you can never touch them. Your only power is the water itself: tap it, and a ripple spreads out and carries everything it passes. From that single touch, a whole language grows. Nothing is ever explained with a manual — the pond teaches you. A GAME OF GENTLE DISCOVERY • Tap the water and the ripple pushes whatever it crosses • Press and hold to charge a bigger wave • Rocks cast wave shadows — the water behind them stays still • The shore answers back: ripples echo off the walls, and you can press the shoreline itself • Two fingers, two waves — and two crests striking together hit as one • Stone lanterns ignore a lone ripple; glass blossoms shatter in rough water • Whirlpools keep what they catch, geysers breathe on their own rhythm, ice carries a lantern like a curling stone, currents remember where they're going • Drift stones float free and block waves wherever they sit — or feed one to the deep and still it • Moongates, sandbars, embers, and ponds so dark your ripples are the only light 100 HANDCRAFTED LEVELS Ten chapters, each with its own new idea. Some levels want precision, some want patience, and a few play themselves entirely — if you're wise enough to never touch the water at all. A LIVING POND Real animated water, bloom-lit lanterns, fireflies, falling petals, koi gliding beneath the surface, auroras, shooting stars. Eight pond themes and nine lantern skins to earn with stars — including one pond and one lantern reserved for a perfect game. ZEN POND A quiet sandbox with no goals and no way to fail. Every mechanic in the game on a simple toggle — build the pond you want, push things around, watch the water, stay as long as you like. ENDLESS Finish the story and the pond keeps going: procedurally generated puzzles that ramp forever, with their own endless stars to collect. CALM BY DESIGN • A soundtrack of gentle instrumental music (by Eric Matyas, soundimage.org) — or swap all of it for the pond's own wave ambience • Soft haptics, no timers, no lives, no pressure • No ads. No subscriptions. No data collection — nothing ever leaves your device FAIR AND SIMPLE Chapter 1 is completely free. If the pond pulls you in, one $1.99 purchase unlocks everything else — every chapter, Endless mode, forever, across your devices. The pond is waiting. Touch the water.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Luna Controller at none against Ripplet's 1. Luna Controller also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Ripplet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Luna Controller asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Luna Controller | Ripplet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AMZN Mobile LLC | JAMES WILLIAM MORGAN |
Bugs and requests
Luna Controller
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Virtual controller not working
- Controller disconnects frequently
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add support for Backbone controller
- Allow using phone as controller for TV
- Improve controller compatibility
Ripplet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Luna Controller
No in-app purchases
Ripplet
- Unlock Everything$1.99







