Comparison

Card Hog vs Luminosus

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

Head to head
About

Card Hog

Embark on a strategic dungeon crawl as a heroic pig, navigating a board filled with enemies, traps, and loot. Collect weapons and skills, discover card combinations, and outsmart your foes in this unique roguelike adventure.

Highlights
  • Card-based dungeon crawling
  • Strategic combat and enemy manipulation
  • Deck building with weapons and skills
  • Permanent upgrades through trading
  • Multiple game modes and board sizes
  • Unique playable characters
Features
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Move your hero pig around the board of Card Hog by defeating challenging foes, dodging dangerous traps, collecting shiny loot… and scrap! Discover weapons, magical skills, amusing card combinations and use them against enemies or trick them to fight against their own kind. During your journey you will meet friendly characters offering ways to improve your deck of cards with new weapons, skills, and upgrades. ⋆ Discover countless card interactions ⋆ Fight and outsmart an army of enemies ⋆ Trade beans for permanent upgrades ⋆ Unique Hogs for diverse playstyles ⋆ Multiple game modes and different board sizes Free content updates are coming soon. Expect more card interactions, enemies, boss fights, and game modes! ~ Got feedback or a feature request? Contact: bugs@snoutup.com

About

Luminosus

A unique puzzle game blending Tetris-style gameplay with color-matching mechanics. Plan your moves ahead to create white blocks for higher scores. Offers classic and marathon modes, leaderboards, and achievements for endless fun.

Highlights
  • Color-matching puzzle mechanics
  • Strategic planning ahead
  • Classic and Marathon modes
  • Global leaderboards
  • Achievements
  • Controller support
  • Color blind and night modes
Features
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**Editors pick for “New games we love” in 135+ countries** **Editors pick for “New and noteworthy games” in 150+ countries** **Editors pick for “What we are playing this week”** **Editors choice "Indie corner"** Luminosus is a unique and challenging puzzle game that combines the fun of matching colors on a Tetris-esque board. Puzzle pieces can be changed back and forth as many times as you want, so a red block will change a yellow piece orange but another red piece will change it back to red. If a piece is influenced by all three colors it is turned white and scores significantly more when cleared. In this way the game requires planning more steps ahead than your standard piece-dropping puzzle game. With its simple but addictive gameplay, Luminosus offers hours of entertainment and a twist on the classic Tetris and Puyo experience. Features: • Classic mode for a relaxing experience • Marathon game mode for the ultimate challenge • Compete against the world on the leaderboard • Achievements • Controller support • Color blind and night modes • Unique and challenging gameplay that combines Tetris with color matching

Screenshots

Card Hog4 screens
Luminosus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Luminosus at 4.9 against Card Hog's 4.6. Luminosus also leads on price ($0.29 vs $1.99). Card Hog's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 71%) and ratings volume (189 vs 17). On update cadence, 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

Card Hog costs $1.99 and Luminosus $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Luminosus holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Hog has 189 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Card Hog's written reviews are positive against 71% of Luminosus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Hog ships an update weekly, Luminosus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Card Hog versus Luminosus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard HogLuminosus
Price$1.99$0.29 — better
Rating4.6 (189 ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings189 — better17
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#194 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB114 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAurimas GaruolisShort Circuit Studio

Customer experience

Card Hog

All ratings189 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

Luminosus

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Card Hog

No in-app purchases

None

Luminosus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Card Hog free?
Card Hog costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Luminosus free?
Luminosus costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Card Hog or Luminosus?
Luminosus is rated higher. Card Hog averages 4.6 out of 5 from 189 ratings, while Luminosus averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Card Hog or Luminosus have ads?
Neither Card Hog nor Luminosus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Card Hog or Luminosus?
Card Hog ships an update weekly, and Luminosus fortnightly. Most recently, Card Hog was updated on September 28, 2026 and Luminosus on September 25, 2026.

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