Comparison

Alone @ Home vs Red Light

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

Head to head
About

Alone @ Home

Defend your home from intruders using various traps and weapons. Outsmart thieves and ensure they have a terrible experience. Utilize the ingredients available to set up your defenses.

Highlights
  • Ingredient-based trap setting
  • Weapon usage
  • Thief deterrence gameplay
  • Home defense strategy
  • Multiple defense sections
Features
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Use the ingredients found in each section. Set traps or use your weapons. The thieves will have their worst days ever.

About

Red Light

Pilot a space shuttle and race to the finish line. Avoid moving on red lights and colliding with enemies to avoid game over. This arcade-style game offers a simple yet challenging experience.

Highlights
  • Space shuttle racing
  • Red light mechanic
  • Enemy avoidance
  • Arcade gameplay
  • Crisp game design
Features
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Race to the finish in your space shuttle, but don't go move on the red light or collide with any space invaders, or it's game over! Many thanks to Kenta Cho for the creation of crisp-game-lib, on which this game is built (https://github.com/abagames/crisp-game-lib).

Screenshots

Alone @ Home4 screens
Red Light3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Red Light at 5.0 against Alone @ Home's 4.4. Red Light also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). Alone @ Home's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Alone @ Home sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Red Light asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Red Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alone @ Home has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Alone @ Home versus Red Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlone @ HomeRed Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (53 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeromer cetinDavid Magnotti

Customer experience

Alone @ Home

All ratings40 ratings
Positive77.5%
Neutral10.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Red Light

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Alone @ Home

One-time8
  • Coin Buy 1000x$1.99
  • Coin Buy 2500x$2.99
  • No Ads Buy$3.99
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  • Coin Buy 5000x$4.99
  • Beginner Bundle Buy$9.99
  • Master Bundle Buy$19.99
  • Coin Buy 10000x$19.99
  • Coin Buy 25000x$29.99
None

Red Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alone @ Home free?
Alone @ Home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Red Light free?
Red Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alone @ Home or Red Light?
Red Light is rated higher. Alone @ Home averages 4.4 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Red Light averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Alone @ Home or Red Light have ads?
Alone @ Home shows ads; Red Light does not.

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