Lights vs Rune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lights
This game offers a modern twist on a classic electronic memory challenge. It features over 15 game modes, including local multiplayer, and tests your memory and reflexes. Compete with others via leaderboards and improve your cognitive skills with daily play reminders.
- Over 15 game modes
- Local multiplayer
- Online leaderboards
- Achievements
- Daily play reminders
- Multiple sound options
- 11 language translations
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A fresh take on a classic electronic game. Easy to play, difficult to master. Over 15 game modes, including local multiplayer. Up to 12 buttons, and a variety of sound options. Lights offers much more than a simple "repeat after me" challenge by testing your memory, reflexes, and more. Can you conquer them all? Unlock Achievements and see how you compare to friends or the world with online Leaderboards. Improve your memory by challenging yourself regularly. Set a schedule in the app to remind you to play for a few minutes daily, weekly, or anything in between. Now translated to 11 languages, including Ukrainian!
Rune
Embark on a magical adventure as a young girl transported to a castle filled with attacking creatures. Discover the power of "Fancy Rhabdomancy" to wield a wand and battle your way through this enchanted realm.
- Magical adventure gameplay
- Spellcasting mechanics
- Fantasy creatures
- Story-driven experience
- Interactive book discovery
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One rainy afternoon, a young girl named Gaia found herself drawn to a small forgotten bookstore, The Last Leaf. Gaia found herself mesmerized by the shelves upon shelves of books that surrounded her. As she browsed the aisles, Gaia stumbled upon a peculiar book tucked away in a dusty corner. Its cover was worn, but something about the name called out to her. "Fancy Rhabdomancy." She opened the book and began to read, and in an instant, Gaia was transported to a castle of magic where creatures started attacking! Still having the book in hand, she read further and suddenly a wand appeared in her hand. "The words here must be magic!" she giddily exclaimed, and she could feel that a great adventure was ahead!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rune at 100% against Lights's 0%. Rune also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). Lights's advantage is ratings volume (180 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Lights sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rune sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rune holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lights has 180 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Lights's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rune's.
Lights ships an update every 6 weeks, Rune weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lights | Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (180 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 180 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 419 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Lee Phillips | James Patterson |
Customer experience
Lights
Rune
In-app purchases
Lights
- Disable ads$1.99
Rune
- Keep the lights on$0.99
- Coffee for Team$4.99
- Coffee and Pastry for Team$9.99
