Comparison

Astral Light vs Drop Balance

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

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About

Astral Light

Rotate star clusters in a tranquil night sky to reveal hidden constellations. This visually stunning puzzle game offers hundreds of imaginative challenges with a relaxing atmosphere and beautiful graphics. Enjoy a journey through diverse levels and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Calming atmosphere
  • Gorgeous graphics
  • Portrait and landscape support
  • Achievements
  • Cloud saving
Features
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Astral Light is a stunning puzzle game where you rotate clusters of stars in the calming night sky to form recognizable silhouettes. Immerse yourself in the beautiful visuals and experience a wonderful journey through hundreds of imagination-stirring puzzles. Features: - Over 300 levels separated by categories - A calm and relaxing atmosphere - Gorgeous graphics - Supports both portrait and landscape mode - Achievements - Cloud saving Don't hesitate to contact us if you find any issue with the game or if you simply want to send us your feedback, it is greatly appreciated.

About

Drop Balance

Features
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Drop Balance is a physics puzzle about weight. A beam rests on a pivot. You are handed a few shapes — a block of wood, a bar of iron, a pane of glass, a bag of sand — and one question: where does each one go, so that the beam still holds level when the last piece lands? Nothing here is on rails. Every drop is simulated. Things roll, slide, shatter, tip and settle, and a piece that ends up somewhere you did not intend is a piece you dropped from the wrong place. Learn what a material does and a level that looked impossible becomes obvious. WHAT'S INSIDE • 300 campaign levels across seven worlds, from a first gentle drop to genuinely hard • 11 themed packs of 30 levels each — three of them free • A new Daily Drop every day, with streaks • Endless: stack as high as you dare • Zen: no timer, no fail, just the beam SEVENTEEN MATERIALS, EACH WITH ITS OWN RULE Iron weighs six times what wood does for the same size. Foam fills space and weighs almost nothing — bulk is not ballast. Glass shatters on a hard landing. Ice slides off anything that is not level. A balloon is weight that pulls upward. Sand keeps its shape if you set it down and collapses into low ballast if you slam it — and both of those are answers. A magnet leans the beam toward itself. A bomb clears what is beside it, once. Hold any piece in the tray and the game tells you what it is, what it weighs, and what it will do. SKILL, NOT LUCK A centre-of-mass guide shows which way the beam will lean before you commit. A drop preview shows where the piece will actually land — on top of the stack, not through it. Three stars for a solve that is clean, steady and quick, and the win screen keeps a picture of the arrangement that worked, so you can see what you did. STANDINGS Join the daily board and see where today's solve lands against everyone else's. Or don't — the puzzles are identical either way, and you can leave at any time. PREMIUM Drop Balance is free to play, with ads. One purchase removes the ads and opens all eight paid packs — the ones released and the ones still to come. No subscription. No energy timers. Nothing to wait for.

Screenshots

Astral Light4 screens
Drop Balance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Astral Light at 11.0 against Drop Balance's 15.0. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Astral Light sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Drop Balance sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Astral Light versus Drop Balance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstral LightDrop Balance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (147 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings147 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLogisk Studio Inc.MJK APPS SRL

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Astral Light

One-time4
  • Unlimited Hints$1.49
  • Remove Ads$2.49
  • Unlock All Categories$2.49
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  • Premium$4.49
1 purchases

Drop Balance

One-time1
  • Premium$6.99

Questions

Is Astral Light free?
Astral Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drop Balance free?
Drop Balance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Astral Light or Drop Balance have ads?
Both Astral Light and Drop Balance show ads.

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