Five Square vs Quiet Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Square
This card game offers a strategic solitaire experience where all cards are visible from the start. It challenges players to plan and strategize to win, unlike traditional solitaire games that rely heavily on luck. It's designed for thinkers who enjoy puzzles and strategy games.
- Strategic solitaire gameplay
- All cards visible at start
- Four difficulty levels
- Customizable gameplay options
- Gameplay statistics tracking
- Universal iOS support
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~~~ Note: Five Square is a Pay What You Want app. Download it for free and we’ll ask you to pay an amount that feels good after you’ve won a few games. You can also decide not to pay, or pay right away in the app's settings. ~~~ Ever gotten bored with regular solitaire, and all the luck involved in winning? Five Square is different. All the cards are visible at the start of the game, most layouts are winnable, and whether you win is determined almost entirely by how well you strategize and plan. That’s why we call it the Chess of Solitaire. And yet, unlike Chess, the rules can be described in little more than a sentence: ◆ Deal a 5x5 square of cards face up. ◆ Stack cards (or stacks of cards)… ◆ …onto others of the same suit or rank… ◆ …within the same row or column. ◆ Win by getting them all into one stack. That's it! People who enjoy Sudoku puzzles, Chess puzzles, or FreeCell will love Five Square. It's a thinker’s card game. Features: ‣ Four difficulty levels (2 Suit, 3 Suit, 4 Suit, and Challenge mode) ‣ Satisfying, beautiful cards that are a joy to use ‣ Concise How to Play guide with tips on best strategies ‣ Other ways to play (adding Jokers as wildcards or removing Face Cards to make the game easier) ‣ Gameplay statistics (Total Layouts Dealt, Wins, and a “Chess Wins” statistic for games won without restarting the layout or undoing multiple moves in a row) ‣ Customizable app behavior (turn on and off in-game sounds, haptic feedback, and more) ‣ Universal support for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad Can you get all the cards into one stack?
Quiet Lights
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Quiet Lights is a calm logic puzzle. Light up every room. Place lamps on the grid and each one shines down its row and column until a wall blocks it. The board is solved when every white square is lit — with no lamp shining on another, and every numbered wall surrounded by exactly that many lamps. There is always one logical solution, and you never have to guess. Tap a square to place a lamp, tap again to mark a square you know stays dark, and follow the deductions until the whole grid glows. Four board sizes, from a compact 6×6 to a roomy 9×9. Four difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert — chosen independently of size, so you can take an easy 9×9 to unwind or a hard 6×6 to be tested. Play the Daily puzzle — one shared board each day, the same for everyone — or roll unlimited boards in Practice. Fifteen languages. Five themes — Light, Dark, Paper, Dusk, and a colour-blind-friendly Accessible palette with clear marks, so the grid stays readable for every kind of vision. Soft ambient music and gentle haptics, each with a one-tap mute right on the Home screen — no settings dive needed. An optional daily reminder nudges you back at the time you choose. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. Your progress and stats live on this device only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quiet Lights at none against Five Square's 5. Quiet Lights also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 29 months). Five Square's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Five Square sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Quiet Lights asks for nothing beyond the download.
Five Square ships an update every 29 months, Quiet Lights every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Square | Quiet Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Woodliff-Stanley | Laurent Chouinard |
In-app purchases
Five Square
- Purchase Five Square$0.99
- Purchase Five Square$3.99
- Purchase Five Square$8.99
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- Purchase Five Square$15.99
- Purchase Five Square$24.99
Quiet Lights
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Five Square free?
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Do Five Square or Quiet Lights have ads?
Which is updated more often, Five Square or Quiet Lights?
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