PowerTrip AR vs Light Speed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerTrip AR
Engage in team-based strategy battles with this augmented reality board game. Players place and upgrade traps to eliminate opponents, using unique actions to break rules and create endless combos. Team up with friends for ultimate board game combat.
- Augmented reality board game
- Team-based PvP action
- Place and upgrade traps
- Use unique actions
- Endless trap and action combos
- Multiplayer battles
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PowerTrip is a new kind of game that brings the fast-paced PvP action of video games onto the table of a team-based strategy board game. PowerTrip is about working in teams to be the last one standing! Place and upgrade traps to wipe out everyone else. Use actions to break all of the rules. Featuring endless combos of 8 traps and 5 actions, you'll team up with friends and battle it out across the ultimate board. This is PowerTrip!
Light Speed
This companion app enhances a physical board game by visualizing and resolving battles through photos. It requires the physical game and an internet connection to function.
- Battle visualization
- Battle resolution
- Photo analysis
- Companion app functionality
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Snap a picture of your Light Speed: Arena game and let the app visualize and resolve the battle for you! Note that this is a companion app for a physical board game: You need a copy of Light Speed: Arena to use it for its main purpose. An internet connection is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Light Speed at none against PowerTrip AR's 5. Light Speed also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. PowerTrip AR sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Light Speed asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PowerTrip AR against 5.0 for Light Speed. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light Speed has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PowerTrip AR ships an update monthly, Light Speed every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerTrip AR | Light Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 272 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Daniel Bramwell | TABLESCOPE GmbH |
In-app purchases
PowerTrip AR
- Sword$0.99
- Backpack$0.99
- Turtle Shell$0.99
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- Mustache$0.99
- Nose$0.99
Light Speed
No in-app purchases
Questions
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