Comparison

Sootly vs Quiet Lights

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

Head to head
About

Sootly

Engage your mind with a daily logic and word puzzle. Discover the correct six-letter word by combining clues and improving your guesses before you run out of tries. Challenge friends and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Daily logic and word puzzles
  • Six-letter word guessing
  • Clue-based gameplay
  • Social leaderboards
  • Custom puzzle creation
  • Performance tracking
  • Dark and grayscale modes
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Sootly is a daily logic puzzle that will challenge and surprise you! Your vocabulary, working memory, and logical thinking skills will be put to the test as you try to discover the right word before you run out of guesses. HOW TO PLAY - Type and submit a six-letter word - You’ll get a clue about each pair of letters - Combine clues to improve your guesses - Submit the right word before you run out of tries - Share your results and challenge your friends! FEATURES - No ads, subscriptions, paywalls, or daily limits - 2,400 daily puzzles included - Social leaderboard: add your friends and compare scores on the daily puzzle - 16 earnable achievements - Create your own puzzles and share them with friends - Play a random puzzle anytime - Track your performance over time on the Stats page - Dark mode and grayscale mode for sensitive eyes

About

Quiet Lights

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Sootly4 screens
Quiet Lights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quiet Lights at none against Sootly's 3. Quiet Lights also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Sootly sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Quiet Lights asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sootly ships an update every 2 weeks, Quiet Lights every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sootly versus Quiet Lights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSootlyQuiet Lights
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB56 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperIsaac LymanLaurent Chouinard

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sootly

One-time3
  • Feedback - No Reply Needed$4.99
  • Feedback - Reply by Email$19.99
  • Feedback - Public Reply$59.99
None

Quiet Lights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sootly free?
Sootly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quiet Lights free?
Quiet Lights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sootly or Quiet Lights have ads?
Neither Sootly nor Quiet Lights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sootly or Quiet Lights?
Sootly ships an update every 2 weeks, and Quiet Lights every 3 days. Most recently, Sootly was updated on October 21, 2026 and Quiet Lights on October 12, 2026.

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