Comparison

Luminosus vs Decide Around Racing

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

Head to head
About

Luminosus

A unique puzzle game blending Tetris-style gameplay with color-matching mechanics. Plan your moves ahead to create white blocks for higher scores. Offers classic and marathon modes, leaderboards, and achievements for endless fun.

Highlights
  • Color-matching puzzle mechanics
  • Strategic planning ahead
  • Classic and Marathon modes
  • Global leaderboards
  • Achievements
  • Controller support
  • Color blind and night modes
Features
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**Editors pick for “New games we love” in 135+ countries** **Editors pick for “New and noteworthy games” in 150+ countries** **Editors pick for “What we are playing this week”** **Editors choice "Indie corner"** Luminosus is a unique and challenging puzzle game that combines the fun of matching colors on a Tetris-esque board. Puzzle pieces can be changed back and forth as many times as you want, so a red block will change a yellow piece orange but another red piece will change it back to red. If a piece is influenced by all three colors it is turned white and scores significantly more when cleared. In this way the game requires planning more steps ahead than your standard piece-dropping puzzle game. With its simple but addictive gameplay, Luminosus offers hours of entertainment and a twist on the classic Tetris and Puyo experience. Features: • Classic mode for a relaxing experience • Marathon game mode for the ultimate challenge • Compete against the world on the leaderboard • Achievements • Controller support • Color blind and night modes • Unique and challenging gameplay that combines Tetris with color matching

About

Decide Around Racing

Experience retro circuit racing inspired by 80s LCD games. Overtake rivals while managing fuel consumption and refueling at stations. Adjust lap count for custom challenges.

Highlights
  • 80s LCD game tribute
  • Circuit racing gameplay
  • Fuel consumption management
  • Overtake rivals
  • Refuel at gas stations
  • Adjustable lap count
Features
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This game is a tribute to the cool LCD games of the 80s. You are a participant in circuit racing (the number of laps can be set before the start of the race).  Your task is to overtake all rivals and reach the finish line. Your main rival is fuel consumption.  The more often you maneuver, the less efficiently fuel is used.  Watch your gauges and don't miss a gas station.  Good luck! You can test a gameplay here: https://play.unity.com/mg/other/decide-around-racing

Screenshots

Luminosus4 screens
Decide Around Racing3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Decide Around Racing at Free against Luminosus's $0.29. Decide Around Racing also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Luminosus's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On rating, 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

Decide Around Racing is free to download; Luminosus costs $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Luminosus against 5.0 for Decide Around Racing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Luminosus has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Luminosus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Decide Around Racing's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Luminosus versus Decide Around Racing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLuminosusDecide Around Racing
Price$0.29Free — better
Rating4.9 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB172 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShort Circuit StudioIvan Uspenskiy

Customer experience

Luminosus

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Decide Around Racing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Luminosus

No in-app purchases

None

Decide Around Racing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Luminosus free?
Luminosus costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Is Decide Around Racing free?
Decide Around Racing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Luminosus or Decide Around Racing?
Decide Around Racing is rated higher. Luminosus averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Decide Around Racing averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Luminosus or Decide Around Racing have ads?
Neither Luminosus nor Decide Around Racing shows ads.

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