Lights Off vs The Incredible Platformer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lights Off
A classic puzzle game where the objective is to turn off all the lights to advance. Enjoy smooth animations, sound effects, and beautiful artwork in this engaging time-killer.
- Turn off all lights to win
- Progress through stages
- Smooth animations
- Sound effects
- Beautiful artwork
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The classic game inspired by Tiger Electronic's 'Lights Out' is back for the App Store and better than ever! Lights Off is a simple game in which the goal is to turn all the lights off to progress to the next stage. Featuring smooth animations, sound effects and beautiful artwork, Lights Off is the perfect way to kill some time and see how far you can get. Spiritual successor to the original Lights Off game by Lucas Newman and Adam Betts, 'Lights Off' is completely built from scratch with a brand new engine and more of Adam's great artwork.
The Incredible Platformer
Guide a character through challenging levels by strategically using physics-based items. This game combines classic platforming with intricate puzzle-solving. Enjoy 36 levels of pixel-art fun with retro sound effects.
- Physics-based item usage
- Platformer gameplay
- 36 challenging levels
- Pixel-art graphics
- Retro sound and music
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In this combination of physics machine puzzlers and traditional platformers, use the provided items to guide your player safely from start to exit. Contains 36 levels. FREE & NO ADS. Pixel-art graphics by kenney.nl. Retro sounds & music by 8 bit blast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Incredible Platformer at none against Lights Off's 1. The Incredible Platformer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months). Lights Off's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 8). 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. Lights Off sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Incredible Platformer asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Incredible Platformer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Lights Off's written reviews are positive against 86% of The Incredible Platformer's.
Lights Off ships an update every 5 months, The Incredible Platformer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lights Off | The Incredible Platformer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Troughton-Smith | Christian Bartsch |
Customer experience
Lights Off
The Incredible Platformer
Bugs and requests
Lights Off
Reported bugs
9 issues- Touchscreen misalignment
- Buttons not working
- App crashes on launch
- Level selector not working
- Game stops working after beating all levels
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- GUI sluggish and doesn't register taps
- Not toggling all sides
- Incompatible with iPhone XS Max
- Level 213 issue
Requested features
8 requests- Add more levels
- Native iPad version
- Color options
- Hint button
- Level selector improvements
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- Replay function
- Tutorial
- Dark mode
The Incredible Platformer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lights Off
- Lights Off (Essentials)$0.99
The Incredible Platformer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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