Comparison

Lights Off vs Jousting Birds

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

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Jousting Birds

Features
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Ready to take on the toughest jousting challenge yet. Battle the evil birds in an aerial combat joust. Fly high, Fly fast, Fly safe. Keep your jousting pole up when you attack !

Screenshots

Lights Off4 screens
Jousting Birds2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jousting Birds at none against Lights Off's 1. Jousting Birds also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Lights Off's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 10 months). On price 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. Lights Off sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jousting Birds asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lights Off ships an update every 5 months, Jousting Birds every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lights Off versus Jousting Birds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLights OffJousting Birds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB40 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSteven Troughton-SmithDataseat Ltd

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

Jousting Birds

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lights Off

One-time1
  • Lights Off (Essentials)$0.99
None

Jousting Birds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lights Off free?
Lights Off is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jousting Birds free?
Jousting Birds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lights Off or Jousting Birds have ads?
Jousting Birds shows ads; Lights Off does not.
Which is updated more often, Lights Off or Jousting Birds?
Lights Off ships an update every 5 months, and Jousting Birds every 10 months. Most recently, Lights Off was updated on October 23, 2026 and Jousting Birds on October 25, 2026.

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