Rats! vs Lights Out
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rats!
Engage in a frantic extermination game where you must eliminate all rats before they multiply. Utilize a variety of tools and chemicals to clear the maze and prevent an infestation.
- Frantic gameplay
- Rat extermination
- Maze clearing
- Variety of tools and chemicals
- Prevent rat mating
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Rats! is a frantic game of rodent extermination. You must kill all the rats before they have a chance to mate and overrun the maze. To do this you can use bombs, radioactive waste, gas, poison, death rats, blocks, and gender changing chemicals. "Ugh! Rats! They're everywhere" - PC Review "The idea of this fun and somewhat warped game is to kill all the rats before they have a chance to mate and overrun the maze" - Personal Computer World "Try gassing them or bombing them, but whatever you do, don't let them mate or you'll have a plague on your hands!" - PC Answers "Kill all the rats before they have a chance to mate and overrun the maze" - PCW "Rodent-haters of the world, unite! This game pits you against a legion of ever-producing rats -- get 'em before they get you." - Filemine "Rats is a lot of fun and worth the time!"- Lycos Hotfiles For the latest news on all of my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!
Lights Out
A minimalist puzzle game where the goal is to turn off all the lights. Toggling a light also flips its adjacent lights, creating a strategic challenge. Enjoy over 75 levels with relaxing music and multiple color schemes.
- 5x5 grid puzzle
- Turn off all lights objective
- Adjacent light flipping mechanic
- Over 75 levels
- Multiple color schemes
- Relaxing music
- Minimalist design
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No ads, no AI, just games. Lights Out is a puzzle game where you turn the lights out. It's a minimalist recreation of the 5x5 handheld puzzle game we remember and enjoy. Each light that is toggled, causes its adjacent lights to flip (on to off, off to on). Try to turn off all of the lights! * Over 75 levels ** 25 easy levels ** 25 medium levels ** 25 hard levels * Multiple color schemes * Relaxing music * Minimalist design
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The clearest difference is price: Lights Out at Free against Rats!'s $1.99. Lights Out also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 48 months). Rats!'s advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On 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
Lights Out is free to download; Rats! costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lights Out holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Rats!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Lights Out's.
Rats! ships an update every 48 months, Lights Out every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Rats! | Lights Out |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (19 ratings) | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 48 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | +9 | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean O'Connor | Michael Purdy |
Customer experience
Rats!
Lights Out
In-app purchases
Rats!
No in-app purchases
Lights Out
No in-app purchases
