ChartFight HD vs Luminosus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChartFight HD
Engage in naval battles during the Age of Sail. Utilize nautical charts and a bird's eye view to outmaneuver and sink enemy ships. This classic strategy game offers a retro experience with modern device compatibility.
- Age of Sail naval combat
- Ships-of-the-line, corvettes, brigantines
- Nautical chart access
- Bird's eye view of battles
- Push-button cannon fire
- Classic strategy gameplay
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The Age of Sail! Ships-of-the-line, corvettes and brigantines battling it out on the high seas. Now imagine their captains carrying iPads: instant access to the latest nautical charts, bird's eye view of battleship disposition, push-button cannon fire... Use the gorgeous interface to find your adversary's ships before they sink yours. This version of the classic strategy game is seriously outdated in a good way.
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.
- Color-matching puzzle mechanics
- Strategic planning ahead
- Classic and Marathon modes
- Global leaderboards
- Achievements
- Controller support
- Color blind and night modes
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Luminosus at 4.9 against ChartFight HD's 4.0. Luminosus also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). ChartFight HD's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
ChartFight HD costs $0.99 and Luminosus $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Luminosus holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. 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 complicate that: 100% of ChartFight HD's written reviews are positive against 71% of Luminosus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ChartFight HD ships an update every 32 months, Luminosus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChartFight HD | Luminosus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.29 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Evenblij | Short Circuit Studio |
Customer experience
ChartFight HD
Luminosus
In-app purchases
ChartFight HD
No in-app purchases
Luminosus
No in-app purchases








