Bust A Marble vs LUMINES REMASTERED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bust A Marble
Connect strings of like-colored marbles to clear the board and meet score goals before time runs out. Unlock power-ups with bonus marbles and enjoy dazzling special effects and music. Compete with friends through Game Center achievements.
- Connect like-colored marbles
- Score goals before time runs out
- Unlock power-ups with bonus marbles
- 20 levels of gameplay
- Game Center achievements
- Advanced special effects and sound
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Swipe to connect matching marbles and bust colorful chains in Bust A Marble, a fast, timed puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. Build bigger groups, chase each level's score goal, and keep the clock alive with special marbles. Use clock marbles for extra seconds, unleash lightning to clear more marbles, and refresh the board when you need a new path. Connect seven or more to gain bonus time and raise your score multiplier. THE CLASSIC RETURNS Enjoy Connie's original colorful artwork, lively music, sound effects, and marble-busting action on modern iPhone and iPad screens. TWO WAYS TO PLAY Start in Classic mode with the original marbles and gameplay. The full-game purchase adds Updated mode with refreshed marble styles and a wider board layout. Switch between Classic and Updated in Settings. FEATURES - 20 levels of fast-paced marble matching - Clock, lightning, and refresh bonus marbles - Game Center scores and achievements - In-game tutorial and tips - Separate music, sound, and voice settings - Landscape play on iPhone and iPad FREE TO START Classic levels 1–9 are free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks Classic level 10 onward and Updated mode. No subscription. Owners of the original No Ads purchase can restore it to unlock the full game at no additional charge. Use Restore Purchases on the MORE... page with the Apple Account used for the original purchase.
LUMINES REMASTERED
Experience an addictive audio-visual puzzle game with block-dropping action and a vibrant soundtrack. Try free modes before unlocking the full experience with a single purchase.
- Audio-visual puzzle gameplay
- Multiple game modes
- House, trance, and techno soundtrack
- Intuitive touch controls or gamepad support
- Online leaderboards
- Cloud saves
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY] Try the first 15 levels in Challenge Mode and the full 60-second Time Attack Mode for free, then unlock the full game with a single in-app purchase. LUMINES REMASTERED brings the ultimate audio-visual puzzle phenomenon straight to your fingertips, beautifully marrying sound, light, and puzzle-action into one addictive yet simple game. Immerse yourself at the center of high-energy, block-dropping action while you groove to awesome house, trance, and techno beats. LUMINES REMASTERED is engineered perfectly for mobile. Take control by choosing from multiple intuitive touch layouts or connecting a gamepad for old-school precision. Take Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s critically acclaimed masterpiece with you everywhere and lose yourself in the music. Key Features: - Feel the vibes: 40 stages and a legendary soundtrack of house, trance, and techno beats—from chill to upbeat. Shuffle stages like a music playlist in Skin Edit mode. - Feel the challenge: From the non-stop puzzle fun of Challenge mode to the Time Attack, Puzzle, Mission, VS CPU and a 2P Battle (local only) modes, there's more than enough to sink your teeth into. - Feel the fun: Unlock all the music, stages, and avatars, and climb the ranks to the top of the online leaderboards. Cloud saves keep your progression going. - Feel the music: Grab your favorite pair of headphones and turn on vibration (if offered) on your device to immerse yourself in the experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LUMINES REMASTERED at 4.6 against Bust A Marble's 4.1. Bust A Marble's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 63%) and ratings volume (544 vs 54). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bust A Marble sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and LUMINES REMASTERED sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LUMINES REMASTERED holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bust A Marble has 544 ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Bust A Marble's written reviews are positive against 63% of LUMINES REMASTERED's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bust A Marble ships an update fortnightly, LUMINES REMASTERED every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bust A Marble | LUMINES REMASTERED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (544 ratings) | 4.6 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better | 62.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 544 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 596 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fairlady Media | Sound Games |
Customer experience
Bust A Marble
LUMINES REMASTERED
In-app purchases
Bust A Marble
- Full Game Unlock$0.99
- Bust A Marble - No Ads!$0.99
LUMINES REMASTERED
- Unlock Full Game$7.99
- Unlock Full Game$9.99
Questions
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