Comparison

Liquid Defense Lite vs Harena

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

Head to head
About

Liquid Defense Lite

A unique 3D puzzle game where players must manage resources to eliminate water, gas, and oil. Build and upgrade over 20 structures to redirect, freeze, hold, or teleport liquids away from hazards across 28 challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Eliminate water, gas, and oil
  • Build and manage 20+ structures
  • Upgrade structures for enhanced performance
  • 28 challenging levels
  • Realistic physics engine
  • 3D graphics with 2D gameplay
Features
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Liquid defense is a unique 3D puzzle game where you must eliminate all of the incoming water, gas and oil. Each levels is carefully designed to require innovative solutions while managing limited resources. Build and manage 20+ structures to eliminate, redirect, freeze, hold, and teleport the liquid away from various hazards. Each structure can be upgraded to increase performance and barrier strength. 28 levels will keep you occupied for hours, with each one slightly more difficult than the last. Once completed, replay the game trying to find each of the several possible strategies to each level. Features include - • 3D Graphics with simple 2D gameplay • Realistic Chipmunk physics engine • Actively developed, constant free updates

About

Harena

Explore a dynamic sandbox with over 165 materials, including sand, water, lava, and creatures. Simulate complex reactions, manage heat and electricity, and even control a character in a vast, offline world.

Highlights
  • 165+ materials with unique properties
  • Complex heat and reaction simulation
  • Electricity and magnetism mechanics
  • Wind, pressure, and airflow simulation
  • Playable creatures and steerable character
  • Offline play with save slots
  • Multiple simulation views
Features
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- 165 materials: sand, water, lava, acid, metals, gases, plants, creatures. 32 of them are made only by reaction - Grids up to 2048 x 1152, 2.36 million cells, every cell simulated - Heat: every material has a melting, boiling and ignition point, and latent heat - Reactions have a temperature window, and each one you find is logged in the codex - Four views: material, thermal, velocity and air flow - Electricity: wire, battery, diode, lamp, and heat, cold and wind sensors - Optics and magnetism: laser, mirror, prism, two magnets, pump - Wind and pressure: smoke, spores and ash are carried by the air - Creatures and vehicles, including a character you steer yourself - Six starting worlds, ten save slots, undo, pinch to zoom and pan. Landscape only, playable offline

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Liquid Defense Lite at none against Harena's shown. Liquid Defense Lite also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Harena's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Liquid Defense Lite against 3.0 for Harena. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Liquid Defense Lite versus Harena: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquid Defense LiteHarena
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews7.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNuclear Nova SoftwareSATOSHI MAEDA

In-app purchases

None

Liquid Defense Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Harena

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Liquid Defense Lite free?
Liquid Defense Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Harena free?
Harena is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Liquid Defense Lite or Harena?
Liquid Defense Lite and Harena are both rated 3.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Liquid Defense Lite or Harena have ads?
Harena shows ads; Liquid Defense Lite does not.

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