Comparison

Burn the Rope Lite vs Lums

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

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About

Burn the Rope Lite

A unique puzzle game where you tilt your device to keep a flame alive and burn as much rope as possible. Encounter different bugs that affect the flame and unlock new levels. Features daily user-created levels and beautiful fire effects.

Highlights
  • Burn rope by tilting your device
  • Fire physics simulation
  • Interact with bugs on the rope
  • Daily user-created puzzle levels
  • 16 exciting levels
  • Retina display support
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Brand new PUZZLE OF THE DAY feature!!! - Each day the user can download, rate and play a new level which was designed by another user GIZMODO - App Of The Day !!! TUAW - App Of The Day !!! Apppera - Best iPhone games of 2010 !!! "Burn the Rope is a pretty great experience" - TouchArcade "Definitely worth grabbing" - AppSpy "This is a definite must buy" - TouchGen "The fire physics in the game are excellent" - AppSafari "Burn the Rope has the inventiveness that makes the best puzzle games interesting." - SlideToPlay From the team that brought you Thumpies –‘game that reinvented the rhythm genre’; here comes one of the most original games this year. Burn the Rope is a unique game for the pyro in all of us. All you have to do is feed the fire! Burn the Rope is a challenging game where you try to burn as much rope as you can in each level. There’s a catch! The fire only burns upwards, leaving you to tilt and turn your phone to keep your flame alive! As you progress through the levels, you’ll encounter bugs crawling along the rope. Different bugs have different reactions to the flame. For example, the ant changes the color of the flame so you can burn different colored ropes, and the spider shoots out a web bridge so you can access parts of the level that you could not before. Burn the Rope is incredibly fun and addictive. You will actually feel like you’re burning a rope, yet there’s no need for a fire extinguisher! Features: • 16 exciting levels with more coming soon! • Incredibly fun and addictive! • Unique controls ! • Beautiful graphics and cool fire effects! • Easy to learn, hard to master! • Fun for the whole family! • Retina support Check the gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqGf_SPHNUs

About

Lums

Engage in a physics-based puzzle adventure where you use five unique characters with distinct abilities to defeat vampires by destroying their hideouts. Explore an organic, dark world filled with intricate details and challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Action physics puzzle gameplay
  • Five distinct Lum characters
  • Physically realistic real-time 2D soft shadows
  • Intuitive touch-device controls
  • 68 unique levels
  • 204 stars to collect
  • Over 50 achievements
Features
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"A Brilliant and Refreshing Puzzler." - Eric Ford, Touch Arcade, 4.5/5 "Lums is a physics puzzler that gives the player an astounding amount of agency, which makes it so much more fun than other, luck-based physics puzzlers." - Carter Dotson, 148 Apps, 4.5/5 + Editor's Choice "Lums demonstrates that there's still some originality left in the dark corners of the physics-based puzzle genre." - Nadia Oxford, Pocket Gamer, 8/10 + Silver Award ---------------------------------------- The Vampires invaded Lums world. The only way to stop them is to destroy their hideouts in the shadows and expose them to the light. Use 5 different Lums in this beautiful action physics puzzle game. Destroy everything with Cannonball Lum, create spotlights with Light Lum, use Antigravity Lum to make their hideouts fly away, or turn them into glass by using Transparent Lum. Sometimes you just need to turn everything into stone. Stone Lum can handle that. Features: - First game on the App Store with physically realistic realtime 2D soft shadows - Completely new type of intuitive and very precise controls which are designed to work on touch devices only - Organic dark world full of small details - 5 characters with very different abilities - 68 unique levels - 204 stars to collect - More than 50 achievements - Leaderboards for best players

Screenshots

Burn the Rope Lite4 screens
Lums4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Burn the Rope Lite at Free against Lums's $1.99. Burn the Rope Lite also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (353 vs 11). Lums's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

Burn the Rope Lite is free to download; Lums costs $1.99 up front. Burn the Rope Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lums asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lums holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Burn the Rope Lite has 353 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Burn the Rope Lite's written reviews are positive against 92% of Lums's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Burn the Rope Lite ships an update monthly, Lums every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Burn the Rope Lite versus Lums: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBurn the Rope LiteLums
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.4 (353 ratings)4.9 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.1% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings353 — better11
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS4.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB28 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBig Blue BubbleVladimir Hrincar

Customer experience

Burn the Rope Lite

All ratings356 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews267 reviews
Positive83.1%
Neutral9.0%
Negative7.9%

Lums

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative2.0%

User reviews

Burn the Rope Lite

From 353 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay
  • 👍 Challenging and engaging puzzles
  • 💡 Unique and creative game mechanics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 💸 Paywall for full game access

Lums

From 11 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Creative and original gameplay
  • 👍 Intuitive and fun controls
  • ✨ Stunning graphics and lighting effects
  • 🧠 Mentally stimulating and challenging puzzles
  • 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay

Room to improve

  • 😕 Controls can be tricky initially
  • 🤔 Gameplay can be confusing at first
  • 👻 Monsters look too cute
  • 💰 Overpriced for short gameplay duration
  • 🪲 Controls are a bit loose

Bugs and requests

Burn the Rope Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes on certain levels
  • Puzzle of the day feature not working consistently

Requested features

3 requests
  • Update to support latest iOS versions
  • Add more levels and game modes
  • Implement a free-to-play model with optional purchases

Lums

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes (mentioned once, but resolved by user)
  • Touchscreen not responsive on iPad Air (specific device issue)

Requested features

6 requests
  • Release new levels
  • Update for latest iDevices
  • Add more levels
  • Level editor
  • Creepier music and monsters
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  • More sinister looking monsters

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Burn the Rope Lite

One-time1
  • Everlasting Flame$1.99
None

Lums

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Burn the Rope Lite free?
Burn the Rope Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lums free?
Lums costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Burn the Rope Lite or Lums?
Lums is rated higher. Burn the Rope Lite averages 4.4 out of 5 from 353 ratings, while Lums averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do Burn the Rope Lite or Lums have ads?
Neither Burn the Rope Lite nor Lums shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Burn the Rope Lite or Lums?
Burn the Rope Lite ships an update monthly, and Lums every 17 months. Most recently, Burn the Rope Lite was updated on October 21, 2026 and Lums on October 23, 2026.

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