Tilterpillar vs Light'Em Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tilterpillar
Control a growing caterpillar by tilting your device. Eat leaves to increase its length and unlock different butterfly breeds. Compete for the top spot in this unique take on the classic snake game.
- Tilt-to-control gameplay
- Caterpillar growth mechanic
- Collect different colored leaves
- Unlock butterfly breeds
- Level up points system
- Leaderboard competition
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Play this classic game of "snake" by tilting your device as a controller. Using this novel control technique, tilt in a direction to make a caterpillar eat leaves. Eating leaves makes the caterpillar grow in length, providing more of a challenge. Sometimes different coloured leaves will appear, causing different things to happen! "It's a good little game and well worth a look." - Kotaku.com Learn about butterfly breeds in this unique "snake" game. Each play awards level up points. Collect enough points to unlock different butterflies! Can you tilt your way to no.1?
Light'Em Up
A casual puzzle game designed to challenge your brain. Place batteries to power bulbs with the correct color, progressing through increasingly difficult levels.
- Battery and bulb puzzles
- Color-matching mechanics
- Brain challenging gameplay
- Progressive difficulty
- Casual puzzle experience
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A simple puzzle game to challenge the brain. Use batteries placed in the game to light up all the attached bulbs. Bulbs can only be lit when supplied the correct color. Work your way through harder puzzles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light'Em Up at 4.6 against Tilterpillar's 4.1. Light'Em Up also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.5). Tilterpillar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (43 vs 8). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Light'Em Up holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tilterpillar has 43 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Tilterpillar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Light'Em Up's.
Tilterpillar ships an update every 3 weeks, Light'Em Up every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tilterpillar | Light'Em Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (43 ratings) | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hawken King | David Fritcher |
Customer experience
Tilterpillar
Light'Em Up
In-app purchases
Tilterpillar
No in-app purchases
Light'Em Up
No in-app purchases
