Ollie’s Arcade vs LUMINES REMASTERED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ollie’s Arcade
Experience classic arcade and handheld gaming on your phone with a collection of retro-styled mini-games. Enjoy challenging yet simple gameplay with no ads, coins, or subscriptions required. Accessible for all, including those with color-blindness, and supports game controllers and keyboards.
- Retro-styled mini-games
- Ad-free experience
- No in-app purchases or subscriptions
- Accessible design for color-blindness
- Game controller and keyboard support
- Handheld electronic game simulation
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A fun collection of retro-styled mini games that are both challenging and simple to play. Relive fond memories of your favorite classic arcade or electronic handheld games! ⁕ 100% Free Thanks to generous Kickstarter backers, Ollie's Arcade is entirely free to play! ⁕ Handheld Retro Gaming Put the sights and sounds of electronic gaming in the palm of your hand. Turns your device into a perfectly pixelated way to pass the time and have some fun. ⁕ No Ads, No Coins, No Subs There are no ads to watch, no coins to buy, and no subscriptions to renew. Crash that lunar lander all you want, we'll build more! ⁕ Fun AND Accessible Ollie's mini games are easy to learn and designed to be accessible for all, even those with color-blindness. ⁕ Game Controller and Keyboard Support Sometimes you just gotta go old school! Each of Ollie's mini games offer full support for playing with your favorite game controller or keyboard. IGRS Rating: 3+
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 update cadence: LUMINES REMASTERED at every 2 weeks against Ollie’s Arcade's every 8 months. Ollie’s Arcade's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, 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. Ollie’s Arcade 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.
Ollie’s Arcade holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 138 and 58 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Ollie’s Arcade's written reviews are positive against 63% of LUMINES REMASTERED's.
Ollie’s Arcade ships an update every 8 months, LUMINES REMASTERED every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ollie’s Arcade | LUMINES REMASTERED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (138 ratings) — better | 4.5 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 62.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 138 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 596 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Iconfactory | Sound Games |
Customer experience
Ollie’s Arcade
LUMINES REMASTERED
In-app purchases
Ollie’s Arcade
- Tranquility Touchdown$1.99
- Snake$1.99
LUMINES REMASTERED
- Unlock Full Game$7.99
- Unlock Full Game$9.99
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