Comparison

Light Speed vs Lanternfall

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

Head to head
About

Light Speed

This companion app enhances a physical board game by visualizing and resolving battles through photos. It requires the physical game and an internet connection to function.

Highlights
  • Battle visualization
  • Battle resolution
  • Photo analysis
  • Companion app functionality
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Snap a picture of your Light Speed: Arena game and let the app visualize and resolve the battle for you! Note that this is a companion app for a physical board game: You need a copy of Light Speed: Arena to use it for its main purpose. An internet connection is required.

About

Lanternfall

Engage in a turn-based tactical combat game where your lantern is your primary weapon. Navigate eight floors of a dark forest, outsmarting enemies with perfect information and strategic use of four core actions. Unlock new abilities and customize your lantern to overcome increasingly challenging foes.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical combat
  • Perfect information gameplay
  • Four core actions: step, strike, shove, flare
  • Dynamic forest environments
  • Unlockable boons and lantern types
  • Daily challenges and leaderboards
  • Offline play
Features
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Your lantern is the weapon. Raise it and everything beside you backs off a hex. Whatever has nowhere to go, against a tree, the forest's edge or another creature, is cornered: it burns, and it staggers. Lanternfall is a turn-based tactics game for one thumb. Eight floors of dark forest, one action a turn, and every enemy announces exactly what it will do next. Wolves show the claw. Archers draw the line. Boars show the charge. If you get hit, it is because you ended your turn somewhere you shouldn't have. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Perfect information. No hidden dice, no surprise damage. Every loss is readable. • Four verbs: step, strike, shove, flare. The shove moves the board; the flare stuns everything within two hexes. • A forest that changes shape. Wolves hunt in packs. Archers back away when touched. Boars charge down lines and throw you. Weavers web the way to the gate. Crows drive the pack. Stumps wake under your feet. From floor 3 an old one walks every floor. • Two named encounters. Floor 4 is barred until the Old Bear falls. Floor 8 is the den: when the Den Mother falls, you have walked out. TWENTY-ONE BOONS, LEARNED ONE WALK AT A TIME Four families: Flame, Blade, Cloak and Light. Keystones change what a verb does. Pairs appear only when you hold both halves. Every walk that ends, win or lose, teaches the next boon, so there is always something new in the forest. THE CAMP Embers come back from every walk. Spend them on five ways to carry the lantern: the Wanderer, the Lamplighter, the Duelist, the Warden, the Torchbearer. Each starts something in hand, costs you something, and tilts the gates toward its family. THE DAILY One shared forest a night, the same for everyone, with a nightly board and a weekly ladder. One missed night a week is forgiven. DEEPER NIGHTS Walk out of a depth and its nights open: no keepsake, two hearts, a bold pack, no second chances, each for more embers. MADE THE HONEST WAY Depths 1 and 2, the Camp, the kits, every boon and the daily are free. One optional purchase, Lanternfall Deep, opens depth 3 and everything below it. A small Supporter Pack adds lantern colors and your name in the credits. No subscriptions, no ads, no consumables, no energy timers. Nothing is collected about you. Works offline. Sound follows your silent switch. Every walk is written down in the Chronicle, and any page can be shared.

Screenshots

Light Speed4 screens
Lanternfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Light Speed at none against Lanternfall's 2. Light Speed also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Lanternfall's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating and 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

Both are free to download. Lanternfall sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Light Speed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Light Speed against 5.0 for Lanternfall. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light Speed has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Light Speed ships an update every 3 weeks, Lanternfall weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Light Speed versus Lanternfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight SpeedLanternfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size222 MB7 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTABLESCOPE GmbHNICHOLAS DANIEL MINIERI

Customer experience

Light Speed

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lanternfall

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Light Speed

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lanternfall

One-time2
  • Supporter Pack$2.99
  • Lanternfall Deep$4.99

Questions

Is Light Speed free?
Light Speed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lanternfall free?
Lanternfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Light Speed or Lanternfall?
Light Speed and Lanternfall are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Light Speed or Lanternfall have ads?
Neither Light Speed nor Lanternfall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Light Speed or Lanternfall?
Light Speed ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lanternfall weekly. Most recently, Light Speed was updated on November 4, 2026 and Lanternfall on October 31, 2026.

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