Comparison

Match 2! vs Lamplight

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

Head to head
About

Match 2!

Features
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Dive into 'Match 2,' the game that blends logic puzzles with color matching fun. Tap, match, and clear the blocks with precision. Test your tapping prowess – how far can you go in this mesmerizing puzzle adventure?

About

Lamplight

Restore famous paintings by rotating pieces into place. Enjoy a relaxing, no-pressure experience with customizable settings and a daily challenge. Unlock more art and remove ads with an optional membership.

Highlights
  • Restore famous paintings
  • One-tap piece rotation
  • No timers or lives
  • Customizable settings
  • Daily painting challenge
  • Personal gallery
  • Monthly exhibitions
Features
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Free to play! Every painting is already in place — one tap turns a piece, and the picture comes back. No dragging. No timer. No lives :) Van Gogh, Monet, Vermeer, Hokusai — the world's most beloved paintings, restored one quiet evening at a time, on a wall of your own. A new painting every day, a new exhibition every month. No account, nothing to set up: open it and play. IT'S ART, NOT CLIPART Vermeer, Monet, Hokusai, Van Gogh, Hiroshige — masterpieces from the world's public-domain collections, presented the way a museum would hang them. Every painting you restore stays in My Pictures, yours to revisit. BUILT FOR YOUR HANDS One tap does everything. Prefer fewer, larger pieces? Stronger outlines? Larger text? Less motion? Every one of those is a setting. The whole game is playable with one thumb, at your pace, because no one should need steady hands or sharp eyes to enjoy a Vermeer. YOUR OWN PICTURES Add a photograph and Lamplight cuts it like a masterpiece — the same pieces, the same lamp, the same plaque. Keep as many as you like. Free. A PAINTING A DAY Tonight's painting is the same for everyone on Earth — solve it, earn your stars, and share tonight's restoration with someone. A new exhibition hangs on the first of every month. THE ROOMS Restore at a garden bench as fireflies drift by, or at Sunset Cliffs as the light goes down — free. Lamplight Plus opens three more: a safari at dusk, the New York Public Library, and a bench in Central Park. Every room fills the screen. CUT YOUR OWN WAY Classic jigsaw pieces for everyone. Lamplight Plus adds seven more cuts — chunky, leaf, scallop, wave, and a hand-cut that leans like cardboard — and prints any puzzle as real pieces, scrambled and ready to cut out. AN HONEST MEMBERSHIP Every painting on the path is free — play them in order and nothing is ever asked of you. The free version shows a small number of adverts, never personalised. Lamplight Plus removes every advert, opens the whole museum at once, hangs each monthly exhibition, opens the three new rooms and the cuts, prints the pieces, and keeps the lamp lit — with a free first week. Would rather not subscribe? A one-time purchase removes the advert after a painting, for good. No coins, no lives, no tricks. Just paintings. The artworks in Lamplight are in the public domain, served with thanks to Wikimedia Commons and the museums that set their collections free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smilespergallon3019-pixel.github.io/Lamplight/

Screenshots

Match 2!4 screens
Lamplight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Match 2! at none against Lamplight's 3. Match 2! also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Lamplight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Match 2! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Match 2! versus Lamplight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatch 2!Lamplight
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB56 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperVirtual Projects Oyun Yazilim Ve TeknolojiNayaab Wadsariya

In-app purchases

None

Match 2!

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Lamplight

Subscriptions2
  • Lamplight Plus Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Lamplight Plus Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Just the adverts$7.99

Questions

Is Match 2! free?
Match 2! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lamplight free?
Lamplight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Match 2! or Lamplight have ads?
Both Match 2! and Lamplight show ads.

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