Comparison

Lums vs Math 99

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

Head to head
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

About

Math 99

This app offers a fun and progressive way for children and adults to master multiplication tables and other basic math operations. It challenges your brain with timed equations and helps improve reaction speed and mathematical skills. Play offline, anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Learn time tables progressively
  • Timed math equation challenges
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Randomized number generation
  • Improves reaction speed
  • Offline play
Features
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It's a cool math app for children, school kids or adults that will help you to learn the time tables in an easy and progressive way. Take on the challenge and test your brain and mathematic abilities. For a given time to answer each equation. -COMPLETELY FREE. -No network required. You can make word anywhere -It starts very easy but gets challenging quickly -Quick reflex training -Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division -Fully randomized number -Faster reaction speed -Easy to use -Brain exercise -It improves mathematical skills -Share your score using GameCenter Your feedback is important to us. We will continue to improve the game in line with your requests. The attention of the application, memory, develops fine motor skills, it is fun and interesting! Multiplying is easy now! HAVE FUN!

Screenshots

Lums4 screens
Math 993 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Math 99 at Free against Lums's $1.99. Math 99 also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Lums's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Math 99 is free to download; Lums costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lums holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lums ships an update every 17 months, Math 99 every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lums versus Math 99: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumsMath 99
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (11 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 14 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB65 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVladimir HrincarARDEVTEK YAZILIM

Customer experience

Lums

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

Math 99

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

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

Math 99

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lums

No in-app purchases

None

Math 99

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lums free?
Lums costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Math 99 free?
Math 99 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lums or Math 99?
Lums is rated higher. Lums averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Math 99 averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Lums or Math 99 have ads?
Neither Lums nor Math 99 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lums or Math 99?
Lums ships an update every 17 months, and Math 99 every 14 months. Most recently, Lums was updated on October 16, 2026 and Math 99 on October 4, 2026.

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