Lums vs PageBreak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
PageBreak
Experience a unique twist on a classic puzzle game where blocks descend from all four directions. Strategically rotate and drop pieces to clear the board and advance through increasingly challenging levels. Unlock helpful features with a single in-app purchase.
- Blocks from 4 directions
- Tap to rotate
- Hold to drop
- Clear board to complete levels
- No ads
- One-time in-app purchase for level checkpoints
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PageBreak is an innovative take on Tetris, with blocks coming in from 4 directions. What level can you reach? - Tap to rotate, hold to drop. - Clear board to complete each level. - No ads. - One-time in app purchase unlocks level checkpoints.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PageBreak at Free against Lums's $1.99. PageBreak also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Lums's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On rating, update cadence, 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
PageBreak is free to download; Lums costs $1.99 up front. PageBreak sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lums asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Lums against 5.0 for PageBreak. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lums has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Lums's written reviews are positive against 100% of PageBreak's.
Lums ships an update every 17 months, PageBreak every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lums | PageBreak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Hrincar | Games by Mee AB |
Customer experience
Lums
PageBreak
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
PageBreak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lums
No in-app purchases
PageBreak
- Premium$2.99
