Lums vs Cut Through
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
Cut Through
A simple yet addictive puzzle game where you cut platforms to guide a ball downwards. Achieve higher scores by cutting the platform multiple times before the ball touches it, activating multipliers. Utilize special items to aid your progress and compete with friends.
- Cut platforms to move ball down
- Score multipliers for consecutive cuts
- Special items: parachute, magnet, straight cut
- Earn coins by playing and completing challenges
- Compete with friends via Game Center
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The concept of the game is simple: there is a platform and a ball. The goal is to cut the platform and move the ball down the screen to earn points. Sounds simple but to get bigger scores, you need to cut the platform multiple times before ball touches it again to get bigger multiplier! Cut Through is surprisingly addictive puzzle game. You have also three special items to make playing easier. Parachute slows down the ball, magnet keeps it centered and cut straight cuts the platform with a horizontal line. Special items can be bought with coins which you earn by playing the game and completing challenges! Compete with friends in getting bigger score and submit your high score to Game Center!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cut Through at Free against Lums's $1.99. Cut Through also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Lums's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4).
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Cut Through is free to download; Lums costs $1.99 up front. Cut Through sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Lums asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lums holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. 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.
Lums ships an update every 17 months, Cut Through every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lums | Cut Through |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Hrincar | Jyri Hiltunen |
Customer experience
Lums
Cut Through
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
Cut Through
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lums
No in-app purchases
Cut Through
- Small coin pack$0.99
- mediumCoinPack$1.99
- Large coin pack$2.99
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- Remove ads$6.99









