Comparison

Lums vs Cut Through

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Lums4 screens
Cut Through3 screens

Verdict

The call

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).

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

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Lums versus Cut Through: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumsCut Through
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (11 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 17 months — betterEvery 35 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB20 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVladimir HrincarJyri Hiltunen

Customer experience

Lums

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

Cut Through

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

None

Lums

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Cut Through

One-time4
  • Small coin pack$0.99
  • mediumCoinPack$1.99
  • Large coin pack$2.99
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  • Remove ads$6.99

Questions

Is Lums free?
Lums costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cut Through free?
Cut Through is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lums or Cut Through?
Lums is rated higher. Lums averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Cut Through averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lums or Cut Through have ads?
Cut Through shows ads; Lums does not.
Which is updated more often, Lums or Cut Through?
Lums ships an update every 17 months, and Cut Through every 35 months. Most recently, Lums was updated on October 16, 2026 and Cut Through on October 4, 2026.

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