Lums vs aa+
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
aa+
A simple puzzle game where players must insert all available needles into a rotating ball without overlap. Test your precision and timing in this engaging challenge.
- Insert needles into a rotating ball
- Avoid overlapping pins
- Precise timing required
- Engaging puzzle gameplay
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There are a certain number of needles in the player's hands and all the needles must be inserted into the rotating ball. Pins that cannot overlap or hit the ball
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: aa+ at Free against Lums's $1.99. aa+ also leads on ratings volume (45 vs 11) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Lums's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On review sentiment, 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
aa+ is free to download; Lums costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lums holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Lums's written reviews are positive against 86% of aa+'s.
| Parameter | Lums | aa+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better | 4.5 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Hrincar | 远腾 李 |
Customer experience
Lums
aa+
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
aa+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lums
No in-app purchases
aa+
No in-app purchases









