Comparison

Lightbot vs Prime Flow

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

Head to head
About

Lightbot

This game teaches programming logic through engaging puzzles. Players guide a robot using commands to solve levels, fostering an understanding of procedures, loops, and conditionals. It's an excellent introduction to coding for kids and puzzle enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Programming logic puzzles
  • Robot guidance with commands
  • Teaches procedures, loops, conditionals
  • 50 levels and 20 challenge stars
  • Multiplayer progress tracking
  • Multiple language support
Features
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Featured by Apple in over 100 countries *Best New Apps and Games* *Best for Learning to Code* *Best in Hot Educational Games* Get kids hooked on coding within minutes! Lightbot is a programming puzzle game- a game whose game mechanics require using programming logic to solve levels. Simply guiding a robot to light up tiles and solve levels using commands, Lightbot cultivates a real understanding of procedures, loops, and conditionals. Educators around the world are choosing to use Lightbot first when introducing their students to programming, coding and Computer Science. Lightbot features 50 levels and 20 challenge stars to collect and is a must-have for puzzle enthusiasts. This version of Lightbot can be played in English, French, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Norwegian, Slovenian, Romanian, Indonesian, German, Polish, Danish, Croatian, Dutch, Slovak, Czech, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Thai, Hindi, Swedish, Finnish and Hungarian! Just hit the associated flag icon on the main screen to select a language. Lightbot features multiple save slots and separate progress tracking for multiple players. Multiple players can advance at their own pace in their own save slot, and also compete on number of levels finished, number of stars collected and number of overall commands used to complete the game. There are NO in-app purchases in Lightbot.

About

Prime Flow

Explore the fascinating world of prime numbers through a minimalist puzzle game. Learn number theory through engaging gameplay, discovering patterns and unlocking lore. Designed for calm concentration and a playful approach to mathematical concepts.

Highlights
  • Explore prime patterns
  • Learn through experimentation
  • Unlock progression and lore
  • Track accomplishments
  • Clean interface for concentration
Features
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Prime Flow is a minimalist puzzle game built around one of the strangest structures in mathematics: prime numbers. Play by testing, predicting, and navigating prime patterns as the game teaches you to see number theory—through motion, rhythm, and discovery. What you can do • Explore prime patterns through fast, focused play • Learn by experimentation (no worksheets, no lectures) • Unlock progression and “Prime Lore” as you advance • Track accomplishments through achievements and milestones • Enjoy a clean interface designed for calm concentration Who it’s for • puzzle players who like logic and pattern recognition • students and teachers who want a playful way into primes • anyone who finds beauty in numbers Prime Flow doesn’t try to make math “easy.” It tries to make it fun.

Screenshots

Lightbot4 screens
Prime Flow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lightbot at 4.5 against Prime Flow's 4.0. Lightbot also leads on ratings volume (38 vs 1) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 26.1). Prime Flow's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On 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

Lightbot costs $2.99 and Prime Flow $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lightbot holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightbot has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Lightbot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Prime Flow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lightbot versus Prime Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightbotPrime Flow
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.5 (38 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews84.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB194 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpriteBox LLCBen Bedard

Customer experience

Lightbot

All ratings38 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive84.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.2%

Prime Flow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lightbot

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes on open/startup
  • App crashes during gameplay/levels
  • Conditional level 2 bug
  • Play button covers code in Conditional level
  • Not loading due to iOS version
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  • English levels not working on iPod 4th gen
  • Crashing on 4th gen iPod/iPad

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels
  • Puzzle editor/user-created levels
  • Hint system
  • Ability to listen to music while playing
  • Unlockable content/robot customization
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  • More reward for completing challenges
  • More levels to reinforce concepts
  • Solutions page

Prime Flow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lightbot

No in-app purchases

None

Prime Flow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightbot free?
Lightbot costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prime Flow free?
Prime Flow costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lightbot or Prime Flow?
Lightbot is rated higher. Lightbot averages 4.5 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Prime Flow averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lightbot or Prime Flow have ads?
Neither Lightbot nor Prime Flow shows ads.

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