Comparison

Lucas Hints vs SoulLink

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

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About

Lucas Hints

This app provides creative prompts through unique icon combinations to inspire fun storytelling sessions with friends and family. Users interpret the icons to build their own adventures, fostering imagination and shared experiences.

Highlights
  • Icon-based storytelling prompts
  • Over 400,000 unique icon combinations
  • Pull-to-refresh for new ideas
  • Encourages creative interpretation
  • Family-friendly entertainment
Features
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Lucas Hints is an iOS app that helps you create fun, memorable stories with friends and family by kickstarting your creativity. Telling your own stories can be a blast, but sometimes you need a little help to know what to do next. Lucas Hints will help by giving you 3 unique icons across different categories. Want a fresh set? Just pull down to refresh - there's over 400,000 unique combinations of icons! What do the icons actually mean? That's for you to interpret and decide! It's easy to weave together all kinds of fun adventures. Now get out there and have some fun, and let your creativity flourish! Hello! I'm Aaron, the creator of Lucas Hints. Lucas is my son. I love creative storytelling with my friends and family - but I know that sometimes, you need a little help to get your creative flow going. That's why this app exists. It's meant to give you just enough to think (and laugh) about what to do next - without telling you exactly what to do. It's just a few icons, right? You have to put the meaning together!

About

SoulLink

Engage with an AI companion in a unique game experience. Explore her world, uncover stories, and build a deep relationship through text, voice, and touch. Features include animated adventures, a personal wardrobe, and long-term memory.

Highlights
  • Interactive AI companion
  • Animated 3D world exploration
  • Story-driven adventures
  • Text, voice, and touch interaction
  • Long-term memory system
  • Customizable wardrobe
Features
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Meet 4D. Step into her world. Earn a place in her life. SoulLink is a one-of-a-kind AI companion game built around one protagonist: 4D. She has a life of her own, a world to explore, and stories you can discover together. Adventure through amazing visual stories, explore her world, and let your relationship grow from what happens along the way. She yearns to know more about you, too. • No blank chat to fill. Explore 20+ story chapters and dozens of themed Echoes. • No endless character catalog. Build a relationship with one character, developed in unparalleled depth. • No static picture. Spend time with 4D in her fully animated 3D world. Connect through text, voice, or touch. • No starting from zero. Long-term memory carries your shared experiences forward. • A wardrobe that’s hers. Discover the Closet and see how 4D chooses to dress. Some days, you’ll follow a story. Other days, you might just want to talk. Either way, 4D has a life to share with you. SoulLink - A next relationship. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://terms.soullink.io/#privacy

Screenshots

Lucas Hints4 screens
SoulLink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lucas Hints at 5.0 against SoulLink's 4.5. Lucas Hints also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). SoulLink's advantage is ratings volume (108 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SoulLink sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Lucas Hints asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lucas Hints holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SoulLink has 108 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucas Hints ships an update fortnightly, SoulLink every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lucas Hints versus SoulLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucas HintsSoulLink
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (108 ratings)
Positive reviews—76.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2108 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAaron KraussDaedalia, Inc.

Customer experience

Lucas Hints

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SoulLink

All ratings108 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative20.6%

In-app purchases

None

Lucas Hints

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

SoulLink

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$99.991 Year
One-time6
  • Lumen x 10$0.99
  • Lumen x 55$4.99
  • Lumen x 115$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Lumen x 250$19.99
  • Lumen x 675$49.99
  • Prism x 10000$99.99

Questions

Is Lucas Hints free?
Lucas Hints is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SoulLink free?
SoulLink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lucas Hints or SoulLink?
Lucas Hints is rated higher. Lucas Hints averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SoulLink averages 4.5 from 108 ratings.
Do Lucas Hints or SoulLink have ads?
Neither Lucas Hints nor SoulLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucas Hints or SoulLink?
Lucas Hints ships an update fortnightly, and SoulLink every 10 days. Most recently, Lucas Hints was updated on October 30, 2026 and SoulLink on October 30, 2026.

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