Lantern vs Pumu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Lantern
Navigate treacherous platforms, collect flames, and keep your lantern burning in this action platformer. Unlock new character skins and lantern colors as you progress through challenging levels and dynamic environments. Discover a secret bonus stage upon completing all levels.
- Skillful platforming gameplay
- Collect flames to progress
- Unlock character skins and lantern colors
- Navigate treacherous traps and obstacles
- Explore dynamic environments
- Access secret bonus stage
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Step into the thrilling world of Lantern, the ultimate action platformer that blends skillful gameplay with stunning visuals. Your mission: complete all the levels by collecting flames as you navigate treacherous platforms filled with traps and obstacles. Core Features Gameplay: Run, jump, and dodge traps while keeping your lantern burning. Collect and Customize: Unlock exciting character skins and lanterns in various colors with collected flames. Secret Level Limbo: Finish all levels to access this mysterious bonus stage. Challenging Obstacles: Master timing and precision as you face moving platforms, spikes. Dynamic Environments: Explore a variety of beautifully designed worlds, each with its own atmosphere and challenges
Pumu
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A squishy little creature, Pumu, is sleeping inside your phone. Wake it and you lose โ soothe it into deep sleep and you win. ยท A pass-the-phone party game for playing together in one room. ยท Shake too hard and it stirs; hold too still and it can't settle โ find the just-right soothing (a band that drifts every round). ยท Fully offline. The mic is used only to measure ambient loudness โ never recorded or transmitted. Zero data collection. ยท No account, no ads, free. Softly, softly. Good night.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pumu at none against Lantern's 4. Pumu also leads on ads (none vs shown). Lantern's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Lantern sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pumu asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lantern ships an update weekly, Pumu monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lantern | Pumu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Weekly โ better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iqbal kpekpassi fofana | KIYOSHI YAHIRO |
In-app purchases
Lantern
- coin_500$0.99
- coin_3000$3.99
- coin_10000$8.99
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- coin_50000$29.99
Pumu
No in-app purchases









