Tessel vs Prisma Light Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tessel
A vibrant tile-placement puzzle game where players match colored tiles to form shapes and score points. Offers various game modes, customizable rules, and a creative pattern-drawing tool for endless tiling possibilities.
- Tile placement with matching colors
- Create shapes for higher scores
- Multiple game modes (square, pattern)
- Customizable game settings
- Pattern drawing tool
- Wide range of tiling patterns
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Tessel is a colorful tile placement game. Place tiles with matching colors to make shapes and fill the board. The larger the shape, the higher the points. Features: • Play an easy square game, or choose a more challenging pattern. • Customize your game settings to change the rules. • Create your own tiling patterns in the drawing tool. Choose from a wide range of tiling patterns to form endlessly varied tesselations: • Square • Triangular • Rhombille • Cairo pentagonal • Hexagonal • Deltoidal-trihexagonal • Penrose P3 • Snub square • Ammann-Beenker
Prisma Light Shift
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Turn mirrors, guide light and make every crystal shine. Prisma Light Shift is a calm logic puzzle. Every emitter sends out a beam of light, and mirrors turn it by 90 degrees. Set all mirrors first, then send the light – the fewer shots you need, the more crystals you earn. - 300 levels in 25 chapters, each one checked to be solvable - Turn mirrors, get around walls, guide several lights at once - Prisms split white light into teal, coral and gold – coloured crystals only shine in their own colour - Rotating emitters: you decide which way the light starts - Lenses blend colours into violet, magenta or back to white - No timer, no violence – play at your own pace - Short lessons introduce every new element; the guide is always in the settings - Hints with 3 free credits every day, or a video ad - Game Center leaderboards, progress saved to iCloud - In English and German, for iPhone Prisma Light Shift is free and contains ads (Google AdMob). You can change your ad privacy choices at any time under Settings → Ads & purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tessel at none against Prisma Light Shift's 1. Tessel also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Prisma Light Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tessel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tessel ships an update every 5 days, Prisma Light Shift weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tessel | Prisma Light Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gijs van Tulder | Arkadius Biernat |
In-app purchases
Tessel
No in-app purchases
Prisma Light Shift
- No ads$8.99
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