Comparison

Lights Out Arcade vs Lights Out Infinity

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

Head to head
About

Lights Out Arcade

Test your logic and strategy in this classic puzzle game. Tap lights to toggle them and their neighbors, aiming to turn off all lights with the fewest moves. Features multiple difficulty levels and a smart hint system.

Highlights
  • Classic 5x5 grid gameplay
  • Smart hint system
  • Timer and move counter
  • Personal statistics and high scores
  • Satisfying haptic feedback
  • Four difficulty levels
Features
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Turn off the lights and test your logic skills in this beautifully crafted puzzle game. Lights Out is the timeless brain teaser where every tap matters. Touch a light to toggle it and its neighbours - but be careful, each move changes the board in unexpected ways. Your goal: switch off every light using the fewest moves possible. FOUR DIFFICULTY LEVELS - Practice: Learn the ropes with unlimited hints - Easy: 10 hints to guide your strategy - Medium: 5 hints for a balanced challenge - Hard: No hints - pure puzzle solving FEATURES - Classic 5x5 grid gameplay - Smart hint system powered by mathematical algorithms - Timer and move counter to track your efficiency - Personal statistics and high scores - Satisfying haptic feedback - Clean, arcade-inspired design Whether you have five minutes or fifty, Lights Out offers the perfect mental workout. Simple to learn, endlessly challenging to master. From ArcadeGeek LTD - bringing classic games to modern devices.

About

Lights Out Infinity

Features
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Lights Out Infinity — a modern remake of the 1995 handheld classic, built for iOS. Tap a light and its four neighbours flip with it. Turn every light off. One rule to learn, three hundred puzzles to master. WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL Every level carries a proven minimum. Not an estimate — a number checked by a solver that searched every valid solution, so matching it means you played that board perfectly. The hint always lies on an optimal path, and the stars measure how close you came. 300 HAND-BUILT LEVELS 150 classic and 150 hexagonal, from 5×5 grids up to 7×7, and from small hex boards to large. Symmetric patterns throughout — no random layouts. Up to 3 stars per level. HEXAGON MODE Six neighbours instead of four. The same rule produces strategies that simply do not exist in the square game, and no other Lights Out app has it. INFINITY MODE Pick a grid from 5×5 to 10×10 and a difficulty, look the board over before you start, and reroll until you like it. Every board is solvable, and its target move count is exact. DAILY CHALLENGE One puzzle a day, the same for every player worldwide. Track your run on a constellation calendar and compete on the Game Center leaderboard. 8 VISUAL THEMES Four free — Classic, Cosmic, Ocean and Monochrome. Four premium — Midnight, Aura, Amber and Moss. Monochrome is free on purpose: it is the most readable of the eight, and readability is not for sale. SMART HINT SYSTEM Stuck? The hint ring breathes over the cell to press, and it always sits on an optimal path. Three free hints per level. NEW TO LIGHTS OUT? A short tutorial teaches the rule inside a real board — three sentences, three moves, nothing to read through first. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver throughout. Every colour on every board measured against contrast thresholds. Full iPad layout. Seven languages, switchable inside the app. GAME CENTER 2 leaderboards and 16 achievements with custom artwork. PREMIUM PACK — ONE PURCHASE, FOREVER Hexagon levels 51–150, Infinity grids up to 10×10, unlimited hints and 4 premium themes. Family Sharing enabled. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. Works offline. Just puzzles.

Screenshots

Lights Out Arcade4 screens
Lights Out Infinity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lights Out Infinity at none against Lights Out Arcade's shown. Lights Out Arcade's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lights Out Arcade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lights Out Infinity sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lights Out Arcade ships an update daily, Lights Out Infinity every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lights Out Arcade versus Lights Out Infinity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLights Out ArcadeLights Out Infinity
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArcadeGeek LTDRoman Melnychok

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lights Out Arcade

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Lights Out Infinity

One-time1
  • Premium Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Lights Out Arcade free?
Lights Out Arcade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lights Out Infinity free?
Lights Out Infinity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lights Out Arcade or Lights Out Infinity have ads?
Lights Out Arcade shows ads; Lights Out Infinity does not.
Which is updated more often, Lights Out Arcade or Lights Out Infinity?
Lights Out Arcade ships an update daily, and Lights Out Infinity every 5 months. Most recently, Lights Out Arcade was updated on October 12, 2026 and Lights Out Infinity on October 14, 2026.

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