Comparison

LUMINES REMASTERED vs 168 Pips

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

Head to head
About

LUMINES REMASTERED

Experience an addictive audio-visual puzzle game with block-dropping action and a vibrant soundtrack. Try free modes before unlocking the full experience with a single purchase.

Highlights
  • Audio-visual puzzle gameplay
  • Multiple game modes
  • House, trance, and techno soundtrack
  • Intuitive touch controls or gamepad support
  • Online leaderboards
  • Cloud saves
Features
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY] Try the first 15 levels in Challenge Mode and the full 60-second Time Attack Mode for free, then unlock the full game with a single in-app purchase. LUMINES REMASTERED brings the ultimate audio-visual puzzle phenomenon straight to your fingertips, beautifully marrying sound, light, and puzzle-action into one addictive yet simple game. Immerse yourself at the center of high-energy, block-dropping action while you groove to awesome house, trance, and techno beats. LUMINES REMASTERED is engineered perfectly for mobile. Take control by choosing from multiple intuitive touch layouts or connecting a gamepad for old-school precision. Take Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s critically acclaimed masterpiece with you everywhere and lose yourself in the music. Key Features: - Feel the vibes: 40 stages and a legendary soundtrack of house, trance, and techno beats—from chill to upbeat. Shuffle stages like a music playlist in Skin Edit mode. - Feel the challenge: From the non-stop puzzle fun of Challenge mode to the Time Attack, Puzzle, Mission, VS CPU and a 2P Battle (local only) modes, there's more than enough to sink your teeth into. - Feel the fun: Unlock all the music, stages, and avatars, and climb the ranks to the top of the online leaderboards. Cloud saves keep your progression going. - Feel the music: Grab your favorite pair of headphones and turn on vibration (if offered) on your device to immerse yourself in the experience.

About

168 Pips

This logic puzzle game challenges you to pair adjacent numbers on a board using a complete set of dominoes. It offers daily puzzles, timed challenges, and unlockable content for unlimited gameplay. Enjoy a satisfying deduction experience with customizable aesthetics.

Highlights
  • Domino pairing logic
  • Daily puzzles
  • Timed challenges
  • Unlockable domino skins
  • Customizable felt colors
  • Unlimited puzzle generation
Features
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168 Pips is a logic puzzle built around the complete double-six domino set: all 28 tiles, 168 pips, one solution. Pair adjacent numbers on the board so that every domino appears exactly once. No guessing. Just deduction. Play the free Daily Puzzle, build your streak, chase Best Times, and grow your domino collection one finish at a time. Unlock the full game to generate unlimited puzzles in Easy, Medium, Hard, or Random, replay and share seeded challenges, and spend earned Pips in the Domino Shop on new domino skins and felt colors. Whether you enjoy calm logic, speed-solving, or tackling a fresh puzzle each day, 168 Pips is easy to learn and deeply satisfying to master.

Screenshots

LUMINES REMASTERED4 screens
168 Pips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 168 Pips at 5.0 against LUMINES REMASTERED's 4.6. LUMINES REMASTERED's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. LUMINES REMASTERED sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and 168 Pips sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

168 Pips holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LUMINES REMASTERED has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LUMINES REMASTERED ships an update every 2 weeks, 168 Pips every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LUMINES REMASTERED versus 168 Pips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLUMINES REMASTERED168 Pips
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (56 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size596 MB236 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSound GamesMatthew D Coburn

Customer experience

LUMINES REMASTERED

All ratings54 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral7.4%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive62.8%
Neutral16.3%
Negative20.9%

168 Pips

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LUMINES REMASTERED

One-time2
  • Unlock Full Game$7.99
  • Unlock Full Game$9.99
1 purchases

168 Pips

One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is LUMINES REMASTERED free?
LUMINES REMASTERED is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 168 Pips free?
168 Pips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LUMINES REMASTERED or 168 Pips?
168 Pips is rated higher. LUMINES REMASTERED averages 4.6 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while 168 Pips averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do LUMINES REMASTERED or 168 Pips have ads?
Neither LUMINES REMASTERED nor 168 Pips shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LUMINES REMASTERED or 168 Pips?
LUMINES REMASTERED ships an update every 2 weeks, and 168 Pips every 3 weeks. Most recently, LUMINES REMASTERED was updated on October 25, 2026 and 168 Pips on October 11, 2026.

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