Lux Bellum vs Skiplash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lux Bellum
Experience a retro arcade classic reimagined with advanced fluid dynamics and neon-glowing action. Bend, capture, and launch a plasma ball past opponents using interactive energy streams and a gravity-bending black hole mechanic. Challenge AI or a friend in this fast-paced competitive paddle game.
- Fluid plasma dynamics
- Black hole gravity mechanic
- AI and local PvP modes
- Deep physics customization
- Next-gen graphics with bloom and glow
- Offline multiplayer
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Lux Bellum: Fluid Physics Arcade Game Experience the next evolution of the retro arcade classic! Lux Bellum is a fast-paced competitive paddle game where mesmerizing fluid dynamics meet intense, neon-glowing action. Harness the raw power of plasma to bend, capture, and launch the ball past your opponent in a dazzling display of HD physics. PLAY WITH FLUID PLASMA Your paddle isn't your only weapon. Swirling rivers of interactive neon plasma continuously erupt across the arena. Use these superheated energy streams to push, curve, and accelerate the ball through a living, real-time fluid simulation. UNLEASH THE BLACK HOLE Turn the tide of the match with gravity! Charge your Black Hole mechanic to create a singularity that captures the ball mid-flight. Hold it, let the tactical tension build, and release a devastating, high-speed strike your opponent never saw coming. CHALLENGE THE AI OR PLAY PVP Solo Arcade Mode: Battle an AI opponent that scales from forgiving for beginners to absolutely ludicrous for hardcore players. Local PvP 2-Player: Hand the device to a friend for intense, same-screen competitive duels. The ultimate party game experience! DEEP PHYSICS CUSTOMIZATION Take control of the sandbox. Tweak the plasma force, momentum, neon bloom effects, sunrays, and dozens of deep physics parameters. Make the gameplay entirely your own, then share your custom settings with friends. CORE FEATURES: - Next-Gen Graphics: Real-time GPU fluid simulation with gorgeous bloom, glow, and sunray effects. - Innovative Gameplay: Unique Black Hole capture-and-release gravity mechanics. - Multiple Difficulties: 4 AI levels to test your reflexes. - Offline Multiplayer: Thrilling same-device two-player mode (PvP). - Sandbox Controls: Full physics parameter customization. - Optimized Polish: Breathtaking HD visuals that look gorgeous on any phone or tablet screen size. - Dive into the ultimate neon physics game. Download Lux Bellum today and master the plasma! From Malphobia Games - www.malphobia.com
Skiplash
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One tap. Perfect timing. A stone across still water. Skiplash is a minimalist skipping-stone game about rhythm, restraint, and waiting for your moment. Each tap sends your stone arcing toward the surface. Time it right and it skims. Time it perfectly and it flies. HOW TO PLAY Tap just as the stone grazes the water. Too early, it drops. Too late, it sinks. Land the sweet spot for a perfect skip — and a streak of perfects builds a multiplier worth up to 5×. The further you fly, the rougher the sea becomes. A WORLD THAT TURNS The sky moves through a full day as you play — noon glare, golden hour, dusk, starlight, dawn — and the water, your stone, and every word on screen carry the hour's light. Shooting stars cross the night, and the moon rises in its true phase, waxing and waning through the month as the real one does. Gulls glide by from sunrise to sunset. Schools of fish drift below, and if you watch the deep, a turtle or a shark may cruise past. Time itself persists: it carries between runs, keeps turning while you sit on the menu, and is waiting where you left it tomorrow. Or let the sea keep your hours instead — one setting anchors the whole cycle to your own clock, so opening Skiplash at dusk finds the water at dusk. THE SOUND OF THE WATER Skiplash has no soundtrack. It has a sea — a soft bed of lapping that thickens into wind-blown chop as the waves build, and quiets after dark. Every sound here, the water included, is generated as you play rather than recorded, so calm water and a storm genuinely sound different, not just louder. It steps aside if you're already listening to something, and anything you'd rather not hear can be switched off. WHEN THE DEEP TAKES YOUR STONE A sunk run can be rescued. A little lifebuoy floats your stone back up, a slingshot rises from the ring, waits for a level moment on the swell, and flings you back in — score, skips, and speed intact. Saves come five for $0.99, sync across your devices through iCloud, and work up to three times per run. Entirely optional, never pushed. FEATURES • One-tap control, scales with your precision • Streak multiplier system — 2×, 3×, 4×, and 5× • Up to 25 points on a single flawless skip • Super-skip every 20 skips — a soaring launch with a perfect-landing bonus • A full day-night cycle that persists between sessions — or follows your own clock • A moon in tonight's true phase • An ambient sea that rises and falls with the waves and the hour • A living scene: gulls, fish schools, sea turtles, sharks, shooting stars • Game Center leaderboards — score, distance, and skips • Pause with a countdown resume and a moment of shield after • Auto-pauses for calls and interruptions • Settings for sound effects, the ambient sea, haptics, and the real-time sky • 120 Hz ProMotion on capable iPhones and iPads • Haptics tuned to each skip quality • Automatic light, dark, and tinted icon variants • Remembers your best score, best distance, and most skips • Full iPhone and iPad support CALM, BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No sign-ups. Works offline. Easy on battery. Every sound and vibration can be switched off. One optional purchase — saves — and nothing else for sale. Cast. Skip. Settle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Skiplash at 2 against Lux Bellum's —. On price, in-app purchases 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. Lux Bellum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Skiplash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Lux Bellum | Skiplash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vlad-Sebastian Ionescu | Paul DiSalvo |
In-app purchases
Lux Bellum
- Buy Lux Bellum$3.99
Skiplash
- Five Saves$0.99






