Comparison

Wake vs When Lights Align

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

Head to head
About

Wake

Features
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Swim through a living pond as a beautiful koi fish. Explore lush gardens and venture into dark, dangerous waters to rescue trapped koi and bring them home. As you rescue koi, your school grows — each fish following behind you in a graceful chain. Restore dead ponds back to life with lily pads, reeds, and cherry blossom trees. Avoid snapping turtles lurking in the shadows. Choose from unique koi variants — classic red and white, midnight black, rainbow, cherry blossom pink, and more. Each rescue brings the pond closer to life. Features: - Intuitive one-touch swimming controls - 9 hand-painted koi variants to discover - Procedurally generated pond worlds - Relaxing ambient soundtrack - No ads, no paywalls

About

When Lights Align

Features
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When Lights Align is a narrative-driven atmospheric adventure where you play as a lone firefly drifting through a mysterious, ever-changing natural world. Each space unfolds with its own quiet presence, inviting exploration and a sense of discovery. Use your glow to light your way, communicate, and survive. The environment responds in subtle ways, telling a silent story through light, color, and ambience. Lose yourself in a calm, immersive experience where every movement carries you deeper into the unknown.

Screenshots

Wake3 screens
When Lights Align4 screens

Verdict

The call

Wake and When Lights Align are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Wake versus When Lights Align: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWakeWhen Lights Align
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax NelsonJessica Immanuel

In-app purchases

None

Wake

No in-app purchases

None

When Lights Align

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wake free?
Wake is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is When Lights Align free?
When Lights Align is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wake or When Lights Align have ads?
Neither Wake nor When Lights Align shows ads.

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