Rune Circuit vs Lumen Nodes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Rune Circuit
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Route arcane energy through a hex circuit board. Rotate tiles to connect pipes from Source to Endpoint and discover your own path through each puzzle. Rune Circuit is a minimalist puzzle game with deep progression. Learn simple pipes, then master branching junctions, directional diodes, cascading ice runes, linked toggle twins, portals and cracked runes. Play through 120 levels across eight chapters, then continue into tougher eras. SIMPLE TO LEARN Tap a tile to rotate it. Line up openings between adjacent hexes. Route energy from SRC to END to complete the circuit. EIGHT CHAPTERS TO MASTER First Light: learn the fundamentals. Branching Paths: splitters and junctions open new routes. Tight Quarters: larger boards and locked runes. The Gauntlet: connect two circuits at once. Arcane Runes: navigate one-way diodes and dead ends. Cascades: ice runes and toggle twins turn together. The Deep Circuit: portals carry energy across the board. Fault Lines: cracked runes have only a few turns before they seal. PLAN EVERY TURN A cracked rune spends a dot each time it rotates. Undo restores its orientation, but cannot heal a crack. Free Restart heals the cracks while keeping your move count and the hints and shatters you have used. THE DAILY CIRCUIT A new puzzle for each calendar date, with a weekly mix of mechanics. Thursday brings cracked runes; the weekend brings cascades and portals. Keep your streak alive, earn flux, share your result and track your progress on Game Center leaderboards. Players on the same version and calendar date share the same Daily board. MAKE IT YOURS Unlock four Circuit Themes with earned flux. Use Trace to study a route, Shatter to break a rule, or Streak Freeze to protect your Daily streak. These tools use in-game flux. PLAY AT YOUR PACE Your board is saved after every move. Replay cleared levels on the honeycomb map and chase three stars for efficient solutions. Unlock 30 achievements as your skills grow. NATIVE iPAD PLAY Larger boards and controls adapt to portrait, landscape and resizable iPad windows. Your current puzzle stays with you as the layout changes. No paywalls and no forced ads. Optional rewarded ads offer help and bonus flux. An optional Remove Ads purchase is available.
Lumen Nodes
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LUMEN NODES โ Route the light. A calm light-routing puzzle for iPhone and iPad. Place lumens, aim their beams, and route light across the board until every extractor hums at its exact target. The first few levels gently show you the ropes โ then it's just you and the board. No timers, no pressure. Only the quiet click of a circuit falling into place. โ THREE WAYS TO PLAY โ CAMPAIGN. One hundred levels across four chapters. Complexity grows from the first quiet square to the legendary 16ร16 capstone โ every shape unique, every solution discoverable. DAILY. The same puzzle for everyone, every day. Streaks count. Skip a day and start over. A small ritual at local midnight. INFINITE. Endless rounds, one after another. Game Center leaderboards: all-time, weekly, daily. How far can you push? โ DESIGNED FOR CALM โ โข Plays on iPhone and iPad, with iCloud sync โ start a board on one device and pick it up on another. โข Dozens of visual themes. Cardstock pastels, deep cosmic, animated sakura petals, drifting dust motes, sonar rings over a quiet sea โ pick the one that feels like today. โข 17 achievements. Hidden trophies for the curious. One legendary unlock that nobody talks about. โข Ten languages. English, German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Croatian, Slovenian. โข Plays offline. No account, no login. โข Game Center for achievements and leaderboards. โ FAIR MONETISATION โ Free download. All 100 campaign levels, the daily challenge, and infinite mode are fully playable without paying anything. Light points are earned through play โ every star rating, every daily completion, every infinite round contributes, so you can unlock extras without spending. Optional purchases: โข Ad-Free Bundle โ $2.99, one-time. Removes ads, unlocks all 15 premium themes, and adds one extra life on every level. โข Light Point packs โ optional top-ups if you'd like to unlock themes, cosmetics or undos faster. โ BUILT BY ONE PERSON โ Lumen Nodes is made by an independent developer in Austria. Found a bug? Have an idea? Write directly: support@lumen-nodes.com Privacy Policy: https://lumen-nodes.com/privacy Terms of Use: Apple Standard EULA applies (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) Support: https://lumen-nodes.com/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lumen Nodes at every 2 days against Rune Circuit's every 4 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Rune Circuit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lumen Nodes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rune Circuit ships an update every 4 days, Lumen Nodes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rune Circuit | Lumen Nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Blaisdell | Malik Muric |
In-app purchases
Rune Circuit
- Remove Ads$4.99
Lumen Nodes
- Starter Spark$0.99
- Save Your Streak$0.99
- Bright Pulse$2.99
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- Support the Developer$2.99
- Solar Surge$4.99
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