Comparison

Beam Battle vs Lantern & Lode

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

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About

Beam Battle

Features
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Place. Power. Conquer. Build your ultimate board and crush your opponent's tower in fast-paced tactical battles that demand both strategy and snap decisions. HOW TO PLAY Each battle is a race of wits. During the Shop Phase, buy and arrange powerful pins on your grid โ€” merge matching pins to level them up, or reroll for something better. When the fight begins, a surge of energy beams through your board, charging every pin in its path. Turrets fire, soldiers march, and explosive effects detonate โ€” all from the board you built in seconds. First tower to fall loses. Outsmart your opponent. PINS FOR EVERY STRATEGY Choose from a growing roster of pins and build the perfect loadout: - Unit Pins โ€” Deploy melee brawlers, ranged attackers, speedy scouts, and explosive bombers - Turret Pins โ€” Deal direct damage with gun turrets, rockets, frost blasts, and poison clouds - Path Pins โ€” Route the beam exactly where you want it for maximum efficiency - Special Pins โ€” Generate coins mid-battle or transform into surprise units Merge pins up to Level 4 to unlock their full destructive potential. QUICK ROUNDS. DEEP STRATEGY. Every match is a puzzle. With only seconds to shop and place, fast thinking beats slow planning. Master the beam โ€” how energy flows through your grid determines everything. FEATURES - Fast tactical battles: rounds resolve in seconds - 10+ unique pin types - Merge system: combine matching pins to level up - Dynamic beam routing through path pins - Compete across multiple arenas - Climb the rating ladder against increasingly tough opponents - Unlock new pins, earn daily rewards, and progress through the Battle Pass BUILD YOUR BOARD. CHARGE THE BEAM. WIN.

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Lantern & Lode

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Gather a crew of miners and take them down into the depths of Lantern & Lode โ€” a pixel-art idle mining game of deep caverns, heavy hauls and monstrous bosses. Break the rock, fill the bunker, haul the ore and go deeper. Frozen depths, fungal hollows, drowned halls: every place below hides new stone, new finds and a guardian waiting at the bottom. Beat the boss before the clock runs out โ€” or come back stronger. GATHER YOUR CREW Summon miners, each with a face, a name and a trade. Choose who goes down, rest the tired, and hunt for the rare ones who never tire. DIG, HAUL, GO DEEPER Tap to strike, let the crew swing, and keep the bunker from overflowing. Clear the quota, ride the lift down and meet what waits below. LIFE UNDERGROUND Cook in the Kitchen's great cauldron, send the winch into the Abyss, cast Wishing Coals on the brazier, crack open loot chests โ€” and look into the strange rooms hidden between the floors. THE MINE NEVER SLEEPS Your crew keeps working while you are away. Come back to the shift report and collect the haul. Hand-drawn pixel art, warm lantern light and a mine with a long memory. Light your lantern. Grab your pickaxe. See what waits deeper.

Screenshots

Beam Battle4 screens
Lantern & Lode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beam Battle at none against Lantern & Lode's 10. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Lantern & Lode sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Beam Battle asks for nothing beyond the download.

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Beam Battle versus Lantern & Lode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeam BattleLantern & Lode
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Daily
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size256 MB307 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSvyatoslav FedorivFURYLION LLC FZ

In-app purchases

None

Beam Battle

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Lantern & Lode

One-time10
  • Handful of Coals$1.99
  • Few Powder Kegs$2.99
  • Bucket of Coals$4.99
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  • Last Foreman Pack$4.99
  • Stack of Powder Kegs$9.99
  • Bin of Coals$9.99
  • No Ads$14.99
  • Store of Powder Kegs$19.99
  • Seam Lantern$19.99
  • Cart of Crystals$49.99

Questions

Is Beam Battle free?
Beam Battle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lantern & Lode free?
Lantern & Lode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beam Battle or Lantern & Lode have ads?
Both Beam Battle and Lantern & Lode show ads.

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