Erwin vs Where Light Remembers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Erwin
Experience a unique 3D sliding puzzle on a cube's six faces. Merge tiles, rotate the cube, and discover quantum effects like superposition and entanglement. Play with friends in multiplayer mode.
- 3D cube sliding puzzle
- Tile merging and scoring
- Quantum effects (superposition, entanglement)
- Cube rotation for multiple faces
- Local multiplayer via Game Center
- Universal app purchase
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Erwin is a sliding puzzle played on the six faces of a cube, a unique 3D experience with spatial audio and holographic depth effects. Swipe to slide and merge tiles, or swipe the background to rotate the cube and work the other sides. Tiles have a value that doubles when they merge, and each merge adds to your score. Play long enough and quantum effects begin to appear: some tiles are in superposition, alternating between two values, some entangled and move together, and some even teleport. Play together with friends via Game Center Multiplayer: take turns on a shared cube, watch each other's moves in real time, and climb the cooperative leaderboard. Universal purchase with Family sharing: pay once, and play Erwin on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with up to six family members. Erwin respects your privacy and your wallet. This is an app I wanted for myself without compromise or dark patterns: pay once and it's yours, on all your devices, with no ads, no nagging in-app purchases, no tracking, no profiling.
Where Light Remembers
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Light does not reveal everything. Sometimes it remembers. Where Light Remembers is an atmospheric puzzle adventure about guiding two connected forces: a lone Traveler and a living orb of light. Move them independently, shape shadows, awaken gates, preserve patterns in memory, bend reflections, and teach forgotten architecture to return. The rules are not delivered as a lecture. Each room lets you observe, try, reset softly, and discover the relationship for yourself. When you need a nudge, the Memory Atlas and three-step room hints help without tracing the full solution. FOUR CYCLES, ONE REMEMBERED WORLD Travel through The Long Night, Echo, Parallax, and The Remembered Sky: 300 authored rooms across 24 distinct locations, with new visual states, musical movements, and puzzle relationships unfolding along the way. DESIGNED AROUND TWO FORCES Use the left side to guide the Traveler and the right side to move the light. A doorway may answer to brightness, shadow, half-light, memory, refraction, or the position of both figures at once. MADE FOR QUIET DISCOVERY - 300 puzzle rooms across four complete cycles - Independent two-touch control - Living shadows, light relays, remembered patterns, refraction, and changing geometry - Optional contextual hints that never reveal a full route - A distinct musical journey for every cycle - No in-game advertising, no in-app purchases, and no account required - Play offline - English and Turkish interface - iPhone and iPad support Every room asks the same quiet question in a different way: What does the light remember?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Where Light Remembers at $0.99 against Erwin's $4.99. Where Light Remembers also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Erwin's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Erwin costs $4.99 and Where Light Remembers $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Erwin ships an update every 8 days, Where Light Remembers every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Erwin | Where Light Remembers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 โ better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days โ better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Tamas Bartal | Can Ozcan |
In-app purchases
Erwin
No in-app purchases
Where Light Remembers
No in-app purchases
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