Comparison

lightoggle vs Grindcrawl

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

Head to head
About

lightoggle

Features
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Lightoggle is a one-handed endless runner where every touch is a life-or-death decision. ================================ # Two Simple Controls ================================ - Hold the screen -> turn ON the flashlight - Release -> turn it OFF - Double-tap -> throw a bomb Just two inputs. But mistime either one by a second, and you're gone. ================================ # Three Hazards, Three Answers ================================ [ Ghost ] A violet specter that materializes in darkness. Shine your light on it, and it dissolves. [ Light Thorn ] A spike that becomes lethal under your light. Turn the light off and slip past in silence. [ Floor Spike ] Touch it and die. Spend battery to blow it apart with a bomb. ================================ # Run Through Five Zones ================================ - Dark Cave (0m+) - Cursed Grove (300m+) - Ember Hall (700m+) - Void Gate (1200m+) - Abyss (2000m+) The farther you go, the faster and tighter it gets. ================================ # Battery Is Everything ================================ Light drains it. Bombs consume it. You can't just keep the light on -- or off. Read the next move before it reads you. ================================ # Game Center Support ================================ - Global leaderboards for Best Score and Best Distance - 17 achievements to chase ================================ # Built for Quick Play ================================ - Portrait, full one-handed support - Japanese / English interface - Optional one-time purchase to remove ads Train your fingers to read the light.

About

Grindcrawl

Features
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Your hero fights, levels up, and collects gear on their own. You just check in. Grindcrawl is a retro pixel-art idle hack-and-slash RPG. Dive floor by floor, chase Rare and Epic gear, and reincarnate to go even deeper. HANDS-OFF BATTLES • Your hero fights monsters automatically and earns EXP and gear. No tapping needed. • Your adventure keeps going while the app is closed. Collect your rewards the next time you open it (up to a time limit, which you can extend). • Assign level-up points by hand, or let them be assigned automatically at a ratio you choose. DIVE DEEPER • Defeat five monsters to reach the next floor. Each new floor band brings tougher monsters and stronger gear. • Rare and Epic monsters are tough. With too little Defense, they may get away. • Past floor 300, a second area opens up with new monsters and new gear. GEAR THAT ROLLS ITS OWN STATS • Weapons, armor, and accessories come in three rarities: Normal, Rare, and Epic. • Every drop rolls its own stats, and higher rarities get more bonus slots. • Switch to Auto equip mode, and Rare and Epic gear stronger than what you have is equipped as soon as it drops. Or stay in Manual mode and choose for yourself. • Polish Epic gear with Shards of Brilliance to reroll its slots. Lock the slots you want to keep. • Equip two or more pieces of the same rarity (Rare or Epic) from the same floor band for an all-stat set bonus. COLLECT IT ALL • Defeat the same monster again and again to earn its Monster Medals, from Bronze to Platinum. Medals raise the chance of a gear drop when that monster appears as a Rare or Epic. • Donate gear to the Equipment Museum to fill its displays. Complete a Species Set for a big all-stat bonus. REINCARNATE AND GO FURTHER • The deeper you reach, the more Reincarnation Points you earn. • Spend them on permanent Attack, Defense, and Luck, more inventory slots, and a longer offline reward limit. Your gear, medals, and museum stay with you. MORE • Available in English and Japanese. • Get a notification when your offline rewards reach their limit. A few minutes here and there is all it takes. Check in, see how far your hero got, and close the app.

Screenshots

lightoggle4 screens
Grindcrawl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grindcrawl at none against lightoggle's 1. lightoggle's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. lightoggle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grindcrawl asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

lightoggle ships an update every 2 days, Grindcrawl weekly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
lightoggle versus Grindcrawl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlightoggleGrindcrawl
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB12 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperSHOTA OHTSUKAArbor Lab. App

In-app purchases

1 purchases

lightoggle

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Grindcrawl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is lightoggle free?
lightoggle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grindcrawl free?
Grindcrawl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do lightoggle or Grindcrawl have ads?
Both lightoggle and Grindcrawl show ads.
Which is updated more often, lightoggle or Grindcrawl?
lightoggle ships an update every 2 days, and Grindcrawl weekly. Most recently, lightoggle was updated on October 15, 2026 and Grindcrawl on October 15, 2026.

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