Comparison

Eikonal vs Beam It!

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

Head to head
About

Eikonal

Features
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Eikonal is a physics-accurate optical puzzle game. Place and rotate mirrors, prisms, and lenses on a dark canvas, and watch real light rays bend, reflect, and split in real time. There is no submit button โ€” the puzzle recognizes itself as solved the moment your ray field reaches every target. Named after the eikonal equation, the mathematical foundation of geometric optics, the game simulates light the way it actually behaves: angle of incidence equals angle of reflection, white light disperses into red, green, and blue through a prism, and lenses converge and diverge beams along their true paths. 100 PUZZLES ACROSS 5 CHAPTERS โ€ข Reflections โ€” Mirrors. Bounce light to the target. โ€ข Refraction โ€” Prisms. Split white light into its spectrum. โ€ข Convergence โ€” Lenses. Focus and diverge beams. โ€ข Channels โ€” Beam splitters and fiber. Guide multiple paths at once. โ€ข Caustics โ€” Diffraction and curves. The master class. LIGHT THAT FEELS ALIVE Every move updates the entire ray field instantly. Nudge a mirror a degree and the whole scene of light shifts with it. The simulation runs continuously, so solving is a tactile, exploratory act โ€” not a guess-and-check. DESIGNED FOR iPHONE AND iPAD Smooth, responsive ray tracing. Glowing beams against a near-black field. Built for iOS 17 and later, with full iPad support in every orientation. NO NOISE No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No internet required. Just you, the light, and the puzzle. Solve with light.

About

Beam It!

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Bend a beam of light through mirrors, portals and splitters - and watch it travel. Beam It is a light-bending puzzle game. Tap mirrors to turn them, and the light sweeps out of your flashlight, bounces from mirror to mirror, and finds - or misses - every target. Light them all to clear the level. Simple to learn. Tricky to master. Strangely relaxing. HOW IT PLAYS - Tap a mirror to rotate it - The light travels in real time - watch it bounce - Light every target to win - A new mechanic arrives with every stage 5 STAGES, 60 HANDCRAFTED LEVELS 1. FIRST LIGHT - learn the mirrors 2. SPLIT DECISIONS - splitters fork your beam in two 3. STEEL & GLASS - locked steel mirrors you must plan around 4. WORMHOLES - portals teleport the light across the board 5. THE GAUNTLET - everything, everywhere, all at once MADE TO FEEL GOOD - Golden light that sweeps and bounces in real time - Gentle sounds and haptics with every turn - Confetti. Obviously. NO NONSENSE - No account, no sign-up - Works completely offline - Progress saves automatically - quit anytime, pick up exactly where you left off - Portrait or landscape, iPhone and iPad Pick it up for one level. Stay for eleven more. Can you light them all?

Screenshots

Eikonal4 screens
Beam It!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Eikonal at 17.0 against Beam It!'s 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
Eikonal versus Beam It!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEikonalBeam It!
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin HillaboltXYREXSIS

In-app purchases

None

Eikonal

No in-app purchases

None

Beam It!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eikonal free?
Eikonal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beam It! free?
Beam It! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Eikonal or Beam It! have ads?
Neither Eikonal nor Beam It! shows ads.

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