Comparison

Quiet Lights vs Untangle by Ocular Braid

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

Head to head
About

Quiet Lights

Features
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Quiet Lights is a calm logic puzzle. Light up every room. Place lamps on the grid and each one shines down its row and column until a wall blocks it. The board is solved when every white square is lit — with no lamp shining on another, and every numbered wall surrounded by exactly that many lamps. There is always one logical solution, and you never have to guess. Tap a square to place a lamp, tap again to mark a square you know stays dark, and follow the deductions until the whole grid glows. Four board sizes, from a compact 6×6 to a roomy 9×9. Four difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert — chosen independently of size, so you can take an easy 9×9 to unwind or a hard 6×6 to be tested. Play the Daily puzzle — one shared board each day, the same for everyone — or roll unlimited boards in Practice. Fifteen languages. Five themes — Light, Dark, Paper, Dusk, and a colour-blind-friendly Accessible palette with clear marks, so the grid stays readable for every kind of vision. Soft ambient music and gentle haptics, each with a one-tap mute right on the Home screen — no settings dive needed. An optional daily reminder nudges you back at the time you choose. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. Your progress and stats live on this device only.

About

Untangle by Ocular Braid

A serene puzzle game where you untangle lines on a board by carefully choosing the order of their removal. Offers multiple difficulty levels and a calming aesthetic with original music. Play offline without accounts or ads.

Highlights
  • Line untangling gameplay
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Calming original music
  • Offline play
  • No ads or analytics
  • Themed worlds and line skins
Features
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Untangle is a comfortable puzzle game about clearing a tangled board one line at a time. Tap a line and its head leads the way off the edge, the rest following the path the head takes. Send every line off without crossing a line that is still there. That is the whole rule. The levels get denser, and the order you choose is the puzzle. Three difficulties: Easy, Relaxed, and Hard, each with 3,000 levels. Relaxed is the default. Hard keeps your best times on your device, so the only person you are measured against is you. Fourteen themes, four of them free from first launch. A theme refreshes the palette and the art. Skins are a smaller change: swap the look of the lines, keep the theme. Twenty-five original tracks play on a shuffle. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, and it plays offline. Untangle collects nothing about you. A missed exit costs a heart, hearts come back on their own while you are away, and Unlimited Lives is available as a pass that does not renew or as a subscription, if you would rather not wait. Adjustable cell size, separate music and effects volume, a reduce-audio setting, and haptics you can switch off. Made for iPhone and iPad, by Ocular Braid. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Unlimited Lives subscriptions are US$3.99 for one month, US$9.99 for three months, or US$19.99 for one year. Unlimited Lives passes are one-time purchases that do not renew: US$0.99 for 24 hours, US$1.99 for one week, US$2.99 for two weeks. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically for the same period at the same price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.ocularbraid.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.ocularbraid.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Quiet Lights4 screens
Untangle by Ocular Braid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quiet Lights at none against Untangle by Ocular Braid's 10. Quiet Lights also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). 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. Untangle by Ocular Braid sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Quiet Lights asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quiet Lights ships an update every 3 days, Untangle by Ocular Braid fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Quiet Lights versus Untangle by Ocular Braid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuiet LightsUntangle by Ocular Braid
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB286 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaurent ChouinardOcular Braid

In-app purchases

None

Quiet Lights

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Untangle by Ocular Braid

One-time10
  • Skin Pack — Sweet Treats$1.99
  • Skin Pack — Night Sky$1.99
  • Theme Pack — Christmas$2.99
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  • Theme Pack — Hanukkah$2.99
  • Theme Pack — Lunar New Year$2.99
  • Theme Pack — Candy$2.99
  • Theme Pack — Linen$2.99
  • Skin Packs (Sweet and Night packs)$2.99
  • 3 Theme Bundle 1$5.99
  • Mega Theme Bundle 1$17.99

Questions

Is Quiet Lights free?
Quiet Lights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Untangle by Ocular Braid free?
Untangle by Ocular Braid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quiet Lights or Untangle by Ocular Braid have ads?
Neither Quiet Lights nor Untangle by Ocular Braid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quiet Lights or Untangle by Ocular Braid?
Quiet Lights ships an update every 3 days, and Untangle by Ocular Braid fortnightly. Most recently, Quiet Lights was updated on November 13, 2026 and Untangle by Ocular Braid on November 13, 2026.

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