Comparison

Brain Sip vs Light Up Akari

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

Head to head
About

Brain Sip

Features
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Brain Sip is your daily ritual of sharp, beautiful puzzles — one fresh challenge every day, designed to wake up your brain in just a few minutes. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY Every morning a single official puzzle goes live for everyone. Solve it fast, solve it clean, and see how you stack up. The format rotates by the day, so you never quite know what's waiting for you. NINE PUZZLE FORMATS, ONE HABIT • Sudoku — the classic, beautifully rendered • Binaris 1001 puzzles — fill the grid with 0s and 1s • Number Path — trace a single winding route through the board • Logic Grid — deduce the order with futoshiki clues • Waaier — a curved-fan Latin square with a no-touch twist • Unspool — slither tangled threads off the board, one move at a time • Memory Flash, Kuadra and Bounce Shot — fast, playful tests of focus and timing KEEP YOUR STREAK ALIVE Play every day to build your streak. Miss a day? A monthly streak freeze has your back. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Create private leagues, invite friends with a code, and battle for the top of your own daily leaderboard. A friendly nudge keeps everyone honest. SHARE YOUR RESULT Every solve becomes a clean, spoiler-free result card — share your time and streak without giving the answer away. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS A full history grid, per-format strengths, badges and a weekly tournament show exactly how your brain is getting sharper. PRACTICE ANYTIME Not feeling the daily? Dive into practice packs and play any format at the difficulty you choose. Designed to be honest, calm and quietly competitive. No clutter, no noise — just one good puzzle a day.

About

Light Up Akari

Features
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Light Up, also known as Akari, is a logic puzzle about lighting the board. You place bulbs that shine down their whole row and column until a wall blocks them, and your goal is to illuminate every white cell. Two bulbs can never see each other, and every numbered wall has to be satisfied exactly. Features: • Tap a cell to place or remove a bulb • Drag across cells to mark them empty with an X, no mode switching • Light rays spread across the board with a warm glow • Bulbs that see each other flash red right away • Numbered wall clues turn green once they're satisfied • Undo any move with a single tap • Three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard • Pick up right where you left off • Stats and best times for every difficulty • Plays fully offline A bright, rewarding puzzle that's all about careful deduction. If you enjoy Sudoku, Minesweeper, or grid logic, Light Up is easy to fall into.

Screenshots

Brain Sip4 screens
Light Up Akari3 screens

Verdict

The call

Brain Sip and Light Up Akari are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Brain Sip versus Light Up Akari: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain SipLight Up Akari
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMJK APPS SRLLUKAS ANDREAS NILSEN

In-app purchases

None

Brain Sip

No in-app purchases

None

Light Up Akari

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brain Sip free?
Brain Sip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Light Up Akari free?
Light Up Akari is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brain Sip or Light Up Akari have ads?
Neither Brain Sip nor Light Up Akari shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brain Sip or Light Up Akari?
Brain Sip ships an update every 6 weeks, and Light Up Akari every 6 weeks. Most recently, Brain Sip was updated on October 25, 2026 and Light Up Akari on October 28, 2026.

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