Comparison

SkyDrift vs Lumenfall

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

Head to head
About

SkyDrift

Experience a unique game where you launch a hot air balloon and let real-world wind currents guide your journey across the globe. Explore destinations, collect artifacts, and track your flights in a peaceful, background-friendly experience.

Highlights
  • Drift across live, real-world wind patterns
  • Launch from anywhere to anywhere on Earth
  • Build a hangar of unique balloons
  • Track flights in a detailed logbook
  • Collect achievements and find artifacts
  • Quiet, background-friendly gameplay
Features
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All wind, no engines. Skydrift is a quiet little game of the air. You launch a hot air balloon from where you actually stand, pick a destination anywhere on Earth (a friend's hometown, a peak you've always wanted to see, the other side of the world) and let real world wind carry you there. There's no throttle. There's no boost button. Just you, your balloon, and the weather that's happening right now. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Drift across live, real world wind patterns • Launch from anywhere on Earth to anywhere on Earth • Build a hangar of balloons, each with their own character • Earn points for distance, coins for the shop • Track every flight in your logbook with routes, reroutes, and the long way around • Collect achievements as you drift further • Launch from anywhere on Earth to anywhere on Earth • Build a hangar of balloons, each with their own character • Earn points for distance, coins for the shop • Earn points for distance, coins for the shop • Earn points for distance, coins for the shop • Track every flight in your logbook with routes, reroutes, and the long way around • Collect achievements as you drift further • Find artifacts. Curious things picked up along the way. QUIET BY DESIGN Skydrift is built to live in the background of your day. Set a course on the bus. Check the wind at lunch. Touch down before bed. No grinding, no shouting notifications, no fake urgency. Just the small, satisfying pleasure of watching weather move you somewhere. WITH FRIENDS, OR ALONE Compare logbooks, share a destination, or keep your skies entirely your own. There's no PvP, no leaderboards screaming at you. Just shared appreciation for the long way around. Come drift.

About

Lumenfall

Embark on an epic 2D side-scrolling adventure in a world of floating islands. Master real-time combat with combos and ultimates, explore diverse environments, and team up with friends to defeat colossal bosses. Choose from multiple classes, each with unique skill trees and abilities, and customize your hero's growth.

Highlights
  • 2D side-scrolling action MMORPG
  • Real-time combat with combos and ultimates
  • Multiple character classes with unique skill trees
  • Party up for dungeons and raids
  • Explore a world of floating islands
  • Guilds, trading, and player vs. player arena
  • Controller support
Features
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A star fell over the sea of clouds. Where its light landed, islands grew. Now something is devouring the light, and the sky needs heroes. Lumenfall is a 2D side-scrolling action MMORPG made for your phone. Fight in real time with combos, dodges and screen-shaking ultimates, explore a world of floating islands with friends, and take down bosses the size of the screen. CHOOSE YOUR CLASS Every hero starts as a Wanderer. At level 10 you pick a class, at 30 you choose one of its two paths for good, and you advance again at 60 and 100. • Lightblade: knights of morning light. The Sunguard shields the party, the Dragoon leaps on bosses from above. • Starweaver: scholars who drop the sky on their foes. Rain meteors as an Astral Sage or fight up close as a Star Monk. • Windstrider: archers of the high wind with a triple jump and a glide. Hunt beside a hawk as a Skywarden or line up one huge crossbow shot as a Marksman. • Moonshade: assassins of the lunar court, with a shadow that repeats your strikes. Stay close as a Reaper or weave through the fight as a Dancer. • Thornwarden: wardens of thorn, root and beast. Keep the party alive as a Wildheart or swing a briar scythe as a Harbinger. Each job has its own skill tree, and many attacks let you choose an effect like Stun, Freeze or Burn. REAL ACTION COMBAT • Fast combos, impact frames and a combo counter that rewards every hit. • Freeze a pack, then shatter it. Stun, bind and burn your way to a boss's BREAK bar, and hit harder while it's broken. • Every class builds its own gauge in battle and spends it on ultimates. PARTY UP AND RAID • Every land ends in a boss. Solo it once you outlevel it, or bring friends. • Raids are a step up: giant colossi, a time limit and lives the whole party shares. • Find a group fast with the party finder, then clear dungeons and lairs together. A WORLD ABOVE THE CLOUDS • Travel from sunny meadows and coral gardens to frozen peaks, glass dunes and a lantern-lit harbour town. • Ride griffons, star whales and moths across the sky, with pets that run out and grab your loot. • Collect legendary souls and call them into battle. • Relax with cloud fishing between fights. GROW YOUR HERO YOUR WAY • Spend your stat points yourself or let AUTO do it. • Forge your gear, reveal hidden potential and chase the perfect roll. • Auto-Hunt keeps the fight going when you need a break. PLAY TOGETHER • Join a guild, trade face to face and shop the market. • Test your build against other players in the Lumen Arena. • Climb the realm's rankings and show off your look. • Seasonal events change the whole world, like Hallowtide's Halloween skies and the Pumpkin King. MADE FOR PHONES Lumenfall is built for landscape play on iPhone and iPad, with thumb-friendly controls, a clean combat HUD and controller support. Join the community on Discord, and find out more at lumenfall.gg.

Screenshots

SkyDrift4 screens
Lumenfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SkyDrift at none against Lumenfall's shown. SkyDrift also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 7). Lumenfall's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. SkyDrift sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Lumenfall sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for SkyDrift against 4.9 for Lumenfall. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of SkyDrift's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lumenfall's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SkyDrift versus Lumenfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkyDriftLumenfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (30 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better7
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB308 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFreeze Tag, Inc.Ogen Cohen

Customer experience

SkyDrift

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Lumenfall

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

SkyDrift

One-time10
  • Lapis Mariner$0.99
  • Emerald Voyager$1.99
  • 1,500 Coins$2.99
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  • Phoenix Ascendant$4.99
  • 4,000 Coins$6.99
  • Aurora Mythos$7.99
  • 10,000 Coins$9.99
  • Celestial Index$9.99
  • 25,000 Coins$19.99
  • 75,000 Coins$49.99
10 purchases

Lumenfall

One-time10
  • 60 Starshards$0.99
  • Wanderer's Starter Pack$2.99
  • Rising Star Pack$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Skyward Pack$4.99
  • Starlight Blessing$4.99
  • 300 Starshards$4.99
  • Lumen Pass: Premium Track$9.99
  • Grand Blessing$14.99
  • 980 Starshards$14.99
  • 1980 Starshards$29.99

Questions

Is SkyDrift free?
SkyDrift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lumenfall free?
Lumenfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SkyDrift or Lumenfall?
Lumenfall is rated higher. SkyDrift averages 4.8 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Lumenfall averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do SkyDrift or Lumenfall have ads?
Lumenfall shows ads; SkyDrift does not.
Which is updated more often, SkyDrift or Lumenfall?
SkyDrift ships an update weekly, and Lumenfall weekly. Most recently, SkyDrift was updated on November 10, 2026 and Lumenfall on November 6, 2026.

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