Comparison

Star Battle vs Lanterna Grid

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

Head to head
About

Star Battle

Engage in a calming logic puzzle where you place stars on a grid. Follow simple rules to ensure no two stars touch, and each row, column, and region has the correct number of stars. Offers hundreds of puzzles with varying difficulty levels for a mentally stimulating experience.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles
  • Five difficulty tiers
  • Daily Puzzle with streak tracking
  • Auto-mark and error highlighting
  • Light and dark themes
  • Offline play
  • Detailed statistics
Features
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Star Battle (also known as Two Not Touch) is a calm, elegant logic puzzle. Place stars on the grid so that every row, every column, and every outlined region holds the right number of stars — and no two stars ever touch, not even diagonally. Simple rules, deep logic. Every puzzle has one solution you can reach with pure reasoning — no guessing required. FEATURES - Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles - Five difficulty tiers, from Easy to Master - A fresh Daily Puzzle with streak tracking - Tap to place a star, long-press to mark a dot - Auto-mark, error highlighting, and undo to help you think - Light and dark themes with a relaxing animated starfield - 50 languages and full offline play - Detailed statistics: best times, averages, and solve streaks Whether you have five minutes or a full hour, Star Battle is the perfect way to unwind and sharpen your mind. Download now and start solving.

About

Lanterna Grid

Features
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Lanterna Grid is a quiet logic puzzle about light. Every grid is split into coloured regions. Place one lantern in each region so that no two lanterns share a row or a column - and no two ever touch, not even at a corner. That is the whole game. There is nothing to learn beyond those four rules, and everything to work out. No guessing, ever. Every puzzle has exactly one solution and every solution can be reached by pure deduction. Each one is verified twice before it ships: once by an exhaustive solver, and once by the same reasoning engine that writes the hints. - A new daily puzzle every day, the same grid for everyone - 112 puzzles across six packs, from gentle 5x5 grids to nine-by-nine at its meanest - Hints that teach - each one names the deduction you could have made, and why - One free hint every day - Timer, stars and best times for anyone who wants the pressure, ignorable for anyone who does not - Plays completely offline - Dark and light themes, region labels for colour-blind players, haptics you can turn off No accounts. No sign-in. No subscriptions or in-app purchases. Your progress stays on your device. Lanterna Grid is free and supported by ads. They stay out of the way: never on the board, never during a puzzle, and a short one only between puzzles.

Screenshots

Star Battle4 screens
Lanterna Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Star Battle at none against Lanterna Grid's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Star Battle versus Lanterna Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar BattleLanterna Grid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlper Sumer GucTal Nir

In-app purchases

None

Star Battle

No in-app purchases

None

Lanterna Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Star Battle free?
Star Battle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lanterna Grid free?
Lanterna Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Star Battle or Lanterna Grid have ads?
Lanterna Grid shows ads; Star Battle does not.

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