Light Up Akari vs Squircle Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Up Akari
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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.
Squircle Shift
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A tranquil, minimalist spatial phenomenon where out-of-the-box thinking and precise color frame alignments offer total mental clarity. Escape noisy, over-stimulating games and discover true mental calm! Designed for thinkers seeking refined simplicity, this aesthetic puzzle experience invites you to slide rounded squares (squircles) into matching colored frames. While the rules are deceptively easy, solving these handcrafted challenges demands genuine creative intuition and lateral thinking—where a single brilliant move can unlock solutions you've contemplated for days! Enhanced by a subtle visual aesthetic, soothing ambient music, and intuitive one-handed controls, enjoy a peaceful sanctuary featuring 48 initial handcrafted levels, a smooth puzzle previewer, and a powerful undo mechanism.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Light Up Akari at none against Squircle Shift's shown. Squircle Shift's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Light Up Akari | Squircle Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LUKAS ANDREAS NILSEN | Mong Xuan Luong Hoang |
In-app purchases
Light Up Akari
No in-app purchases
Squircle Shift
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Light Up Akari free?
Is Squircle Shift free?
Do Light Up Akari or Squircle Shift have ads?
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