Comparison

Lanterns Daily vs Tektologic

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

Head to head
About

Lanterns Daily

Engage in daily logic puzzles with a unique, hand-built board that everyone receives. Solve by deduction, with no guessing required. Features a second daily game, mini Sudoku, and a focus on a calm, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Daily logic puzzles
  • Same board for all players
  • No guessing required
  • Mini Sudoku game
  • Streak counter
  • Shareable results
Features
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Five daily logic puzzles in one quiet app. Light the board, build your streak. Lanterns is a daily logic puzzle in the spirit of the Queens family of games — with a warm twist. Every day, everyone gets the same hand-built board. Place a lantern in every row, every column, and every colored region, with one simple rule: no two lanterns may touch, not even diagonally. Too close, and their light washes out. The board starts dark and blank — it's pure deduction from the very first tap. Mark embers where a lantern can't go, and if you're ever stuck, ask for a hint: it reveals the next genuinely deducible move on your board. Never a guess. THE PROMISE: NO GUESSING Every daily puzzle in every game is verified to be solvable by logic alone — a unique solution you can always reason your way to, never guess at. A lot of puzzle games skip this. We don't. If it can't be solved by deduction, it never ships. FIVE DAILY GAMES • Lanterns — one lantern per row, per column, per colored region, and none may touch • Mini Sudoku — a calm 6×6: one of each per row, column and box, in three difficulties • Skyscrapers — a 6×6 skyline: match every view from the edge • Fireflies — a 6×6 meadow: light half the swarm, no three alike in a row • Fuse — a 6×6 burn: one unbroken line through every square, passing the charges in order Each game has its own daily board, its own streak, and its own stats. Jump between them from the games hub. A DAILY RITUAL • One fresh puzzle a day in every game, the same boards for everyone • A solve timer and a streak counter that rewards showing up • A spoiler-free, emoji-grid result you can share — compare times, not solutions • A dark board that illuminates as you solve, with regions that glow when satisfied COMPETE, QUIETLY • A global daily leaderboard for Lanterns — same board for everyone, one honest ranking of solve times • A best-streak leaderboard for every one of the five games, via Game Center • Entirely optional: no sign-in required, ever — leaderboards are there when you want them and invisible when you don't CALM BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No network — your puzzles are generated right on your device, and your streak and history never leave it. Just you, the board, and one good puzzle a day. HOW TO PLAY LANTERNS • Tap a cell to mark an ember ("no lantern here"); tap again to place a lantern; tap once more to clear • One lantern per row, per column, and per colored region • No two lanterns may touch, including diagonally • Light all the regions with no conflicts to win Take a breath. Light the dark.

About

Tektologic

A pure logic puzzle game featuring Suguru and Tectonic grids. It offers a unique deductive challenge with no ads or subscriptions. Enjoy a vast collection of puzzles with customizable themes and fonts, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Suguru & Tectonic logic puzzles
  • Unique deductive gameplay
  • No ads or subscriptions
  • 350+ grids across 7 tiers
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Offline play
Features
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A pure logic game. No ads, no subscription, no connection. Just grids that yield to reasoning. Tektologic is Suguru — also known as Tectonic. ■ THE RULE The grid is cut into irregular blocks of 1 to 5 cells. A block of N cells holds the digits 1 to N, once each. Two neighbouring cells never carry the same digit — and neighbours include diagonals. That's all. There is no row or column constraint: two 1s can share a row, as long as they don't touch. That is what sets Tektologic apart from sudoku. Every grid has one unique solution, reachable by deduction. Never by guessing. ■ WHAT YOU GET → 350 grids across 7 tiers, from Discovery to Legend → An interactive tutorial that teaches the rule by playing → Hints that explain the deduction instead of handing you the answer → Pencil notes, undo, error detection → 9 themes, 6 fonts including OpenDyslexic and Andika → Stats, streaks and Game Center leaderboards ■ BUILT TO BE READ Six fonts to choose from, two designed for dyslexia. Nine themes in light and dark. A colour-blind mode. Everything adjusts. ■ OFFLINE, FOREVER No connection required. No account. No data collected. The first 100 grids are free; a single purchase unlocks the other 250, for life. iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Screenshots

Lanterns Daily4 screens
Tektologic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lanterns Daily at none against Tektologic's 1. Lanterns Daily also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Tektologic's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Tektologic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lanterns Daily asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lanterns Daily holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lanterns Daily's written reviews are positive against 75% of Tektologic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lanterns Daily ships an update every 6 days, Tektologic every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lanterns Daily versus Tektologic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanterns DailyTektologic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better4.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Pricemichael dardol

Customer experience

Lanterns Daily

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tektologic

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lanterns Daily

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tektologic

One-time1
  • Full Access$4.99

Questions

Is Lanterns Daily free?
Lanterns Daily is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tektologic free?
Tektologic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lanterns Daily or Tektologic?
Lanterns Daily is rated higher. Lanterns Daily averages 5.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Tektologic averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do Lanterns Daily or Tektologic have ads?
Neither Lanterns Daily nor Tektologic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lanterns Daily or Tektologic?
Lanterns Daily ships an update every 6 days, and Tektologic every 8 days. Most recently, Lanterns Daily was updated on October 12, 2026 and Tektologic on October 16, 2026.

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