Comparison

Reactor Shift 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

Reactor Shift

A neon arcade puzzle game where players aim energy orbs to break targets and reactor cores. Utilize strategic bounces, special power-ups, and unlockable orb types to clear challenging levels. It offers simple controls with deep strategic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Physics-based aiming with bounce path preview
  • Break targets and reactor cores
  • Utilize bombs, lasers, and freeze modules
  • Unlock new orb types and cannon styles
  • Collect energy cells and timed gifts
  • Replay levels for strategy improvement
Features
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FREE TO PLAY! Shoot, Shoot, Shoot! Reactor Shift is a fast, satisfying reactor-battle game where every shot can trigger a massive chain reaction. Aim your energy volley, break through charged blocks, and watch the arena erupt as balls ricochet through targets, power nodes, and explosive cores. Build longer combos, earn tactical rewards, and use your upgrades at the perfect moment to keep the reaction alive. Features: • Fire multi-ball volleys and create huge chain reactions • Face Leviathan boss encounters every 5 levels • Target boss cores while they move, deploy shields, and call in reinforcements • Unlock powerful tools including Orb, Freeze, Laser, Bomb, Reset, Aim, and Rebound • Activate Rebound Bands to send falling balls back into the arena for extended combos • Earn score multipliers and extra tactical rewards for high-impact volleys • Revive after a loss to gain extra shots and push the reactor field back • Progress from quick early stages to demanding late-game reactor battles • Enjoy neon sci-fi visuals, impact effects, particle bursts, and reactive sound Every level is a new puzzle. Find the angle, choose the right power, and turn one precise shot into a reactor-breaking cascade. Can you survive the shift?

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

Reactor Shift4 screens
Lanterna Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

Reactor Shift and Lanterna Grid are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Reactor Shift versus Lanterna Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReactor ShiftLanterna Grid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size249 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAriadna CamposTal Nir

In-app purchases

None

Reactor Shift

No in-app purchases

None

Lanterna Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reactor Shift free?
Reactor Shift 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 Reactor Shift or Lanterna Grid have ads?
Both Reactor Shift and Lanterna Grid show ads.

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