Lumen vs LOOP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lumen
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Lumen is a calm, beautiful logic puzzle built around a single rule: light the glowing pearls and draw one continuous loop through the grid. White pearls ask the loop to pass straight through. Black pearls ask it to turn. Every puzzle has exactly one elegant solution, and the quiet satisfaction of finding it is the whole point. There is no timer and no pressure. Solve one puzzle on a coffee break, or sink into a long, meditative streak. Lumen is designed to slow your mind down, not speed it up. Features: - A fresh hand-crafted puzzle every day - Hundreds of puzzles across gentle to genuinely tricky - A clean, glowing visual style made to relax - Smart hints when you want a nudge, never forced - Play offline, anywhere, anytime Lumen is free to play. An optional one-time unlock opens the full puzzle library. Terms of Use (EULA): https://policies.superfuturelabs.com/lumen/terms Privacy Policy: https://policies.superfuturelabs.com/lumen/privacy
LOOP
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Connect the dots into a single closed loop, using only the numbers as clues. LOOP is a calm, focused logic puzzle for a quiet moment of your day. New to it? The app coaches you one move at a time, so you can start today. LOOP is a Slitherlink puzzle, also known as Fences or Loopy. Each number tells you how many of that cell's four sides belong to the loop. Follow the numbers and draw one unbroken loop with no branches. ■ WHY YOU'LL LIKE LOOP - Every puzzle has exactly one solution. No ambiguous boards - Easy and Medium can be solved by pure logic, with no guessing - Four levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert - A daily challenge and a streak that grows - A guided how-to walks you through your very first puzzle - Practice mode explains the next move and why it works - Achievements that grow as you play - Undo and redo, pinch to zoom, and drag to draw lines - Stats: puzzles solved, streak, no-hint rate, total play time, and solved / best / average per level - Made for iPhone and iPad, in English and Japanese, with Dark Mode support ■ GREAT FOR - Fans of Slitherlink and other pencil puzzles - Sudoku players looking for their next logic challenge - Anyone who wants a quiet break to focus - Beginners who want to learn the techniques step by step ■ PRIVACY - Puzzles work without an internet connection - No account and no personal information - Your records stay on your device - The app reads public App Store information only to show the developer's other apps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lumen at daily against LOOP's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, 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. Lumen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LOOP sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lumen ships an update daily, LOOP every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Lumen | LOOP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Super, Inc. | torankirite |
In-app purchases
Lumen
- Lumen Pro$4.99
LOOP
- Premium$4.99









