Where Light Remembers vs Doodle, Please!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Where Light Remembers
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Light does not reveal everything. Sometimes it remembers. Where Light Remembers is an atmospheric puzzle adventure about guiding two connected forces: a lone Traveler and a living orb of light. Move them independently, shape shadows, awaken gates, preserve patterns in memory, bend reflections, and teach forgotten architecture to return. The rules are not delivered as a lecture. Each room lets you observe, try, reset softly, and discover the relationship for yourself. When you need a nudge, the Memory Atlas and three-step room hints help without tracing the full solution. FOUR CYCLES, ONE REMEMBERED WORLD Travel through The Long Night, Echo, Parallax, and The Remembered Sky: 300 authored rooms across 24 distinct locations, with new visual states, musical movements, and puzzle relationships unfolding along the way. DESIGNED AROUND TWO FORCES Use the left side to guide the Traveler and the right side to move the light. A doorway may answer to brightness, shadow, half-light, memory, refraction, or the position of both figures at once. MADE FOR QUIET DISCOVERY - 300 puzzle rooms across four complete cycles - Independent two-touch control - Living shadows, light relays, remembered patterns, refraction, and changing geometry - Optional contextual hints that never reveal a full route - A distinct musical journey for every cycle - No in-game advertising, no in-app purchases, and no account required - Play offline - English and Turkish interface - iPhone and iPad support Every room asks the same quiet question in a different way: What does the light remember?
Doodle, Please!
Draw your way through physics-based puzzles. Use your sketches to create bridges, levers, and other mechanisms to guide a hero to the finish line across various themed islands and levels. Experiment with weight, balance, and motion to solve challenges.
- Draw to create physics objects
- Solve 90 levels across 6 islands
- Utilize weight, balance, and motion
- Handmade art style
- Multi-language support
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One sketch can change the whole mechanism. In Doodle, Please!, your drawings become part of a physics puzzle. Draw a bridge, hang a weight from a rope or find a support for a lever. Help a little doodle hero reach the green flag. DRAW, WATCH, TRY AGAIN Lines become bridges and ropes. Closed shapes become stones. Combine your sketches with the level's mechanisms, watch what happens and refine your idea. PUT PHYSICS TO WORK Use weight, balance and motion. Send carts down slopes, load counterweights, compress springs and guide falling stones. One mechanism helps set the next in motion: finding the right order is part of the puzzle. SIX ISLANDS, 90 LEVELS Start with simple bridges in Doodle Academy. Journey through a river canyon, above the clouds, into crystal grottos, through a paper grove and out to the dunes. Familiar parts form more demanding combinations as you progress. A WORLD ON NOTEBOOK PAPER Pencil hatching, paper waves, mountains and trees give each island its own character. The handmade scenery leaves room for the most important part: your idea. PLAY THE FIRST SIX FOR FREE The first 6 levels are free. One full-game purchase provides access to the remaining 84 levels. Levels and islands open in order as you progress. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE Choose English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian or Simplified Chinese in Settings. Sketch an idea. See where it takes you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Doodle, Please! at Free against Where Light Remembers's $0.99. Doodle, Please! also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Where Light Remembers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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
Doodle, Please! is free to download; Where Light Remembers costs $0.99 up front. Doodle, Please! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Where Light Remembers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Where Light Remembers ships an update every 2 weeks, Doodle, Please! weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Where Light Remembers | Doodle, Please! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 420 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Can Ozcan | IVAN ONOPRIENKO |
In-app purchases
Where Light Remembers
No in-app purchases
Doodle, Please!
- Full Game$8.99
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