Comparison

Leadlight vs must be one

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

Head to head
About

Leadlight

A serene logic puzzle game where players connect numbered dots to complete intricate patterns. With 100 unique challenges and no time limits, it offers a relaxing yet engaging experience. Enjoy evolving visual themes and satisfying gameplay.

Highlights
  • 100 uniquely solvable puzzles
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Four evolving visual themes
  • Tap or drag controls
  • Undo and hint options
  • Haptics and sound effects
Features
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Leadlight is a calm, luminous logic game about joining islands with bridges. Every island shows a number: exactly how many bridges it needs. Draw them one at a time, never let two bridges cross, and the board settles into a single connected pattern, like light coming through leaded glass. Every level is verified to have exactly one solution, so there is always a way through by reasoning alone. Nothing is random, and nothing is guesswork. - Luminous themes to unlock, including Prism Garden, Tidal Archive, Ember Causeway, Moonlit Relay and Solar Foundry - Hints for when a board stops making sense - Plays entirely offline

About

must be one

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must be one is a number puzzle built on a single rule — the one in its name. A grid of numbers. Four operators. Combine neighboring tiles with arithmetic and collapse the whole board down to a single 1. That's the entire game: all becomes one. It reads as obvious for about three moves. Then it doesn't. - One rule, no filler — no twenty-minute tutorial, no menus to dig through. You understand it in seconds and spend the rest of your time actually thinking. - Always solvable — every stage is generated so that a solution is guaranteed to exist before you ever see it. If you're stuck, that's on you, not the board. - A climb that keeps widening — early stages stay in single digits; later ones open the range up and the arithmetic gets meaner. - Free, and quick to pick up. One stage on the train; look up an hour later. From office-canard — a one-person studio making small, system-first games. If this one gets its hooks in, there are more small games where it came from.

Screenshots

Leadlight4 screens
must be one4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: must be one at 15.6 against Leadlight's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leadlight ships an update every 3 weeks, must be one every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Leadlight versus must be one: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeadlightmust be one
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStrongware LLCoffice-canard games

In-app purchases

None

Leadlight

No in-app purchases

None

must be one

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leadlight free?
Leadlight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is must be one free?
must be one is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Leadlight or must be one have ads?
Both Leadlight and must be one show ads.
Which is updated more often, Leadlight or must be one?
Leadlight ships an update every 3 weeks, and must be one every 5 weeks. Most recently, Leadlight was updated on November 13, 2026 and must be one on October 31, 2026.

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