Leadlight vs AreaNest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 100 uniquely solvable puzzles
- Progressive difficulty
- Four evolving visual themes
- Tap or drag controls
- Undo and hint options
- Haptics and sound effects
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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
AreaNest
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Divide the board into rectangles so that each number matches the area of its region. The basic rules are simple to learn. But in AreaNest, that’s only the beginning. As you progress, new gimmicks appear—Pivots, mystery “?” cells with hidden numbers, special cells that change how areas are counted, and more. A strategy that worked on the last stage may not work on the next. Observe the board. Think it through. Find the breakthrough. AreaNest is a logic puzzle where every stage adds a new twist to the rules you thought you knew. 【Features of AreaNest】 ・Simple rules that are easy to learn and quick to play ・A growing variety of gimmicks as you progress ・From approachable puzzles to challenging stages that demand careful thought ・Hints to help you when you get stuck ・Plenty of stages spread across a variety of worlds “It can only go here.” That satisfying moment when everything suddenly clicks. Simple rules, combined with gimmicks that twist your expectations. Take on a new kind of area logic puzzle with AreaNest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Leadlight at none against AreaNest's 8. AreaNest's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. AreaNest sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Leadlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Leadlight against 5.0 for AreaNest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Leadlight ships an update every 3 weeks, AreaNest daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leadlight | AreaNest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Strongware LLC | Daisuke Minobe |
In-app purchases
Leadlight
No in-app purchases
AreaNest
- World NAGOYA$1.99
- World TOKYO$1.99
- World OSAKA$1.99
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- World OKINAWA$1.99
- World MERCURY$2.99
- World VENUS$2.99
- World EARTH$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.99









