Comparison

Stack Tile 3D vs Lantern Deep

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

Head to head
About

Stack Tile 3D

A relaxing and addictive puzzle game where players tap columns to stack tiles of the same color. It's easy to learn and perfect for short breaks or passing the time with its satisfying color-sorting challenges.

Highlights
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Addictive puzzle challenges
  • Intuitive controls
  • Satisfying color sorting
  • Passes the time
Features
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Stack Tile 3D is a simple, relaxing, and addictive puzzle game. Need a short break from your busy day? Stack Tile 3D is easy to play, intuitive to understand, and perfect for relaxing or passing the time. Just tap a column and stack tiles of the same color together. The rules are simple, but the game becomes more satisfying as each column comes together. Relax, take your time, and enjoy the colorful puzzle.

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Lantern Deep

Features
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Carry the light. Survive the dark. You are a diver with a lantern, descending an ocean trench while glowing creatures swarm toward the glow. You only steer. Your abilities fire themselves, so both hands are free to dodge. Survive long enough and the trench sends something enormous after you. The first reef dive calls its boss at five minutes, each stage after it holds out a little longer, and from the tenth stage every dive runs the full twelve. WHAT IS DOWN THERE - Sixty dives through six zones, from the Sunlit Reef to the Abyss, each with its own water, light, creatures and music - Over three hundred creatures that chase, shoal, charge, spit, drift, root themselves and explode, including twenty four elites and twelve bosses - Twenty four special creatures that hunt back with skills of their own: anglerfish that reel you in, rays that open whirlpools, urchins that sow mines, eels that fire beams of light - Sixty eight abilities, each with six levels and an evolved form you unlock by pairing it with the right passive - Fifty one items to find in the water, fifty three relics from treasure chests, and twelve passives - Twelve divers, each starting with a weapon of their own EVERY DIVE IS DIFFERENT Each zone keeps its own roster, so a descent shows you around fifty creatures drawn from hundreds. Two mini bosses are picked at random from four, and the dive ends with one of two possible bosses. You carry six abilities and six passives out of eighty, and the water hands you items as you go. BETWEEN DIVES - Pearls buy thirty two permanent upgrades in the workshop - Every stage you clear adds new weapons to the pool, and seventy five quests unlock more abilities and new divers - A codex fills in as you meet creatures, evolve abilities and find relics - Pressure levels and an endless mode once a dive is cleared MADE IN CODE Every creature, every ripple of light and all two hundred and forty one pieces of music, each zone in its own harmony and every boss fight with its own track, are generated by the game as it runs. There is not one image or sound file inside it, which is why the whole thing is five megabytes. HOW IT PLAYS An ad plays between dives, never during one, and Remove Ads turns it off for good. There are no banner ads. When your light goes out you can watch a short ad to carry on from where you fell, or decline and end the dive. Motes unlock divers: every dive earns them, and packs of them are for sale if you would rather not wait. Motes buy no upgrade, no stat and no advantage inside a dive. No accounts, no sign up, and your progress stays on your device.

Screenshots

Stack Tile 3D4 screens
Lantern Deep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stack Tile 3D at none against Lantern Deep's shown. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stack Tile 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lantern Deep sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack Tile 3D ships an update every 6 days, Lantern Deep every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Stack Tile 3D versus Lantern Deep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack Tile 3DLantern Deep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperIK SEONG PARKvuong cuong

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Stack Tile 3D

One-time1
  • No ads$9.99
5 purchases

Lantern Deep

One-time5
  • Pocket of Motes$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Buy Me a Coffee$2.99
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  • Satchel of Motes$4.99
  • Hoard of Motes$9.99

Questions

Is Stack Tile 3D free?
Stack Tile 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lantern Deep free?
Lantern Deep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stack Tile 3D or Lantern Deep have ads?
Lantern Deep shows ads; Stack Tile 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, Stack Tile 3D or Lantern Deep?
Stack Tile 3D ships an update every 6 days, and Lantern Deep every 5 days. Most recently, Stack Tile 3D was updated on October 19, 2026 and Lantern Deep on October 20, 2026.

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