Comparison

Glowmender vs Decant

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

Head to head
About

Glowmender

Features
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Bring Bellhaven back to light, one window at a time. Glowmender is a cozy stained-glass restoration game built around thoughtful rotation puzzles. Tap a pane to turn it, reconnect the light, and watch a forgotten window glow again. RESTORE A TOWN Repair 60 handcrafted windows across seven places, from the Old Library and Coastal Light to the Mountain Observatory. Each finished window returns warmth and color to Bellhaven, and completing a building marks a lasting restoration. SOLVE AT YOUR OWN PACE There are no timers and no lives to lose. Every puzzle is a calm spatial challenge: light every pane, guide the glow to its destination, and leave no leaks around the frame. Use hints when you want a gentle hand. A NEW WINDOW EVERY MORNING Daily Light offers a fresh puzzle each day. Missed days never reset your progress, and there are no leaderboards or streak pressure. KEEP EVERY RESTORATION Visit your collection to revisit restored glass, read its workshop note, and discover the inspiration behind each design. Progress syncs through iCloud when available. FEATURES • Cozy, one-hand-friendly stained-glass puzzles • 60 town windows across seven buildings • 27 Daily Light designs • Deterministic puzzles with no random failure • Optional hints, undo, inspect, and restart tools • Warm original workshop ambience and haptics • iCloud progress sync • VoiceOver-friendly puzzle labels and controls • No ads The Old Library and Daily Light are free to play. A single optional purchase unlocks every remaining building and window forever.

About

Decant

This is a color-sorting puzzle game where players pour liquids into glass vessels to achieve a single color in each. It offers a variety of puzzles, daily challenges, and practice modes with customizable controls and no timers or lives.

Highlights
  • 180 color-sort puzzles
  • Daily ranked challenges
  • Practice puzzle generation
  • Satisfying glass pour animations
  • Customizable controls
  • No timers or lives
Features
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Pour a little color. Make a little order. Decant is a color-sort puzzle with luminous glass bottles and a simple goal: leave each filled bottle with just one color. Tap a bottle, choose a matching color or an empty space, and pour the top group. Two spare bottles give you room to think—not a shortcut to buy. NO ADS. ROOM TO PLAY. - 180 puzzles across four difficulty levels, each checked for a solution. - A fresh, always-free Daily, with the same ranked board and rules for everyone. - Puzzle ladder standings: share your replay-verified clears and see how your best pours rank through any level. - Practice puzzles generated and checked before you play. - Satisfying glass pours—or instant pours when you prefer to skip the animation. - Liquid symbols, a high-contrast palette, and sound, haptic, handedness, and motion controls. - Free restarts. No lives, energy, timers, or extra bottles for sale. Find a solution, then try to make it cleaner. A Perfect clear uses the fewest possible pours. Older archived Daily puzzles may show a Target instead; that is a reference solution, not a promise of the minimum. Ladder standings are optional and separate from the Daily. They include the levels you have unlocked and Pro's unlimited undo, so the ranked Daily stays the contest where everyone plays the same board with the same three undos. START FREE. UNLOCK MORE IF YOU LIKE. The first 30 puzzles, today's Daily, and three practice puzzles per day are free, with three undos per board. The Daily does not count against your practice allowance. A one-time Decant Full Game Unlock opens all 180 puzzles, unlimited practice and undos outside the ranked Daily, the full Daily archive for unranked practice, and advanced records. Or choose the StackForge Play Pass for Pro access across StackForge games and One Good Thing. Prices are shown before purchase. Play Pass subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Today's ranked Daily gives every player the same three undos, whether free or Pro. No ads in either tier. Optional account sync keeps your progress and Play Pass connected. Terms: https://stackforgestudios.com/terms Privacy: https://stackforgestudios.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Glowmender4 screens
Decant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Decant at 15.1 against Glowmender's 18.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Glowmender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Decant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Glowmender versus Decant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlowmenderDecant
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperrociiuStackForge Studios

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Glowmender

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$3.99
3 purchases

Decant

Subscriptions2
  • StackForge Play Pass Monthly$2.991 Month
  • StackForge Play Pass Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Glowmender free?
Glowmender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Decant free?
Decant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glowmender or Decant have ads?
Neither Glowmender nor Decant shows ads.

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