Comparison

Lightkeeper vs Loomwork

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

Head to head
About

Lightkeeper

Features
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The lighthouse has gone dark, and the keeper has forgotten what it looked like. Every picture you solve is a memory it gets back. Lightkeeper is a nonogram — a picture cross puzzle, also called picross, hanjie or a Japanese crossword. The numbers along each row and column tell you how many squares to fill. Work out which ones, and a picture appears. NEVER GUESS All 500 puzzles are checked by a solver before they ship. Each has exactly one answer, and that answer can always be reached by logic alone. If you are stuck, there is something left to work out — not something left to gamble on. A TOWER THAT LIGHTS UP Puzzles are not a list. They are five floors of a lighthouse: the Lamp Room, the Keeper's Door, the Watch Room, the Winding Stair and the Lantern. Finish a floor and its windows come on for good. EVERY PICTURE IS KEPT Solved pictures go to the gallery, where you can look back at the whole collection. A PUZZLE EVERY DAY A new one each morning, the same for everyone, marked off on a calendar. MADE TO BE PLAYED ANYWHERE Plays fully offline. Portrait, one hand, on iPhone and iPad. Light and night themes. Drag to fill, pinch to zoom on the big grids, and cross out settled lines automatically if you want the help. FOR PLAYERS WHO LIKE Nonograms, picross, griddlers, hanjie, pic-a-pix, paint by numbers, logic puzzles, pixel art, and a quiet game to end the day with. Free to play. Optional hints and an ad-free purchase.

About

Loomwork

Solve logic-based picture puzzles with a calm and fair experience. Every puzzle is solvable by logic alone, with no guessing required. Enjoy a beautiful interface with original pixel art and seasonal content.

Highlights
  • Logic-based puzzles with single solutions
  • No ads, lives, or penalty for wrong marks
  • Over 280 original pixel art pictures
  • Seasonal puzzle packs
  • Color nonogram puzzles
  • Intuitive touch controls for large grids
  • Unlimited hints and undo
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Nonograms the way they should feel: calm, fair and beautiful. EVERY PUZZLE CAN BE SOLVED BY LOGIC Fill the grid from the number clues to reveal a hidden picture. Each Loomwork puzzle has exactly one solution, and a solver checks that it can be reached by line logic alone. No guessing, no 50/50s. NO ADS. NO LIVES. NO NAGS. No banners, no videos, no energy to wait out. A wrong mark never costs you anything. Choose Gentle (a wrong mark shows in soft red at once) or Classic (no checking until the grid is complete, as on paper). PICTURES THAT WEAVE INTO CLOTH Over 280 original pixel pictures, from 5×5 up to 40×40 showpieces, among them a Floating World of Japan, from a lucky cat to the Great Wave. Finish a picture and it weaves into its full-colour textile and joins your Loom gallery. SEASONAL PACKS Seasonal packs arrive through the year, each free to everyone in its season. A new picture comes out each day, with time after the last to finish them all. Weave a whole pack in its season and it becomes a keepsake quilt in your Loom. Pictures you start in season stay yours, and Loomwork Plus keeps every seasonal pack open after its season. PUZZLES WITH COLOURED CLUES In the colour packs, each clue number is coloured like its run. Runs of different colours can touch, and runs of the same colour need a gap, so colour becomes part of the logic. Paint with the puzzle's own threads. The free First Colours pack teaches the rules. BIG PUZZLES THAT FEEL GOOD ON A PHONE - Pinch to zoom and drag with two fingers to pan - Drag to fill a run, locked to its row or column - The row and column under your finger are highlighted - A magnifying lens shows the cells under your finger on big grids - The biggest grids open where their clues can be read, with the whole picture one tap away - Clue numbers cross themselves out as you complete runs, and finished lines cross off their empty cells - Lock finished lines if you like, so a stray tap can't change them - Soft, woven sounds and gentle haptics, each with its own switch ON IPAD TOO Play on iPad in any orientation, in Split View beside another app, in Slide Over or in Stage Manager. On a wide screen the grid takes the full height, with your tools beside it. HELP THAT TEACHES Stuck? A hint finds the next deduction and explains it in plain words, for example which cells a long run must cover. Hints and undo are unlimited (puzzles solved with hints are marked as assisted). ENDLESS AND DAILY - Endless: generated puzzles from 10×10 to 50×50, graded Easy to Expert, so there is always another - Each Endless puzzle is a named textile pattern, such as Herringbone, Tartan or Fair Isle, in one colour or in colour - The Sampler: a swatch book with a place for every Endless look at every grade, filled by the first one you weave - A daily puzzle, the same for everyone, with a streak and a calendar of the pictures you've woven - A daily reminder at a time you choose, if you want one (it's off until you turn it on) - A Home Screen and Lock Screen widget with today's puzzle and your streak - iCloud sync keeps your pictures, bests and streak in step across your devices - Times, bests and your solve history in Stats LOOKS THE PART Linen light theme and Indigo Night dark theme, both free, following your phone. Text scales with your system text size. LOOMWORK PLUS (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) Every picture pack and colour pack, every seasonal pack after its season, Endless from 20×20 to 50×50 in one colour and in colour, the Rosewater, Saffron and Graphite themes, your full solve history and the daily archive. The free game includes First Threads, the Garden and Kitchen packs, the First Colours colour pack, each seasonal pack in its season, the daily, Endless up to 15×15 in one colour and in colour, and every control and assist. Loomwork collects no data and works fully offline. iCloud sync keeps your records in your own iCloud account, not with us, and you can turn it off in Settings.

Screenshots

Lightkeeper4 screens
Loomwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Loomwork at weekly against Lightkeeper's every 3 weeks. 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. Lightkeeper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Loomwork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lightkeeper ships an update every 3 weeks, Loomwork weekly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Lightkeeper versus Loomwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightkeeperLoomwork
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMEHMET CANKER (TR)Brendan Pan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lightkeeper

One-time3
  • Full Lights$0.99
  • 25 Hints$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Loomwork

One-time1
  • Loomwork Plus$2.99

Questions

Is Lightkeeper free?
Lightkeeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loomwork free?
Loomwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lightkeeper or Loomwork have ads?
Neither Lightkeeper nor Loomwork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightkeeper or Loomwork?
Lightkeeper ships an update every 3 weeks, and Loomwork weekly. Most recently, Lightkeeper was updated on October 29, 2026 and Loomwork on October 29, 2026.

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