Comparison

Lantern Bluff vs Ability Roulette

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

Head to head
About

Lantern Bluff

Features
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You can see only two of each lantern's four sides. Deduce its hidden value, read your opponent's intentions, and compete for the best lanterns in this two-player strategy game. ■ Simple rules, deep mind games Six lanterns hide different scores. Use the light and darkness visible from your side—plus one private inspection—to work out which lanterns are worth taking. ■ Claim, steal, or lock Place a marker to claim a lantern, play over your opponent to steal it, or stack your own marker to lock it in. Every small decision can turn the match. ■ Four ways to play - Practice against the CPU - Share one iPhone for a pass-and-play match - Challenge a friend with a room code - Play ranked matches against opponents online ■ Ratings and rankings Raise your rating through online matches and climb the leaderboard. Review your match record anytime. No ads and no in-app purchases. Every mode is free to play.

About

Ability Roulette

Engage in a strategic two-player duel by tracking live rounds and blanks, and utilizing 15 unique ability cards. Outwit your opponent in tense matches with risk-reward mechanics and tactical card combinations. Play solo offline for free or unlock online multiplayer with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Track live rounds and blanks
  • Combine 15 ability cards
  • Risk self-shots for turn continuation
  • Offline solo play
  • Private and public online matchmaking
  • Best of three matches
Features
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Count the live rounds and blanks, combine 15 ability cards, and outthink your rival in a tense duel for two. Aim across the table, or risk a shot at yourself to keep the turn if it is blank. Play complete solo matches offline for free. A one-time Full Game purchase unlocks private online duels with friends and public matchmaking. Online play requires Game Center. No subscription. READ THE CYLINDER Each load reveals the number of live rounds and blanks. The order stays hidden. Track every cartridge that leaves the cylinder and recalculate the odds after each shot. Aim at your rival, or risk a shot at yourself. A blank self-shot keeps your turn. A live round costs one life. USE 15 ABILITIES Check the next or last cartridge, eject one, reshuffle the remainder, raise a guard, or curse the next live round with a chance to misfire. Abilities arrive as cards in your hand. Play as many as you have available before the required shot and combine their effects to shape the turn. WIN THE MATCH Both players begin each round with three lives. Health and cards in your hand carry across reloads within the round. Later rounds bring larger loads and harder decisions. Win two rounds to take the match. Play aboard a night express crossing early 20th century England. • Free offline solo play • Private online duels and public matchmaking • Fifteen abilities with combinable effects • Short best of three matches • Tense, non-gory action • Game text in 20 languages

Screenshots

Lantern Bluff4 screens
Ability Roulette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lantern Bluff at none against Ability Roulette's 1. Ability Roulette's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ability Roulette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lantern Bluff asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lantern Bluff versus Ability Roulette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLantern BluffAbility Roulette
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRyusei OkamotoVEB AUTOMEISHN LLC

In-app purchases

None

Lantern Bluff

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ability Roulette

One-time1
  • Full Game$5.99

Questions

Is Lantern Bluff free?
Lantern Bluff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ability Roulette free?
Ability Roulette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lantern Bluff or Ability Roulette have ads?
Neither Lantern Bluff nor Ability Roulette shows ads.

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