Lanterns vs Smash Bricks!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lanterns
A logic puzzle game where you place lanterns to illuminate every tile on the board. Solve over 10,000 unique puzzles with a daily challenge and a cozy, ad-free experience.
- Logic deduction puzzles
- Over 10,000 unique rooms
- Daily timed challenges
- No countdown in campaign mode
- Optional in-app purchases
- Ad-free experience
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Light every tile and bring a hidden world back to life. Lanterns is Akari, also called Light Up: a puzzle of pure deduction. Place lanterns so every open tile glows. Numbered walls tell you how many lanterns must touch them. Light stops at walls, and no two lanterns may shine on each other. Meet Pip, your lantern-moth companion, and explore over 10,000 puzzle rooms across 834 floors. Restore chapter landmarks as you progress, and take a break with Firefly Flight at chapter restorations. Campaign puzzles have no countdown. Take your time, mark your plans, use free Undo, and follow Why explanations on the board. Your unfinished campaign puzzle stays ready when you return. The Daily challenge brings one timed puzzle each local date: ninety seconds, one attempt, no hints or revives. Keep your daily streak going and look back on your results. See a score out of 100 after each campaign win, celebrate your personal best, and choose lantern styles as you make the world brighter. If you enjoy Nonogram, Picross, Sudoku, Hashi or Nurikabe, try a different kind of logic puzzle. Each board is generated and checked for a unique solution. Lanterns is free to download, with optional in-app purchases. Campaign entry tickets recover over time. Between-level ads may appear after the introductory levels; a one-time purchase removes forced ads permanently. Rewarded videos remain optional. No sign-in is required to play. Akari (Light Up) is Nikoli's puzzle form.
Smash Bricks!
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Take your best shot and watch colorful shapes break apart piece by piece. Your goal is simple: clear every piece before you run out of moves! Choose your shots carefully, find the best angles, and make every ball count. Each level brings a new shape and a fresh puzzle to solve. It may look easy at first, but clearing the whole board with limited moves will put your aim and strategy to the test. HOW TO PLAY • Aim and shoot the ball • Hit the blocks to break them apart • Use your moves wisely • Clear every piece to complete the level • Discover new shapes and challenges as you progress Easy to learn, satisfying to play, and packed with colorful destruction. Can you demolish them all before your moves run out? Ready, aim, smash!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smash Bricks! at none against Lanterns's 4. Lanterns's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Lanterns sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Smash Bricks! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lanterns ships an update daily, Smash Bricks! every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Lanterns | Smash Bricks! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 10X Ventures LLC | Dogukan Kopuz |
In-app purchases
Lanterns
- Pouch of Embers$1.99
- The Gilded Lantern$2.99
- Satchel of Embers$4.99
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- Chest of Embers$9.99
Smash Bricks!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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