Comparison

Pixel Bay vs Lantern Ronin

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Bay

Explore vibrant pixel-art ocean destinations, discover marine life, and collect artifacts. Restore a damaged logbook and build your own underwater aquarium with found species. This is a relaxing adventure focused on observation and collection.

Highlights
  • Explore six real ocean destinations
  • Discover and collect marine life
  • Recover research artifacts
  • Build and decorate an aquarium
  • Pixel-art 3D underwater scenes
  • Device save and iCloud sync
Features
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Become the newest nature observer at Pixel Bay and help restore the water-damaged Tide Log. Travel across a pixel-art world map to six real ocean destinations: the Great Barrier Reef, Maldives, Raja Ampat, Darwin Island, the Red Sea, and Palau. Each dive pairs a short field briefing with a focused mission, from locating red coral to following a jellyfish through a strong current. EXPLORE AT YOUR OWN PACE Choose any destination, study the local habitat, and return safely before your oxygen runs out. DISCOVER AND COLLECT Encounter distinctive marine life, recover keepsakes and research artifacts, and build a record of every find. BUILD YOUR OCEAN HOME Arrange treasures in your collection room. Add discovered species to your aquarium, feed them, interact with them, and decorate their habitat. A QUIET PIXEL-ART ADVENTURE Enjoy colorful 3D underwater scenes, concise story moments, and a collection-driven journey about observation rather than conquest. Progress is saved on your device and synced with iCloud when available. No account is required.

About

Lantern Ronin

Engage in a swift, one-thumb parry duel against waves of enemies on a moonlit bridge. Master precise timing to cut down foes, build combos, and survive increasingly challenging nights. Unlock new characters and enjoy an offline experience with optional ads.

Highlights
  • One-tap parry controls
  • Combo-based scoring
  • Fast-paced duels (1-2 minutes)
  • Varied enemy types and attack patterns
  • Daily challenges and leaderboards
  • Unlockable pixel art characters
  • Offline play
Features
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A lone ronin. A moonlit bridge. Everyone who crosses it has come for you. Lantern Ronin is a one-thumb parry duel. Enemies walk in from the left and the right and telegraph their strike. Tap that side at the right moment to parry and cut them down. Tap early and you swing at nothing. Tap late and a lantern flame goes out. Three flames, then the night ends. IT PLAYS IN SECONDS - One tap per side. No virtual sticks, no menus mid-fight. - Perfect parries build combos and multiply your score. - Runs last one to two minutes. Perfect for a quick round. IT STAYS DEEP - Footmen rush. Spearmen reach from further away. Shadows feint before they strike. Brutes take two parries. - Every ten cuts brings a darker night: faster strikes, more pressure from both sides. - Daily Duel: the same enemies in the same order for everyone, once a day. Beat your friends' scores on the leaderboard and send them a challenge. MAKE THE RONIN YOURS - Earn coins with every cut and every perfect parry. - Unlock ten hand-pixelled ronin: Indigo, Crimson, Jade, Ash, Gold, Violet, Snow, Ember, Sakura and Oni. HONEST AND LIGHT - Plays offline. Progress saves on your device. - Free. Optional ads only: watch one to relight your lantern or double your coins. - No account, no login, no permissions beyond the basics. Hand-drawn pixel art, original music and sound, haptic parries. Built by a small studio that wanted a fighting game you can play while the kettle boils. How long can you hold the bridge?

Screenshots

Pixel Bay4 screens
Lantern Ronin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Bay at none against Lantern Ronin's shown. Pixel Bay also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Lantern Ronin's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixel Bay against 5.0 for Lantern Ronin. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixel Bay versus Lantern Ronin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel BayLantern Ronin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size519 MB6 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer志跃 王THE RISE COLLECTION

Customer experience

Pixel Bay

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lantern Ronin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixel Bay

No in-app purchases

None

Lantern Ronin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Bay free?
Pixel Bay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lantern Ronin free?
Lantern Ronin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Bay or Lantern Ronin?
Pixel Bay and Lantern Ronin are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pixel Bay or Lantern Ronin have ads?
Lantern Ronin shows ads; Pixel Bay does not.

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