Blek vs Lyxo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blek
This is a minimalist puzzle game that challenges your imagination. Draw a line that collects all colored circles while avoiding obstacles. Discover elegant solutions and enjoy a magical experience as your creations come to life.
- Draw and animate lines
- Collect colored circles
- Avoid black holes
- Multiple solutions per level
- Elegant and intuitive design
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Blek is a unique game about imagination and personality. Everything you draw keeps moving – and watching your creations move is like watching magic. The goal is simple: shape a line that collects all colored circles avoiding black holes on its route. There are no specific moves that you need to master. To every level countless solutions exist, from delightfully simple to exceptionally deep and complex, yet always elegant. ----- Articles & Commentaries ----- "The Most Brilliant iPad Game I've Played All Year." ~ Kotaku "One of the greatest joys of Blek is experimenting with your approach." ~ WIRED "It’s the sort of game you’d want to put on a space probe: when the aliens play it, they’ll take a liking to us right away." ~ The New Yorker "Wonderful experience" ~ Pocket Gamer "Blek is a thing of elegant, intuitive beauty" ~ Edge "One of the year’s best" ~ The New York Times ----- Awards ----- • Apple Design Award • Best Mobile Game - Casual Connect, Amsterdam • Excellence in Innovation - International Mobile Gaming Awards • Best Game - Content Award Vienna"
Lyxo
Explore a world of light and shadow by manipulating rays of light. Solve puzzles by illuminating targets, mixing colors, and avoiding obstacles across 87 unique levels. Experience innovative gameplay with striking visuals.
- Manipulate light rays
- Mix colors
- Avoid obstacles
- 87 handcrafted levels
- Innovative game mechanics
- Clean, minimalistic design
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Lyxo will take you on a journey to the fascinating world of light. Use rays of light to explore the darkness, avoid obstacles, create new sources of light, mix colors and thus make your targets light up. 87 levels lead you through breathtaking worlds of color, light and shadow and surprise with extraordinary puzzles and solutions. Features: - Innovative new game mechanics - 87 handcrafted levels - A wide range of exhilarating, engaging, and diverse obstacles - Striking, beautiful, clean visuals - Minimalistic with a deep, Bauhaus-inspired design www.lyxogame.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blek at 4.5 against Lyxo's 4.1. Blek also leads on ratings volume (812 vs 33) and chart position (#17 vs unranked). Lyxo's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 73%) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Blek costs $4.99 and Lyxo $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blek holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blek has 812 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Blek's written reviews are positive against 83% of Lyxo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Blek ships an update every 4 months, Lyxo every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blek | Lyxo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (812 ratings) — better | 4.1 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews | 82.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 812 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #17 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kunabi brother GmbH | Tobias Sturn |
Customer experience
Blek
Lyxo
Bugs and requests
Blek
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to save screenshots
- Compatibility issues on larger screens
- Line disappears randomly during gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels and content
- Implement a level select or skip option
- Add sound/music controls
- Improve UI and controls
Lyxo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blek
No in-app purchases
Lyxo
No in-app purchases
