DogRun vs Light Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DogRun
A simple, one-finger control game where players guide a character to run and avoid obstacles. The objective is to navigate through the game by holding to walk and releasing to run, all while dodging bones.
- Simple one-finger controls
- Hold to walk
- Release to run
- Avoid bones obstacle
- Endless gameplay
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Tap to walk, release to run — and dodge the bones! Bring your own dog into the game! Add photos of their body and face to make them your character, then watch them run. Touch a dragonfly or butterfly to enter Invincible Mode. A cute, casual game you can play with just one finger.
Light Up
Jump your way through an endless, dark path, lighting it up as you go. This game features simple controls, dynamic physics, and stylized graphics with unique lighting effects. Compete on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Addictive jumping action
- Endless platform gameplay
- Dynamic physics engine
- Stylized graphic design
- Real-time light effects
- Multiple color themes
- Leaderboard and achievements
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Jump, jump and jump! That's the only way to light up the path and escape from the darkness behind you. How high can you reach? Features: - Easy control with addictive action of jumping; - Endless platform game based on dynamic physics; - Minimal and stylized graphic design with unique real time light effect; - More than 5 different colour themes to play with; - Light weight gaming for any situation; - Leaderboard and Achievements; - Supports iPhoneX;
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light Up at 4.6 against DogRun's 4.0. Light Up also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Light Up holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light Up has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of DogRun's written reviews are positive against 94% of Light Up's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DogRun ships an update every 2 months, Light Up every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DogRun | Light Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 93.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JUN KANAYAMA | YE ZHIXIONG |
Customer experience
DogRun
Light Up
In-app purchases
DogRun
No in-app purchases
Light Up
No in-app purchases
