Aexels vs Lumino
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aexels
Explore a newly discovered universe and compare its features to our own. This app aims to continuously expand knowledge and understanding of this new world over time.
- Universe exploration
- Discover similarities and differences
- Expand knowledge
- Continuous updates
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A universe is discovered ...Universe X Come along as we explore this new universe and discover the similarities and differences it has with our own. There are things we know for certain about Universe X; there are things we can speculate about and there are many things yet to be discovered. Hopefully, over the life time of this app we will be able to continually increase our knowledge and understanding of this new world.
Lumino
Explore a metaphorical labyrinth of language, collecting words to craft unique poems. Shake your device to arrange words into verses and find the hidden word "infinity" to escape.
- Collect words by tapping
- Compose poetry by shaking device
- Explore a labyrinthine space
- Discover hidden words
- Create unique poems
- Minimalist aesthetic
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Lumino is a variation of the ancient found poem game, created as a gift for people who love to look at letters. In a labyrinth at night (a metaphor of our world, disordered and boundless), the only light comes from language itself. Capture poems as you navigate through this space, where you pick up fleeting words and transform them into unique poetry. How? - Tap to keep the words you like on the screen. - Shake your phone and a line of poetry will be composed using the selected words. - Scroll up, down, left, or right to explore the space, and create more lines of poetry. When you find the hidden word "infinity", tap to complete the found poem game and discover how your poems illuminate the path out of the labyrinth. ------------------------------------------------------ "I thought of a labyrinth of labyrinths..." - Jorge Luis Borges Within this literary labyrinth, you will find: - Cryptographic Seed: One of 2,048 BIP-39 seed phrase words awaits at the origin (0, 0). - Infinite Paths: Swipe in any direction to explore - up, down, left, or right. Lost? Keep moving; you'll always find your way back to the start. - Words as Light: Tap to capture flickering words, illuminating your path through the darkness. - Emergent Order: Shake your device to evoke order from chaos, transforming random words into meaningful verses. - Journey to Infinity: Each path leads to "infinity" - the mystical exit that completes your poem's trajectory. Note: Lumino was originally made for a conceptual exhibition "Poetic Cryptography" in the "Infinite Garden" of ETH Devcon Bangkok in Nov 2024. For more information, please see: https://fangting.me/poetic-cryptography. Keywords: labyrinth, language, infinity, randomness, poetry, generative art, minimalist aesthetics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lumino at 5.0 against Aexels's 4.5. Aexels's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, ads, 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.
Lumino holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aexels has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Aexels ships an update every 10 days, Lumino every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aexels | Lumino |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aepryus Software | 若桢 宫 |
Customer experience
Aexels
Lumino
In-app purchases
Aexels
No in-app purchases
Lumino
No in-app purchases









