iA Iconic vs Pong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iA Iconic
Engage in a classic arcade-style shooter experience across twenty challenging levels. Battle unique icon monsters and powerful bosses with intuitive touch controls. Compete for high scores and enjoy an electrifying soundtrack.
- Classic arcade feel
- 20 levels
- 20 bosses
- High-score ranking
- Electrifying soundtrack
- Intuitive touch controls
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Twenty dark levels of merciless color-drunk icon monster boss shooting. Highly addictive—don’t say we didn’t warn you. - Classic arcade feel - 20 levels, 20 bosses - High-score ranking with Game Center - Electrifying soundtrack by Kiwi System Note: Make sure you unmute your phone to hear the sound! Navigation - Steer the ship with the left thumb - Tilt the thumb slightly for slow adjustments - Shoot by tapping with the right thumb
Pong
Experience a visually stunning rendition of the classic Pong game, powered by advanced neural rendering and real-time ray tracing on mobile devices. Explore realistic lighting effects and dynamic material properties, with gameplay that evolves as you score.
- Real-time ray tracing
- Neural rendering
- Global illumination
- PBR materials
- Dynamic themes
- Adjustable settings
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Pong-RT is a simple game of Pong that showcases the power of neural rendering by running ray tracing on phones. Real-time GI, sub-surface scattering, refraction, reflections, and caustics with PBR materials are showcased in this tech demo. Change the theme by scoring points. First to 3 points, wins. Tap the cog on the top right and adjust settings to improve quality or performance. Also try changing the device to CPU/GPU.
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Verdict
iA Iconic and Pong both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pong's written reviews are positive against 77% of iA Iconic's. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for iA Iconic against 4.3 for Pong. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of iA Iconic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pong's.
| Parameter | iA Iconic | Pong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 41 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 588 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Information Architects AG | Amrithkiran Manavedan |
Customer experience
iA Iconic
Pong
In-app purchases
iA Iconic
No in-app purchases
Pong
No in-app purchases
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