Mela vs ArcadeBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mela
A fun and action-packed game for the whole family where players aim to catch falling fruits before they hit the ground. Choose your favorite fruit from apples, oranges, and plums.
- Catch falling fruits
- Prevent fruits from splatting
- Choose favorite fruit
- Apple, orange, and plum options
- Family-friendly action
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Get each apple: usually, the fruits roughly splat on the ground, but we do not want this to happen. Action and fun for the family. Also oranges and plums: you can choose your favorite fruit. The tree will consider whether or not to satisfy your demands. Features: • Apple • Orange • Plum Your friends will go crazy with happiness, share it with everyone!
ArcadeBox
This application serves as a free emulator for GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. It supports iCade controllers and offers customizable game modes. Users can legally add their own purchased ROMs via file sharing.
- GameBoy and GameBoy Color emulation
- iCade controller compatibility
- 80s and 90s arcade style design
- Color or green game mode
- Supports user-added ROMs
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"ArcadeBox" is a free emulator for GameBoy, GameBoyColor. The emulator is free, what you pay (at the price indicated in the App Store for downloading the app ArcadeBox) is the ROM of the ArkAttack game (COLOR version, copyright Gianluca Natalini 2024) already pre-installed inside the ArcadeBox emulator. To add new ROMs: ArcadeBox allows the installation (using file sharing or the FILE application - copy/paste or share with or AirDrop, see screenshots of the app) of additional original ROMs for GameBoy, purchased by You in other stores. Please remember that downloading ROMs from internet is ILLEGAL; you can therefore only install the ROMs that you have regularly purchased and for which you have the license to use. COMPLIANCE with the LAWS / COPYRIGHT for the ROMs is your responsibility. Features: - compatible with iCade - 80s and 90s arcade style console/controller - color or green game mode (green phosphors, it depends on the installed ROM) LICENSE for ArcadeBox: - ArcadeBox is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 License. LICENSE for ArkAttack ROM: - ArkAttack ROM is NOT FREE (copyright: Gianluca Natalini 2024).
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Verdict
Mela and ArcadeBox both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Mela's written reviews are positive against 0% of ArcadeBox's. Mela also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
Mela is free to download; ArcadeBox costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Mela against 4.5 for ArcadeBox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Mela's written reviews are positive against 0% of ArcadeBox's.
Mela ships an update every 2 months, ArcadeBox every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mela | ArcadeBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | SHAZARCH SRL | Gianluca Natalini |
Customer experience
Mela
ArcadeBox
In-app purchases
Mela
No in-app purchases
ArcadeBox
No in-app purchases
