Cylinders vs Retro Arcade for Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cylinders
Stack blocks vertically to construct the tallest possible cylinder. Compete to achieve the highest score and challenge your friends to beat your achievements.
- Build cylinders vertically
- Reach highest score
- Challenge friends
- Stack blocks
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Build up the cylinders as high as you can! Reach the highest score and challenge your friends.
Retro Arcade for Watch
Experience a collection of classic arcade action games on your wrist and phone. Enjoy retro graphics, power-ups, and competitive leaderboards. Play for free with credits or unlock unlimited gameplay by purchasing individual titles.
- Collection of classic arcade games
- Retro graphics and power-ups
- Intuitive Watch Crown controls
- Swipe controls for iPhone
- Game Center leaderboards
- Short burst gameplay
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Retro Arcade is a FREE collection of classic arcade games on your wrist and on your phone! Includes the following games: • Kepler Attack - featured in Apple's "Great on watchOS 6" and "Our Favourite Apple Watch Apps" collections! • Asteroid Commando - Touch Arcade's Game of the Week! • Tank Commando - drive a tank, rescue downed WWII pilots. • Red Baron 1917 - battle fleets of enemy planes in this WWI shooter. • Assault Jet - a brand new shooter set above a city as you battle UFOs. • Area 51 - an experimental 3D game for the Watch. This is not a full game, but something we are exploring! NOTE: If you own any of the paid versions of these games, make sure they are installed on your iPhone when launching Retro Arcade and they will unlock so you have unlimited play. Thank you for supporting us! Featuring: • Beautiful retro arcade graphics! • Power-ups include Shield, Triple Shot, Rapid Fire and Smart Bomb! • Intuitive and simple controls using the Crown on the Watch! • Swipe to move on the iPhone! • Compete against the world with Game Center leaderboards! • Short burst gameplay is perfect for the Watch and iPhone! • Play anywhere, anytime! • Play for free using in game Credits. • Or buy the games outright using IAP. NOTE: Owners of the existing paid games will be able to play unlimited games for FREE! Just make sure the existing paid game is installed on your iPhone when launching Retro Arcade. Relive the glory days of the arcade on your Apple Watch and iPhone. Thanks for playing Johnno & Pete
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cylinders at none against Retro Arcade for Watch's 6. Cylinders also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 54) and device support (5 vs 3). Retro Arcade for Watch's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (80% vs 58%). On price, rating 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. Retro Arcade for Watch sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Cylinders asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cylinders holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cylinders has 1.3K ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Cylinders's written reviews are positive against 80% of Retro Arcade for Watch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cylinders ships an update every 6 weeks, Retro Arcade for Watch every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cylinders | Retro Arcade for Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) — better | 4.1 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Khang Le | Red Sprite Studios |
Customer experience
Cylinders
Retro Arcade for Watch
Bugs and requests
Cylinders
Reported bugs
3 issues- Accuracy issues when tapping the screen
- Leaderboard not showing scores properly
- Frequent lags and glitches
Requested features
3 requests- Add more colors and levels
- Fix leaderboard issues
- Improve accuracy and reduce lag
Retro Arcade for Watch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cylinders
No in-app purchases
Retro Arcade for Watch
- Area 51$0.49
- Tank Commando$0.99
- Kepler Attack$1.99
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- Assault Jet$1.99
- Red Baron$1.99
- Asteroid!$1.99
Questions
Is Cylinders free?
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