Solid Metal Gear vs PPSSPP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solid Metal Gear
Control a metal gear by sliding your finger across the screen. Navigate through darkness and avoid obstacles to progress. A simple yet challenging arcade experience.
- Finger slide controls
- Obstacle avoidance
- Darkness navigation
- Simple gameplay
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Slide your finger to move the metal gear. Watch out for the darkness!!!
PPSSPP
Experience your favorite PSP titles on your iOS device with high-definition graphics and enhanced features. This emulator allows you to play a vast library of PSP games with excellent performance. Access your own game files or explore free homebrew titles.
- Play PSP games on iOS
- High-definition graphics
- Extra features
- High performance
- Supports ISO/CSO files
- Built-in Homebrew Store
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Play PSP games on your iOS device, in high definition with extra features! PPSSPP is the original and only PSP emulator for mobile devices. It can run nearly all PSP games with great performance on iOS. No games are included with this download. Use your own real PSP games and turn them into .ISO or .CSO files (see the homepage for instructions), or simply play free homemade games, which are available in the built-in "Homebrew Store". PSP is a trademark of Sony. The PPSSPP project is in no way affiliated with Sony.
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Verdict
Solid Metal Gear and PPSSPP both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Solid Metal Gear's written reviews are positive against 72% of PPSSPP's. Solid Metal Gear also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). PPSSPP's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 19). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Solid Metal Gear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PPSSPP sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Solid Metal Gear against 4.5 for PPSSPP. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PPSSPP has 2.8K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Solid Metal Gear's written reviews are positive against 72% of PPSSPP's.
| Parameter | Solid Metal Gear | PPSSPP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (19 ratings) | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Irvine | Henrik Rydgård |
Customer experience
Solid Metal Gear
PPSSPP
Bugs and requests
Solid Metal Gear
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PPSSPP
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to load save files
- Controller mapping not working properly
- Certain games not launching or freezing
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for PS2 and PS3 emulation
- Improve save state functionality
- Implement haptic feedback for on-screen controls
- Allow customization of button mapping
- Add portrait mode support
In-app purchases
Solid Metal Gear
- Remove Ads$1.99
PPSSPP
- PPSSPP Gold$3.99
