Comparison

Manix vs Retro Paper Ace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Manix

Experience classic arcade action with a blend of modern and retro graphics. Enjoy one-handed mobile controls for brick breaking, rock smashing, and alien shooting. Features 50 free levels, multiple game modes, and hypnotic audio for addictive gameplay.

Highlights
  • 50 unique levels
  • Multiple game modes
  • One-handed mobile controls
  • PowerUps for enhanced gameplay
  • Customizable ship sensitivity
  • No ads or nags
Features
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Experience classic arcade action with a seamless blend of modern and retro graphics and sound. All the brick breaking, rock smashing, alien shooting mayhem you need with buttery smooth one-handed mobile controls. Fifty free levels of addictive action, multiple game modes, hypnotic audio and that "just one more try" arcade drama you love. If you have fond memories of games like Breakout, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galaga, and Tempest, you will find that Manix takes inspiration from these classics and blends and bends them together to create something new and unique. FEATURES: - 50 unique levels across multiple game modes... - Swarming, spinning, wandering, and attacking bricks. Keep your eye on the ball while you deal with these baddies... - Brick walls that move, shimmer, dance, spin, break apart, and float away to make it harder and harder for you to keep the ball in play... - Spinning asteroids that shatter and send rock particles your way while you try to encircle and clear the space debris... - PowerUps that produce extra lives, brick-shattering laser beams, ball bombs, and more... - Positional music and sound effects that surround and keep you focused (especially when you're using headphones!)... - Massive explosions that rain fiery particles down upon your ship... - Sun, snow, rain, thunder and lightning, wind, and outer space levels... - Customizable ship sensitivity and game speed... - No ads, no nags, just totally free arcade action... - Created by Pete Rizzuto

About

Retro Paper Ace

Engage in an arcade dogfighting experience set in a hand-doodled paper world. Pilot a cutout jet through procedurally generated missions, battling origami invaders with simple one-finger controls and strategic power-ups. Build your squadron with unique aircraft and wingmen, facing challenging bosses and dynamic environmental hazards.

Highlights
  • Hand-doodled paper art style
  • Procedurally generated missions
  • One-finger controls
  • Score multipliers and perks
  • Squadron customization
  • Boss battles
  • Dynamic environmental challenges
Features
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The morning the sky folded open, every radio on Earth played the same sound. Like a pencil snapping. Forever. The aliens came for our ink. You came for them. Retro Paper Ace is an arcade dogfighter drawn entirely in hand-doodled paper: your jet is a cutout, the mountains are pencil scribbles, and the invaders are angry origami with attitude. Fly for Margin Squadron across 2,500 procedurally drawn sorties, from farm towns to glacier fields, and shoot down everything that buzzes. FLY LIKE IT'S RECESS One finger steers. Guns fire on their own. Your job is the fun part: pick the target, hold the line, dodge the fat slow bullets, and shake tails with barrel rolls and a proper airbrake. The world wraps around, the ceiling has real physics, and the ground does not forgive. DOPAMINE BY DESIGN No-hit streaks multiply your score. Knife-range kills pay double. Clear a wave untouched and the perk deck gets deeper. Fill the fever bar for ACE MODE, push it into OVERDRIVE, and clutch it back from one hull in LAST STAND. Every wave ends with a pick-one-of-three perk. Every sortie ends with a boss. A WAR THAT REMEMBERS CROSSHATCH, your rival ace, runs when he is losing and comes back stronger. Whoever shot you down last returns wearing a wanted poster. Five named aces hide in the sectors every week. Storms throw lightning, night ops shrink your radar, and when a theater boils over, your own base is on the line. BUILD YOUR SQUADRON Twelve doodled airframes with unique special weapons. Nine wingmen with their own perks and their own parachutes to catch. A research lab, alien salvage, and ten flyable alien vessels rebuilt from captured parts. Paint your stripe, pick your callsign, and let the radio call you by name. FAIR MEANS FAIR Everything that matters is earned by flying. Purchases save time, never buy wins. One more sortie. You know you want to. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Manix4 screens
Retro Paper Ace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Manix at none against Retro Paper Ace's 6. Manix also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Retro Paper Ace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Manix asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Manix against 5.0 for Retro Paper Ace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Manix versus Retro Paper Ace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManixRetro Paper Ace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 34 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlitterbit, LLCBrian Solomon

Customer experience

Manix

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Retro Paper Ace

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Manix

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Retro Paper Ace

Subscriptions1
  • Ace Club Monthly$0.991 Month
One-time5
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Pouch of Gems (200)$2.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
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  • Jar of Gems (550)$6.99
  • Bucket of Gems (1300)$12.99

Questions

Is Manix free?
Manix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retro Paper Ace free?
Retro Paper Ace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Manix or Retro Paper Ace?
Manix and Retro Paper Ace are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Manix or Retro Paper Ace have ads?
Retro Paper Ace shows ads; Manix does not.

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