Arcaea vs tondo!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcaea
Experience a unique rhythm game that blends challenging gameplay with an immersive story. Progress through a narrative driven by your performance, unlock new difficulties, and compete with others online. Enjoy a vast library of music, with more available through content packs.
- Novel gameplay mechanics
- Immersive sound and story
- High difficulty ceiling
- Over 350 songs
- 3 rhythm difficulty levels per song
- Real-time online multiplayer
- Rich Main Story and Side Stories
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New Dimension Rhythm Game - Experience sound and story unlike ever before. "A harmony of Light awaits you in a lost world of musical Conflict." In a world of white, and surrounded by “memory”, two girls awaken under glass-filled skies. Arcaea is a mobile rhythm game for both experienced and new rhythm game players alike, blending novel gameplay, immersive sound, and a powerful story of wonder and heartache. Experience gameplay that reflects the story’s emotions and events—and progress to unlock more of this unfurling narrative. Challenging trials can be discovered through play, higher difficulties can be unlocked, and a real-time online mode is available to face off against other players. Arcaea does not require an internet connection for play, and is fully playable both on smartphones and tablets. On install the game includes a large library of free playable songs, and more can be made available by acquiring additional songs and content packs. ==Features== - A high difficulty ceiling - experience personal growth as you develop skills in arcade-style progression - Over 350 songs from more than 200 artists famous across other games - 3 rhythm difficulty levels for every song - An expanding music library through regular content updates - Collaborations with other beloved rhythm games - Online friends and scoreboards - Real-time online multiplayer - A Course Mode that tests endurance through gauntlets of songs - A rich Main Story that features two protagonist’s perspectives across a powerful journey - Additional Side and Short Stories of varying styles and perspectives featuring the game’s characters that build upon the world of Arcaea - A vast array of original characters and guest characters from collaborations to accompany you, level up, and alter your play through many game-changing skills - Stunning, never-before-seen connections to storylines via gameplay, challenging the very paradigm of play ==Story== Two girls find themselves in a colorless world full of memory, and with no memory of themselves. Each alone, they set out into places often beautiful, and just as often dangerous. Arcaea’s story is interwoven throughout Main, Side, and Short stories which each focus on individual, playable characters. While separate, they all share the same space: the world of Arcaea. Their reactions to it, and its reactions to them, form an ever-shifting narrative of mystery, sorrow, and bliss. As they explore this heavenly place, follow their steps down paths of glass and grief. --- Follow Arcaea & News: Twitter: http://twitter.com/arcaea_en Facebook: http://facebook.com/arcaeagame
tondo!
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tondo is a one-tap rhythm arcade game. A ball sweeps around a ring, coloured bars appear, and you tap in time as it crosses them. Every hit plays a note — so every run composes its own little melody. Simple to pick up. Easy to lose an evening to. HOW IT PLAYS • Tap in time as the ball reaches the coloured bar • Hold the wider bars — press as the ball enters, release as it leaves, and time it right for more points • One miss ends the run. Beat your best. IT GROWS AS YOU GO • Every 10 points: faster pace, new colours, a fresh instrument • The ring morphs shape — circle, hexagon, rounded square, triangle • Push further and the whole ring drifts around the screen MADE TO FEEL GOOD • Every tap is a musical note, building a melody as you play • Warm, minimal design in a calm dark palette • Rich haptics that land with every hit • A colour-blind friendly mode, for clear play for everyone HONEST BY DESIGN No power-ups. No currencies. No lives. No daily rewards. Just you, the rhythm, and your best score. Ads stay out of your way — watch one only if you choose to continue a run. Free to play. Turn the sound on for the full effect. Game Center is optional. If you sign in, your best score joins the global leaderboard. Nothing is shared without your say so.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: tondo! at none against Arcaea's 3. Arcaea's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#87 vs unranked). On price and device support 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. Arcaea sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. tondo! asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Arcaea | tondo! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #87 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | lowiro | Richard Silcock |
Bugs and requests
Arcaea
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and account sync problems
- Compatibility problems on certain devices
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode to compete with friends
- Ability to earn premium currency through gameplay
- More free song options to explore the game
- Customizable note speed and offset settings
- Improved story mode and character development
tondo!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Arcaea
- 100 Memories$0.99
- 510 Memories$4.99
- 1020 Memories$9.99
tondo!
No in-app purchases









