Retro Wanderer vs Grumpy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro Wanderer
Explore classic puzzle levels with updated graphics and modern features. This game offers a challenging experience where every screen is a unique puzzle to solve. Save your progress and replay your moves.
- Classic puzzle gameplay
- Shiny new graphics
- Game Center support
- Game controller support
- 60 unique screens
- Saveable moves for replay
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Welcome to Retro Wanderer! Wanderer is an old PC puzzle game similar to Boulderdash, Repton, XOR and others. This is port of the original game from the original code. All 60 screens are available with shiny new graphics, game center support and game controller support. Each screen is a separate puzzle to solve, nothing is random and the game can save your moves for a replay. No monsters were harmed while developing this game. (This is open source - see https://github.com/teleportaloo/RetroWanderer )
Grumpy
Embark on a relaxing puzzle adventure to restore color and harmony to a whimsical world. Match items to help quirky characters overcome their troubles and bring peace back to their lives. Enjoy satisfying visuals and gentle humor as you progress through delightful challenges.
- Match-two puzzle gameplay
- Restore color to environments
- Help quirky characters
- Relaxing visual puzzles
- Gentle humor
- Chase high scores
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This is a charming match-two puzzle game starring the meadow’s most unlikely hero: Grumpy. Once the fastest bee alive, Grumpy mysteriously wakes up grounded. His wings will not lift, and the world around him is losing its color. When he encounters a tiny elk, the elk tells Grumpy that the world is out of sync. Minds are tangled, matching objects have been separated, and reality itself is slipping into black and white. So what now? Reunite what belongs together to restore the peace of mind of others. Help a lonely cloud finally play the violin, spark the appetite of a dramatic flesh-eating plant, lull a wide-awake cat into gentle dreams, and give a shy astronaut the courage to dance on the moon. Relaxing, satisfying visual puzzles, gentle humor, and beautifully transforming environments make Grumpy hard to put down. Grumble your way through delightful challenges, chase high scores, and maybe even fix those stubborn wings along the way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Retro Wanderer at Free against Grumpy's $0.99. Retro Wanderer also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Grumpy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model 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
Retro Wanderer is free to download; Grumpy costs $0.99 up front. Retro Wanderer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grumpy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grumpy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Retro Wanderer ships an update every 11 months, Grumpy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro Wanderer | Grumpy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teleportaloo | bad monkee |
Customer experience
Retro Wanderer
Grumpy
In-app purchases
Retro Wanderer
- Donation$0.99
Grumpy
No in-app purchases









