Comparison

Retro Wanderer vs A Tiny Realm

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Classic puzzle gameplay
  • Shiny new graphics
  • Game Center support
  • Game controller support
  • 60 unique screens
  • Saveable moves for replay
Features
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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 )

About

A Tiny Realm

Features
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Place hex tiles. Watch a tiny kingdom take shape. Hex & Hearth is a cozy puzzle where every tile you place fits — or doesn't — against the edges of its neighbors. Roads connect to roads. Rivers flow into rivers. Walls march along castle ridgelines. There's no timer breathing down your neck. No ads cutting your flow. Just you, the hex grid, and 50 hand-crafted little worlds. WHAT YOU'LL BUILD • 50 puzzle levels across 5 themed packs — winding country roads, river deltas, coastal harbors, scattered island chains, and finally a full castle pack inspired by Carcassonne, Krak des Chevaliers, and Mont Saint-Michel. • Bridges over rivers. Watchtowers on hills. Bailey walls around keeps. • Villages with cottages, taverns, market squares, and the occasional cannon. HOW IT PLAYS • Pick up the next tile in your queue, rotate it, and drop it where the edges match. • Early levels teach the language; later puzzles open up into full sandboxes where you place tiles freely. • Get stuck? Undo, restart, or step away — your progress is saved. • Times are tracked. Beat your best, climb the global ranking. WHAT MAKES IT QUIET • No ads. • No energy meters or "wait two hours for hearts." • No microtransactions. • Plays offline. • Portrait. One thumb. Five minutes or an hour — you set the pace. LOCALIZED • English and Portuguese (pt-BR). Made by a small team who wanted to ship a puzzle game their grandmothers would actually finish. We hope you do too.

Screenshots

Retro Wanderer3 screens
A Tiny Realm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A Tiny Realm at none against Retro Wanderer's 1. A Tiny Realm also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 11 months). Retro Wanderer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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 Wanderer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. A Tiny Realm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Retro Wanderer ships an update every 11 months, A Tiny Realm daily. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Retro Wanderer versus A Tiny Realm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetro WandererA Tiny Realm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB240 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperAndrew WallaceTexas PFCG Aplicativos Ltda

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Retro Wanderer

One-time1
  • Donation$0.99
None

A Tiny Realm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retro Wanderer free?
Retro Wanderer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A Tiny Realm free?
A Tiny Realm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Retro Wanderer or A Tiny Realm have ads?
A Tiny Realm shows ads; Retro Wanderer does not.
Which is updated more often, Retro Wanderer or A Tiny Realm?
Retro Wanderer ships an update every 11 months, and A Tiny Realm daily. Most recently, Retro Wanderer was updated on October 28, 2026 and A Tiny Realm on October 28, 2026.

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