Comparison

Tap Skaters vs Retro Cloud Player

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

Head to head
About

Tap Skaters

Race downhill on a skateboard or scooter, performing slides, flips, and grinds. Level up your character, unlock new gear, and decorate your room to become the top-ranked skater. Compete against friends and other players in various game modes.

Highlights
  • One-tap slide and jump gameplay
  • Collect items and catch robbers
  • Race against other players
  • Unlockable characters and vehicles
  • Room decoration and passive income
  • Missions, Endless, and Race Versus modes
Features
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Slide, grind and downhill on your skateboard or scooter. Level up your room and rise to fame. Be faster than your friends, challenge them and yourself! Collect hamburgers, catch robbers and win races against other players. Make slides, flip tricks and grinds. Unlock all funny characters including vikings and sumo wrestlers. Gain fame, decorate your room with exclusive stuff and become the top ranked skater in the world! Tons of MISSIONS, ENDLESS and RACE VERSUS modes included! Easy to play but hard to master one touch gameplay. Features: - Brand new one tap gameplay - slide & tap to jump down - Tons of missions: collecting, catching robbers, races - Endless mode & race vs mode - Lovely characters to unlock - Skateboards and scooters - Rise to fame with exclusive decorations & passive income - Cool strickers included - Compete with others (Game Center leaderboards & achievements)

About

Retro Cloud Player

Play classic games on your Apple devices with this emulator. It utilizes iCloud for ROM storage and requires a companion app for collection management. A gamepad or keyboard is necessary for gameplay.

Highlights
  • Legacy gaming emulation
  • iCloud ROM storage
  • Libretro cores integration
  • Companion app for ROM management
  • Gamepad/keyboard support
Features
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The Retro Cloud Player is an emulator for legacy gaming systems. The ROMs are stored in iCloud. The Retro Cloud Companion app is needed in order to manage your collection of ROMs. A gamepad or keyboard is also required. This emulator include cores from the Libretro project.

Screenshots

Tap Skaters4 screens
Retro Cloud Player1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retro Cloud Player at 5.0 against Tap Skaters's 4.5. Retro Cloud Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7). Tap Skaters's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tap Skaters sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Retro Cloud Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro Cloud Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tap Skaters has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tap Skaters versus Retro Cloud Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTap SkatersRetro Cloud Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital MelodyJulien Eyriès

Customer experience

Tap Skaters

All ratings2,395 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral14.0%
Negative46.5%

Retro Cloud Player

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tap Skaters

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes on launch after recent update
  • Level 27 is unbeatable due to collectible spawn issues
  • Controls become unresponsive during gameplay
  • Sync issues and loss of progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • Save progress and sync across devices
  • Option to disable ads or pay to remove them
  • More level variety and gameplay modes
  • Improved level design and balancing

Retro Cloud Player

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Tap Skaters

One-time7
  • 200 Coins$0.99
  • 500 Coins!$1.99
  • No Ads + Unlimited Continues$2.99
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  • All levels$2.99
  • 2000 Coins!$2.99
  • All Heroes + lot of fame!$3.99
  • All room items + lot of fame!$6.99
None

Retro Cloud Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tap Skaters free?
Tap Skaters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retro Cloud Player free?
Retro Cloud Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tap Skaters or Retro Cloud Player?
Retro Cloud Player is rated higher. Tap Skaters averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Retro Cloud Player averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tap Skaters or Retro Cloud Player have ads?
Neither Tap Skaters nor Retro Cloud Player shows ads.

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