My Exercise vs ArcadeBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Exercise
Engage in a unique interactive experience where a character performs sit-ups, transforming into a dog's body. Discover hidden elements and enjoy a short, artistic game with a charming narrative.
- Interactive sit-up exercise simulation
- Character transformation into a dog
- Hidden secret elements
- Artistic animation style
- Short gameplay experience
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Let's do sit-ups! Let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog's body. Maybe animals will come to cheer him up. My Exercise is a festival of private comforts. Subtle secret elements are hidden delicately. My Exercise is the first game by award-winning animation filmmaker Atsushi Wada. This short game was developed in collaboration with independent Japanese developer Ryoya Usuha and the Playables team. Play time: between 15 – ∞ minutes Works on all iOS devices launched after 2015.
ArcadeBox
This application serves as a free emulator for GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. It supports iCade controllers and offers customizable game modes. Users can legally add their own purchased ROMs via file sharing.
- GameBoy and GameBoy Color emulation
- iCade controller compatibility
- 80s and 90s arcade style design
- Color or green game mode
- Supports user-added ROMs
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"ArcadeBox" is a free emulator for GameBoy, GameBoyColor. The emulator is free, what you pay (at the price indicated in the App Store for downloading the app ArcadeBox) is the ROM of the ArkAttack game (COLOR version, copyright Gianluca Natalini 2024) already pre-installed inside the ArcadeBox emulator. To add new ROMs: ArcadeBox allows the installation (using file sharing or the FILE application - copy/paste or share with or AirDrop, see screenshots of the app) of additional original ROMs for GameBoy, purchased by You in other stores. Please remember that downloading ROMs from internet is ILLEGAL; you can therefore only install the ROMs that you have regularly purchased and for which you have the license to use. COMPLIANCE with the LAWS / COPYRIGHT for the ROMs is your responsibility. Features: - compatible with iCade - 80s and 90s arcade style console/controller - color or green game mode (green phosphors, it depends on the installed ROM) LICENSE for ArcadeBox: - ArcadeBox is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 License. LICENSE for ArkAttack ROM: - ArkAttack ROM is NOT FREE (copyright: Gianluca Natalini 2024).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Exercise at 74% against ArcadeBox's 0%. My Exercise also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 12 months). ArcadeBox's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases 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
My Exercise costs $3.99 and ArcadeBox $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
My Exercise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Exercise has 41 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of My Exercise's written reviews are positive against 0% of ArcadeBox's.
My Exercise ships an update every 5 days, ArcadeBox every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Exercise | ArcadeBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (41 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 366 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Playables | Gianluca Natalini |
Customer experience
My Exercise
ArcadeBox
In-app purchases
My Exercise
No in-app purchases
ArcadeBox
No in-app purchases
