Comparison

Arcade Watch Games vs Candy Route

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

Head to head
About

Arcade Watch Games

Experience a collection of 12 engaging 3D and retro 8-bit games designed for Apple Watch and iPhone. Enjoy hours of uninterrupted, ad-free entertainment with a variety of classic and unique gameplay mechanics.

Highlights
  • 12 diverse games
  • 3D and retro 8-bit graphics
  • Ad-free experience
  • Apple Watch and iPhone compatibility
  • Intuitive controls (tap, swipe, crown)
  • Endless entertainment
Features
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Arcade Watch Games is a collection of 12 games for the Apple Watch and iPhone. Enjoy hours of endless entertainment all Ad free!  List of currently available games: • FLAK ATTACK Use your cannon to fight off an air attack of aircraft, bombers and paratroopers. • INCOMING MISSILE Steer your spaceship avoiding asteroids and missiles. • ALLEY BALL Roll down the changing alley ways using the watch crown to manoeuvre through. Roll on! • BOAT RUN High speed action, navigating your boat using the watch crown to collect gold medals, and to avoid crashing on a treacherous and unpredictable river at increasing speeds. • DODGEM BIPLANES Take to the skies, with dual Biplanes by tapping them to switch flight corridors in order to dodge on coming aircraft and to pick the roundels. Thanks for flying! • FLIPPITY FLY Flap Flippity by tapping to negotiate the brick walls in his flight path. • GETAWAY GRAMPS Help Gramps make his cross-country getaway by swiping across to round corners, tapping to jump over obstacles and swiping down to slide under obstructions on his way to freedom. • PILE HIGH How high can you go? Test your skill by tapping to pile the slabs as high as possible, exact fits gets you bonus points. • POULTRY DASH How did the chicken, rooster, chick and duck cross the road? That’s up to your directional swiping skills, guiding them round obstructions and across the lanes of traffic safely to the other side. Good luck! • RAINBOW RUNNER Run the rainbow gauntlet by tapping to jump between the colour bands. Happy landings! • TABLE PONG Timeless classic with circular paddle action using the watch crown to keep the volley going. • WORMER Oldie but a goodie, worm your way around with directional swiping to the green apple. Bon appétit!

About

Candy Route

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Would you like to take the Candy Route? It's a very sweet and fun game to play. This is the paid version of the app - No Ads. Can you now avoid the giant wafer blocks? They come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate! Also, jellybeans, peppermints, lollypops, chocolate, donuts, candy canes. Giant chocolate mountains surround the new candy routes. Hitting any of these results in an instant game over. You are a round red and white sweet that's travelling through the candy route. As you travel, you need to hit the cupcakes. Cupcakes that you collect are chocolate flavored. Depending on how you hit them, by hitting it quickly you will receive 1 point. By hitting right onto the cupcake can net you 2 points. Ding! You move the candy my swiping side to side. You can also tap on an area to have the candy quickly move to your desired location. We hope you have fun taking the Candy Route like we do! Hint: It's near the Candy Cascade!

Screenshots

Arcade Watch Games4 screens
Candy Route4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Arcade Watch Games at every 5 months against Candy Route's every 29 months. Candy Route's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Arcade Watch Games costs $1.99 and Candy Route $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arcade Watch Games ships an update every 5 months, Candy Route every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Arcade Watch Games versus Candy Route: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcade Watch GamesCandy Route
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (106 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings106 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbel AlhoZen Pixel Studios Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Arcade Watch Games

No in-app purchases

None

Candy Route

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arcade Watch Games free?
Arcade Watch Games costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Candy Route free?
Candy Route costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arcade Watch Games or Candy Route have ads?
Neither Arcade Watch Games nor Candy Route shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arcade Watch Games or Candy Route?
Arcade Watch Games ships an update every 5 months, and Candy Route every 29 months. Most recently, Arcade Watch Games was updated on November 11, 2026 and Candy Route on November 3, 2026.

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