Super Retro Bot vs Pixl8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Retro Bot
Embark on a challenging retro platformer adventure with pixel art graphics and a science fiction theme. Navigate 30 levels filled with obstacles and enemies, enjoying authentic 8-bit music and real-time lighting effects. This game offers a hard but rewarding experience for fans of classic platformers.
- 30 challenging platformer levels
- Retro pixel art graphics
- Stylized science fiction setting
- Smooth controls
- Chip-tune 8-bit music and sound effects
- Real-time lighting effects
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Featuring: 30 challenging platfomer levels, full of obstacles and enemies Retro, pixel art graphics Stylised, science fiction setting Smooth controls Chip-tune, 8-bit style music and sound effects Stunning, real-time lighting effects Free game If you like old-school platformer games with pixel art graphics, you'll love this! This game is hard - you'll need all the platformer skills you can muster!
Pixl8
This app transforms your iPhone into a retro 8-bit console for PICO-8 games. It allows you to play a vast library of handcrafted pixel-art games, with features like customizable touch controls, controller support, and cross-platform multiplayer.
- PICO-8 game library
- Tap-and-play cart system
- Customizable touch controls
- Bluetooth controller support
- Cross-platform multiplayer
- Save states management
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Pixl8 turns your iPhone into a pocket-sized retro 8-bit-style console for PICO-8, the fantasy console loved for its tiny, handcrafted pixel-art games. Point Pixl8 at the folder where you keep your carts and it turns them into a tap-and-play library. Each cart is a single PNG image (example.p8.png) with a whole game inside: art, music and code. If you love retro gaming, chiptune soundtracks and hand-drawn pixel art, Pixl8 lets you carry a whole community's worth of indie games in your pocket: arcade shooters, platformers, puzzlers, RPGs, roguelikes and playable demos, all in that unmistakable low-res, high-charm PICO-8 style. https://pixl8.dev What you get: • A growing library of games, added with their authors' permission and playable right away. • Library, Favourites and Recent tabs for your own collection. • Per-cart actions on long-press: open the BBS page, resume game, start fresh game, manage save states. • Cross-platform multiplayer: play with friends on other devices, over local Wi-Fi or the internet. Plays the way you want: • Touch controls with a fully editable on-screen layout. Drag, resize and save your placement. • Bluetooth game controllers. Pair a retro-style gamepad for the authentic feel. • Hardware keyboard supported. • Shader effects, including a retro LCD look. Pro features (optional one-time purchase): • Save states, up to 10 per cart, plus an auto-save-on-exit slot. • Host multiplayer games. • Resume on tap: open a cart and pick up exactly where you left off, with no menu navigation. • In-game quick-save and quick-load on a gamepad combo. • Manage Save States screen with export and import. Whether you grew up on 8-bit handhelds or just love the pixel-art aesthetic, Pixl8 makes it effortless to discover, collect and play the best of the PICO-8 scene. Pixl8 does not ship PICO-8 itself or any of Lexaloffle's copyrighted assets. It is an independent player that reads the public PICO-8 cart format. To run a cart you will need either one of the bundled examples (included with permission) or your own files. The lexaloffle.com BBS hosts thousands of free community carts. Pixl8 is not affiliated with Lexaloffle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pixl8 at none against Super Retro Bot's shown. Pixl8 also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 40 months). Super Retro Bot's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Super Retro Bot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pixl8 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Super Retro Bot against 5.0 for Pixl8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Super Retro Bot ships an update every 40 months, Pixl8 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Retro Bot | Pixl8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Charles Hall | Codedreams |
Customer experience
Super Retro Bot
Pixl8
In-app purchases
Super Retro Bot
- Remove ads$0.99
Pixl8
- Pixl8 Pro:Save States & Multiplayer$6.99









