Comparison

Super Retro Bot vs Pixl8

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Super Retro Bot4 screens
Pixl84 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Super Retro Bot versus Pixl8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper Retro BotPixl8
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB10 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperCharles HallCodedreams

Customer experience

Super Retro Bot

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pixl8

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Super Retro Bot

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
1 purchases

Pixl8

One-time1
  • Pixl8 Pro:Save States & Multiplayer$6.99

Questions

Is Super Retro Bot free?
Super Retro Bot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixl8 free?
Pixl8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Super Retro Bot or Pixl8?
Super Retro Bot and Pixl8 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Super Retro Bot or Pixl8 have ads?
Super Retro Bot shows ads; Pixl8 does not.
Which is updated more often, Super Retro Bot or Pixl8?
Super Retro Bot ships an update every 40 months, and Pixl8 every 4 days. Most recently, Super Retro Bot was updated on November 2, 2026 and Pixl8 on October 31, 2026.

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