Pengios vs Provenance App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pengios
Control a penguin using a joystick and a button to solve puzzles by sliding and crushing ice blocks. The objective is to defeat all SnowBees in each level by strategically using the environment and block mechanics. Features 16 challenging levels with unique gameplay elements.
- Slide ice blocks to crush enemies
- Crush blocks containing eggs
- Stun enemies by pushing against walls
- Arrange diamond blocks for bonus points
- 16 challenging levels
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********* GamePad MFI Control Compatible ******* Pengios uses a four-position joystick and a single button to control, a penguin. Pressing the button while pushing the joystick against an ice block will slide it in that direction until it hits another block or a wall. If that direction is occupied by another block, pressing the button will crush the block instead. The goal is to destroy every SnowBees of level, we have three ways to destroy them: 1. Sliding ice blocks to crush them. 2. Crushing blocks that contain eggs (Blinking blocks) 3. Running over them after stunning them at a wall. At the start of each Level blocks flash to indicate that they contain eggs. As the player destroys active SnowBees, new ones birth from the eggs to replace them. The SnowBees can crush blocks in an attempt to reach Pengo. Pushing against a wall causes it to tired and temporarily stuns any SnowBees in contact with it. Three blocks in each round are marked with diamonds and cannot be crushed. Arranging these blocks in a continuous horizontal or vertical line awards bonus points and temporarily tired every active SnowBee. The game includes a total of 16 Levels.
Provenance App
This application allows users to play classic games from a wide variety of vintage arcade and console systems. It supports numerous platforms, offering a comprehensive retro gaming experience.
- Multi-console emulation
- Supports Atari systems
- Supports Nintendo systems
- Supports Sega systems
- Supports Sony PlayStation
- Supports arcade and console games
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Provenance EMU is a multi-console emulator for many vintage arcade and console systems. Systems: - Atari - Atari 2600 - Atari 5200 - Atari 7800 - Atari 8bit Computer - Atari Jaguar - Atari Lynx - Bandai - WonderSwan - CBS - CBS ColecoVision - Enterprise - Enterprise 128 - IBM - IBM PC DOS - Magnavox - Magnavox Odyssey2 - Mattel - Mattel Intellivision - NEC - PC98 - PCFX - SuperGrafx - TurboGrafx-16 - TurboGrafx-CD - Nintendo - 3DS - DS - Famicom Disk System - Game Boy - Game Boy Advance - Game Boy Color - GameCube - NES - Nintendo 64 - Pokémon mini - Super Nintendo - Virtual Boy - Panasonic - 3DO - Philiips - CDi - Sega - 32X - Dreamcast - Game Gear - Genesis - Master System - Saturn - Sega CD - SG-1000 - Smith Engineering - Vectrex - SNK - Neo Geo - Neo Geo Pocket - Neo Geo Pocket Color - Sony - PlayStation - PlayStation Portable - Various - Game Music - Watara - Supervision - ZX - ZX Spectrum ----- Legal Notice ----- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://provenance-emu.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Provenance App at Free against Pengios's $1.99. Provenance App also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 43 months) and ratings volume (751 vs 4). Pengios's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, 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
Provenance App is free to download; Pengios costs $1.99 up front. Provenance App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Pengios asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pengios holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Provenance App has 751 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Pengios's written reviews are positive against 46% of Provenance App's.
Pengios ships an update every 43 months, Provenance App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pengios | Provenance App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 3.3 (751 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 45.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 751 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 43 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2.4 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ivan Cerra de Castro | Joseph Mattiello |
Customer experience
Pengios
Provenance App
Bugs and requests
Pengios
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Provenance App
Reported bugs
4 issues- 3DS games crashing
- Dreamcast/PS2 ROMs not working
- Screen shrinking when switching orientation
- Inability to load local game files
Requested features
4 requests- Controller support
- Gyroscope/motion controls
- Improved 3DS emulation
- GameCube/Wii emulation
In-app purchases
Pengios
No in-app purchases
Provenance App
- Provenance Plus$3.991 Month
- Provenance Plus$39.991 Year
- Provenance Plus$99.99
