Ramirez Retro vs Manipulator!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ramirez Retro
A retro-style running and jumping game where you tap to make a character jump and avoid enemies. Unlock new music remixes, character skins, and characters by completing levels and saving gorillas. Compete globally on leaderboards and earn achievements.
- Retro running and jumping gameplay
- Unique soundtrack with remixes
- Unlockable characters and skins
- Save gorillas to progress
- Global leaderboards
- Game Center achievements
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Ramirez Retro is a simple but fun retro style & unique running & jumping mobile mixtape game ! Tap anywhere on the screen to make Ramirez jump once. Tap Twice for a 2nd Jump in Mid-Air. Avoid the chasing enemies by jumping onto or over crates but not into them, or the enemy will creep closer & closer. Ramirez Retro contains a very unique soundtrack featuring never before heard blends & remixes. Beat levels & save gorillas to unlock more remixes, character skins, & characters.Free the Gorillas from the enemy by making it the end of the level. Compete worldwide with the google play leaderboard & get game center achievements by beating each of the 10 levels in each zone . Thanks for supporting independent artists & gaming, & helping us create more! More Levels coming soon!
Manipulator!
Experience a unique hack and slash game set to a death-grind album. Battle enemies through brutal songs, testing your auditory and visual endurance. Can you conquer all 20 tracks?
- Hack and slash gameplay
- Companion to a death-grind album
- Battle through songs as levels
- Auditory and visual stamina test
- 20 tracks to survive
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The first grindcore video game? Manipulator! is the interactive hack and slash companion piece to the death-grind album Drawing Secret Circles by Manipulator. Work your way through each brutal song (level) from the album as you battle a litany of baddies trying to keep you at bay. Prepare your ears for some ridiculous blast beats, HM2 guitar sounds, hilarious samples and unhinged vocal passages (and even a hint of melody once or twice). Manipulator! is a test of auditory and visual stamina. Can you survive to track 20?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ramirez Retro at none against Manipulator!'s 3. Ramirez Retro also leads on ratings volume (41 vs 7). Manipulator!'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Manipulator! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ramirez Retro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Manipulator! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ramirez Retro has 41 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Ramirez Retro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Manipulator!'s.
| Parameter | Ramirez Retro | Manipulator! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 573 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rick Pasco | Peter John Randol |
Customer experience
Ramirez Retro
Manipulator!
In-app purchases
Ramirez Retro
No in-app purchases
Manipulator!
- Donate $0.99$0.99
- Donate $2.99$2.99
- Donate $9.99$9.99
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