Sine the Game vs ArcadeBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sine the Game
Control a sine wave through over 40 challenging levels, collecting orbs and beating strict time limits. Experience unique arcade gameplay with minimalist visuals and immersive audio. Easy to learn, difficult to master.
- Over 40 hand-crafted levels
- Unique mix of genres and mechanics
- Minimalist visual design
- Immersive beats and audio
- One-finger controls
- Game Center leaderboards
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Control a sine wave and avoid obstacles in more than 40 levels. Sine is a competitive arcade game with unique mechanics and compelling visuals. You control a sine wave, avoiding obstacles, racing to the finish, and collecting orbs scattered throughout levels ranging from simple to painfully difficult. The intuitive one-finger controls are easy to learn, but hard to master. Each level has three goals. In order to get 100% completion, you'll need to: - Complete the levels - Beat them within strict time limits - Collect every orb Key Features - A unique mix of genres and gameplay mechanics you've never seen before - Beautiful, minimalist visual design - Over 40 hand-crafted levels providing hours upon hours of gameplay - Immersive beats and audio created just for Sine (headphones recommended!) - Easy to learn, but challenging to master one-finger controls - Game Center leaderboards Awards "1st place, GDS Indie Expo 2019" – Game Developers Session 2019, Prague, Czech Republic Sine the Game is a premium game with no ads or in-app purchases. Purchase once, play forever.
ArcadeBox
This application serves as a free emulator for GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. It supports iCade controllers and offers customizable game modes. Users can legally add their own purchased ROMs via file sharing.
- GameBoy and GameBoy Color emulation
- iCade controller compatibility
- 80s and 90s arcade style design
- Color or green game mode
- Supports user-added ROMs
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"ArcadeBox" is a free emulator for GameBoy, GameBoyColor. The emulator is free, what you pay (at the price indicated in the App Store for downloading the app ArcadeBox) is the ROM of the ArkAttack game (COLOR version, copyright Gianluca Natalini 2024) already pre-installed inside the ArcadeBox emulator. To add new ROMs: ArcadeBox allows the installation (using file sharing or the FILE application - copy/paste or share with or AirDrop, see screenshots of the app) of additional original ROMs for GameBoy, purchased by You in other stores. Please remember that downloading ROMs from internet is ILLEGAL; you can therefore only install the ROMs that you have regularly purchased and for which you have the license to use. COMPLIANCE with the LAWS / COPYRIGHT for the ROMs is your responsibility. Features: - compatible with iCade - 80s and 90s arcade style console/controller - color or green game mode (green phosphors, it depends on the installed ROM) LICENSE for ArcadeBox: - ArcadeBox is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 License. LICENSE for ArkAttack ROM: - ArkAttack ROM is NOT FREE (copyright: Gianluca Natalini 2024).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sine the Game at 95% against ArcadeBox's 0%. Sine the Game also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). ArcadeBox's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Sine the Game is free to download; ArcadeBox costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sine the Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Sine the Game's written reviews are positive against 0% of ArcadeBox's.
Sine the Game ships an update every 8 months, ArcadeBox every 12 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sine the Game | ArcadeBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 285 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Lonely Vertex s.r.o. | Gianluca Natalini |
Customer experience
Sine the Game
ArcadeBox
In-app purchases
Sine the Game
No in-app purchases
ArcadeBox
No in-app purchases
