Elemental Master vs Retro Battle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elemental Master
Master elemental powers to vanquish foes in this engaging game. Experience intuitive controls that are simple to pick up but offer deep strategic challenges.
- Elemental control
- Defeat enemies
- Easy to learn
- Hard to master
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Control the elements to defeat your enemies! Easy to learn, hard to master!
Retro Battle
Relive classic gaming on your mobile device. Experience the nostalgia of portable consoles and challenge younger generations with a collection of retro titles. Enjoy a blast from the past anytime, anywhere.
- Portable console experience
- Challenge younger generations
- Retro game collection
- Nostalgic gameplay
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Challenge the kids with your portable console!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Retro Battle at 60% against Elemental Master's 29%. Retro Battle also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Elemental Master's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 443) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Elemental Master sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Retro Battle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Retro Battle holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elemental Master has 2.3K ratings behind it against 443, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Elemental Master's written reviews are positive against 60% of Retro Battle's.
Elemental Master ships an update every 3 weeks, Retro Battle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elemental Master | Retro Battle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (2.3K ratings) | 4.0 (443 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 59.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 443 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 414 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Elemental Master
Retro Battle
User reviews
Elemental Master
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 🚀 Satisfying powers
- 😊 Enjoyable gameplay
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Repetitive gameplay
- 🔍 Overpowered abilities
Retro Battle
From 443 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 🕹️ Smooth controls
- 🎨 Retro pixel art style
- 🕹️ Challenging but fair difficulty
- 🕹️ Variety of mini-games
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🐛 Occasional freezing/crashing issues
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls at times
- 🕹️ Difficulty curve not always balanced
- 🕹️ Lack of solo/practice mode
Bugs and requests
Elemental Master
Reported bugs
4 issues- Black screen issue
- Freezing during ads
- Progression/save data issues
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
4 requests- More elements and powers
- Harder difficulty levels
- Ability to rearrange element order
- Reduce ad frequency
Retro Battle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing during battles
- Unresponsive left/right controls
- Inconsistent game performance on some devices
- Certain mini-games not functioning properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more games and content updates
- Implement an option to remove ads for a one-time fee
- Improve responsiveness and fine-tune controls
- Introduce a solo/practice mode for players
- Enhance the difficulty balancing across levels
In-app purchases
Elemental Master
- NO ADS$2.99
- NO ADS and CASH$3.99
- NO ADS and CASH and SKINS$5.99
Retro Battle
- Candies$0.99
- Pack of Candies$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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Questions
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