Comparison

Chop Town vs Retro

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

Head to head
About

Chop Town

Experience the life of a lumberjack in this realistic simulator. Jump between trees, use your axe, and manage your energy to survive even the most extreme falls. Work hard and rest well in this unique casual game.

Highlights
  • Realistic lumberjack simulation
  • Tree jumping gameplay
  • Axe wielding mechanics
  • Energy management system
  • Survival elements
  • Casual gameplay
Features
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Live the exciting life of a lumberjack in this 100% realistic lumberjack simulator. Jump from tree to tree, wield your trusty axe, work all night and sleep all day! Chopping gives you energy. When a branch eventually slams you into the ground at mach 10, chopping energy will help you dig your way to freedom! Welcome to Chop Town. You're a lumberjack, and you're OK.

About

Retro

Navigate a treacherous pyramid maze, collecting treasures and avoiding deadly creatures. Use your gun to defend yourself against ghosts, mummies, vampires, and skeletons. Discover helpful cheats to aid your escape.

Highlights
  • Pyramid maze navigation
  • Treasure collection
  • Enemy avoidance and combat
  • Multiple enemy types
  • In-game cheats (POKEs)
  • 6 levels of increasing difficulty
Features
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Escape from the pyramid and discover its treasures. Find the exit at the top level of the maze while avoiding deadly creatures and collecting objects. You can shoot your gun to scare ghosts away, make mummies disappear and kill vampires and skeletons. Press back to access the in-game menu and enable helpful cheats (POKEs). Fred was originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1983 by Fernando Rada, Paco Menéndez and Carlos Granados and distributed by Indescomp. It was licensed, together with Bugaboo (The Flea) by Quicksilva near the end of 1983. It was initially published in the United Kingdom, and shortly after in Spain by Investrónica. Retro-Fred is a modern port of Fred. It aims to replicate the original game as closely as possible. A version developed in Scratch is also available. Retro-Fred is free software, distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is available for free. It does not store any user data and it does not need any usage permissions. Visit https://www.8bitfred.com and https://github.com/8bitfred/retro-fred for more information. The game The objective of the game is to reach the exit of the pyramid, located in the top level. The game has 6 levels of increasing difficulty. Each level has more and more difficult enemies: * Ghosts: they can go through the maze walls. They cannot be killed, but when they are shot they change the direction of movement. * Rats: they move laterally. Fred must jump vertically to avoid them. They cannot be killed. * Acid drops: run quickly to avoid getting hit by them. * Mummies: they walk slowly on the horizontal passages and fall quicky down the vertical corridors. They disappear when they get hit by a bullet, and reappear in a different location. * Chameleons: they walk on the side of the vertical corridors and jump from one side to the other. * Vampires: they fly in the maze and change directions randomly. They can be killed by shooting them. * Skeletons: they walk on the horizontal corridors and climb up and down the ropes, trying to follow Fred. They die when hit by a bullet. Objects There are different types of objects that Fred can collect inside the maze: * Treasures: they are worth 500 to 1500 points, plus extra bonuses when you reach the exit. * Power-up: increases the power level. * Ammo-up: recharges the number of bullets to the maximum level. * Map: shows a map of the section of the map near Fred. The corridors are shown in white and the walls in blue. After finishing a level you will get 5000 points, and 1000 bonus point for each treasure collected during the game.

Screenshots

Chop Town4 screens
Retro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retro at none against Chop Town's 1. Retro also leads on ads (none vs shown). Chop Town's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chop Town sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Retro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chop Town against 5.0 for Retro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chop Town ships an update every 4 days, Retro every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chop Town versus Retro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChop TownRetro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHawken KingMiguel Catalina

Customer experience

Chop Town

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Retro

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chop Town

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Retro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chop Town free?
Chop Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retro free?
Retro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chop Town or Retro?
Chop Town and Retro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Chop Town or Retro have ads?
Chop Town shows ads; Retro does not.
Which is updated more often, Chop Town or Retro?
Chop Town ships an update every 4 days, and Retro every 3 days. Most recently, Chop Town was updated on October 12, 2026 and Retro on October 21, 2026.

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