iBrogueCE vs GEKKO C64
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBrogueCE
Experience a classic roguelike adventure on your iPad. This community-enhanced port offers deep tactical gameplay and challenging dungeons.
- Classic roguelike gameplay
- Community Edition enhancements
- Tactical dungeon crawling
- Challenging gameplay
- iPad optimized
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iBrogueCE is an iPad OS port of Brian Walker's rogue-like game Brogue. This is the Community Edition version, based on tmewett's development work, and Seth Howard's Objective C port to iPad OS, recently enhanced with Bryan Turner's integration work into the Community Edition repository.
GEKKO C64
Experience classic gaming with this fast and user-friendly emulator for the Commodore 64. It accurately recreates the graphics, floppy drive, and tape loading, supporting joysticks and wireless controllers. Easily load games, software, and even SID music files.
- Commodore 64 emulation
- 1541 Floppy Drive emulation
- Tape emulation
- Joystick support (Port 1 & 2)
- Fast loading
- SID music player
- Wireless joypad support
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GEKKO C64 Emulator is a Commodore 64 emulation, fast and easy to use completely programmed from scratch. GEKKO C64 emulate the graphic, the 1541 Floppy Drive, and the Tape. Joystick in Port 1 and 2 switch, fast load and many other features. How it works: - Press DISK... and choose a game or a software - Press LOAD * to load and run automatically. - If a game has an intro, press SPACE or RUN STOP - Switch Joystick PORT 1/2 and press FIRE - If you need to insert text or press a key you can use the command line - To load a SID song, choose a Sid file and press LOAD SID. A player will be opened. - Use the RESET button, to reset the emulator. - Wireless Joypad supported!! Enjoy!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iBrogueCE at 100% against GEKKO C64's 15%. iBrogueCE also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and ads (none vs shown). GEKKO C64's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iBrogueCE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of iBrogueCE's written reviews are positive against 15% of GEKKO C64's.
| Parameter | iBrogueCE | GEKKO C64 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (28 ratings) — better | 2.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Robert Taylor | Gennaro Coda |
Customer experience
iBrogueCE
GEKKO C64
In-app purchases
iBrogueCE
No in-app purchases
GEKKO C64
No in-app purchases
