Comparison

Retro Battle vs Climber Arcade

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Portable console experience
  • Challenge younger generations
  • Retro game collection
  • Nostalgic gameplay
Features
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Challenge the kids with your portable console!

About

Climber Arcade

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Pull down. Climb. Don't stop. Climber Arcade is a speed-climbing score attack built for the two minutes you actually have. Every point is dragged out of the screen with your thumb — nothing scores while you wait. HOW IT PLAYS Pull down to haul yourself up the wall. Swipe sideways to change lanes. That's the whole control scheme, and you'll have it in about four seconds. Pull with both thumbs at once and you dyno — double the ground in a single move. But both hands leave the wall, and for a moment you can't dodge anything. Speed always costs you control. TWO WAYS TO CLIMB Sprint — 25 seconds. A hard ceiling that makes recklessness the correct choice. Endless — the wall scrolls faster and faster and never stops. Keep up or fall behind. THE WALL FIGHTS BACK Barrier rocks punish climbing blind. Falling rocks punish standing still. Climb high enough and barriers start arriving in pairs, closing two of the three lanes and leaving exactly one line through. YOUR ONLY OPPONENT IS YOU Your best score sits on screen for the whole run. Beat it and you'll know immediately. Checkpoints every 50 pulls mark the climb. BUILT TO BE DECENT No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No network connection at all — it works in a lift, on a plane, in a tunnel. Nothing you do in this game leaves your device. Reduce Motion is honoured, haptics can be switched off, and VoiceOver reads the score, timer and height.

Screenshots

Retro Battle4 screens
Climber Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Climber Arcade at none against Retro Battle's 10. Climber Arcade also leads on ads (none vs shown). Retro Battle's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Retro Battle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Climber Arcade asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Retro Battle versus Climber Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetro BattleClimber Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (496 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings496 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB1 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperYso CorpRiddim Software Corporation

Bugs and requests

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

Climber Arcade

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Retro Battle

One-time10
  • Candies$0.99
  • Pack of Candies$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
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  • Mega NES Games$3.99
  • Super Drive Games$3.99
  • Game Kids Games$3.99
  • Atary 64 Games$3.99
  • Bag of Candies$4.99
  • Candy Machine$9.99
  • Ultimate Pack$9.99
None

Climber Arcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retro Battle free?
Retro Battle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Climber Arcade free?
Climber Arcade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Retro Battle or Climber Arcade have ads?
Retro Battle shows ads; Climber Arcade does not.

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