HISINGY vs RetroArch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HISINGY
Enhance your mini drone flying experience with flight data syncing, progress tracking, and drone customization. Record and share your FPV adventures, unlocking new abilities as you fly.
- Sync flight data
- Level up and unlock achievements
- Customize drone handling
- Configure video channel and LED color
- Record and download DVR media
- Share FPV adventures on social media
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HISINGY APP enriches your flying experience by syncing flight data, leveling up, unlocking achievements, obtaining Sinergy, and more. It records your progress from rookie to guru. You can configure your mini drone’s handling, video channel, LED color, Bluetooth name, and more through HISINGY APP. Fly more to unlock more power and agility. DVR media download is also available. Record your FPV adventure with HISINGY Wi-FI DVR Module, and share it instantly on social media with your friends and family! There is much more to explore in the world of FPV and HISINGY. Download the HISINGY APP and start flying! Journey starts here, sky is the limit!
RetroArch
This application serves as a versatile frontend for emulators and game engines, supporting a vast array of systems through downloadable cores. It offers advanced features like netplay, save states, and customizable controls for an enhanced gaming experience.
- Supports numerous gaming systems via libretro cores
- Netplay for multiplayer gaming
- Save states and fast forward/rewind
- Controller support and key remapping
- Customizable shaders and overlays
- RetroAchievements integration
- AI translations for games
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RetroArch is a free, ad-free, open source, and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players, and other applications. Supported systems come in the form of libretro cores. The following systems are supported through various cores: * 2048 * Acorn - BBC Micro * Amstrad - CPC/GX4000 * Anarch * Arcade * Arduboy * Atari - 2600 * Atari - 5200 * Atari - 7800 * Atari - Jaguar * Atari - Lynx * Bandai - WonderSwan/Color * Cave Story * Coleco - ColecoVision * Commodore - Amiga * Commodore - C128 * Commodore - C64 * Commodore - C64 SuperCPU * Commodore - CBM-II 5x0 * Commodore - CBM-II 6x0/7x0 * Commodore - PET * Commodore - PLUS/4 * Commodore - VIC-20 * Dinothawr * Doom * DOS * Fairchild ChannelF * Flashback * GCE - Vectrex * Game Music Emu * Handheld Electronic * MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 * Mattel - Intellivision * Mega Duck / Cougar Boy * Mr.Boom * NEC - PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD * NEC - PC-FX * NEC - PC-98 * Nintendo - DS * Nintendo - Game Boy / Color * Nintendo - Game Boy Advance * Nintendo - NES / Famicom * Nintendo - Nintendo 64 * Nintendo - Pokemon Mini * Nintendo - SNES / SFC * Nintendo - Virtual Boy * Palm OS * PocketCDG * Quake * Quake II * Rick Dangerous * SNK - Neo Geo AES/MVS * SNK - Neo Geo CD * SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color * ScummVM * Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD/32X * Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000 * Sega - Saturn * Sharp - X68000 * Sinclair - ZX Spectrum * Sony - PlayStation * Sony - PlayStation Portable * Texas Instruments TI-83 * The 3DO Company - 3DO * Thomson - MO/TO * Vircon32 * VirtualXT * WASM-4 * Watara - Supervision RetroArch supports a broad range of features, including: * Netplay * Soft patching * RetroAchievements * Save states * MFi controller support * Key remapping per core or per game * Gyro * Cheats * Custom overlays * Shaders * Fast forward and rewind * Game artwork * AI translations * Advanced latency management **RetroArch and Libretro are in no way affiliated with Nintendo. The name "Nintendo" and all associated game console names are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.**
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RetroArch at 4.3 against HISINGY's 3.5. RetroArch also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). HISINGY's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 69%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
RetroArch holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RetroArch has 1.8K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of HISINGY's written reviews are positive against 69% of RetroArch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HISINGY ships an update every 3 weeks, RetroArch weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HISINGY | RetroArch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) | 4.3 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 69.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 652 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 北京美冠挚友科技有限公司 | Libretro |
Customer experience
HISINGY
RetroArch
Bugs and requests
HISINGY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RetroArch
Reported bugs
5 issues- N64 games not loading textures properly
- Crashes when changing settings or cores
- Bios files not being recognized
- Inconsistent performance across devices
- Saved settings not persisting
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for PS2, GameCube, and 3DS emulation
- Improve iCloud/cloud storage integration
- Implement customizable button layouts
- Add a more user-friendly setup wizard
- Provide better documentation and tutorials
In-app purchases
HISINGY
No in-app purchases
RetroArch
No in-app purchases
