Comparison

BallMazingLE vs Retro Cloud Player

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

Head to head
About

BallMazingLE

Experience a modern twist on the classic wooden ball labyrinth game. Tilt your device to guide a ball through challenging mazes filled with obstacles like bouncers, blockers, and slime tanks. This lite version offers initial levels to test your skills.

Highlights
  • Tilt controls
  • Classic labyrinth gameplay
  • Modern obstacles (bouncers, blockers, slime)
  • Variable ball speed
  • 80 levels (in full version)
  • Practice and Beginner packs included
Features
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Ballmazing Lite is the modern day version of the classic wooden ball bearing game labyrnith with a few new twists to challenge you, in this Lite Edition you can only paly the first two game packs (Practice and Beginner). Purchase the full version of BallMazing to play all the game packs. As you tilt your iPhone or iPod Touch the ball will weave its way through the maze but watch out for the new twists there are bouncers, blockers, skid pads and slime tanks for you to contend with, not to mention the classic holes you will need to avoid. With 80 levels to play and variable ball speed to match your skill level you will have hours of entertainment.

About

Retro Cloud Player

Play classic games on your Apple devices with this emulator. It utilizes iCloud for ROM storage and requires a companion app for collection management. A gamepad or keyboard is necessary for gameplay.

Highlights
  • Legacy gaming emulation
  • iCloud ROM storage
  • Libretro cores integration
  • Companion app for ROM management
  • Gamepad/keyboard support
Features
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The Retro Cloud Player is an emulator for legacy gaming systems. The ROMs are stored in iCloud. The Retro Cloud Companion app is needed in order to manage your collection of ROMs. A gamepad or keyboard is also required. This emulator include cores from the Libretro project.

Screenshots

BallMazingLE4 screens
Retro Cloud Player1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retro Cloud Player at 3.5 against BallMazingLE's 2.8. Retro Cloud Player also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). BallMazingLE's advantage is ratings volume (8.4K vs 2) and iOS requirement (2.2 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro Cloud Player holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BallMazingLE has 8.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BallMazingLE versus Retro Cloud Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBallMazingLERetro Cloud Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (8.4K ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS2.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCantasoftJulien Eyriès

Customer experience

BallMazingLE

All ratings8,503 ratings
Positive32.1%
Neutral23.1%
Negative44.8%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive24.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative64.9%

Retro Cloud Player

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BallMazingLE

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not working as intended
  • Ball controls and responsiveness issues
  • Compatibility problems with iOS updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and difficulty options
  • Improved responsiveness and ball control
  • Compatibility updates for newer devices

Retro Cloud Player

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BallMazingLE

No in-app purchases

None

Retro Cloud Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BallMazingLE free?
BallMazingLE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retro Cloud Player free?
Retro Cloud Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BallMazingLE or Retro Cloud Player?
Retro Cloud Player is rated higher. BallMazingLE averages 2.8 out of 5 from 8.4K ratings, while Retro Cloud Player averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do BallMazingLE or Retro Cloud Player have ads?
Neither BallMazingLE nor Retro Cloud Player shows ads.

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