Checkers Gold vs Retro Cloud Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkers Gold
Enjoy a classic checkers experience with no ads or tracking. Play against a friend or the AI on various gameboards, with intuitive controls and visual cues for legal moves. Pieces smoothly glide into place for an engaging game.
- 1 or 2 player modes
- Rules enforced
- Pieces glide into position
- 11 included gameboards
- Legal move indicators
- No ads or tracking
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No ads, no tracking. Checkers game for 1 or 2 players, rules enforced, pieces glide into position. Play checkers with a friend or against your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch on any of 11 included gameboards. Pieces and squares subtly glow to show you all legal moves, and pieces slide into position when released.
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.
- Legacy gaming emulation
- iCloud ROM storage
- Libretro cores integration
- Companion app for ROM management
- Gamepad/keyboard support
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Retro Cloud Player at Free against Checkers Gold's $0.99. Retro Cloud Player also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9). Checkers Gold's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). On 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
Retro Cloud Player is free to download; Checkers Gold costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Retro Cloud Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checkers Gold has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Checkers Gold | Retro Cloud Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #194 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Julien Eyriès |
Customer experience
Checkers Gold
Retro Cloud Player
In-app purchases
Checkers Gold
No in-app purchases
Retro Cloud Player
No in-app purchases
Questions
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