Tesla Toy vs RetroScreens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tesla Toy
An interactive entertainment app that simulates a powerful electrical field. Touching the screen causes thousands of particles to react dynamically and amusingly.
- Interactive electrical field simulation
- Thousands of reactive particles
- Touchscreen interaction
- Amusing particle reactions
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Tesla Toy is an interactive toy. Touching the screen generates a powerful electrical field that makes the thousands of particles react in amusing ways.
RetroScreens
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RetroScreens is a library of classic-inspired ambient motion visuals, rebuilt as modern native scenes for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac. Open the app, pick a visual, and let your device become a quiet piece of motion design: morphing geometry, 3D pipes, color fields, starfields, flip clocks, split-flap boards, plasma waves, sand-table paths, cellular patterns, and more. The launch catalog includes 24 visuals: - Test Pattern - Departures - Lorenz - Rosette - Lifelike - Flip Clock - Neon Grid - Plasma - Flocks - Flying Microwaves - Starfield - Mystique - Lake - Pipeworks - 3D Text - Tunnel - Shapeshifter - Ribbons - Green Rain - Bubbles - Cradle - Filament - Bounce - Sand Table RetroScreens is built for the Apple devices you already have: - Play immersive foreground visuals on iPhone and iPad - Use the Apple TV app as a living-room visual library - Use the Mac app directly - Unlock the full v1 catalog once and use it across supported Apple platforms with the same App Store account Some visuals are precise and minimal. Some are bright, strange, and nostalgic. All of them are rendered on-device and tuned for foreground playback, ambient presentation, and slow visual texture. RetroScreens includes free starter visuals. Full Unlock opens the full premium catalog and premium settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RetroScreens at Free against Tesla Toy's $1.99. RetroScreens also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). Tesla Toy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On ads 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
RetroScreens is free to download; Tesla Toy costs $1.99 up front. RetroScreens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tesla Toy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tesla Toy ships an update every 3 months, RetroScreens every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tesla Toy | RetroScreens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | Dave Davis |
Bugs and requests
Tesla Toy
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incompatibility with certain devices or screen sizes
- Issues with taking screenshots or saving images
Requested features
4 requests- Add sound effects or music integration
- Introduce more varied animations and patterns
- Implement a save/load feature for creations
- Allow recording of sessions as videos
RetroScreens
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tesla Toy
No in-app purchases
RetroScreens
- Unlock All$1.99









