Classic Marathon Infinity vs RA Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classic Marathon Infinity
Experience the epic conclusion to a classic sci-fi shooter trilogy. Engage in single-player campaigns with exploration, puzzles, and combat, or test your skills in intense multiplayer battles. Features enhanced graphics and sound.
- Single-player campaign with story and missions
- Multiplayer cross-play support
- Enhanced HD graphics
- 3D positional sound
- New weapon: KKV-7 SMG
- 25 main levels and 5 hidden levels
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Rage hard.. Marathon Infinity® is the climactic conclusion to Bungie's groundbreaking Marathon® Trilogy. Learn the the truth about the events of Classic Marathon® and Marathon: Durandal® first hand in "Blood Tides of Lh’owon", the single player portion of Infinity. ENHANCEMENTS • High frame rate support • Updated HD Sprite set • 3D positional sound with HRTF • Texture parallax mapping • Multiplayer cross-play with Linux, Mac, PC, and Steam • Fan soundtrack by Talashar FEATURES • 25 levels divided into four chapters • 5 hidden levels • missions include exploration, puzzles and extermination • "Carnage is as easy as point and shoot." ~Marathon Manual • introducing a new weapon: KKV-7 10mm SMG Flechette submachine gun ===== to.be.a.vidmaster ==== What does it mean to be a Vidmaster? It is being balanced in the calm center of a whirling and untouchable tornado of destruction, while showers of grenades patter harmlessly around you and bullets crawl toward you in slow-mo. It is when your brain develops a new bundle of nerves whose only function is to re-route impulses directly from your eyes to your finger muscles, so that you can twist and snap off a rocket long before you’re conscious of the yellow blip in your motion detector. It is when the difference between a roomful of alien warriors and a carpet of them is a matter of seconds. The word "vid" entered the Marathon lexicon during development of the first game, to distinguish the excellent players (particularly in net games) from the fodder. The Oath of the Vidmaster was inscribed into the skip-levels dialog (Command-Option-Begin New Game), to remind players of the highest level of excellence they could aspire to: "I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use Caps Lock as my 'run' key, and to never, ever, leave a single Bob alive." To do these things is to invite maximum peril, and requires one to play the game as hard and unrelentingly as possible, at the highest level of skill; to play as a Vidmaster. These three games, the Marathon® saga, are the best training and testing ground for Vidmasters. You can play against aliens alone or in a networked group through more than 80 levels. But the true challenge is surviving in one of the 50 included netgame arenas against other people. It is in such trials by fire that mighty Vidmasters are forged. Rage hard.. ===== BUNGIE™, MARATHON® and the Bungie and Marathon logos are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Bungie, Inc., used with permission.
RA Tracker
This native iOS app allows users to view and track their RetroAchievements.org account. It provides detailed insights into game completion, earned awards, and recent achievements, enhancing the overall gaming experience.
- Track completion progress
- View game awards
- See recently earned achievements
- Discover users with specific achievements
- Get Achievement of the Week notifications
- View user leaderboards
- Manage game backlog
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RA Tracker for RetroAchievements.org is a native application for users to view and track their RetroAchievements account. RA Tracker has many capabilities, all designed around maximizing the RetroAchievements experience and feeling right at home on your iOS Device. - View your completion progress for all games you are earning achievements for - View awards for mastering a game - View all of your recently earned achievements and recently played games - Browse every game across every console in one searchable Games catalog - Search for games by console to see what games currently have Achievements to earn - See which achievements are progression, win condition, or missable, and sort by them - View leaderboards for each game and see where users rank - See game ratings and your playtime for each game - Read comments on games and achievements - See users that have earned specific achievements - View the Achievement of the Week and get a notification when a new one is posted - Browse the latest new achievement sets and revisions - View the top ten user leaderboard - Add games to Want to Play to keep track of what you want to play - Create a list of games to track completion progress - Follow other RetroAchievements.org users and track their progress and recently earned achievements - Add home screen widgets for your Profile, Tracked Games, and the Achievement of the Week - Share your achievements and progress as images - Share links from retroachievements.org to open them right in RA Tracker - Choose which tabs to show and make your profile the home screen - Customize the app with alternate app icons, rounded images, and display options like RetroPoints and softcore data - Read RANews As the RetroAchievements.org public API evolves, so will RA Tracker. Stay tuned for updates on what is to come next by following iOSLife on Mastodon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RA Tracker at monthly against Classic Marathon Infinity's every 5 months. RA Tracker also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 75%). Classic Marathon Infinity's advantage is ratings volume (160 vs 53) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Classic Marathon Infinity sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and RA Tracker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Classic Marathon Infinity against 4.5 for RA Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 160 and 53 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Classic Marathon Infinity's written reviews are positive against 85% of RA Tracker's.
Classic Marathon Infinity ships an update every 5 months, RA Tracker monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classic Marathon Infinity | RA Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (160 ratings) | 4.5 (53 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 160 — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.0 GB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dustin Wenz | iOSLife |
Customer experience
Classic Marathon Infinity
RA Tracker
User reviews
Classic Marathon Infinity
From 160 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Faithful port of classic game
- 🎮 Full single-player campaign included
- 📱 Successfully brought to mobile platform
- 🎨 Graphics updates and HDR improvements
- 🔊 Spatial audio and fan-made music additions
Room to improve
- 🎮 Touch screen controls are cumbersome
- 🎮 Auto-centering view during movement
- 🎮 Difficult to aim while moving
- 🎮 Awkward button placement on screen
- 🐛 Frequent crashes on various iOS versions
RA Tracker
From 53 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Best RA app found
- 👍 Nice UI and design
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 👍 Great for tracking progress
- 👍 Good for finding new games
Room to improve
- 🐛 Missing achievement status flags
- 🐛 Inconsistent 'recently played' games
- 🐛 Ugly AI generated icons
- 🐛 Profile pictures don't update
- 🐛 Sorting options don't work
Bugs and requests
Classic Marathon Infinity
Reported bugs
15 issues- Game crashes on iOS 8 and later versions
- Crashes when loading specific levels (Level 1, Despair)
- Cannot progress past end screen
- Stuck in 'Rage' chapter loop
- Level 0 to 1 transition crashes
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- Black screen except HUD visible
- Cannot open doors
- Texture rendering issues on Level 3
- Sky texture rotated 90 degrees
- Game Center broken
- App Store purchase features not accessible
- Screen zoomed in and distorted on iPad Mini
- Menu covering half screen on iPhone 4s
- Levels advancing out of sequence
- Achievements bugged (level progression)
Requested features
16 requests- Controller support (Backbone, MFi controllers)
- Multiplayer/network gameplay
- Custom map support and community maps
- Map builder tool
- Inverted aim option
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- Adjustable sensitivity settings
- Field of view customization
- Auto-center view toggle
- Run/swim toggle option
- Rearrangeable on-screen controls
- Bluetooth keyboard support
- Bootable from Backbone app
- Texture filtering options
- Scenario packs (Marathon Evil, Rubicon, Tempus Irae)
- Pathways Into Darkness port
- Desktop/CPU version
RA Tracker
Reported bugs
14 issues- Achievement status flags removed from list
- Profile pictures not updating
- Sorting options for achievements not working
- App hangs upon opening occasionally
- Games show as 'Mock Title'/'Mock Console'
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- Followed users list not showing
- Want to play list not showing
- App crashes upon opening on iPhone 12 (iOS 18.2 Beta)
- App crashes on launch with iOS 18
- No screenshot found at top of profile
- Comments button shows 'page not found'
- Wii icon not visible/in consoles section
- Shows games on profile not played, doesn't show played games
- Notifications for unlocking achievements not working/featured
Requested features
14 requests- Show missable/progression/win condition flags on list
- Show time played per game
- Show beaten/mastered status next to games
- Add iPad support
- Search for other games and add to watch/want to play lists
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- Native iPad app
- Landscape mode and controller support
- Universal game search
- View comments under games and achievements
- More widget options (profile, mastery badges, leaderboards, activity)
- Ability to get AotM (Achievement of the Month)
- Apple Watch version
- Notifications for new achievements
- Option to hide unlocked achievements
In-app purchases
Classic Marathon Infinity
- Master Chief Mode$0.99
- Enhanced Reticules$0.99
- Just a tip$0.99
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- HD Mode$1.99
- Not the smallest tip$1.99
- A good tip$2.99
- A pretty good tip$4.99
- An excellent tip$7.99
- The best possible tip$12.99
- Better than the best tip$20.99
RA Tracker
- Small Tip$0.99
- Nice Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
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- Out of this World Tip$9.99
Questions
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