RetroLabel 2600 vs Amico Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RetroLabel 2600
Design and share custom retro game cartridge labels from your iPhone. Personalize titles, copyright messages, and CX numbers for fictional games. Email your creations or share them with friends.
- Customizable color titles
- Personalized copyright message
- Add custom 'CX number'
- Share creations with friends
- Email creations
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Remember those groovy cartridge labels from the 70s and 80s? Now you can create your very own from your iPhone! Create labels for games that never existed and share them with your friends! Check out these features: • Choose your own color titles. • Customizable copyright message. • Add your own “CX number.” • Share your creations with your friends. • Still in the 20th century? You can email your work too!
Amico Controller
Transform your smart device into a game controller for immersive couch multiplayer experiences. Connect wirelessly to a console or home app to play with friends and family. Offers various sign-in options and customizable controller settings.
- Turns smart devices into game controllers
- Wi-Fi network connectivity
- Touchscreen for game-specific controls
- Microphone and speaker support
- Multiple player sign-in options
- In-game menu and options
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Experience the joy of “couch play” multiplayer gaming with your family and friends! Requirements There are three components required to enjoy games on Amico Home: 1. This FREE Amico Controller app – turns smart devices into Amico game controllers. 2. An Amico Console or the FREE Amico Home app which turns a compatible smart device into an Amico Console. 3. A Wi-Fi network shared by all participating devices. Amico Controller Features Please see the screenshots for the appearance of the features described here. • Disc – directional input for gameplay and menu navigation. • Touchscreen – displays the controller’s menus as well as game-specific information, controls, and menus. • Menu Button – open/close the controller options menu on the touchscreen. It also pauses/resumes gameplay. • Action Buttons – games-specific functions and selecting highlighted menu items on the “console” device. • Speaker – some games play sound effects through your controller device’s speaker. • Microphone – some games ask you to record your voice through your controller device’s microphone for in-game content. Sign-In Menu When you launch the Amico Controller app, it automatically connects over your Wi-Fi network to the device running the Amico Home app. Then it shows the sign-in menu which presents four ways for you to sign in as a player: 1. Create a new resident account – enter your player nickname, preferred language and optional account password (and password hint). 2. Choose from a list of previously created resident accounts. 3. Use a guest account – type in your player guest nickname. 4. Use an anonymous guest account – it assigns you the name of “Player1”, or “Player2”, etc. A resident account preserves your account information and controller preferences between sessions; a guest account does not. In no case is your information sent over the Internet or stored on cloud servers. Options Menu Press the little menu button to open the controller’s option menu on the touchscreen area. This action pauses game play if a game is in active play (i.e. not on a game menu). Resume game play by pressing the menu button again to close the options menu. The options menu offerings vary depending on the current state of play and whether you are signed in or not and connected to the Amico Home console device or not. Only options that are currently applicable are shown to keep the menu streamlined. Important Options Menu Items • Sign Out – sign out of the current signed-in player account and return to the controller Sign-In menu. • Game Menu – Exit active gameplay and return to the game’s main menu. • Amico Home – Exit a game completely and return everyone to the Amico Home app. • Settings (Gear) – a submenu of various settings options to customize your controller and gameplay experience. • Rotation Lock/Unlock – a toggle that locks and unlocks the ability for the controller UI to rotate when you rotate the controller to different orientations. A user-friendly feature of Amico Controllers is the ability to rotate it for left-handed or right-handed comfort. Some games may restrict the controller UI to only landscape or only portrait orientations due to demands of their touchscreen displays. But within those restrictions you are free to rotate the controller 180 degrees to change which side has the Disc and which side has the touch screen. The touchscreen UI and Disc directions will automatically adjust to the new orientation (unless you have locked rotation, see above). “Amico” is a trademark of Intellivision Entertainment, LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RetroLabel 2600 at 4.1 against Amico Controller's 3.2. RetroLabel 2600 also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Amico Controller's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. RetroLabel 2600 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Amico Controller asks for nothing beyond the download.
RetroLabel 2600 holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of RetroLabel 2600's written reviews are positive against 64% of Amico Controller's.
RetroLabel 2600 ships an update monthly, Amico Controller every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RetroLabel 2600 | Amico Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better | 3.2 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MavroLabs LLC | Intellivision |
Customer experience
RetroLabel 2600
Amico Controller
In-app purchases
RetroLabel 2600
- RetroLabel 2600 PRO VERSION!$0.99
Amico Controller
No in-app purchases
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