Comparison

MPC Legend 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

MPC Legend

This app transforms your iPad into a virtual music production tool, teaching beat-making fundamentals through engaging call-and-response gameplay. It offers progressive challenges and practice modes for all skill levels, from beginners to experienced producers.

Highlights
  • Virtual MPC pads for beat creation
  • Call-and-response rhythmic challenges
  • Three beat styles: Dirty South, East Coast, West Coast
  • 9 levels per beat style
  • Practice Mode for freestyle improvisation
  • Game Center integration for scores
Features
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The MPC Legend app is a virtual music production call-and-response game that shows you the basics of making beats and pushes your rhythmic limits. It will teach you and it will test you, with tons of fun along the way. Whether you’ve never created a beat before or can’t remember a time when you weren’t hitting the pads, the MPC Legend app has something for you. MPC Fly 30 Available Now from Akai Pro: http://www.akaipro.com/mpc-fly-30 Turn your iPad into a real MPC. Pound out beats and play MPC Legend on 16 backlit genuine MPC pads. Use MPC Fly 30 as a travel case for your iPad. Its multifunctional, double-hinged design gives you the flexibility to produce tracks anywhere, while also acting as a protective case between sessions and giving you total access to your iPad for normal uses. Key Features: -Match each beat and try to keep up as the patterns become more complex -Three beat styles to choose from: Dirty South, East Coast, and West Coast -Advance through 9 levels per style, unlocking new levels as your skills improve -Enter Practice Mode at anytime to play freestyle and improvise -Integrates with Apple’s Game Center to automatically post your scores -Hone your timing and beat-making ability with easy, medium, and hard levels

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

Retro Cloud Player1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retro Cloud Player at 5.0 against MPC Legend's 3.6. Retro Cloud Player also leads on device support (3 vs 1). MPC Legend's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 1) and iOS requirement (5.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MPC Legend has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
MPC Legend versus Retro Cloud Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMPC LegendRetro Cloud Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (59 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better1
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS5.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkai ProfessionalJulien Eyriès

Customer experience

MPC Legend

All ratings58 ratings
Positive58.6%
Neutral13.8%
Negative27.6%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative47.8%

Retro Cloud Player

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

In-app purchases

None

MPC Legend

No in-app purchases

None

Retro Cloud Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MPC Legend free?
MPC Legend 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, MPC Legend or Retro Cloud Player?
Retro Cloud Player is rated higher. MPC Legend averages 3.6 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Retro Cloud Player averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MPC Legend or Retro Cloud Player have ads?
Neither MPC Legend nor Retro Cloud Player shows ads.

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