Ollie’s Arcade vs Doomscroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ollie’s Arcade
Experience classic arcade and handheld gaming on your phone with a collection of retro-styled mini-games. Enjoy challenging yet simple gameplay with no ads, coins, or subscriptions required. Accessible for all, including those with color-blindness, and supports game controllers and keyboards.
- Retro-styled mini-games
- Ad-free experience
- No in-app purchases or subscriptions
- Accessible design for color-blindness
- Game controller and keyboard support
- Handheld electronic game simulation
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A fun collection of retro-styled mini games that are both challenging and simple to play. Relive fond memories of your favorite classic arcade or electronic handheld games! ⁕ 100% Free Thanks to generous Kickstarter backers, Ollie's Arcade is entirely free to play! ⁕ Handheld Retro Gaming Put the sights and sounds of electronic gaming in the palm of your hand. Turns your device into a perfectly pixelated way to pass the time and have some fun. ⁕ No Ads, No Coins, No Subs There are no ads to watch, no coins to buy, and no subscriptions to renew. Crash that lunar lander all you want, we'll build more! ⁕ Fun AND Accessible Ollie's mini games are easy to learn and designed to be accessible for all, even those with color-blindness. ⁕ Game Controller and Keyboard Support Sometimes you just gotta go old school! Each of Ollie's mini games offer full support for playing with your favorite game controller or keyboard. IGRS Rating: 3+
Doomscroll
An arcade shooter designed for your wrist, where you control your descent into a cavern by turning the Digital Crown. Your character automatically fires, but stopping too long means game over. Unlock new monsters and weapon upgrades as you go deeper.
- Digital Crown control for Apple Watch
- Swipe controls for iPhone
- Retro arcade shooter gameplay
- Unlockable monsters and weapon upgrades
- Endless descent challenge
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Your phone has a thousand games. Your watch has almost none. But this is about to become your favorite watch game. Doomscroll is an arcade shooter built for your wrist where the only thing you need to do is turn the Digital Crown to scroll deeper into the cavern. Your character fires as you go. Stop scrolling too long and the flames will get you. It starts out easy. But the deeper you get, the worse it gets. New monsters unlock, but for every 100 that you kill, you can pick a weapon upgrade. You’ll encounter barricades, spider webs, and get the occasional health potion. Your challenge is to see how far you get, and whether you can get further next time. Faithfully ported from the original browser game, with all five cavern floors, every monster, the same endless descent. Also plays on iPhone with swipe controls. • Built for Apple Watch, controlled with the Digital Crown • Play for two minutes or twenty • No ads. No in-app purchases. • No sound! Because who wants game noises coming out of their watch? • (And because you want to listen to a podcast while you play anyway) • Collects no data. • One purchase gets you both the Watch and iPhone apps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ollie’s Arcade at Free against Doomscroll's $1.99. Ollie’s Arcade also leads on ratings volume (135 vs 1). Doomscroll's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Ollie’s Arcade is free to download; Doomscroll costs $1.99 up front. Ollie’s Arcade sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Doomscroll asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doomscroll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ollie’s Arcade has 135 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Ollie’s Arcade | Doomscroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (135 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | The Iconfactory | David Friedman |
Customer experience
Ollie’s Arcade
Doomscroll
In-app purchases
Ollie’s Arcade
- Tranquility Touchdown$1.99
- Snake$1.99
Doomscroll
No in-app purchases
