Comparison

Retro Tron vs Untangle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Retro Tron

Engage in a fast-paced, neon-lit duel where you steer a light-cycle to trap your opponent. Outmaneuver the CPU in two challenging modes, aiming to be the last cycle running to win rounds and the match.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced light-cycle duels
  • Strategic 90-degree turns
  • Turbo boost for speed control
  • Two difficulty modes (Normal, Hard)
  • AI opponent with adaptive strategy
  • Retro arcade visual and sound style
Features
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Retro Tron is a fast, neon light-cycle duel for one player. Steer your glowing cycle, trap the CPU’s cycle against a wall of light, and be the last one running. HOW TO PLAY • Swipe anywhere on the screen to turn your cycle 90 degrees. • Your cycle never stops and leaves a solid trail behind it. Hit a wall or any trail and you’re out. • Hold TURBO to double your speed and cut your rival off. Let go to slow down again. • Win a round by being the last cycle running. The first to win 5 rounds wins the match. • Watch for MATCH POINT: whoever is a round from winning is shown before each round, and the 4-4 decider is announced as the last round. TWO MODES • Normal: a steady pace that rewards planning. • Hard: both cycles move 1.5 times faster, and turbo scales to match. A SMARTER OPPONENT The CPU looks ahead for trouble and steers toward open space, and it reads further ahead and wanders less as the rounds go on. It leaves you gaps, but not many. RETRO ARCADE STYLE • Glowing neon trails and grid, with cycles that swing through every turn. • Chunky pixel lettering, a high-score table and classic arcade-style sound effects. A mute button is always at hand. • Pause any time, and play on iPhone or iPad. Quick rounds, easy to learn, hard to master. Let the games begin!

About

Untangle

Features
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Every other untangle game lets the lines slide through each other. This one doesn't. In Untangle: Night Sky the ropes are physical. They are solid to the touch, they have real slack, and pulling one star drags its neighbours along like a knotted necklace. You cannot shove a star through a rope — you have to work the knot loose the way you would in your hands: find the gap, go around it, or slip underneath. Drag the stars until no two ropes cross. The constellation lights up. DEPTH IS REAL A rope lying over all of your star's ropes lets the star dive under it. A rope lying under them lets it slide over. A rope sandwiched between them is a wall. Reading that depth is how you find the way through. TWENTY SKIES, THEN NO END Twenty hand-paced levels teach the rope, then Polaris — a star pinned to the sky that never moves — and then the Iron Chain, a rope that nothing can pass. Clear all twenty and the Star Field opens: endless, procedurally generated constellations that keep on growing. ALWAYS SOLVABLE Every board is made by tangling a solved constellation with legal moves, and no level ships until the game's own solver can finish it. When you are stuck, a hint shows the star to move, the route to take, and where it lands — and it only ever suggests a move that genuinely works. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No purchases. No account. No timers, no lives, no energy meter. It plays entirely offline. Just you, a tangle of rope, and a sky waiting to light up.

Screenshots

Retro Tron2 screens
Untangle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Untangle at every 4 days against Retro Tron's every 20 months. Untangle also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Retro Tron ships an update every 20 months, Untangle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Retro Tron versus Untangle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetro TronUntangle
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMorgan RaiMSP AI, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Retro Tron

No in-app purchases

None

Untangle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retro Tron free?
Retro Tron is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Untangle free?
Untangle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Retro Tron or Untangle have ads?
Neither Retro Tron nor Untangle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Retro Tron or Untangle?
Retro Tron ships an update every 20 months, and Untangle every 4 days. Most recently, Retro Tron was updated on November 3, 2026 and Untangle on November 5, 2026.

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