RA Tracker vs RetroAchievementsUI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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 - See users that have earned specific achievements - View the Achievement of the Week and get a notification when a new one is posted! - View the top ten user leaderboard - Add games to the Backlog to keep track of what you want to play - Search for games by console to see what games currently have Achievements to earn - Create a list of games to track completion progress - Follow other RetroAchievements.org users and track their progress and recently earned achievements - 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.
RetroAchievementsUI
Browse and discover games with achievements. Track your progress and find new challenges to master. This open-source application is built with SwiftUI.
- Browse games with achievements
- Discover new games
- Track game progress
- Open-source
- SwiftUI built
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RetroAchievementsUI is open-source and written entirely in SwiftUI. View games you've played, or find new ones to master!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RA Tracker at 4.6 against RetroAchievementsUI's 3.7. RA Tracker also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 50%) and ratings volume (50 vs 7). RetroAchievementsUI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. RA Tracker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. RetroAchievementsUI asks for nothing beyond the download.
RA Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RA Tracker has 50 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of RA Tracker's written reviews are positive against 50% of RetroAchievementsUI's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RA Tracker | RetroAchievementsUI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (50 ratings) — better | 3.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iOSLife | Michael Rosenberg |
Customer experience
RA Tracker
RetroAchievementsUI
In-app purchases
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
RetroAchievementsUI
No in-app purchases
