RA Tracker vs SNAX MACHINE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RA Tracker
Track your progress and achievements on RetroAchievements.org with this native iOS app. Browse games, view leaderboards, manage your want-to-play list, and customize your experience. Stay updated with the latest news and achievement sets.
- View completion progress and awards
- Browse and search game catalog
- Track recently earned achievements
- View leaderboards and game ratings
- Manage 'Want to Play' lists
- Follow other users' progress
- Customize app appearance and tabs
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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 and recently played games - Browse every game across every console in one searchable Games catalog - Search for games by console to see what games currently have Achievements to earn - See which achievements are progression, win condition, or missable, and sort by them - View leaderboards for each game and see where users rank - See game ratings and your playtime for each game - Read comments on games and achievements - See users that have earned specific achievements - View the Achievement of the Week and get a notification when a new one is posted - Browse the latest new achievement sets and revisions - View the top ten user leaderboard - Add games to Want to Play to keep track of what you want to play - Create a list of games to track completion progress - Follow other RetroAchievements.org users and track their progress and recently earned achievements - Add home screen widgets for your Profile, Tracked Games, and the Achievement of the Week - Share your achievements and progress as images - Share links from retroachievements.org to open them right in RA Tracker - Choose which tabs to show and make your profile the home screen - Customize the app with alternate app icons, rounded images, and display options like RetroPoints and softcore data - 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.
SNAX MACHINE
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Today, one lone snax machine. Tomorrow, the world! You inherited a vending machine. The bank wants it back. Stack snacks, clear shelves, and out-snax the loan officer one installment payment at a time. It's a block game, but with more depth, and in 3D. And the blocks are snacks. Clear rows on the front face and watch the stack collapse through the machine. Line up interesting and unique stax of snax for your hungry customers. Snack and awe. Two ways to stack: GRIND TIME: Roguelite by calendar. Every cleared row burns a day. Every month ends with a payment that swells like a shaken soda. Pick one of dozens of upgrades between bills, and then dodge dozens of monthly hazards and catastrophes. Climb four difficulty tiers, from sunny CASINO down through FOOD COURT and OFFICE to the shady BLOCK MARKET. Pay the loan off and you've earned the right to go full WORLD DOMINATION. CRUNCH TIME: Pure score chase. No loans, no upgrades, no mercy. Just you, your snax, your score, and someone's foot on the accelerator. On the menu: Pixel-art snack pieces Intuitive 3D controls: drag, swipe, twist. Spin the cabinet to peek behind the front face. On-screen button mode if you don't like drag-and-twist. Plays nice with controllers, keyboards, touchscreens, and sugar-free soda. Don't get salty, but there's over 40 hazards and catastrophes to spice up your life. Dozens of sweet upgrades that dictate wildly different strategies. Build a streak machine, a cookie factory, or bet your run on perfection. Price of admission: CRUNCH TIME is free forever. GRIND TIME plays free through April 15. The full calendar, every upgrade, every market, and WORLD DOMINATION mode are all yours with a one-time deposit. Stack like your future depends on it. Because it does. Cooked up by Rogue Potato. Few real snacks were harmed during the making of this game.
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Verdict
RA Tracker and SNAX MACHINE are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 and SNAX MACHINE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | RA Tracker | SNAX MACHINE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (54 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | iOSLife | JASON ALAN DOTY |
Bugs and requests
RA Tracker
Reported bugs
14 issues- Achievement status flags removed from list
- Profile pictures not updating
- Sorting options for achievements not working
- App hangs upon opening occasionally
- Games show as 'Mock Title'/'Mock Console'
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- Followed users list not showing
- Want to play list not showing
- App crashes upon opening on iPhone 12 (iOS 18.2 Beta)
- App crashes on launch with iOS 18
- No screenshot found at top of profile
- Comments button shows 'page not found'
- Wii icon not visible/in consoles section
- Shows games on profile not played, doesn't show played games
- Notifications for unlocking achievements not working/featured
Requested features
14 requests- Show missable/progression/win condition flags on list
- Show time played per game
- Show beaten/mastered status next to games
- Add iPad support
- Search for other games and add to watch/want to play lists
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- Native iPad app
- Landscape mode and controller support
- Universal game search
- View comments under games and achievements
- More widget options (profile, mastery badges, leaderboards, activity)
- Ability to get AotM (Achievement of the Month)
- Apple Watch version
- Notifications for new achievements
- Option to hide unlocked achievements
SNAX MACHINE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
SNAX MACHINE
- Full Unlock$4.99








