Comparison

RA Tracker vs Ashenmarch

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Ashenmarch

Turn your real-world runs into territorial conquests. Claim land, build your noble house, and engage in strategic warfare against rivals. Track your progress and rise through the ranks in a persistent, evolving game world.

Highlights
  • Claim real-world land by running
  • Found and build a noble house
  • Live war-map with distance tracking
  • Import runs from Strava, Apple Health, Garmin
  • Personal bests are rewarded equally
  • Wage war, lay siege, and plunder
  • Permanent rank and conquest history
Features
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Your runs are conquests. Ashenmarch turns the real world into a map of contested ground — every route you run or walk claims and defends territory, builds your noble house, and raises your standing in the realm. Lace up, close a loop through your neighborhood, and the land inside it becomes yours — painted in your house colors, your blazon at its heart. Run it again to fortify. March out and back to raise walls. Cross into a rival's ground to lay siege. Every mile works for your house. CLAIM REAL-WORLD LAND Close a loop on the map and take the ground inside it. Outposts grow into citadels the more you march them. FOUND A NOBLE HOUSE Name your house, design your coat of arms, and watch your holdings, walls, and treasury grow. Rise through the ranks and take your place among the great houses. A LIVE WAR-MAP Run in-app with a live parchment war-map, distance and grip tracking, auto-pause, and a herald who announces your conquests as they happen. OR BRING YOUR OWN RUNS Already run with Strava? Connect it and your activities import automatically — the same conquest logic applies. Apple Health and Garmin are welcome too. Strava is a data connection, not a login; disconnect any time. MEASURED AGAINST YOU Everything is judged against your own baseline. A beginner's personal best counts exactly as much as an elite athlete's — beat your own mark and you're rewarded. It's never pay-to-win. WAGE WAR, WIN GLORY Lay siege to rivals, defend your borders, hire sellswords, plunder gold, uncover treasure, and join a court to hold whole provinces together. YOU CANNOT BE ELIMINATED There is no defeat screen and no losing your account. Your rank history and conquest milestones are permanent — only the ground itself changes hands, and lost land can always be retaken. Your first conquest is free. After that, every new player gets 30 days of full access, and membership continues through the App Store. The realm gathers on Discord — find rivals and join a court. The map is being drawn now. Take your place.

Screenshots

RA Tracker4 screens
Ashenmarch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ashenmarch at 5.0 against RA Tracker's 4.6. Ashenmarch also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). RA Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 2). 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. RA Tracker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Ashenmarch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ashenmarch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RA Tracker has 50 ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of Ashenmarch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RA Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Ashenmarch every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RA Tracker versus Ashenmarch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRA TrackerAshenmarch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (50 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings50 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB39 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperiOSLifeCunningPlay, LLC

Customer experience

RA Tracker

All ratings42 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral11.9%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral10.4%
Negative4.2%

Ashenmarch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Ashenmarch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

RA Tracker

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Nice Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
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  • Out of this World Tip$9.99
2 purchases

Ashenmarch

Subscriptions2
  • Ashenmarch Membership1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Ashenmarch Membership1 Month trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is RA Tracker free?
RA Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ashenmarch free?
Ashenmarch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RA Tracker or Ashenmarch?
Ashenmarch is rated higher. RA Tracker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Ashenmarch averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do RA Tracker or Ashenmarch have ads?
Neither RA Tracker nor Ashenmarch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RA Tracker or Ashenmarch?
RA Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Ashenmarch every 5 days. Most recently, RA Tracker was updated on October 15, 2026 and Ashenmarch on October 19, 2026.

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