Comparison

RA Tracker vs Pigment Studio Puzzle

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

Pigment Studio Puzzle

A relaxing offline puzzle game where you mix colors to match target recipes. Use special tools to manage your board and achieve high scores. No internet, ads, or accounts required.

Highlights
  • Live swipe-to-mix board
  • Changing recipe targets
  • Ice, Shuffle, and Dye tools
  • Offline gameplay
  • High score tracking
  • Tutorial and How to Play
Features
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Pigment Studio Puzzle is an offline color-mixing game. Swipe pigments together to mix new colors. Follow the recipe card, bottle the target, and keep going — the board stays, the targets don’t. Start with red, yellow, and blue. Mix them into orange, green, purple, and more. Mixing secondary colors makes Mud, which never blends with anything. Too much Mud locks the board. Tools keep a run alive: • Ice freezes a tile in place for two moves • Shuffle rearranges pigments • Dye recolors a tile or clears Mud No account. No ads. No internet required. High scores and bottle history stay on your device. FEATURES • Live swipe-to-mix board • Changing recipe targets • Ice, Shuffle, and Dye • Tutorial and How to Play from the home screen • Built for iPhone and iPad

Screenshots

RA Tracker4 screens
Pigment Studio Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pigment Studio Puzzle at none against RA Tracker's 4. Pigment Studio Puzzle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). RA Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RA Tracker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pigment Studio Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pigment Studio Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RA Tracker has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RA Tracker versus Pigment Studio Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRA TrackerPigment Studio Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (53 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiOSLifeKyle Palmer

Customer experience

RA Tracker

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

Pigment Studio Puzzle

All ratings1 ratings
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

Pigment Studio Puzzle

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
Show 1 more
  • Out of this World Tip$9.99
None

Pigment Studio Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RA Tracker free?
RA Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pigment Studio Puzzle free?
Pigment Studio Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RA Tracker or Pigment Studio Puzzle?
Pigment Studio Puzzle is rated higher. RA Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Pigment Studio Puzzle averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RA Tracker or Pigment Studio Puzzle have ads?
Neither RA Tracker nor Pigment Studio Puzzle shows ads.

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