RA Tracker vs Headscapades
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.
Headscapades
Play a fun guessing game by holding your phone to your forehead. Friends give clues based on the word on the screen, and you guess it before time runs out. Create custom decks for inside jokes or specific groups.
- Phone-on-forehead guessing gameplay
- Multiple pre-made card decks
- Create and share custom decks
- Offline play capability
- Device-to-device sharing
- Scoreboard and high score tracking
- iCloud sync for progress
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Phone on your forehead. Screen facing everyone else. They shout clues. You guess. FREE, ALL OF IT Every deck, every round, every share. Nothing is locked and there are no ads. If you'd like to support it there's a tip jar in Settings, and it unlocks nothing — there's nothing left to unlock. NINE DECKS, READY NOW Movies. Actors. Musicians. Animals. Food. Sports. Video Games. Superheroes. Brand Names. Hundreds of cards, no setup. MAKE YOUR OWN Inside jokes. Coworkers. Everyone in the family group chat. Build a deck, give it a cover, and it's yours. Make as many as you like. SHARE DECKS Most Decks fit inside a QR code or a Text Message. Photo Decks and Deck Covers can be shared nearby - device to device. No sign-ups, no accounts, no Wi-Fi network and no Internet Access required. SETTLE IT AFTERWARD The scoreboard is tappable. "That one totally counted", solved. PLAY ANYWHERE On line somewhere, in the back of a car or camping in the middle of nowhere. Your decks and high scores follow you between devices with iCloud (when you get back to civilization).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Headscapades at 5.0 against RA Tracker's 4.6. Headscapades also leads on 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
Both are free to download. RA Tracker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Headscapades sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Headscapades 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.
RA Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Headscapades every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RA Tracker | Headscapades |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iOSLife | Michael Rosenberg |
Customer experience
RA Tracker
Headscapades
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
Headscapades
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
Headscapades
- Deck Builder$4.99
