RA Tracker vs Wireframe Tower
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.
Wireframe Tower
Bounce a ball up an endless neon tower by rotating it. Navigate diverse platform types and hazards to achieve your highest score. Unlock new ball colors and enjoy a visually striking arcade experience.
- Endless tower climbing
- Procedurally generated levels
- Diverse platform types and hazards
- Unlockable ball colors
- Milestone rewards
- iCloud progress synchronization
- Neon wireframe visuals
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Climb an endless neon tower where every bounce counts! Wireframe Tower is a simple arcade climbing game that’s easy to pick up whenever you have a few minutes. Drag to rotate the tower, guide the bouncing ball toward the next platform, and see how high you can climb. Challenge yourself to beat your best score, see how quickly you can climb, or just bounce your way up the tower when you want something satisfying to fidget with during your downtime. No two climbs are quite the same. Along the way, you’ll encounter fragile platforms, disappearing memory platforms, moving platforms, powerful boosts, branching routes, orbiting challenges, sweepers, windmills, peaceful rest stops, and more. The higher you climb, the more challenging the tower becomes! FEATURES • Simple and responsive drag controls • Procedurally generated climbs • Numerous platform types and hazards • Unlockable ball colors • Milestone rewards and surprises • Progress synchronization through iCloud • A vivid neon wireframe visual style • Optional haptic feedback, music, and sound controls How high can you climb?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RA Tracker at none against Wireframe Tower's shown. RA Tracker also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 4). Wireframe Tower's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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 Wireframe Tower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wireframe Tower 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 4, 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 Wireframe Tower's.
RA Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Wireframe Tower every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RA Tracker | Wireframe Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iOSLife | AARON DEAN HARRINGTON |
Customer experience
RA Tracker
Wireframe Tower
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
Wireframe Tower
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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