Comparison

RetroArch vs OG Snake

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

Head to head
About

RetroArch

This application serves as a versatile frontend for emulators and game engines, supporting a vast array of systems through downloadable cores. It offers advanced features like netplay, save states, and customizable controls for an enhanced gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Supports numerous gaming systems via libretro cores
  • Netplay for multiplayer gaming
  • Save states and fast forward/rewind
  • Controller support and key remapping
  • Customizable shaders and overlays
  • RetroAchievements integration
  • AI translations for games
Features
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RetroArch is a free, ad-free, open source, and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players, and other applications. Supported systems come in the form of libretro cores. The following systems are supported through various cores: * 2048 * Acorn - BBC Micro * Amstrad - CPC/GX4000 * Anarch * Arcade * Arduboy * Atari - 2600 * Atari - 5200 * Atari - 7800 * Atari - Jaguar * Atari - Lynx * Bandai - WonderSwan/Color * Cave Story * Coleco - ColecoVision * Commodore - Amiga * Commodore - C128 * Commodore - C64 * Commodore - C64 SuperCPU * Commodore - CBM-II 5x0 * Commodore - CBM-II 6x0/7x0 * Commodore - PET * Commodore - PLUS/4 * Commodore - VIC-20 * Dinothawr * Doom * DOS * Fairchild ChannelF * Flashback * GCE - Vectrex * Game Music Emu * Handheld Electronic * MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 * Mattel - Intellivision * Mega Duck / Cougar Boy * Mr.Boom * NEC - PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD * NEC - PC-FX * NEC - PC-98 * Nintendo - DS * Nintendo - Game Boy / Color * Nintendo - Game Boy Advance * Nintendo - NES / Famicom * Nintendo - Nintendo 64 * Nintendo - Pokemon Mini * Nintendo - SNES / SFC * Nintendo - Virtual Boy * Palm OS * PocketCDG * Quake * Quake II * Rick Dangerous * SNK - Neo Geo AES/MVS * SNK - Neo Geo CD * SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color * ScummVM * Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD/32X * Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000 * Sega - Saturn * Sharp - X68000 * Sinclair - ZX Spectrum * Sony - PlayStation * Sony - PlayStation Portable * Texas Instruments TI-83 * The 3DO Company - 3DO * Thomson - MO/TO * Vircon32 * VirtualXT * WASM-4 * Watara - Supervision RetroArch supports a broad range of features, including: * Netplay * Soft patching * RetroAchievements * Save states * MFi controller support * Key remapping per core or per game * Gyro * Cheats * Custom overlays * Shaders * Fast forward and rewind * Game artwork * AI translations * Advanced latency management **RetroArch and Libretro are in no way affiliated with Nintendo. The name "Nintendo" and all associated game console names are registered trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.**

About

OG Snake

Experience the classic snake game with modern enhancements. Guide your snake, eat food to grow, and choose from multiple difficulty levels and control schemes. Compete for high scores in this retro-style arcade challenge.

Highlights
  • Classic snake gameplay
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Two intuitive control options
  • High score tracking
  • Progress reset functionality
  • Retro-style graphics
Features
Currently charting
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The classic snake game, all grown up. Steer, eat, grow and see how long you last, now with predators on the hunt and a snake that comes to life in 3D. THE CLASSIC, REBORN • Guide your snake around the board and eat apples to grow. Don’t hit the edges or yourself! • Three levels, Easy, Medium and Hard, each with its own best score and Game Center leaderboard. • Steer with a swipe, the trackpad, the D-pad or the arrow keys on a keyboard. MEET THE PREDATORS • A mongoose slips in from the edges to bite you or steal your apple. • A hawk circles overhead. When it screams, turn away before it dives! • Tap the board to lash your tail and fight back. • Poison comes in a corked flask that wobbles, topples and shatters, and its sticky spill slows you down. GOLD RUSH AND MORE • Grab a golden apple for 8 seconds of frenzy: you’re faster, walls and poison shatter, apples pour in, the edges lead right through, and running into yourself rewinds time. • Health and streaks: walls and poison cost health, while apples in a row heal you. • Close calls: brush past danger for a spark, and a golden apple comes sooner. • Walls on the move: now and then a wall sinks into a wormhole and drops somewhere new. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO • Play open, folded, or in laptop and book pose. The game rearranges itself for every way you hold it, on iPhone and iPad too. MAKE IT YOURS • Nine colours and four skins for your snake: Bands, Diamonds, Saddles and Python. • Ten animated backgrounds, plus the originals. • Seven music tracks and a full set of sounds, with separate volumes for each. • Presets: Classic for the pure game, All In for everything, or your own mix. Every extra, predators included, switches on or off. KEEP SCORE • Game Over shows your run’s stats, so you know exactly what to beat next time. • Career keeps your all-time totals and personal bests. • Widgets put your last run and your best right on your Home Screen. • Siri understands all kinds of ways of asking. Just say “Play OG Snake.” EASY TO PICK UP • A tutorial teaches you as you play, and How to Play covers everything. Whether you want a quick nostalgia fix or a new high score, OG Snake is the classic you remember, now with teeth.

Screenshots

RetroArch4 screens
OG Snake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RetroArch at Free against OG Snake's $0.99. RetroArch also leads on device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). OG Snake's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and chart position (#165 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

RetroArch is free to download; OG Snake costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RetroArch ships an update weekly, OG Snake every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
RetroArch versus OG Snake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroArchOG Snake
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#165 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size652 MB29 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperLibretroSarvesh Bheekhun

Customer experience

RetroArch

All ratings1,547 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews1,467 reviews
Positive69.1%
Neutral11.3%
Negative19.6%

OG Snake

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

RetroArch

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • N64 games not loading textures properly
  • Crashes when changing settings or cores
  • Bios files not being recognized
  • Inconsistent performance across devices
  • Saved settings not persisting

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for PS2, GameCube, and 3DS emulation
  • Improve iCloud/cloud storage integration
  • Implement customizable button layouts
  • Add a more user-friendly setup wizard
  • Provide better documentation and tutorials

OG Snake

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RetroArch

No in-app purchases

None

OG Snake

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RetroArch free?
RetroArch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OG Snake free?
OG Snake costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do RetroArch or OG Snake have ads?
Neither RetroArch nor OG Snake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RetroArch or OG Snake?
RetroArch ships an update weekly, and OG Snake every 5 days. Most recently, RetroArch was updated on October 28, 2026 and OG Snake on October 28, 2026.

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