RetroArch vs Queue Companion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.**
Queue Companion
A collection of free, ad-free party games for groups of 2-16 players. Test knowledge, learn about friends, and have fun while waiting in line or on long trips. Features a variety of engaging game modes.
- Pass-and-play party games
- Suitable for 2-16 players
- Variety of game modes
- Test knowledge and learn about friends
- Free to play
- No ads or in-app purchases
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A collection of small party games to laugh, test your knowledge, and learn about your friends. Play while waiting in line, during a long car ride, or just for fun. Games can range between 2 players to up to 16. Fully free, no ads, and no in-app purchases. Charades: • Try and guess the word from other players clues Wordpairs: • Give clues to help your teammate guess a secret word! One to Ten: • Work together to deduce a secret number using assigned categories. Camouflage: • Give clues and ask questions to reveal the impostor. Over Under: • Team based trivia where you must guess whether the guessing team's answer was higher/lower than the actual answer. Wink or Lose: • One player will be tasked with secretly winking at other players without being caught by a detective. Gibberish: • Try and figure out secret words and phrases given nonsensical words. First to Find: • Be the first player to find the appropriate person, place, or thing. Reactone: • Make a sound with the rest of the group if you know it, blend in if you don't. Odd One Count: • Use your hands to give answers to a question, unless you are the impostor. Good Point: • Figure out who the impostor is based on who/where everyone is pointing at. Silent Shuffle: • Order or arrange yourselves into specific orders without communication. Mental-list: • Try to figure out the highest ranked answers without choosing a trapped answer. Sounds Good: • Put your sound effect skills to use by whispering down the lane or making sounds out loud. What's the Rule?: • Puzzle solving game based on wordplay, determine what rule or patterns the words fit into. Match Maker: • Try to match each response to a player in the group.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Queue Companion at 5.0 against RetroArch's 4.3. Queue Companion also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). RetroArch's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 9) and device support (5 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Queue Companion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RetroArch has 1.8K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of RetroArch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Queue Companion's.
| Parameter | RetroArch | Queue Companion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 652 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Libretro | Sam Bender |
Customer experience
RetroArch
Queue Companion
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
Queue Companion
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RetroArch
No in-app purchases
Queue Companion
No in-app purchases
Questions
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