Comparison

RetroArch vs Queue Companion

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

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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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

RetroArch4 screens
Queue Companion4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RetroArch versus Queue Companion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroArchQueue Companion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better9
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size652 MB27 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperLibretroSam Bender

Customer experience

RetroArch

All ratings1,547 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews1,464 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral11.3%
Negative19.5%

Queue Companion

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 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

Queue Companion

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RetroArch

No in-app purchases

None

Queue Companion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RetroArch free?
RetroArch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Queue Companion free?
Queue Companion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RetroArch or Queue Companion?
Queue Companion is rated higher. RetroArch averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Queue Companion averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do RetroArch or Queue Companion have ads?
Neither RetroArch nor Queue Companion shows ads.

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