Grid Ranger vs Retro Cloud Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grid Ranger
Experience a high-speed synthwave shooter with a unique blend of racing, arcade, and bullet hell gameplay. Master increasingly challenging levels and modes, enhanced by an 80s vector display aesthetic and original soundtrack.
- Synthwave shmuplike gameplay
- Vector-scan display emulation
- Racing, arcade, and bullet hell zones
- Multiple difficulty modes
- Infinite mode
- Original synthwave soundtrack
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A heart-pounding laser-powered synthwave shmuplike. Level up your finger dexterity and see what lies beyond the grid... Each level starts with a high-speed racing zone, followed by a slower arcade zone, and ends with a powerful bullet hell boss. - Uses the V99 vector engine that emulates classic vector-scan displays of the early 80's - 3 levels total, each increasing in difficulty, to reach insane levels of intensity by the very end - 2 modes of difficulty: Normal and Hardcore - Infinite mode: a never ending level that gets increasingly fast and difficult, unlocked after level 1 is completed - 8 original tracks by Miles Tilmann, composer for NOVA DRIFT Created by Pixeljam and Datassette. https://www.pixeljam.com https://discord.gg/pixeljam
Retro Cloud Player
Play classic games on your Apple devices with this emulator. It utilizes iCloud for ROM storage and requires a companion app for collection management. A gamepad or keyboard is necessary for gameplay.
- Legacy gaming emulation
- iCloud ROM storage
- Libretro cores integration
- Companion app for ROM management
- Gamepad/keyboard support
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The Retro Cloud Player is an emulator for legacy gaming systems. The ROMs are stored in iCloud. The Retro Cloud Companion app is needed in order to manage your collection of ROMs. A gamepad or keyboard is also required. This emulator include cores from the Libretro project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Retro Cloud Player at Free against Grid Ranger's $2.99. Retro Cloud Player also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Grid Ranger's advantage is chart position (#196 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Retro Cloud Player is free to download; Grid Ranger costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Retro Cloud Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Grid Ranger | Retro Cloud Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akupara Games | Julien Eyriès |
Customer experience
Grid Ranger
Retro Cloud Player
In-app purchases
Grid Ranger
No in-app purchases
Retro Cloud Player
No in-app purchases
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