Comparison

Lume Emulator vs Retro

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

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About

Lume Emulator

Experience classic video games on your mobile device with this emulator. It offers high-quality emulation for multiple retro consoles, allowing you to save progress and enjoy seamless gameplay. Play legally with your own ROMs or free-to-play options.

Highlights
  • Wide console support
  • High-quality emulation
  • Save and load states
  • Fast and lightweight performance
  • Legal ROM usage
Features
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Lume: Retro Gaming Emulator Rediscover the classics with Lume, the ultimate retro gaming emulator. Play your favorite retro games on your mobile device with stunning accuracy and seamless performance. Lume supports a wide range of retro consoles and offers an intuitive interface, and high-quality emulation. Whether you're a nostalgic gamer or new to retro gaming, Lume delivers an unparalleled experience. Key Features: - Wide Console Support: Play games from multiple classic consoles. - High-Quality Emulation: Enjoy smooth and accurate gameplay. - Save and Load States: Save your progress and pick up where you left off. - Fast and Lightweight: Optimized for performance on all devices. - Legal Use: Use free to play ROMs or import your own games (you must own the original game to play). Keywords: retro gaming, gaming emulator, classic games, ROMs, console games, customizable controls, high-quality emulation, save states, mobile gaming, nostalgia games, lightweight emulator, legal emulation, old school games, Digitrend LLC, Lume app Download Lume today and step back into the golden age of gaming!

About

Retro

Navigate a treacherous pyramid maze, collecting treasures and avoiding deadly creatures. Use your gun to defend yourself against ghosts, mummies, vampires, and skeletons. Discover helpful cheats to aid your escape.

Highlights
  • Pyramid maze navigation
  • Treasure collection
  • Enemy avoidance and combat
  • Multiple enemy types
  • In-game cheats (POKEs)
  • 6 levels of increasing difficulty
Features
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Escape from the pyramid and discover its treasures. Find the exit at the top level of the maze while avoiding deadly creatures and collecting objects. You can shoot your gun to scare ghosts away, make mummies disappear and kill vampires and skeletons. Press back to access the in-game menu and enable helpful cheats (POKEs). Fred was originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1983 by Fernando Rada, Paco Menéndez and Carlos Granados and distributed by Indescomp. It was licensed, together with Bugaboo (The Flea) by Quicksilva near the end of 1983. It was initially published in the United Kingdom, and shortly after in Spain by Investrónica. Retro-Fred is a modern port of Fred. It aims to replicate the original game as closely as possible. A version developed in Scratch is also available. Retro-Fred is free software, distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is available for free. It does not store any user data and it does not need any usage permissions. Visit https://www.8bitfred.com and https://github.com/8bitfred/retro-fred for more information. The game The objective of the game is to reach the exit of the pyramid, located in the top level. The game has 6 levels of increasing difficulty. Each level has more and more difficult enemies: * Ghosts: they can go through the maze walls. They cannot be killed, but when they are shot they change the direction of movement. * Rats: they move laterally. Fred must jump vertically to avoid them. They cannot be killed. * Acid drops: run quickly to avoid getting hit by them. * Mummies: they walk slowly on the horizontal passages and fall quicky down the vertical corridors. They disappear when they get hit by a bullet, and reappear in a different location. * Chameleons: they walk on the side of the vertical corridors and jump from one side to the other. * Vampires: they fly in the maze and change directions randomly. They can be killed by shooting them. * Skeletons: they walk on the horizontal corridors and climb up and down the ropes, trying to follow Fred. They die when hit by a bullet. Objects There are different types of objects that Fred can collect inside the maze: * Treasures: they are worth 500 to 1500 points, plus extra bonuses when you reach the exit. * Power-up: increases the power level. * Ammo-up: recharges the number of bullets to the maximum level. * Map: shows a map of the section of the map near Fred. The corridors are shown in white and the walls in blue. After finishing a level you will get 5000 points, and 1000 bonus point for each treasure collected during the game.

Screenshots

Lume Emulator4 screens
Retro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retro at 5.0 against Lume Emulator's 3.8. Lume Emulator's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 2). On price, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lume Emulator has 52 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lume Emulator ships an update every 5 days, Retro every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lume Emulator versus Retro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLume EmulatorRetro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (52 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings52 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBenjamin GrynblatMiguel Catalina

Customer experience

Lume Emulator

All ratings34 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral20.8%
Negative41.7%

Retro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lume Emulator

No in-app purchases

None

Retro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lume Emulator free?
Lume Emulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retro free?
Retro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lume Emulator or Retro?
Retro is rated higher. Lume Emulator averages 3.8 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Retro averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lume Emulator or Retro have ads?
Neither Lume Emulator nor Retro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lume Emulator or Retro?
Lume Emulator ships an update every 5 days, and Retro every 3 days. Most recently, Lume Emulator was updated on October 21, 2026 and Retro on October 21, 2026.

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