Retro Cloud Player vs de Broglie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
de Broglie
A retro-themed word-hunting game offering customizable grids and flexible timers. Track your progress and climb ranks based on score and word quality. Compete against your previous best performances.
- Customizable grid sizes (4x4, 5x5, 6x6)
- Adjustable game timers (30s, 3m, Zen mode)
- Rank progression system
- Detailed post-game stats
- Retro handheld shell aesthetic
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de Broglie is a word-hunting game that fits how you want to play. Choose your grid, set your clock, and go — all wrapped in a retro handheld shell that makes every session feel like an event. Pick your grid. Start on the 4×4 Standard board and get your bearings. Graduate to 5×5 Advanced when you're ready for more chaos. Take on the 6×6 Master grid when you want to be humbled. Play at your pace. Thirty seconds for a quick hit. Three minutes for a proper session. Or flip on Zen mode and play with no timer at all — just you and the letters. Climb the ranks. Every game earns you a rank. Move through SPARK, SHARP, and beyond by hitting higher scores and finding better words. Your rank reflects not just how many words you find, but how well you find them — points per word, best word, longest word, all tracked. Obsess over your stats. Post-game breakdowns show your best word, longest word, and points-per-word average. Your all-time best score is always on screen. The only person you're competing against is your last game.
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Verdict
Retro Cloud Player and de Broglie are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Retro Cloud Player against 5.0 for de Broglie. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro Cloud Player | de Broglie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Julien Eyriès | Pritesh Desai |
Customer experience
Retro Cloud Player
de Broglie
In-app purchases
Retro Cloud Player
No in-app purchases
de Broglie
No in-app purchases
