Retro Snake Classic vs Snake 99
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro Snake Classic
Experience classic arcade fun with a pixel-perfect snake game. Enjoy smooth controls, increasing speed, and border wrap gameplay. Compete globally via Game Center and share your high scores.
- Smooth pixel-perfect snake movement
- Classic food eating mechanics
- Increasing speed as you grow
- Border wrap gameplay
- Global leaderboard and achievements
- Score sharing with custom cards
- Authentic retro graphics and sound
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Retro Snake Classic is the most addictive arcade snake game for iOS — built to deliver pure old-school fun with a clean, native Apple experience. CLASSIC GAMEPLAY, PERFECTED • Smooth pixel-perfect snake movement on a retro style grid • Eat regular food (+10 pts) and rare special food (+50 pts) • Speed increases as you grow — how long can you survive? • Border wrap: exit one side, enter the other GAME CENTER • Global leaderboard — compete with players worldwide for the highest score • 10 achievements to unlock: from your first bite to reaching legendary status • Track your progress and compare with friends directly in-app RETRO FEEL, MODERN POLISH • Authentic pixel graphics with old mobiles inspired color palette • Retro sound effects and haptic feedback • Smooth 60fps gameplay on all supported devices • Portrait-only for one-handed play SHARE YOUR SCORE • Generate a beautiful 9:16 share card ready for Stories • Share directly to any app with your score and personal best FULLY LOCALIZED • 31 languages supported — the game speaks your language PRIVACY FIRST • No registration or account required • No personal data collected • High score stored locally on your device • Optional Game Center integration managed entirely by Apple --- Retro Snake Classic brings back the game that defined a generation. Whether you're chasing a new personal best or competing on the global leaderboard, every run is a pure test of reflexes and focus — beautifully native on iPhone.
Snake 99
Relive the classic 90s mobile game experience with a modern twist. Enjoy the familiar gameplay of eating and growing without crashing, all within a nostalgic green LCD aesthetic. Designed for touchscreens, it offers responsive controls and persistent high scores.
- Classic 90s green LCD aesthetic
- Responsive touch controls
- Classic snake gameplay
- Persistent high scores
- Pause functionality
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Snake 99 is a loving tribute to a mobile game from the 90s that had the world hooked. If you played Snake on a monochrome screen, you know the feeling. The green LCD. The slowly lengthening snake. The satisfying tension of "just one more round." Snake 99 brings it back, built for modern iPhones. FEATURES • Classic 90s style green LCD aesthetic • Large, responsive touch controls designed for iPhone • Classic snake gameplay - eat, grow, don't crash • Persistent high scores across sessions • Pause anytime
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Snake 99 at none against Retro Snake Classic's shown. Snake 99 also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
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 Snake Classic against 5.0 for Snake 99. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro Snake Classic | Snake 99 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Araoz de la Fuente | RIFT MEDIA LLC |
Customer experience
Retro Snake Classic
Snake 99
In-app purchases
Retro Snake Classic
No in-app purchases
Snake 99
No in-app purchases
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