Comparison

Reflexa vs ArcadeOS

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

Head to head
About

Reflexa

Features
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Reaction time test and reflex trainer: measure your reaction speed in milliseconds, compare it with the ~273 ms public median, and train to get faster. Free to start. How fast are you, really? Reflexa gives you the number in five seconds — and a plan to beat it. ▸ TAKE THE REACTION TIME TEST The classic green-flash test, done right on your phone. Wait for green, tap. Your result appears instantly in milliseconds with your tier — Lightning, Nice Reflex, Average or Room to Grow — and where you land against the median of millions of public reaction tests. Timing runs on your device, so there is no mouse or browser latency inflating your score. ▸ WHAT IS A GOOD REACTION TIME? • Under 200 ms — lightning: the range of competitive gamers and athletes • 200–250 ms — a genuinely fast reflex • ~273 ms — the public median most people land around • 300 ms and above — plenty of headroom, and the fastest gains Reaction time peaks in your twenties and slows with age, fatigue and lack of sleep. It also improves with practice. ▸ 60 REFLEX CHALLENGES, 15 MECHANICS Reaction speed is not one skill. Reflexa trains every kind: • Classic — pure visual reaction time • Phantom — the target vanishes, trust your instinct • Stroop test — your eyes say one thing, the word another • Peripheral — catch what appears at the edge of your vision • Pursuit, Catch, Echo, Glimpse, Heartbeat, Eclipse, Lightning, Crossfire, Duet, Trace, Pendulum Each mechanic has four difficulty tiers: Easy, Normal, Hard, Expert. ▸ ELO RANKING, LIKE CHESS A real skill rating that moves with every run. Six ranks: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Legend. Beat your level and gain points, slip and lose them — every tap means something. ▸ DAILY CHALLENGE & WEEKLY TOURNAMENT • A fresh daily challenge with streak and points • Weekly tournament for the top-score race • Game Center leaderboards: your country and the world ▸ SMART TRAINING & PROGRESS • Personal next target: −X ms to your next tier • Sequence mode: 5-round sessions for consistency • Full history, ELO trends and session analytics • AI Coach: personalized insights on Apple Intelligence devices, generated on your iPhone • Share cards to post your rank and best time ▸ APPLE WATCH • Train from your wrist, no phone needed • Live heart rate during the round • Three Watch-optimized challenges, synced with iPhone ▸ WHO IS REFLEXA FOR? • Gamers who want faster hand-eye coordination for FPS, fighting and rhythm games • Athletes and drivers who need to react first when it matters • Anyone who wants to stay mentally sharp with a daily brain game • Anyone curious about their own reflex test score ▸ FREQUENTLY ASKED Can reaction time be trained? Yes. Short, consistent practice measurably shortens it; Reflexa keeps your baseline and every session so the gain is visible, not imagined. Is a phone test accurate? Reflexa measures on-device with the same method every time, so your results are consistent and comparable day after day. Is it free? The reaction test, Easy challenges, the daily run and your history are free. Pro unlocks the rest. Free to download. Your first test takes five seconds. ——— REFLEXA PRO All 60 challenges, Normal to Expert, weekly tournament, full history, AI Coach, themes and iCloud sync. Free trial available, cancel anytime. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/reflexa-app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/reflexa-app/terms-of-use

About

ArcadeOS

Experience a full arcade with 65 original retro-style games on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Enjoy diverse genres from racing to RPGs, all playable offline with instant resume and authentic chip audio. New games are added seasonally.

Highlights
  • 65 original retro-style games
  • Playable on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
  • Offline play with no internet required
  • Instant resume for all games
  • Authentic chip audio
  • New games added seasonally
  • No accounts, ads, or tracking
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Welcome to ArcadeOS — a whole arcade in your pocket, and now on your wrist. 68 hand-picked original games, each one its own cartridge: full 3D open worlds, kart racers, ninja action, gothic pinball, paper-craft RPGs, sky shooters, momentum platformers, run-and-gun, belt brawlers, puzzle boxes and rhythm. Every game is an original creation in the spirit of the golden age of consoles — drawn in code, scored with real chip audio, and built to be picked up in seconds. HALLOW EDITION Worlds, not cartridges. LOOSE KEYS: HALLOW HOLLOW is a full 3D open city under an orange moon: take any car, hearse, helicopter, plane or boat, outrun a three-star heat system, fly a fast jet off a military airfield, land an airliner at the international airport, and work a phone full of jobs — in a city full of witches, skeletons, horsemen and the odd creature from an 1818 novel. At its heart is HOLLOWMERE, a haunted theme park with a graveyard coaster you can actually ride, a drop tower, and a lagoon parade with fireworks on the hour. MODS ship with it: god mode, every weapon, flight, moon gravity. IRONBARK is a heavyweight momentum platformer: an armored-bark brawler and a glider partner tag-teaming through an industrial jungle of barrel-cannon chains, mine-cart runs and hidden bonus rooms, drawn in fine-pixel art. GLIMMERGLASS KEEP rounds it out — a free-roam 3D collect-a-thon built over 25 nights of iteration. All three have original soundtracks synthesized live inside the app. CHERRY EDITION 23 games rated five stars by our testers before they shipped — look for the cherry on the cartridge. Highlights: Reefjack's lantern-tide run-and-gun, Thornhollow's gorge platforming, Quiet Falls' suburban-oddball RPG, Emberline's three-winter family saga, Cascabel's commedia brawler, Ironvane's vertical shooter, and Crestline GP's speedboat regatta. APPLE WATCH ArcadeOS ships with an Apple Watch app. Six games are built for the wrist and the Digital Crown: Redline Ridge (crown hops lanes, hold to burn), Sunstrip (crown steers, tap to shift), Ironvane (crown flies, hold to charge, tap to call your wingman), Truck Simulator (roll the crown and the truck drives itself — steer, hold to brake, deliver the cargo), Haywire (a horse loose in a farmyard full of physics: buck, jump, cause chaos) and Cairnglass (a crown-controlled falling-sigil puzzler). Runs on its own — no iPhone needed nearby. FEATURES 68 games — every one with its own hand-crafted cartridge art Home screen: your games as icons, with folders you make yourself Gold-star collection: beat a game, earn its golden seal. Collect them all Authentic chip sound in every game, and full synthesized soundtracks in the 3D worlds Instant resume — every game remembers exactly where you left off No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No internet required. Just games New games ship in seasonal editions — Cherry, and now Hallow ArcadeOS games are living software: they grow new levels, mechanics, and polish over time. Your shelf gets better while you sleep. Powered by RetroApps.

Screenshots

Reflexa4 screens
ArcadeOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ArcadeOS at none against Reflexa's 2. ArcadeOS also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Reflexa's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Reflexa sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. ArcadeOS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reflexa ships an update every 2 months, ArcadeOS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Reflexa versus ArcadeOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReflexaArcadeOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryassine hammoutiRetroApps LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Reflexa

Subscriptions1
  • Reflexa Pro3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Reflexa Pro Lifetime$29.99
None

ArcadeOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reflexa free?
Reflexa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ArcadeOS free?
ArcadeOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reflexa or ArcadeOS have ads?
Neither Reflexa nor ArcadeOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reflexa or ArcadeOS?
Reflexa ships an update every 2 months, and ArcadeOS every 3 weeks. Most recently, Reflexa was updated on October 18, 2026 and ArcadeOS on October 19, 2026.

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