Retro Diamond vs Touchdown Dreams
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retro Diamond
Experience pixel art baseball with intuitive controls and strategic gameplay. Pitch, bat, and steal bases in quick matches. Enjoy a pure, ad-free baseball simulation.
- Pixel art retro graphics
- Intuitive touch controls
- Multiple pitch types
- Strategic baserunning
- Quick match gameplay
- Offline play
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RETRO DIAMOND: baseball the way you remember it, in pixel art. Bat, pitch, steal bases, and make real strategic calls mid-play, with controls designed for your thumb and the clean spirit of the best retro arcade games. THE DUEL AT THE HEART OF THE GAME Throw 5 pitch types with a single gesture, paint the corners, and face an opposing pitcher who mixes it up every inning. Time your swing to send the ball exactly where you want — from a clean single to a home run. REAL BASERUNNING STRATEGY It's not just a duel: decide where every runner goes, go for the double play on defense, take calculated risks to score. BUILT FOR MOBILE Dedicated touch controls, quick matches you can play between subway stops, no ads, no in-app purchases, no account required. 100% FREE No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Just baseball, wherever you are. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Touchdown Dreams
Live out a football player's career from high school to the pros. Develop skills, make strategic decisions on and off the field, and customize your team to achieve ultimate success.
- Player career progression
- Skill development and attributes
- On-field control and simulation
- Recruiting and contract management
- Team customization
- Playbook creation
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Every football dream starts somewhere. Yours starts under the Friday night lights. Touchdown Dreams puts you in control of a player’s journey from high school tryouts to college football and the professional league. Earn your place on the depth chart, develop your skills, and prove you can lead a team when the game is on the line. BUILD YOUR CAREER Create your player, improve your attributes, and earn badges that shape your playing style. Chase season goals, compete for awards, and build a trophy room that tells your story. TAKE CONTROL ON THE FIELD Read the defense, find the open receiver, and escape pressure. Run the offense yourself, watch the action unfold in live simulation, or simulate games to keep your career moving. MAKE YOUR NEXT MOVE Navigate recruiting, college transfers, the draft, contracts, free agency, and trades. Build relationships with coaches and teammates as you compete for opportunities at every level. MAKE THE LEAGUE YOURS Customize team names, colors, uniforms, logos, stadiums, and field artwork. Create plays, assign routes and blocking responsibilities, and organize your own playbooks. From your first tryout to your biggest championship moment, build a career worth remembering.
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Verdict
Retro Diamond and Touchdown Dreams both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Retro Diamond's written reviews are positive against 59% of Touchdown Dreams's. Retro Diamond also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Touchdown Dreams's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (38 vs 7). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Touchdown Dreams sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Retro Diamond asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Retro Diamond against 4.1 for Touchdown Dreams. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Touchdown Dreams has 38 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Retro Diamond's written reviews are positive against 59% of Touchdown Dreams's.
Retro Diamond ships an update every 2 weeks, Touchdown Dreams every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro Diamond | Touchdown Dreams |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) | 4.1 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 59.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Merlin Salesse | Michael Silva |
Customer experience
Retro Diamond
Touchdown Dreams
In-app purchases
Retro Diamond
No in-app purchases
Touchdown Dreams
- Editor Pack$4.99
- Premium Edition$7.99
Questions
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