Comparison

MadTide vs LCD Game Collection

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

Head to head
About

MadTide

Embark on an underwater platform adventure across diverse environments, from flooded labs to starry passages. Explore a handcrafted world with multiple playable characters, daily challenges, and cooperative multiplayer modes. Designed for accessibility and privacy, this game offers a complete experience without ads or purchases.

Highlights
  • 20-level campaign
  • Daily Challenge mode
  • Abyss Dive endless mode
  • Local and online multiplayer
  • Seven playable divers
  • Accessibility options
Features
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The tide is rising, the specimens are loose, and the reef is calling. MadTide is a handcrafted underwater platform adventure: swim free, dash through danger, and follow the Crimson Reefbloom from a flooded research lab, across ten dives of open reef, to nine passages among the stars. COMPLETELY FREE No ads. No purchases. No account. Your pearls are earned, never bought. A REAL ADVENTURE • 20-level campaign from the Sub-Lab to Neptune • The Leviathan — a five-zone descent to the story's heart • Six reef keepers and more to outwit: every boss has a rhythm to read • Seven playable divers, each with their own feel — plus ranged gadgets, the Tide Pulse, and a Pearl Shop of earned colours and trails EVERY DAY, A NEW TIDE • Daily Challenge with mutators, streak bonuses, and optional reminders • Abyss Dive: an endless one-life descent — how deep can you go? • Boss Rush, ghost racing against your own best runs, and Game Center leaderboards and achievements PLAY TOGETHER • Nearby play: up to eight divers in the same room, no account needed • Online matches through Game Center • Local co-op on one screen MADE TO BE PLAYED BY EVERYONE • Captions, colourblind-friendly markers, high contrast, reduced motion and flashing, adjustable screen shake and impact pause • Forgiving mode and full-exploration assists — nothing locked behind difficulty • A built-in Journal: every level, boss, character and setting, searchable PRIVATE BY DESIGN No analytics, no tracking, no servers. Saves stay on your device and in your own iCloud.

About

LCD Game Collection

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Relive the golden age of pocket LCD games. LCD Game is a handheld console packed with 16 original games, each drawn in the glowing segments of a classic liquid-crystal screen, with a realistic case, chunky buttons and buzzer beeps. PLAY ANYWHERE, IN LANDSCAPE Pick a game on the selection screen, choose GAME A (relaxed) or GAME B (fast and tough) and try to beat your high score. Every game has its own rules, lives and difficulty curve, and the pace speeds up as your score climbs. 3 GAMES FREE, FOREVER • Moles & Mass: whack the moles before they dive back into their holes. • Mouse Munch: climb the shelves, grab the cheese and dodge the cat. • Speed Run: race through the laps against the clock, with a turbo boost. 13 MORE GAMES WITH THE FULL VERSION A table tennis duel, an alien-invasion defence, a parachute rescue, a disc-flipping strategy game, boxing, snake, a banana-catching monkey, a pizza kitchen, a trampoline rescue team, a fairground shooting gallery, a pirate sea battle, a cheese-chasing maze and a building-site safety patrol. Watch any of them in an automatic demo before you buy. FEATURES • Authentic LCD look: segments, ghost images, printed backgrounds • GAME A and GAME B modes in every game • Score history for each game, with date and time • Built-in manual (HELP button) in English, French, Italian and Spanish • Clock mode, sound on/off, works fully offline • No ads, no tracking, no account, no subscription ONE PURCHASE, NO SURPRISES Unlock all 16 games with a single one-time purchase. Use RESTORE on the purchase screen to get it back on any device signed in with the same Apple Account. All games, characters and artwork are original creations.

Screenshots

MadTide4 screens
LCD Game Collection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MadTide at none against LCD Game Collection's 1. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LCD Game Collection sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MadTide asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
MadTide versus LCD Game Collection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMadTideLCD Game Collection
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCheryl TurnerChristophe Fromage

In-app purchases

None

MadTide

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LCD Game Collection

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is MadTide free?
MadTide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LCD Game Collection free?
LCD Game Collection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MadTide or LCD Game Collection have ads?
Neither MadTide nor LCD Game Collection shows ads.

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