Comparison

Retro Games 9999 vs Eclipse Runner

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

Head to head
About

Retro Games 9999

Features
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Retro Games 9999 brings a collection of arcade inspired games to your iPhone. Jump into fast sessions, chase better scores, and enjoy simple controls designed for quick play anywhere. Play through classic style challenges including space battles, tank action, racing, and more. Each game is built for short rounds, clear goals, and replayable fun. Compete for higher scores, check the leaderboard, and return to your favorite games whenever you want a quick retro challenge. Retro Games 9999 also includes music and sound effects settings, so you can play with the style that feels right for you. Features include multiple retro games, simple touch controls, score tracking, leaderboards, music, sound effects, and a clean arcade experience for casual players and classic game fans. Download Retro Games 9999 and start playing today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Eclipse Runner

Navigate a world plunged into darkness as the last lamplighter. Master precision platforming, utilizing unique powers to overcome challenging levels and uncover hidden secrets. Collect memories and shards to piece together the past.

Highlights
  • Precision platforming gameplay
  • Eight unique worlds with 120 levels
  • Five unlockable powers (Dash, Shadow Step, Grappling Hook, Light Pulse, Time Echo)
  • Collectible shards and memories
  • No timers, lives, or energy refills
  • Fair progression system
  • iCloud save support
Features
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The sun went out. Every lamplighter who went down to relight it is still down there. You are the last one, and the lantern you carry is the last of it. Eclipse Runner is a precision platformer about crossing a world the light left behind. Eight worlds, 120 levels, and only as much of each one as your lantern will show you. **RUN, AND KEEP RUNNING** Jump, dash, swim and climb through levels built to be learned rather than survived. Every world asks something the last one didn't: flooded halls, ice that gives way, a city of glass, machinery that never stops turning, and a sky with less and less left to stand on. Five powers to earn along the way, each one taught by the level that hands it to you: โ€ข Dash โ€ข Shadow Step โ€ข Grappling Hook โ€ข Light Pulse โ€ข Time Echo Eight worlds, eight things waiting at the end of them. **THE DARK KEPT THINGS** Shards to find, and secrets hidden off the obvious path. 97 memories scattered across the eight worlds the record of everyone who came down here before you, read in the order you find it rather than the order it happened. Three stars on every level, for the time, the shards and the secrets. 360 in all, if you want them. **BUILT TO BE FAIR** โ€ข No timers, no lives to wait for, no energy to refill โ€ข If a level beats you twenty-five times, the game opens the next one anyway. You can come back to it. โ€ข Progress saves on the device, and follows you between your own devices with iCloud save โ€ข No account, nothing to sign up for, nothing to log in to **WHAT IT COSTS** Eclipse Runner is free, with an ad between levels. Eclipse Runner Pro removes those ads for good and starts you with 300 shards. The one ad it keeps is the one you choose the offer of a life when you have run out because taking that away would leave a payer with fewer ways out than a free player has. Shards can also be bought outright if you would rather not go looking. Landscape. Touch controls, left- or right-handed. One explorer. One lantern. Keep moving.

Screenshots

Retro Games 99994 screens
Eclipse Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Eclipse Runner at none against Retro Games 9999's 1. Eclipse Runner also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Retro Games 9999's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Retro Games 9999 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Eclipse Runner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Retro Games 9999 ships an update daily, Eclipse Runner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Retro Games 9999 versus Eclipse Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetro Games 9999Eclipse Runner
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyDaily โ€” betterEvery 3 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS18.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB84 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCristian VelascoHiten Soni

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Retro Games 9999

Subscriptions1
  • Play full month3 Days trial$2.991 Month
None

Eclipse Runner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retro Games 9999 free?
Retro Games 9999 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eclipse Runner free?
Eclipse Runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Retro Games 9999 or Eclipse Runner have ads?
Eclipse Runner shows ads; Retro Games 9999 does not.
Which is updated more often, Retro Games 9999 or Eclipse Runner?
Retro Games 9999 ships an update daily, and Eclipse Runner every 3 days. Most recently, Retro Games 9999 was updated on October 4, 2026 and Eclipse Runner on October 12, 2026.

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