Comparison

ArcadeOS vs Fragmint

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

Head to head
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
Features
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Welcome to ArcadeOS — a whole arcade in your pocket, and now on your wrist. 65 hand-picked original games, each one its own cartridge: kart racers, ninja action, gothic pinball, paper-craft RPGs, sky shooters, momentum platformers, run-and-gun, belt brawlers, puzzle boxes, rhythm, and full 3D adventures. 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. CHERRY EDITION 23 new games join the shelf, every one rated five stars by our testers before it 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 now ships with an Apple Watch app. Three games are built for the wrist and the Digital Crown: Redline Ridge (crown hops lanes, hold to burn), Sunstrip (crown steers, tap to shift) and Ironvane (crown flies, hold to charge, tap to call your wingman). Runs on its own — no iPhone needed nearby. FEATURES 65 games — every one with its own hand-crafted cartridge art New 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 — square waves, the real thing 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 fruit editions — Cherry is the first ArcadeOS games are living software: they grow new levels, mechanics, and polish over time. Your shelf gets better while you sleep. Powered by RetroApps.

About

Fragmint

Solve daily word riddles by spelling words that use a central letter fragment. Collect these fragments and arrange them like magnets to reveal the answer. Enjoy a relaxing, pressure-free brain teaser playable on Apple Watch and iPhone.

Highlights
  • Daily word riddles
  • Fragment collection and assembly
  • Crossword-style clues
  • Streaks and calendar archive
  • Offline play
  • Syncs between iPhone and Apple Watch
  • No timer, no lives
Features
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Today's answer is split into 2- and 3-letter fragments -- little white tiles that look like mints. Earn these "fragmints" one round at a time by spelling words, then snap them together like refrigerator magnets to crack the riddle. How exactly? 1. SPELL. Each round presents a 3x3 grid of letter tiles with one white mint in the center. Swipe or tap to spell words. But every word must use that center fragmint! Once you fill the meter with enough words, the fragmint is yours. 2. COLLECT. Four or five quick rounds gets you a handful of mints. Each fragmint will be ONE piece of the final answer. 3. SOLVE. With your fragmints scattered like magnets on a fridge door, drag them together, and SNAP! When two belong side by side, they click into place. Arrange the mints to answer the riddle. Try it right now… Your clue: "Winter in a mug?" Your fragmints: [ LA ] [ CHO ] [ TE ] [ HOT ] [ CO ] Check your answer at the bottom of the page :) Fragmints offers: * A relaxing daily brain teaser * Trivia-like crossword clues * Streaks and a calendar archive if you miss a day * Offline play, and syncs between iPhone and Apple Watch * No timer, no lives, no pressure Fragmints was designed first for Apple Watch: a whole puzzle fits on the watch face, spelled with a swipe of your finger. Your wrist taps you when the day's riddle is ready, so you can solve it before your coffee cools. Prefer the big screen? The full game is on iPhone too. If your morning already includes a word game and a cup of something warm, Fragmints slots right between them. Train your brain and grow your vocabulary without it ever feeling like homework. There's a new riddle every midnight. So we'll see you tomorrow! Right after your… HOT CHOCOLATE

Screenshots

ArcadeOS4 screens
Fragmint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fragmint at every 3 days against ArcadeOS's every 3 weeks. Fragmint also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ArcadeOS against 5.0 for Fragmint. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ArcadeOS ships an update every 3 weeks, Fragmint every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ArcadeOS versus Fragmint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcadeOSFragmint
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRetroApps LLCTinkerton Inc

Customer experience

ArcadeOS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fragmint

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ArcadeOS

No in-app purchases

None

Fragmint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ArcadeOS free?
ArcadeOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fragmint free?
Fragmint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ArcadeOS or Fragmint?
ArcadeOS and Fragmint are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ArcadeOS or Fragmint have ads?
Neither ArcadeOS nor Fragmint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ArcadeOS or Fragmint?
ArcadeOS ships an update every 3 weeks, and Fragmint every 3 days. Most recently, ArcadeOS was updated on October 3, 2026 and Fragmint on October 14, 2026.

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