Comparison

ArcadeOS vs KaBoo! Memory Game

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. 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.

About

KaBoo! Memory Game

A colorful card game of memory and strategy. Remember card positions, swap strategically, and use special powers to match cards before your opponents. Call "KaBoo!" to end a round, but be careful not to incur penalties.

Highlights
  • Play against computer opponents
  • Choose timing modes (Junior/Classic)
  • Interactive practice round
  • Build daily fox streak
  • Earn badges and track victories
  • Use special card powers
  • Create private tables with friends
Features
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Meet KaBoo! Memory Game, the colorful game of memory, strategy and quick reactions. Your cards begin face down. Remember what you’ve seen, swap wisely, activate special powers and snap matching cards before your opponents. Think you have the lowest score? Call KaBoo! to end the round but choose your moment carefully! Make a wrong snap and… KAPOW! Flip the Clever Fox serves you a penalty card. Inspired by the popular Dutch household card game also known as Cabo, Cambio, Kaboem and Joeka, KaBoo! is easy to learn but full of clever decisions. Features: • Play against 1–3 computer opponents • Choose relaxed Junior timing or faster Classic timing • Learn naturally through an interactive practice round • Build your daily fox streak • Earn badges and track your victories • Peek, swap and spy using special card powers • Create private tables and invite friends with a code • Resume interrupted games • Enjoy bright, responsive gameplay across iPhone, iPad and Mac Every round is different. Every card matters. How low can you go? Peek. Swap. Snap. KaBoo!

Screenshots

ArcadeOS4 screens
KaBoo! Memory Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KaBoo! Memory Game at 5.0 against ArcadeOS's 3.0. KaBoo! Memory Game also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

KaBoo! Memory Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ArcadeOS ships an update every 3 weeks, KaBoo! Memory Game daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ArcadeOS versus KaBoo! Memory Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcadeOSKaBoo! Memory Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB45 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRetroApps LLCOneproof Inc

Customer experience

ArcadeOS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

KaBoo! Memory Game

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ArcadeOS

No in-app purchases

None

KaBoo! Memory Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ArcadeOS free?
ArcadeOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KaBoo! Memory Game free?
KaBoo! Memory Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ArcadeOS or KaBoo! Memory Game?
KaBoo! Memory Game is rated higher. ArcadeOS averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while KaBoo! Memory Game averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ArcadeOS or KaBoo! Memory Game have ads?
Neither ArcadeOS nor KaBoo! Memory Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ArcadeOS or KaBoo! Memory Game?
ArcadeOS ships an update every 3 weeks, and KaBoo! Memory Game daily. Most recently, ArcadeOS was updated on October 31, 2026 and KaBoo! Memory Game on October 31, 2026.

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