Comparison

Tether Arcade vs Swim Life

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

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About

Tether Arcade

Features
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Tether is a one-touch arcade game. No account, no sign-in, no in-app purchases and no ads. It works fully offline. HOW TO PLAY Hold anywhere to hook the nearest anchor and swing around it. Release to fly off along the tangent, then hold again to catch the next one. There is no brake and no undo - just how far you get before the wipeout. SKIM THE SAWS Saws sit between the anchors. Cutting close to one without touching it stacks your multiplier, so the tighter your line, the faster the score climbs. Play it safe and you score slowly. Play it greedy and you score fast. DAY STREAK Come back on consecutive days and your streak raises the score floor you start every run from. SKINS New looks unlock as your best score climbs, from the first at 60 all the way to 1500. SHARE Every run ends with a card of your score, ready to share. LANGUAGES The game reads the device language at launch and shows its text in whichever of its thirteen supported languages matches: English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French, Bengali, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian and Thai. Any other language falls back to English.

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Swim Life

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Swim Life is a swimming career simulator. Create a 12-to-16-year-old swimmer, uncover the talent hidden in their body, and guide them day by day from junior pools to the national team. Please note: the game is fully in Italian. Every athlete is unique: nine genetic attributes, a talent rating revealed little by little, a personality you choose and a second trait drawn by fate. Height, weight and physical maturation grow over the years and decide what kind of swimmer they become. IN THE POOL • Races broadcast like television: an arena with a crowd, a glowing scoreboard, a live clock, photo-finish replays and a podium ceremony with an interview. • Eight race tactics, from saving energy early to a negative split, all the way to custom pacing length by length. • After every race the coach delivers a debrief: splits per length, pace drop, strengths and what to improve. TRAINING • The coach proposes the month's program and explains every choice: season phase, taper before peak races, recovery when fatigue builds up. • You can rewrite the calendar day by day: macro area, session type, light, medium or hard intensity, even simulated races. • Fatigue, form, motivation and confidence really move: train badly and you feel it on race day. THE CAREER • Sign with a club, grow with its coach and staff, move on when the right offer arrives. • Sponsors, salaries, bonuses and expenses: a wallet that fits a young athlete, not a millionaire. • National team call-ups, qualifying standards for the European and World Championships, and the 4x100 freestyle relay. • A personal rivalry that follows you through the whole career, race after race. • Club, regional, national and world records that can genuinely fall. OUT OF THE WATER • Family, friends, school, love: bonds that wear down if you neglect them and support you if you care for them. • Illustrated private-life scenes with dialogue and choices that change stress, motivation and performance. • Injuries with real rehabilitation: your comeback depends on the work you put in. HOW IT WORKS • Free: no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no ads. • Plays offline, with no account and no sign-up: the career stays on your device. Athletes, clubs, coaches, sponsors and competitions are fictional and generated by the simulation.

Screenshots

Tether Arcade4 screens
Swim Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swim Life at none against Tether Arcade's 1. Swim Life also leads on ads (none vs shown). Tether Arcade's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 18.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Tether Arcade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Swim Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Tether Arcade versus Swim Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTether ArcadeSwim Life
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdolfo OrlandiniANDREA MARANGON

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tether Arcade

One-time1
  • Tether Pro$2.99
None

Swim Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tether Arcade free?
Tether Arcade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swim Life free?
Swim Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tether Arcade or Swim Life have ads?
Tether Arcade shows ads; Swim Life does not.

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