Comparison

Biglands vs Retro Cloud Player

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

Head to head
About

Biglands

Embark on an epic quest to save the world by fighting enemies, navigating obstacles, and collecting items. Build and upgrade weapons to prepare for monstrous bosses. Discover concept art from the developer's nephews' drawings.

Highlights
  • Epic adventure quest
  • Fight hordes of enemies
  • Navigate perilous obstacles
  • Collect tons of items
  • Build and upgrade weapons
  • Prepare for monstrous bosses
  • Collect concept art
Features
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Embark on an epic adventure through unknown lands on a quest to save the world! All from the imagination and creativity of my young nephews. Fight your way through hordes of enemies! Navigate through perilous obstacles! Collect tons of items! Build and upgrade your weapons! Prepare for monstrous bosses! This game is a gift to my nephews. They came up with the name, story and gameplay. The characters, weapons, enemies, bosses, fonts, some levels and many other miscellaneous objects were collected from their old drawings, which can be viewed by collecting the concept art throughout the game.

About

Retro Cloud Player

Play classic games on your Apple devices with this emulator. It utilizes iCloud for ROM storage and requires a companion app for collection management. A gamepad or keyboard is necessary for gameplay.

Highlights
  • Legacy gaming emulation
  • iCloud ROM storage
  • Libretro cores integration
  • Companion app for ROM management
  • Gamepad/keyboard support
Features
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The Retro Cloud Player is an emulator for legacy gaming systems. The ROMs are stored in iCloud. The Retro Cloud Companion app is needed in order to manage your collection of ROMs. A gamepad or keyboard is also required. This emulator include cores from the Libretro project.

Screenshots

Biglands4 screens
Retro Cloud Player1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retro Cloud Player at 5.0 against Biglands's 4.5. Retro Cloud Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Biglands's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Biglands sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Retro Cloud Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro Cloud Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Biglands has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Biglands versus Retro Cloud Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiglandsRetro Cloud Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB70 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGammaLateral LLCJulien Eyriès

Customer experience

Biglands

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Retro Cloud Player

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Biglands

One-time2
  • Shop Instant Build$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Retro Cloud Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Biglands free?
Biglands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retro Cloud Player free?
Retro Cloud Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Biglands or Retro Cloud Player?
Retro Cloud Player is rated higher. Biglands averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Retro Cloud Player averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Biglands or Retro Cloud Player have ads?
Neither Biglands nor Retro Cloud Player shows ads.

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