Platform Panic vs Newtro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Platform Panic
Pit iconic platform game heroes against each other in a procedurally generated retro challenge. Master simple controls to climb the leaderboards and unlock all characters in this addictive pixel-art adventure.
- Hero battles
- Leaderboard challenges
- Procedurally generated levels
- Simple swipe controls
- Retro pixel graphics
- Chiptune soundtrack
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Platform game heroes through the ages have been abducted! Pit them against each other in order to settle, once and for all, which one is the best! • Can you unlock them all and become king of the leaderboard? • Endlessly addictive, procedurally generated retro platformer! • Super simple controls. Swipe left, right & up is all you need to move around. • Pumping chiptune music by Eirik Suhrke, composer of Ridiculous Fishing and Super Crate Box. • Cutting edge retro pixel graphics! Important Message for Parents This game may include: - Direct links to social networking websites that are intended for an audience over the age of 13. - Direct links to the internet that can take players away from the game with the potential to browse any web page. - In-app purchases. - Advertising of Nitrome products.
Newtro
Experience a minimalist, pixel-art brick breaker arcade game. Control bars with one hand to prevent balls from falling, destroy bricks, and complete levels within time limits and without losing lives. Offers a relaxing solo player experience with unique gameplay challenges.
- Minimalist pixel-art graphics
- One-handed gameplay
- Offline play
- Multiple levels with varied gameplay
- Time-based challenges
- Achievement system
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Re discover the brick breaker like you never did ! Minimalist, made with some crispy pixels, this arcade game will test your skills without stress, enjoy ! Newtro - Brick Breaker is a non competitive, solo player mobile game. With the help of a finger, you will be able to control one or more bars simultaneously, not only to prevent the ball from going out, but to overcome the four challenges that all the levels will include. Once you have mastered the direction of the balls, you will have the opportunity to complete the levels in the allocated time and without losing a life. This will give you the chance to complete the difficult versions of each level. You have two ways to discover this arcade game: - Go through all the levels, explore the original gameplays and relax with Ludmila Postel's Sound Design! - Take the challenge and try to completely destroy the level wall! How to play the game? - The balls are launched after a first touch of the screen. - Destroy all the bricks. - Get 4 achievements from each level. Successes: - finish the level with at least one life - finish a level without losing a life. - finish a level within the time limit. - finish the level in difficult version Features : - Free to play - Many levels with varied gameplay - Easy to play, designed to be played with one hand - Offline, no conection required - Tablet not supported - Leaderboard not supported The game is initially released with 48 different levels but many updates are planned: - the addition of many more levels - the addition of graphic and musical themes - the addition of collectables in case of complete success of a level group
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Platform Panic at Free against Newtro's $1.99. Platform Panic also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (69% vs 38%). Newtro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Platform Panic is free to download; Newtro costs $1.99 up front. Platform Panic sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Newtro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Platform Panic holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Platform Panic's written reviews are positive against 38% of Newtro's.
Platform Panic ships an update every 4 months, Newtro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Platform Panic | Newtro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (124 ratings) — better | 4.0 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | EVB Studio |
Customer experience
Platform Panic
Newtro
Bugs and requests
Platform Panic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Coins lost after using extra life
- Laser beams not functioning properly
- Falling through the floor and getting stuck
- Ads not removing after purchase
Requested features
4 requests- More characters and abilities
- Level editor and sharing
- Difficulty settings
- Cloud save support
Newtro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Platform Panic
- 250 coins$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- 1000 coins$1.99
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- 5000 coins$3.99
Newtro
- Dark Knight Color Palette$0.99
- GameBoy Color Theme$0.99
- Ads remover$1.99
