Tap Jetpack vs Retro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap Jetpack
Guide a space cadet through an alien world using a jetpack. Collect fuel pods to stay airborne and earn medals for overcoming obstacles. An addictive 8-bit adventure awaits.
- Jetpack navigation
- Fuel collection
- Obstacle avoidance
- Medal system
- 8-bit alien world
- Addictive gameplay
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DISASTER! Spaceship Latra has crashed and its motley crew have been forced to abandon ship on a planet far, far away from home. Space Cadet Pavol needs your help to guide him to safety through this unknown 8-bit alien world - but remember his jetpack burns through fuel quickly - so make sure you grab any floating pods whilst you can. Earn medals for bravery as you progress through the challenging obstacles - and boldly tap where no gamer has tapped before in this addictive game from Latra Labs, built for iPhone.
Retro
Navigate a treacherous pyramid maze, collecting treasures and avoiding deadly creatures. Use your gun to defend yourself against ghosts, mummies, vampires, and skeletons. Discover helpful cheats to aid your escape.
- Pyramid maze navigation
- Treasure collection
- Enemy avoidance and combat
- Multiple enemy types
- In-game cheats (POKEs)
- 6 levels of increasing difficulty
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Escape from the pyramid and discover its treasures. Find the exit at the top level of the maze while avoiding deadly creatures and collecting objects. You can shoot your gun to scare ghosts away, make mummies disappear and kill vampires and skeletons. Press back to access the in-game menu and enable helpful cheats (POKEs). Fred was originally developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1983 by Fernando Rada, Paco Menéndez and Carlos Granados and distributed by Indescomp. It was licensed, together with Bugaboo (The Flea) by Quicksilva near the end of 1983. It was initially published in the United Kingdom, and shortly after in Spain by Investrónica. Retro-Fred is a modern port of Fred. It aims to replicate the original game as closely as possible. A version developed in Scratch is also available. Retro-Fred is free software, distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is available for free. It does not store any user data and it does not need any usage permissions. Visit https://www.8bitfred.com and https://github.com/8bitfred/retro-fred for more information. The game The objective of the game is to reach the exit of the pyramid, located in the top level. The game has 6 levels of increasing difficulty. Each level has more and more difficult enemies: * Ghosts: they can go through the maze walls. They cannot be killed, but when they are shot they change the direction of movement. * Rats: they move laterally. Fred must jump vertically to avoid them. They cannot be killed. * Acid drops: run quickly to avoid getting hit by them. * Mummies: they walk slowly on the horizontal passages and fall quicky down the vertical corridors. They disappear when they get hit by a bullet, and reappear in a different location. * Chameleons: they walk on the side of the vertical corridors and jump from one side to the other. * Vampires: they fly in the maze and change directions randomly. They can be killed by shooting them. * Skeletons: they walk on the horizontal corridors and climb up and down the ropes, trying to follow Fred. They die when hit by a bullet. Objects There are different types of objects that Fred can collect inside the maze: * Treasures: they are worth 500 to 1500 points, plus extra bonuses when you reach the exit. * Power-up: increases the power level. * Ammo-up: recharges the number of bullets to the maximum level. * Map: shows a map of the section of the map near Fred. The corridors are shown in white and the walls in blue. After finishing a level you will get 5000 points, and 1000 bonus point for each treasure collected during the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Retro at 5.0 against Tap Jetpack's 1.0. Retro also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Tap Jetpack's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Retro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Tap Jetpack ships an update weekly, Retro every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tap Jetpack | Retro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Latra | Miguel Catalina |
Customer experience
Tap Jetpack
Retro
In-app purchases
Tap Jetpack
No in-app purchases
Retro
No in-app purchases









