Are there any drawbacks to using Google Play's Leaderboard for an iOS game?

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1

Hello,

The title pretty much sums up my question, but to elaborate, I am not interested in achievements, just Leaderboard. So, are there any drawbacks?

Thanks!

2

Yes.

  • Apple are less likely to feature your game.
  • Players must have a Google Play account (they will likely already have a Game Center account)
  • Unity provides no native Google Play integration, as it does for Game Center
3

Are you saying that Apple might flat out reject my game just because I am using Google Play? The reason why I chose Google Play over Game Center was because Google Play (which as far as I can tell is just a gmail account - I was able to log in just using my old school email) is cross-platform whereas Game Center is an iOS exclusive.

… Or am I completely wrong about what I am saying?

4

No. They wouldn’t reject it, but it would have a lower chance of being featured on the App Store.

5

Okay, that sounds fair. Just a follow up question, am I correct in that Game Center is an iOS exclusive?

6

Game Center is an Apple exclusive, it works on iOS and OS X.