Hover Racer vs Drive Mad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hover Racer
Experience high-speed racing through dynamic space environments in a futuristic hovercraft. Collect in-game currency to unlock new items in the integrated shop. Compete with friends by comparing scores on Game Centre.
- Break-neck speed racing
- Ever-changing landscapes
- Collect credits
- Integrated item shop
- Amazing graphics
- Compare scores with friends
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Strap into a space-age hovercraft and tear through an ever-changing landscape at break-neck speed. One wrong line and it's over — how far can you get? Hover Racer is a pick-up-and-play endless racer built for one-thumb control and long sessions. The track rebuilds itself ahead of you, so no two runs are the same. RACE • Twitch-reactive hover controls tuned for touch • A continuously generated landscape — never the same run twice • Speed that keeps climbing the longer you survive COLLECT AND UPGRADE • Bank credits on every run • Spend them in the integrated shop on new hovercraft and power-ups • Grab power-ups mid-race and trigger them from the touch UI COMPETE • Game Center leaderboards — see exactly where you rank against friends • Chase your own best distance, then beat it BUILT TO LOOK GOOD • Detailed hovercraft models and sharp sci-fi environments • Smooth performance on iPhone and iPad Free to play. Race as long as you can hold the line.
Drive Mad
Master challenging driving physics with simple controls. Overcome 100+ levels with realistic mechanics, performing impossible tricks and stunts. Enjoy a compact, fast, and offline playable game.
- Simple accelerate/brake controls
- Realistic physics engine
- Challenging driving gameplay
- 100+ unique levels
- Perform tricks and stunts
- Offline play
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The controls? Dead simple. Right to accelerate and left to brake. The driving? Very challenging. The realistic physics requires actual skill. But as you progress through the levels you'll come to master the physics and pull tricks and stunts that you thought impossible! With 100+ levels, a tiny install size, fast performance, and offline play, this is a game you'll want to keep around for a long long time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drive Mad at 70% against Hover Racer's 0%. Drive Mad also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (28K vs 1). Hover Racer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Hover Racer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Drive Mad sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hover Racer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drive Mad has 28K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Hover Racer's written reviews are positive against 70% of Drive Mad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hover Racer ships an update every 3 months, Drive Mad every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hover Racer | Drive Mad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (28K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 70.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 28K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #15 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AQToor Software | WebVentures B.V. |
Customer experience
Hover Racer
Drive Mad
Bugs and requests
Hover Racer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Drive Mad
Reported bugs
2 issues- Level 193 chase is too hard
- Unicycle controls unbalanced
Requested features
2 requests- More levels
- Difficulty options
In-app purchases
Hover Racer
- 50000 credits$0.99
- Remove Ads Permanently$1.99
- Massive Credits Pack$7.99
Drive Mad
- Mini Pack$1.99
- Ad-Free$3.99
- Drive Mad Premium$3.99
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- Starter Bundle$4.99
- Super Coin Pack$4.99
- Nitro Car$9.99
- Mega Coin Pack$9.99
- Legendary Car Bundle Offer$12.99
- Nitro Car Bundle$12.99
- Dino Car$15.99
- Legendary Car Bundle$19.99
Questions
Is Hover Racer free?
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