Comparison

Skate City vs Nitro Trike

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

Head to head
About

Skate City

Experience the thrill of street skating with intuitive controls and hundreds of trick combinations. Explore diverse global cities, from sunny Los Angeles to vibrant Tokyo, and customize your skater's skills and gear. Enjoy a chill soundtrack and capture your best moves to share.

Highlights
  • Master hundreds of trick combinations
  • Explore global skate spots
  • Accessible controls for all skill levels
  • Challenge and Endless Skate modes
  • Upgrade skills and customize gear
  • Original lo-fi soundtrack
  • In-game recording and sharing tools
Features
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Capture the heart and soul of street skating in a style that’s all your own. Push to perfect your flow and improve your skills while mastering hundreds of trick combinations. Immerse yourself in the dynamic environments as morning fades to night, and the weather shifts unexpectedly. Features: Do you even skate? Now you do! We want everyone to enjoy the feeling of cruising the city streets. What once seemed like a concrete jungle will soon become your playground. No Passport required. Explore the streets of Los Angeles, Oslo, Barcelona, Tokyo, Venice beach and Miami. Begin your journey along the sun-soaked streets of LA before unlocking your next destination. Fake it til you make it. Nail your favourite tricks or get creative with the ones you haven’t tried yet! Whether you’ve never set foot on a skateboard or have been riding for years, our accessible controls will test your mind, not your body. Challenge or chill. Ride like a local through each city’s Challenge mode or take it at your own pace in Endless Skate.
 Level up. Upgrade your skills and gear in our custom skate shop to suit your individual style and abilities. Here you’ll find everything from decks & trucks to streetwear along with options to change hairstyles, skin tone, and gender. Feel Good Music Zen out to an original soundtrack of atmospheric lo-fi beats that are sure to set the right vibe for all your skate sessions. Plug in headphones for the ultimate mellow mood. Snap and Share. Capture your best tricks with our in-game recording tools and share your skate videos online. Your social media has never looked better.

About

Nitro Trike

Experience an electrifying tricycle ride on exhilarating, gravity-defying tracks. Perform impressive flips and tricks while navigating stunning courses filled with ramps and twists. This game offers a full-throttle, fun-filled adventure for adrenaline junkies.

Highlights
  • Exhilarating tricycle rides
  • Gravity-defying stunts
  • Impressive flips and tricks
  • Stunningly rendered courses
  • Adrenaline-fueled gameplay
Features
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Rev your engine and get ready for an electrifying ride! In Nitro Trike, it's time to hit the most exhilarating tracks on a tricycle unlike any you've ever seen. Designed for adrenaline junkies, Nitro Trike offers an intense, gravity-defying experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Blast through stunningly rendered courses filled with ramps, twists, and turns, all while doing impressive flips and tricks. Keep a firm grip on your device and navigate through loops and hairpin turns as your tricycle soars through the sky and backflips onto the track. With Nitro Trike, you'll find excitement at every turn. Unleash your inner daredevil, perform awe-inspiring tricks, and push your tricycle to its limits. But be warned - this game is not for the faint of heart. It's full throttle, full flip, and full-on FUN! With Nitro Trike, the sky isn't the limit - it's just the beginning. Experience the exhilarating thrill of tricycle stunting like never before. Ready to hit the nitro? Download Nitro Trike now and let the flips begin!

Screenshots

Skate City4 screens
Nitro Trike3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Skate City at none against Nitro Trike's shown. Skate City also leads on ratings volume (48K vs 4) and device support (4 vs 1). Nitro Trike's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs paid) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nitro Trike holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skate City has 48K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Skate City's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nitro Trike's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Skate City versus Nitro Trike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkate CityNitro Trike
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (48K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB6 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSnowmanminiExtensions, LLC

Customer experience

Skate City

All ratings47,693 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews1,038 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral8.2%
Negative12.4%

Nitro Trike

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Skate City

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes during tutorial
  • Disappearing skateboard glitch
  • Inconsistent trick registration
  • Graphical issues on larger screens

Requested features

6 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More customization options
  • Additional maps and locations
  • Ability to change camera angles
  • Improved trick registration
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  • Increased in-game currency earnings

Nitro Trike

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Skate City

No in-app purchases

None

Nitro Trike

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skate City free?
Skate City is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nitro Trike free?
Nitro Trike is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skate City or Nitro Trike?
Nitro Trike is rated higher. Skate City averages 4.8 out of 5 from 48K ratings, while Nitro Trike averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Skate City or Nitro Trike have ads?
Nitro Trike shows ads; Skate City does not.

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