ReCharge RC vs Tricky Machines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReCharge RC
Design and build your own remote-controlled cars and race them on custom tracks. Compete globally with asynchronous multiplayer and realistic physics.
- Limitless vehicle customization
- Create and share custom tracks
- Asynchronous multiplayer racing
- Global online leaderboards
- Realistic physics engine
- Retro graphics mode
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ReCharge just got bigger and better with a huge content and quality of life update! Featuring new building blocks, new features, updated graphics, a retro mode, a new free roam arena, tweaked vehicle stats, and general improvements all around! Customize your vehicle, Create your very own race tracks, Share them online and Race your friends with asynchronous multiplayer and global leaderboards! Drift your way into ReCharge RC! Featuring limitless vehicle customization, online track sharing with an ever growing catalog, global online leaderboards for every track, even the ones you create, and asynchronous multiplayer allowing you to race the ghost of every leaderboard entry! Enjoy realistic physics that blur the lines between arcade and simulation and allow rookies and veterans alike to experience the joy that is RC racing! Features: Limitless vehicle customization with tons of bodies, rims, spoilers, decals and colors! Insane tracks and the ability to make your own and share them with the world! Online leaderboards for every track, even your own! An ever growing online catalog of tracks to race! Asynchronous multiplayer allowing you to race the ghost of whomever you choose! Realistic physics with accurate suspension and enjoyable handling blurs the lines between arcade and simulation! Runs well even on older devices!
Tricky Machines
Experience a physics-based racing game with challenging tracks featuring jumps, puzzles, and drifting. Master different car types and overcome unique obstacles like heavy machinery and tight parking spots. Learn from top player replays to perfect your racing technique.
- Physics-based racing
- Challenging tracks with puzzles and shortcuts
- Drifting mechanics
- Diverse vehicle types
- Heavy machine and parking challenges
- First-person view parking
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Tricky Machines is a physics based racing game. Get the best times on tracks that may include jumps, physical puzzles, shortcuts or just drifting on a racetrack. Watch replays from the best players to improve your technique. You can drive sports cars of rear wheel drive, front wheel drive or all wheel drive with different mechanical traits. Some tracks include heavy machines, boats, or segmented trucks, which need to be parked into tight spots at the end of the course. First person view parking is forced on some maps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tricky Machines at none against ReCharge RC's shown. Tricky Machines also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). ReCharge RC's advantage is ratings volume (332 vs 106) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. ReCharge RC sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Tricky Machines sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tricky Machines holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 332 and 106 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 84% and 83% positive.
ReCharge RC ships an update every 6 weeks, Tricky Machines every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | ReCharge RC | Tricky Machines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (332 ratings) | 4.5 (106 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better | 83.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 332 — better | 106 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hondune Games LLC | Peter Soltesz |
Customer experience
ReCharge RC
Tricky Machines
Bugs and requests
ReCharge RC
Reported bugs
6 issues- Freezing and crashing issues
- Multiplayer not working
- Glitches with track editor
- Car physics issues
- Disappearing track elements
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- Leaderboard cheating
Requested features
8 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More free roam maps
- Ability to upgrade/tune cars
- More track customization options
- First-person camera view
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- Ability to earn more gems/currency
- Online leaderboards and challenges
- Weather effects and different terrain
Tricky Machines
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ReCharge RC
- 1,000 Coins$0.99
- 12 Gems$0.99
- 3,000 Coins$1.99
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- 30 Gems$1.99
- The Skatepark$1.99
- Daily Challenge Free Pass$1.99
- Virtual Arena$1.99
- The Cul-De-Sac$1.99
- 10,000 Coins$4.99
- 100 Gems$4.99
Tricky Machines
- 200 undos$0.99
- 1000 undos$1.99
- unlimited undo$4.99
Questions
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