Derby Madness vs Carmageddon!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Derby Madness
Experience intense, real-time demolition derby action with realistic car deformations and crashes. Engage in various game modes, customize and upgrade vehicles, and enjoy dynamic pile-ups and destructions on diverse tracks.
- Real-time simulated driving and crashes
- Upgradeable and customizable vehicles
- Multiple racing tracks and locations
- 8 diverse racing game modes
- Up to 32 cars in a single race
- Replay mode
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Derby Madness offers a unique real time simulated driving experience with full of actions such as pile ups, crashes, overthrows, push outs, spin outs, slaloms and destructions. ================ The Main Features ================ * Unique gameplay with many actions and crashes - fast and hard actions with push outs, spin outs, overthrows and pile ups - real time simulated car deformations and crashes - with skill tests and destruction series - a lot of cars in one race (up to 32) - replay mode * Many locations with different racing tracks * Wide variety of upgradeable and customizable vehicles to choose from - old cars, big cars, fast cars, racing cars - customize your vehicle with unique paintings - upgrade your car for better performance and longer durabilty * 8 racing game modes, such as - single races - destruction series - skill series - tournaments * 5 achievable difficulty levels with different events * Easy handling - choose between touch, tilt or gamepad steering Derby Madness is the sequel to Bus Derby racing game. If you liked Bus Derby, you will love Derby Madness. Immerse yourself in a world of real, fast-paced demolition derby games with Derby Madness, where every race is an adrenaline-fuelled smash of speed and destruction! The game was featured in "The Best New Games This Week"
Carmageddon!
Chase down fleeing robbers and collect cash to upgrade your monster truck. Become the ultimate law enforcement vehicle and ensure no criminals get away.
- Chase robbers
- Collect cash
- Upgrade monster truck
- Law enforcement theme
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Don't let any robbers escape and recover all the CASH to upgrade your COP MONSTER TRUCK!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Derby Madness at 85% against Carmageddon!'s 33%. Derby Madness also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (7.9K vs 9). Carmageddon!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads 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. Derby Madness sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Carmageddon! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Derby Madness holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Derby Madness has 7.9K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Derby Madness's written reviews are positive against 33% of Carmageddon!'s.
Derby Madness ships an update every 6 weeks, Carmageddon! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Derby Madness | Carmageddon! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.9K ratings) — better | 2.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.9K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.4 GB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dimension Technics | FlashRead Inc. |
Customer experience
Derby Madness
Carmageddon!
Bugs and requests
Derby Madness
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashing after in-app purchases
- Ads muting the game audio
- Inconsistent cornering physics
- Respawn time issues
Requested features
11 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More tracks and cars
- Customization options
- Demolition derby mode
- Steering wheel/controller support
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- Larger/customizable buttons
- More destructive physics
- Endurance race mode
- Open world/free roam mode
- Boss races
- Track building mode
Carmageddon!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Derby Madness
- Starter Pack$0.99
- 200,000 Coins$2.99
- 10 Diamonds$2.99
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- Ad Free$4.99
- 500,000 Coins$4.99
- 30 Diamonds$4.99
- 1000,000 Coins$7.99
- 60 Diamonds$7.99
- 3000,000 Coins$14.99
Carmageddon!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Derby Madness free?
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Do Derby Madness or Carmageddon! have ads?
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