Hover Shift vs Scale.io
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hover Shift
Engage in a thrilling racing game with a variety of sci-fi airships and pixelated environments. Navigate through challenging obstacles and master the controls to become the ultimate racer. Capture your best moments with the built-in screenshot function.
- Pixel art scenes
- Sci-fi airship selection
- Obstacle challenges
- Easy to master controls
- Skill props
- In-game screenshot function
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Get "Hover Shift" now and join this fun racing game! Game Features: - 4 different styles of pixel scenes - 21 sci-fi Airship to choose from - Various obstacles along the way to challenge your reaction - Easy to use difficult to master operation - Abundant skills props - Built-in game screenshot function - Game Center leaderboard support: challenge yourself to reach a higher score.
Scale.io
Engage in a unique racing experience where you can dynamically adjust your vehicle's wheel size. This update introduces new cars, improved movement, and an enhanced shop and upgrade system for a more engaging gameplay loop.
- Adjustable wheel size
- New car additions
- Updated car movement
- Enhanced UI and animations
- Shop and upgrade system
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Big Update Released.! Scale.io is new kind of fun racing that you can scale your wheels bigger or smaller. In this update we make some changes at car movement system and shop system. These are new features of new update: New Cars added Car movement Updated UI updated Animations updated Shop and Upgrade System Added.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scale.io at 5.0 against Hover Shift's 4.0. Scale.io also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 53 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Hover Shift's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scale.io holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Hover Shift ships an update every 53 months, Scale.io weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hover Shift | Scale.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 53 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 274 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓筠 周 | Haluk KIYAGAN |
Customer experience
Hover Shift
Scale.io
In-app purchases
Hover Shift
No in-app purchases
Scale.io
No in-app purchases
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