Comparison

Student Driver! vs Cardio Quest

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

Head to head
About

Student Driver!

Master drifting skills in this challenging game with simple touch controls. Navigate 25 levels of increasing difficulty, focusing on precision and speed. It's free, ad-free, and designed for quick, engaging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Drift around corners
  • Avoid cones
  • Simple touch controls
  • Always full speed
  • 25 levels
Features
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-Drift around corners and avoid the cones in this addicting and challenging game! -Simple touch controls turn the car left and right, but you won't be able to slow down and the car is always going full speed! -25 levels to complete in any order! -This app is free and ad-free so show your support the developer by sharing this game with your friends and downloading our other apps!

About

Cardio Quest

This fantasy role-playing game transforms your real-life workouts into epic battles. Track your heart rate to fight monsters, earn loot, and level up your hero. Compete with friends on leaderboards and track your fitness progress.

Highlights
  • Heart rate tracking for combat
  • Fantasy role-playing gameplay
  • Monster battles during workouts
  • Earn loot and level up hero
  • Friend tracking and leaderboards
  • Workout tracking
Features
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Cardio Quest is a fantasy role-playing video game that challenges players to get active and improve their health. By tracking heart rate during exercise, players do battle while they work out in real life. Watch your Hero slay monsters as you get fit and earn epic loot. Follow friends, rank on leaderboards, track your workouts, and level up as you turn your workouts into gaming marathons. Cardio Quest is currently in Open Beta. Come join the future of connected fitness!

Screenshots

Student Driver!4 screens
Cardio Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Student Driver! at 4.9 against Cardio Quest's 4.2. Student Driver! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cardio Quest sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Student Driver! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Student Driver! holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 59 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Student Driver!'s written reviews are positive against 59% of Cardio Quest's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Student Driver! versus Cardio Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudent Driver!Cardio Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (24 ratings) — better4.2 (59 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better59.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2459 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJames NewmanPress Forward Games LLC

Customer experience

Student Driver!

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cardio Quest

All ratings59 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative32.4%

Bugs and requests

Student Driver!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cardio Quest

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Cannot connect to Hyperate application
  • Bug interface
  • Needs separate app for Apple Watch data
  • Sync feature has limitations (free version)
  • App loses track of heart rate
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  • UI is unintuitive
  • Cannot figure out how to level up
  • Won't connect to Garmin
  • Cannot add devices via app
  • Calories burned not accurate for stairs
  • Duplicate gear not going into inventory
  • Sync issues with heart rate
  • Game needs to be resynced constantly
  • Disconnects during workouts
  • Doesn't sync
  • Can't sync iWatch
  • Doesnt work with device
  • Incomplete at the moment

Requested features

12 requests
  • Simpler UX for new users
  • More things to manage
  • Less time managing/learning
  • Add an idle element (e.g., mining)
  • Upgrade system for duplicate gear
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  • View pets during battles
  • Move around a virtual world like an MMO
  • Combat and social aspects
  • Compatibility with cheaper smartwatches
  • Option to use data from Apple Fitness
  • Retroactively correct step count
  • Allow app to run in background for quests

In-app purchases

None

Student Driver!

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cardio Quest

One-time2
  • Monthly Premium Features$4.99
  • Monthly Battle Pass$9.99

Questions

Is Student Driver! free?
Student Driver! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cardio Quest free?
Cardio Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Student Driver! or Cardio Quest?
Student Driver! is rated higher. Student Driver! averages 4.9 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Cardio Quest averages 4.2 from 59 ratings.
Do Student Driver! or Cardio Quest have ads?
Neither Student Driver! nor Cardio Quest shows ads.

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