Student Driver! vs Classic Maelstrom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Drift around corners
- Avoid cones
- Simple touch controls
- Always full speed
- 25 levels
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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!
Classic Maelstrom
Experience a fast-paced, retro arcade shooter with classic pixel graphics and authentic sounds. Enjoy cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes, along with modern touch and controller support. Discover hidden secrets and challenge yourself with unique game modes.
- Fast-action gameplay
- Classic pixel graphics
- Original sounds
- Cooperative multiplayer
- Competitive multiplayer
- Mobile touch controls
- Game controller support
- Kid Mode
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Maelstrom is a licensed open source port of the original shareware game for the Macintosh by Ambrosia Software, Inc. It is a fast-action, asteroids-like game, with classic pixel graphics and original sounds. In addition to being a faithful reproduction of the original game, this version adds game controller support, mobile touch controls, and both cooperative and competitive multiplayer action. Features: Kid Mode Clicking the "kid mode" icon next to the play button will enable an easier play mode which will add the retro-thruster prize and automatically shield you as long as shields are available - but beware the Shenobi ships! Their shots will not trigger the automatic defensive systems. Achievements and high scores are not available while in this mode. Multiplayer You can host or join a multiplayer game from the main menu. Up to three players can play at once, and they can be any combination of other players on the local network, and connected controllers. Easter Eggs The classic easter eggs from the original game are all there, and it's up to you to find them...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Student Driver! at 24 against Classic Maelstrom's 1. Student Driver! also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). Classic Maelstrom's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Student Driver! against 5.0 for Classic Maelstrom. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Student Driver! has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Student Driver! | Classic Maelstrom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Newman | Sam Lantinga |
In-app purchases
Student Driver!
No in-app purchases
Classic Maelstrom
No in-app purchases
Questions
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