Shell Racing vs Shell Racing Legends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shell Racing
Compete in daily racing events to unlock new cars and win prizes. Design and share your own custom tracks with a global community, with a chance for your creation to be featured.
- Race incredible cars
- Compete in daily events
- Unlock new cars and prizes
- Build and share custom tracks
- Track editor
- Community sharing
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Race incredible cars including the Shell Motorsports Collection on amazing tracks. Compete in new events every day to unlock exciting new cars and win prizes and build your own tracks and share them with the Shell Racing community. With an easy to use track editor you can create your own tracks and share them with the world - will your track be Track of the Week?
Shell Racing Legends
Experience exclusive Ferrari models in both the real and digital worlds. Control your die-cast cars via Bluetooth for intense races, build your digital garage, and compete on various tracks to climb the leaderboards. Discover car history and customize driving methods.
- Remote control driving via Bluetooth
- Build and manage a digital car garage
- Compete on digital tracks with leaderboards
- Unlock car history and statistics
- Customizable driving methods and assistance
- Collect exclusive Ferrari models
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Put yourself in the driver’s seat of an exclusive Ferrari car collection with Shell Racing Legends. Collect the four die-cast Ferrari’s and experience them in both the real and digital worlds. DRIVE WITH REMOTE CONTROL Turn on and control your car by connecting it with Bluetooth™ to Shell Racing Legends and you are ready to challenge your friends and family to high intensity real world racing. BUILD YOUR GARAGE Simply unlock the digital version of your model car by connecting it with Shell Racing Legends and start perfecting your driving skills on different digital tracks. COMPLETE CHALLENGES Compete with your collection on different tracks and keep improving until you are at the top of the leader board. Complete the objectives and unlock the next challenge. DRIVING METHODS Go to Settings and choose the controls that fit your driving-style: Tilt the device or touch the screen to steer, choose your level of driver assistance and you’re off! Remove the driver assistance to be more competitive and improve your skills and times. CAR HISTORY Discover the history and key statistics behind each of these exclusive Ferrari’s once they are unlocked and in your garage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Shell Racing Legends at free against Shell Racing's ad-supported. Shell Racing's advantage is ratings volume (561 vs 158). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 — 4.7 for Shell Racing against 4.6 for Shell Racing Legends. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 561 and 158 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Shell Racing's written reviews are positive against 62% of Shell Racing Legends's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shell Racing | Shell Racing Legends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (561 ratings) — better | 4.6 (158 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.7% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 561 — better | 158 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 491 MB | 961 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BrandBase | Carbon 12.011 |
Customer experience
Shell Racing
Shell Racing Legends
User reviews
Shell Racing
From 561 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Excellent racing experience
- 👾 Engaging gameplay
- 🏎️ Realistic car models
- 🛠️ Robust track creation tools
- 🎨 Impressive graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
- 🔋 Bluetooth connectivity issues
- 🕹️ Suboptimal controls for touch screens
- 🏎️ Lack of difficulty options
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
Shell Racing Legends
From 158 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- 🤩 Good graphics
- 🏎️ Realistic car models
- 🎮 Good for racing enthusiasts
- 📱 Seamless Bluetooth connection (for some users)
Room to improve
- ❌ App doesn't open/crashes
- 🐛 Frequent crashes/force closes
- 🚫 Not compatible with iOS 27
- 📱 Bluetooth connection issues
- ❓ Unclear how to use/change cars
Bugs and requests
Shell Racing
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes after races
- Bluetooth disconnections during gameplay
- Graphical issues with high track complexity
- Progression-blocking bugs in certain modes
Requested features
5 requests- Add more car models and racing series
- Implement multiplayer functionality
- Improve AI difficulty and behavior
- Optimize performance for older devices
- Provide more customization options
Shell Racing Legends
Reported bugs
39 issues- App does not open on iOS 27
- App closes by itself
- App crashes on launch
- Bluetooth connection fails
- App force closes when scanning barcode
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- Car disconnects periodically
- Car starts jumping and spinning in circles
- App asks to rate and then crashes
- Cannot log in
- App not finding the car
- Black screen or opaque screen on launch
- App not working on iPhone 16
- App not working on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- App not working on iPhone 17 Pro Max
- App not working on iOS 27.2 beta 3
- App not working on iOS
- App not opening
- App not functioning
- App not loading
- App not starting
- App not connecting
- App not scanning car/barcode
- App force closes on Bluetooth connection
- App force closes on scanning
- App force closes when trying to scan a car
- App crashes when trying to scan
- App crashes on startup
- App crashes when entering Bluetooth connection
- App crashes when scanning
- App crashes when trying to log in
- App crashes when trying to scan a car
- App crashes when trying to scan barcode
- App crashes when trying to scan car/barcode
- App crashes when trying to scan car
- App crashes when trying to scan barcode
- App crashes when trying to scan car/barcode
- App crashes when trying to scan car
- App crashes when trying to scan barcode
- App crashes when trying to scan car/barcode
Requested features
19 requests- Update app for iOS 27 compatibility
- Add more racetracks
- Include F1 calendar tracks
- Add more setting options
- Improve physics and car handling
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- Add controller support (Xbox/PlayStation)
- Allow adjustment of steering sensitivity
- Add a mode without needing a car model
- Improve graphics
- Add new maps
- Add TV graphics like F1 (positions, times)
- Fix issue with best lap time deletion
- Add car customization options
- Add gamepad support for iOS and Android
- Add rear differential lock, camber-convergence adjustment, and wheel rotation adjustment
- Add more players/multiplayer mode
- Add car mileage tracking
- Add onboard camera view
- Improve feedback on touch screen controls
In-app purchases
Shell Racing
No in-app purchases
Shell Racing Legends
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Shell Racing free?
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