Shell Racing vs CarbonRC
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?
CarbonRC
Control your remote-controlled die-cast cars from anywhere in the world. Connect the app to your RC car and start racing. This app provides remote control functionality for specific RC models.
- Remote control functionality
- Connect to RC cars
- Race from anywhere
- Die-cast collection integration
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The Carbon RC app was created to connect with and race our remote control die-cast collection wherever you are in the world. Turn-on the RC car and press “connect” on the Carbon RC app to start racing. The Carbon RC app includes only the remote control function for Carbon supplied RC models which need to be close proximity to enable detection and connection. For more info on Carbon 12.011 please go to http://carbon12011.com or contact us at mailto:info@carbon12011.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shell Racing at 4.7 against CarbonRC's 3.7. Shell Racing also leads on ratings volume (556 vs 3). CarbonRC's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 56%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.
Shell Racing holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shell Racing has 556 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Shell Racing's written reviews are positive against 75% of CarbonRC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shell Racing ships an update every 3 weeks, CarbonRC monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shell Racing | CarbonRC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (556 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 556 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 477 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrandBase | Carbon 12.011 |
Customer experience
Shell Racing
CarbonRC
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
CarbonRC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shell Racing
No in-app purchases
CarbonRC
No in-app purchases
