Comparison

Bob's Cloud Race vs Tricky Machines

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

Head to head
About

Bob's Cloud Race

Race through an endless series of challenging, twisty tracks with simple swipe controls. Collect unique spaceships and test your reaction times against increasing difficulty in a fun, low-poly arcade experience.

Highlights
  • Simple swipe controls
  • Collectible spaceships
  • Dodge obstacles
  • Endless tricky tracks
  • Low poly graphics
  • Ragdoll physics
Features
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From the creator of Cafe Racer: A fun but challenging low poly arcade racer, with silly spaceships and twisty tracks to test your skill and reaction times. Simple swipe controls mechanics with hair-trigger sensitivity are your only tools against an infinite amount of levels of increasing difficulty! Take control of Bob the SpaceMan and help him fulfill his dreams as he tries to make a name for himself in the ultra competitive Top of the Cloud racing series. Test your reactions in track after track of unexpected twists and turns in exotic worlds. Dodge static and moving obstacles. Work on your skills and hand - eye coordination in a fun and intuitive way. What level can you reach? How many tracks can you complete in a row? Collect all the spaceships, pick your favorite from UFO's to floating unicorns and more – be serious or silly like Bob! - Simple swipe controls - A dozen ships to collect - Dodge static and moving obstacles - Endless amount of tricky, twisty tracks with increasing difficulty - Beautiful and minimalistic low poly graphics - Ragdoll physics - even crashes are fun - Atmospheric music by Nihilore

About

Tricky Machines

Experience a physics-based racing game with challenging tracks featuring jumps, puzzles, and drifting. Master different car types and overcome unique obstacles like heavy machinery and tight parking spots. Learn from top player replays to perfect your racing technique.

Highlights
  • Physics-based racing
  • Challenging tracks with puzzles and shortcuts
  • Drifting mechanics
  • Diverse vehicle types
  • Heavy machine and parking challenges
  • First-person view parking
Features
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Tricky Machines is a physics based racing game. Get the best times on tracks that may include jumps, physical puzzles, shortcuts or just drifting on a racetrack. Watch replays from the best players to improve your technique. You can drive sports cars of rear wheel drive, front wheel drive or all wheel drive with different mechanical traits. Some tracks include heavy machines, boats, or segmented trucks, which need to be parked into tight spots at the end of the course. First person view parking is forced on some maps.

Screenshots

Bob's Cloud Race4 screens
Tricky Machines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bob's Cloud Race at 5.0 against Tricky Machines's 4.6. Bob's Cloud Race also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). Tricky Machines's advantage is ratings volume (105 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Bob's Cloud Race sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tricky Machines sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bob's Cloud Race holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tricky Machines has 105 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bob's Cloud Race's written reviews are positive against 83% of Tricky Machines's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bob's Cloud Race versus Tricky Machines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBob's Cloud RaceTricky Machines
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (105 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2105 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmmanouil KattoulasPeter Soltesz

Customer experience

Bob's Cloud Race

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tricky Machines

All ratings105 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive83.1%
Neutral4.9%
Negative12.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bob's Cloud Race

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99
3 purchases

Tricky Machines

One-time3
  • 200 undos$0.99
  • 1000 undos$1.99
  • unlimited undo$4.99

Questions

Is Bob's Cloud Race free?
Bob's Cloud Race is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tricky Machines free?
Tricky Machines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bob's Cloud Race or Tricky Machines?
Bob's Cloud Race is rated higher. Bob's Cloud Race averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tricky Machines averages 4.6 from 105 ratings.
Do Bob's Cloud Race or Tricky Machines have ads?
Neither Bob's Cloud Race nor Tricky Machines shows ads.

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