Shift 2 vs Pako Highway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift 2
Race through busy city streets, dodging traffic and collecting cash and collectibles. Discover unique car behaviors and abilities while enjoying colorful graphics and haptic feedback. This game is designed to sharpen reflexes and provide an engaging driving experience.
- Drive through busy city streets
- Dodge rush hour traffic
- Collect cash stacks and collectibles
- Collect modern and classic low-poly cars
- Discover car behaviors and special abilities
- Simple swipe controls
- Haptic feedback for immersion
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Drive your favorite cars as fast as you can through the busy streets of New-York City and get your adrenaline pumping! Dodge the rush hour traffic while picking up as many cash stacks & collectibles as you can! Collect modern and classic low-poly style cars/SUVs. Discover every car’s behavior on the road and their special abilities. But most importantly, faster cars will help you beat your friends' high-scores. On the road, keep an eye open for lost packages and collect them to see what’s inside… Simple and easy to use (simply swipe to turn), ideal to ease your mind and sharpen your reflexes. One of the only games left on the app store without interfering (full screen) ads. (note: The app still offers ads against rewards and banner discrete ads) Let the haptic feedback (vibrations, which can be turned off) immerse you in the gameplay. Enjoy the colorful and vivid High-quality graphics optimized for iPad mini 2 Retina and newer.
Pako Highway
Experience endless highway driving with thrilling near-miss overtakes to activate a powerful boost. Explore diverse environments, enjoy curated radio stations, and customize your vehicle collection. Level up to unlock new cars, upgrades, and stages.
- Endless highway driving
- Near-miss overtake boost
- Multiple driving environments
- In-game radio stations
- Car collection and upgrades
- Leveling system
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Drive through endless highways, dodge the obstacles and gather boost power by performing near-miss overtakes on traffic! - Cool boost mechanic that allows you to mow down thru the traffic when boost is full - Drive through megacity nights, sunny beach drives, mountain drives.. list goes on! - Radio channels with synthwave, electro and lofi house bangers! - Level up and buy more cars, upgrade your whips and unlock more stages. - Simple and mobile optimized gameplay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pako Highway at 692 against Shift 2's 4. Shift 2's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Shift 2 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Pako Highway sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shift 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pako Highway has 692 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift 2 | Pako Highway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.6 (692 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 74.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 692 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.3 GB | 261 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anthony Freymond | Tree Men Games |
Customer experience
Shift 2
Pako Highway
Bugs and requests
Shift 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pako Highway
Reported bugs
3 issues- Diamonds not spawning on certain maps
- Crashes or freezes when starting a race
- Purchased car colors not applying correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Endless or sandbox mode without time limit
- More map variety and unique gimmicks
- Improved traffic AI to reduce frustrating pileups
- Customization options for cars and visual style
- Separate volume controls for music and sound effects
In-app purchases
Shift 2
- Cash Stacks$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Cash Breifcase$24.99
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- Cash Safe$49.99
- Cash Truck$99.99
Pako Highway
- 30 000$0.99
- 150 000$3.99
- Remove ads$4.99
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- 350 000$7.99
- Unlimited coins$8.99
Questions
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