PAKO 3 vs Squid Drifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PAKO 3
Experience thrilling car chases with simple, addictive gameplay. Unlock numerous levels and vehicles across four distinct game modes, including getaway driving, racing, survival, and area capture. Compete on leaderboards and customize your cars.
- 4 game modes: Getaway Driver, Racing, Survival, Capture area
- 30+ levels and cars to unlock
- Unlock and paint cars
- Leaderboard competition
- Achievements
- iCloud saving
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Original car chase game is back! Pako 3 brings insane amount of levels and cars to unlock, while keeping the simple gameplay. Transport your crew as a getaway driver, escape cops in survival levels and drive fast laps on racing levels! FEATURES: + 4 game modes: Getaway Driver, Racing, Survival, Capture area + Easy and addictive gameplay + 30+ levels and cars to unlock + Pick up bonus items to help your journey! + Unlock and paint cars + Leaderboard competition + Achievements + iCloud saving MANUAL: Press and hold touch screen LEFT or RIGHT sides to steer the car. Hold BOTH buttons for extra slide / handbrake. Game modes: GETAWAY DRIVER: Find your crew and transport them to the goal point RACING: Finish the race as quickly as possible SURVIVAL: Escape as long as possible ZONES: Capture area
Squid Drifter
Experience retro arcade thrills with this simple racing game. Control a slippery squid, master drifts around corners, and aim for fast times in this engaging challenge. Easy to learn, but requires precise timing.
- Simple 45-degree directional controls
- Slippery squid physics
- Corner drifting mechanics
- Time attack challenges
- Retro arcade feel
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Drift a fast-moving squid! You can enjoy the thrill of sliding through the corners and hot time attacks with a super simple and retro game feeling. == How to play == Rotating squid's direction by 45 degrees: The buttons at the bottom of the screen. The squid is very slippery, so control it with good timing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squid Drifter at none against PAKO 3's 2. Squid Drifter also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). PAKO 3's advantage is ratings volume (911 vs 9) and review sentiment (44% vs 25%). On price, ads and device support 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. PAKO 3 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Squid Drifter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Squid Drifter holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PAKO 3 has 911 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of PAKO 3's written reviews are positive against 25% of Squid Drifter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PAKO 3 ships an update fortnightly, Squid Drifter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PAKO 3 | Squid Drifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (911 ratings) | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.5% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 911 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 660 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tree Men Games | Shuhei Toyoda |
Customer experience
PAKO 3
Squid Drifter
In-app purchases
PAKO 3
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlock Everything$3.99
Squid Drifter
No in-app purchases
