Traffic Rush vs Forward
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Traffic Rush
Direct vehicles and trains across intersections to prevent crashes. This engaging puzzle game offers two distinct modes and challenges players with increasing traffic intensity. It's easy to learn but difficult to master, providing a fun and strategic gameplay experience.
- Direct vehicles and trains
- Prevent traffic crashes
- Two game modes: Traffic Rush and Rail Rush
- Game Center integration
- Universal app support
- Widescreen compatibility
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## Top 10 paid iPhone app 2011 ## ## Now also with an additional train mode ## RUSH HOUR is approaching and traffic intensity is rising! Direct the rushing vehicles strategically across the intersection with your fingers. The rules are really easy, but keeping the roads and tracks CRASH FREE isn't. Give it a spin and enjoy a fun session of TRAFFIC RUSH! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Traffic Rush was featured in the TOP 10 ALL-TIME PAID IPHONE APPS by Apple in the 2011 celebration of the App Store reaching 10,000,000,000 app downloads. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME FEATURES: * Two full game modes: * #1: "Traffic Rush" featuring cars * #2: "Rail Rush" featuring trains * Game Center * Universal App * Widescreen support * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Enjoy another Donut Games release!
Forward
Embark on a card-based roguelike dungeon crawl. Choose a champion, collect items to enhance abilities, and strategically move through procedurally generated levels. Each decision is critical to defeating monsters and clearing the dungeon.
- Card-based dungeon crawling
- Procedurally generated levels
- Item collection and combinations
- Unique playable characters
- Turn-based strategic movement
- Resource management
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FORWARD: Escape the Fold was created to be the perfect bitesized roguelike dungeon crawler. Choose your champion and face a relentless crawl through the card-based dungeons, collect items to power your abilities and defeat the gruesome monsters facing you. But keep going FORWARD! **2022 Megamigs Award Winner** **2022 Tiny Teams Fest Nominee** **2022 DemoNight Nominee** Forward is an innovative game in which you will progress through a procedurally-generated dungeon in the form of cards. Move your character from one card to another and keep going forward while avoiding attacking enemies. However be careful, each card will have specific effects making each move important and strategic. Your goal is to clear the 8 levels of a dungeon, each level getting increasingly difficult. In order to succeed, you will have to choose which move to make, which item to pick and use your skills. Each choice is critical. Take advantage of many items combinations and build the best character possible based on your goal and the cards you’ll come across. Features: - 100+ item cards to improve your characters - 9 playable characters with unique skills and game mechanics - 27 unique active competencies - 3 game modes As Forward is a rogue-like inspired game, the features you’ll be able to find are : - Death ends the game - Procedurally-generated dungeons - Turn-based movements - Resource management (health, armor, mana, gold etc) - Many randomly drawn items The game is based on the 2022 PC game Forward: Escape the Fold which was received very positively. Developed by Two Tiny Dice, its success prompted the developer to bring the game to mobile.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Forward at every 4 days against Traffic Rush's every 6 months. Traffic Rush's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 75%) and ratings volume (540 vs 117). On rating, 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
Traffic Rush costs $0.99 and Forward $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Traffic Rush against 4.5 for Forward. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 540 and 117 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Traffic Rush's written reviews are positive against 75% of Forward's.
Traffic Rush ships an update every 6 months, Forward every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Traffic Rush | Forward |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (540 ratings) — better | 4.5 (117 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 540 — better | 117 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #166 | #151 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Donut Games | Christophe Coyard |
Customer experience
Traffic Rush
Forward
Bugs and requests
Traffic Rush
Reported bugs
3 issues- Swipe controls not always responsive
- Crashes on newer iOS devices
- Incompatibility issues with certain iPhone models
Requested features
5 requests- Add different difficulty levels or modes
- Introduce new gameplay elements like traffic lights or obstacles
- Allow listening to own music while playing
- Implement a level builder or editor
- Add more vehicles, locations, or themes
Forward
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Traffic Rush
No in-app purchases
Forward
No in-app purchases









