Comparison

Mountain Biker vs Cycle Extreme

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

Head to head
About

Mountain Biker

Experience adrenaline-fueled downhill, freeride, and slopestyle mountain biking. Progress from novice to pro, travel the globe, build trails, and compete against friends and pros with intuitive touch controls.

Highlights
  • Global trail exploration
  • Progressive rider skill system
  • Trail building and sharing
  • Bike and component upgrades
  • Learn 18+ extreme tricks
  • Compete against pros and friends
Features
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Ride, Build, Share and Compete! Experience the heart-pounding, insane and adrenaline-packed thrills of Downhill, Freeride and Slopestyle mountain biking as you progress from Novice to Pro Rider in the ultimate Mountain Biking gaming experience. You’ll travel the globe - from Whistler to the Alps - beating Pro Riders, tackling trail challenges, conquering mountains, building trails, upgrading your bikes & components and competing against friends. You’ll learn to pump for speed, trick for points and "huck steezy senders" like the pros. With 18 progressively audacious tricks to learn, and a practically infinite range of combos to attempt, you’ll be soaring like an eagle while pulling combos the Pros haven't even dreamed of yet..! Built from the ground up for iOS as the ultimate touch-based extreme sports game, Mountain Biker has been made by a small team of ex-Electronic Arts employees who previously helped bring you some of the greatest console games ever, including: SSX, Burnout, Need For Speed, Black, NBA Street and many more. Simple to play, hard to master. Mountain Biker uses intuitive finger controls to let you easily race downhill with a tap and effortlessly pull tricks with the flick of a finger. Building trails is as easy as drag-and-drop, and with seamless integration into Game Centre, you’ll be competing against friends, finding new rivals and rising to infamy with crazy scores no-one in the world can grasp how you managed to pull off. Mountain Biking has never been this much fun! Mountain Biker’s features include: - Beat 14 Pro Riders from across the globe: Sam Pilgrim, Brendan Fairclough, Szymon Godziek, Sam Reynolds, Thomas Genon, Jackson Goldstone, Kelly McGarry, Manon Carpenter, Nicholi Rogatkin, Andrew Neethling, Matt Macduff, Olly Wilkins, Katy Curd & Olivier Cuvet. - 7 Authentic Bike Brands: Buy and ride bikes from top manufacturers including Scott, YT Industries, DMR, Canyon, Banshee & Polygon. - 7 Top Component Manufacturers: Upgrade components for increased performance from Spank, Hope, DMR, X-Fusion, Cane Creek, Maxxis & Schwalbe. - 18 Tricks: Moto-Whip, No-Hands, Table-Top, Two-Star, Whip, Toboggan, Superman, Cannonball, Backflip, Frontflip, Backflip No-Hands, Frontflip No-Hands, Backflip Superman, Frontflip No-Feet, Backflip Ruler, Frontflip Superman, Backflip Tsunami & Frontflip Flatline! - 3 great Locations: British Columbia, Utah & Alps, with more coming soon. - Trail Builder: Create your own perfect, gnarly and / or challenging trails and share them with the world. Set your own challenges and see who can beat your trail! - Seamless Online & Offline Game-Play: Compete with the Pro Riders, your own friends as well as all other Game Centre players with leaderboards for each and every trail in the game - even user-generated trails. - Hours of Game-Play: Conquer 3 Mountains, beat 14 Pro Riders, beat over 50 offline trails, and tons of achievements just to finish the offline game. Online gameplay is practically infinite as new user-generated trails will be appear daily. - Achievements: Some are easy, some are hard and some are secret!

About

Cycle Extreme

Experience thrilling downhill mountain bike races on steep mountain tracks. Navigate treacherous obstacles and deadly holes to achieve the fastest times and earn three stars on each of the 20 challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Downhill mountain bike racing
  • 20 challenging levels
  • Obstacle navigation
  • Star-based progression
  • Mountain free-ride action
Features
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Take part in a mountain bike downhill racing challenge. You control a bicycle rushing down from the mountains. Be careful - the track is very steep, and there are several obstacles and deadly holes ahead. Finish each of 20 levels as fast as you can to gain 3 stars! - 20 fast downhill levels - mountain bicycle free-ride action

Screenshots

Mountain Biker4 screens
Cycle Extreme4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mountain Biker at 4.5 against Cycle Extreme's 1.0. Mountain Biker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. Mountain Biker sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cycle Extreme sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mountain Biker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mountain Biker has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Mountain Biker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cycle Extreme's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mountain Biker ships an update every 2 weeks, Cycle Extreme every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mountain Biker versus Cycle Extreme: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMountain BikerCycle Extreme
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (46 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB221 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperESCAPE VELOCITY LIMITEDIriySoft

Customer experience

Mountain Biker

All ratings46 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative37.6%

Cycle Extreme

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Mountain Biker

One-time10
  • Loose Change$0.99
  • Handful of Change$1.99
  • Banshee Darkside$2.99
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  • Scott Voltage$2.99
  • YT TUES CF Comp$2.99
  • Fistful of Coins$2.99
  • Glove full of Coins$4.99
  • Scott Gambler$5.99
  • YT TUES CF Pro$5.99
  • Boot full of Coins$9.99
1 purchases

Cycle Extreme

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Mountain Biker free?
Mountain Biker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cycle Extreme free?
Cycle Extreme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mountain Biker or Cycle Extreme?
Mountain Biker is rated higher. Mountain Biker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Cycle Extreme averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mountain Biker or Cycle Extreme have ads?
Cycle Extreme shows ads; Mountain Biker does not.
Which is updated more often, Mountain Biker or Cycle Extreme?
Mountain Biker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cycle Extreme every 4 months. Most recently, Mountain Biker was updated on October 21, 2026 and Cycle Extreme on October 24, 2026.

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