Comparison

Nitro Sprint vs Alien Invader Escape

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

Head to head
About

Nitro Sprint

Experience high-speed racing with a powerful muscle car, navigating obstacles and collecting nitro boosts to dominate leaderboards. Upgrade your vehicle and customize its appearance for an enhanced driving adventure. Share your achievements with friends across social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Drive a 500 horsepower muscle car
  • Collect nitro dots for speed boosts
  • Avoid obstacles and civilian cars
  • Compete on Game Center leaderboards
  • Upgrade car performance with Nitro Coins
  • Customize car paint colors
Features
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Be the number one test driver! Enjoy your 500 horsepower muscle car on the Nitro Sprint and be the first on the integrated "Game Center" leaderboard! You can easily share your results on Facebook, Twitter or via email. - Avoid obstacles and civilian cars! - Collect nitro dots to fill your nitro! - You have autogas and a min. speed! - Use the pedal on the right for nitro! - More speed, more score points! - You have also a brake pedal! - Puddles makes you slower! - Try the sensitivity slider in the options menu if the control is difficult! - Upgrade your car using "Nitro Coins" for a better performance. - You can choose from 4 different paint colors. Beware: One crash and the trip is over! Have fun!! ******************************** Nitro Sprint is a universal app running on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. It supports retina display on the iPhone4. The game is also compatible with older devices, but an iPhone 3GS or better is recommended for optimal performance. Please rate the game in the iTunes Store if you've enjoyed it. Feel free to send us an email, if you have opinions, ideas or questions about the game. We are listening! Email: info@catmoongames.com Please take a look at our other racing game "Playroom Racer HD". It is a cool top-down racer.

About

Alien Invader Escape

Features
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A fun and exciting 8bit retro game that can exercise your mind and judgment and improve your agility thinking. The gameplay is very simple, use the joystick on the screen to control the alien action and avoid the bullets that are constantly attacking. There are 10 sets of the highest scores of local save, you can also submit your highest score to view your world rankings.

Screenshots

Nitro Sprint4 screens
Alien Invader Escape3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alien Invader Escape at none against Nitro Sprint's 3. Nitro Sprint's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 18 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nitro Sprint sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Alien Invader Escape asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nitro Sprint ships an update every 11 days, Alien Invader Escape every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Nitro Sprint versus Alien Invader Escape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNitro SprintAlien Invader Escape
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS3.1.2 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntuitive ComputersTang Cho man

Bugs and requests

Nitro Sprint

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes on launch
  • Nitro feature is broken

Requested features

4 requests
  • More cars
  • Add a speedometer
  • Give more lives per run
  • Increase coin payout

Alien Invader Escape

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Nitro Sprint

One-time3
  • 2000 coins$0.99
  • 5000 coins$1.99
  • 9000 coins$2.99
None

Alien Invader Escape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nitro Sprint free?
Nitro Sprint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alien Invader Escape free?
Alien Invader Escape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nitro Sprint or Alien Invader Escape have ads?
Alien Invader Escape shows ads; Nitro Sprint does not.
Which is updated more often, Nitro Sprint or Alien Invader Escape?
Nitro Sprint ships an update every 11 days, and Alien Invader Escape every 18 months. Most recently, Nitro Sprint was updated on October 16, 2026 and Alien Invader Escape on September 26, 2026.

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