Nitro RC vs AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nitro RC
Experience the thrill of gas-powered radio-controlled vehicles. Choose from various RC cars to race against AI opponents or challenge the clock. Practice your skills in a free-play mode and share your achievements on the leaderboard.
- Gas-powered RC vehicle simulation
- Multiple vehicle types (rock crawler, dune buggy)
- Race mode against AI
- Time Trial mode
- Practice mode for free driving
- Game Center leaderboard integration
- Unlockable cars and tracks
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Explore the world of gas powered radio controlled vehicles. Do you prefer an all-terrain rock crawler or a fast dune buggy? Select your favourite car and smash your opponents. Beat your AI opponents in "Race" mode or improve your driving skills and beat the clock in "Time Trial". You can also select "Practice" mode to drive freely just for fun. Share your best results on the Game Center leaderboard! Try the game for free! You will get two locations "Parking Garage" and "Nevada Desert" and two cars "Savage" and "Razor" for free. Within the application you can buy additional cars and tracks to enhance your RC racing experience. Buying "Bundle 1" (In-app purchase) you will get: - 1 new off-road track "Sand Mine" with less bumps for really fast race - 2 new on-road tracks "Basketball Arena" and "Mediterranean Village" - 4 new vehicles "Storm", "Rally", "Maxx" and "Beast" - Ads removed
AR
Experience a remote-controlled car race in your own environment using augmented reality. Design custom tracks with various objects and enjoy realistic driving physics, sound, and visual effects.
- Augmented Reality (AR) driving
- Sophisticated car racing physics
- Realistic driving simulation
- Realistic sound design
- Skid marks and braking smoke
- Build race track with traffic objects
- Collision detection and crash sparks
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AR-RC-Car is a simulation of a Remote-Controlled Car, driving in your real environment via Augmented Reality (AR) technology: AR: Augmented Reality RC: Remote-Controlled C: Car Get the app, design your track and race through your living room or garden. Key features: - Augmented Reality (AR) - Sophisticated car racing physics - Realistic driving simulation - Realistic sound design - Skid marks and braking smoke - Build race track with traffic objects -> Barriers: Double tap to extend barriers -> Tires: Double tap to stack tires -> Traffic Cones: Double tap to line-up cones - Rotate objects by rotation gesture - Collision detection and crash sparks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AR at none against Nitro RC's 1. AR also leads on ads (none vs shown). Nitro RC's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 16). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Nitro RC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Nitro RC against 3.9 for AR. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Nitro RC's written reviews are positive against 60% of AR's.
Nitro RC ships an update every 4 months, AR every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nitro RC | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (56 ratings) — better | 3.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intuitive Computers | Oliver Klemenz |
Customer experience
Nitro RC
AR
Bugs and requests
Nitro RC
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch for some devices
- Incorrect car/track navigation indicators
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More customization options for cars
- Larger, more varied track selection
- Damage modeling and repair system
- Free drive/freeplay mode
AR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nitro RC
- Bundle 1$1.99
AR
No in-app purchases
Questions
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