Payback 2 vs Rocket Car Ball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Payback 2
Experience intense, action-packed gameplay with a variety of campaign events, including gang battles, races, and tank duels. Compete with friends and millions of players online, or create your own custom events with diverse cities, modes, and vehicles.
- Varied campaign events
- Extensive online multiplayer
- Hourly, daily, and weekly challenges
- Custom event creation
- Diverse cities, game modes, and vehicles
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"Bite sized, action-packed stages; boils down the GTA flavor to an intense punch" - AppSpy.com Gaming App of The Day - Kotaku.com "[Payback 2] manages to create a sense of overblown fun that permeates everything from straightforward races to capture the flag-inspired heists ... an immensely entertaining experience" - pocketgamer.co.uk Featured as one of the best games of the week by The Guardian DESCRIPTION: Payback 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the hit GTA-style game from the early days of the App Store. It concentrates that classic formula by offering exciting event-based gameplay that is all action, all the time. FEATURES: • VARIED CAMPAIGN. Fifty campaign events featuring everything from massive gang battles to rocket car races to epic tank duels! • TAKE ON THE WORLD. Battle your friends or over a million other players online with the game's extensive multiplayer, leaderboard and Game Center support. • HOURLY, DAILY AND WEEKLY CHALLENGES. Try to beat the rest of the world in the latest new events! • ENDLESS REPLAYABILITY. Make your own events in "custom mode" using any combination of the game's seven cities, nine game modes, varied weaponry and dozens of vehicles.
Rocket Car Ball
Engage in intense car battles and soccer matches using rocket-powered vehicles. Destroy opponents with heavy weapons and score goals in thrilling 3D arenas. Customize your ride with numerous upgrades.
- Rocket car soccer gameplay
- Heavy weapon combat
- 3D graphics and realistic physics
- Multiple game modes and levels
- Car customization and upgrades
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Car battles and soccer go together like peanut butter and chocolate in Rocket Car Ball! This game lets you play football with rocket cars! Strap in and rocket through the apocalypse desert arena, battle with off-road vehicles, garbage trucks & racing cars, jump and boost through your opponents and hit the ball into the opponent’s goal! Prove that you have what it takes to win in this #1 sports game with rocket cars! Game Features: - 10+ heavy weapons including rockets, missiles and shockwaves to knock out opponents - Stunning 3D graphics and realistic physics simulation - 3 thrilling game modes with hundreds of amazing levels in 4 beautiful apocalypse environments - Dozens of racing cars with 50+ individual upgrades and characteristics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Rocket Car Ball at none against Payback 2's shown. Rocket Car Ball also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Payback 2's advantage is ratings volume (55K vs 24) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Payback 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Rocket Car Ball sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Payback 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Payback 2 has 55K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Payback 2's written reviews are positive against 70% of Rocket Car Ball's.
Payback 2 ships an update every 2 months, Rocket Car Ball every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Payback 2 | Rocket Car Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (55K ratings) — better | 4.4 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 55K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #124 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Apex Designs Games LLP | duong duc |
Customer experience
Payback 2
Rocket Car Ball
Bugs and requests
Payback 2
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes and freezes
- Vehicles and physics issues
- Multiplayer matchmaking problems
- Inconsistent or missing game progress
- Unresponsive controls and input issues
Requested features
8 requests- Add more vehicles and customization options
- Improve graphics and animations
- Implement a story mode or campaign
- Add more game modes and multiplayer features
- Reduce the number of ads or make them less intrusive
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- Fix bugs and improve overall stability
- Introduce a sandbox or free-roam mode
- Add support for controllers and higher frame rates
Rocket Car Ball
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Payback 2
- 200 Coins$0.99
- 500 Coins$1.99
- Disable Ads$1.99
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- Coin Doubler$2.99
- 1200 Coins$3.99
- Unlock Episode 2$4.99
- Unlock Episode 3$4.99
- 2500 Coins$7.99
- Unlock Custom Mode$9.99
- Unlimited Coins$14.99
Rocket Car Ball
- 50 diamonds$1.99
- 130 diamonds$4.99
- Pack Sale 1$4.99
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- 300 diamonds$9.99
- 65000 screws$19.99
- 650 diamonds$19.99
- Pack Sale 2$19.99
- 1700 diamonds$49.99
- 350000 screws$99.99
- 3500 diamonds$99.99








