Drag Racing Live vs Absolute Red
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drag Racing Live
Experience the thrill of drag racing with fully customizable cars and intense competition. Race through single-player challenges, compete globally, and uncover underground secrets. Tune your engine, customize your ride, and aim for victory.
- Fully customize cars
- Tune engines for more horsepower
- Custom paint, Nitrus, decals
- Over 130 Single Player Races
- Global Leaderboards
- Challenge friends
- Daily Challenges
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Your heart is racing… Revving your engine, anticipating that perfect start. The flag is thrown as you downshift into furious action. Every second counts… And victory awaits! Do you have what it takes to get behind the wheel of a fully customized fuel-burning monster? Download Drag Racing Live for !!FREE!! Double Clutch your way to victory and experience the fiery gears of fury! Work your way to the top of the underground drag racing scene and uncover the secrets behind some of the scene’s shadiest gangs, a secret diamond trade and a mystery foe! **** Fully customize your car **** Need more horsepower? Tune your engine and release the hounds! **** Custom paint, Nitrus, decals, pine scented air fresheners **** Earn bonus cash for creating sweet rides **** Over 130 Single Player Races **** Global Leaderboards **** Challenge Friends and earn coins for winning **** Daily Challenges
Absolute Red
Experience intense crankshaft drifting on a challenging platform. Collect cubes, perform stunts, and avoid falling off the edge. Compete to set new records and challenge friends for bonuses in this arcade racing game.
- Crankshaft drifting mechanics
- Cube collection
- Platform-based challenges
- Record breaking
- Multiplayer bonuses
- Arcade racing style
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Absolute Red: Cube Drift - crazy crankshaft drifting for adrenaline fans! Conquer the huge nitto platform, collecting red cubes and doing crankshaft turns. Classic arcade racing with crankshaft car. Be careful, the platform has edges! Hold the nitto line and down fall! Beat all the records and write your own history of Absolute Red: Cube Drift. Call the friends and get the bonuses. If your are ready for adrenaline drift and have steel nerves - download it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drag Racing Live at 2.9 against Absolute Red's 1.5. Drag Racing Live also leads on review sentiment (9% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (4.3 vs 6.0). Absolute Red's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Drag Racing Live sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Absolute Red asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drag Racing Live holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Drag Racing Live's written reviews are positive against 0% of Absolute Red's.
Drag Racing Live ships an update every 2 months, Absolute Red every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drag Racing Live | Absolute Red |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (21 ratings) — better | 1.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 6.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 503 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 505 Games (US), Inc. | Dmitrii Glazunov |
Customer experience
Drag Racing Live
Absolute Red
In-app purchases
Drag Racing Live
- Amateur Pack$0.99
- Lab Grown Diamonds$1.99
- Cash Injection$2.99
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- Loose Diamonds$3.99
- Street Racer Pack$4.99
- Sponsorship Deal$7.99
- Celebrity Jewels$9.99
- Pro Racer Pack$14.99
- Miss Fortune's Stash$19.99
- Heist Sized Pack$49.99
Absolute Red
No in-app purchases
Questions
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