Grid Ranger vs PixelRace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grid Ranger
Experience a high-speed synthwave shooter with a unique blend of racing, arcade, and bullet hell gameplay. Master increasingly challenging levels and modes, enhanced by an 80s vector display aesthetic and original soundtrack.
- Synthwave shmuplike gameplay
- Vector-scan display emulation
- Racing, arcade, and bullet hell zones
- Multiple difficulty modes
- Infinite mode
- Original synthwave soundtrack
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A heart-pounding laser-powered synthwave shmuplike. Level up your finger dexterity and see what lies beyond the grid... Each level starts with a high-speed racing zone, followed by a slower arcade zone, and ends with a powerful bullet hell boss. - Uses the V99 vector engine that emulates classic vector-scan displays of the early 80's - 3 levels total, each increasing in difficulty, to reach insane levels of intensity by the very end - 2 modes of difficulty: Normal and Hardcore - Infinite mode: a never ending level that gets increasingly fast and difficult, unlocked after level 1 is completed - 8 original tracks by Miles Tilmann, composer for NOVA DRIFT Created by Pixeljam and Datassette. https://www.pixeljam.com https://discord.gg/pixeljam
PixelRace
Experience arcade racing with strategic depth, featuring real-world circuits and dynamic weather. Compete in various modes, manage pit stops, and adapt to changing conditions for a thrilling race.
- 24 World Tour Circuits
- 4 Game Modes (Time Trial, Challenges, Single Race, Championship)
- Real Strategy (Pit Stops, Tire Wear, Fuel)
- Dynamic Weather System
- Portrait/Landscape Play
- Full Game Controller Support
- Touch Control Editor
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Retro-style arcade racing with the strategic depth of a real world tour. 24 WORLD TOUR CIRCUITS Tracks recreated from real GPS data of the world's great circuits: from the Temple of Speed to the Principality, with its tunnel, its hairpins and even its overpass. Four settings: classic, desert, coast and city. 4 GAME MODES • TIME TRIAL: one global Game Center leaderboard per circuit. • CHALLENGES: 20 levels per difficulty to master every skill. • SINGLE RACE: build your own race — up to 20 rivals, laps, weather and grid. • CHAMPIONSHIP: your own world tour with qualifying, time-based standings and named rivals. REAL STRATEGY Pit stops with a full crew and stop clock, soft/medium/hard/wet compounds, tire wear you can feel and fuel that runs out. Rivals manage their own stops too — and get them wrong sometimes. LIVING SKIES In-race weather forecast: "RAIN IN 2 MIN". Do you box for wets or gamble on slicks? Puddles, aquaplaning, storms and night races lit by headlights. AND MORE • Play portrait or landscape: your call. • Full game controller support. • Touch control editor: position, size and opacity. • Haptics and 100% original sound. • Four difficulty levels, with driving assists on the lower ones.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grid Ranger at 67% against PixelRace's 0%. Grid Ranger also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). PixelRace's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On ratings volume, ads 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
PixelRace is free to download; Grid Ranger costs $2.99 up front. PixelRace sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grid Ranger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grid Ranger holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Grid Ranger's written reviews are positive against 0% of PixelRace's.
Grid Ranger ships an update weekly, PixelRace every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grid Ranger | PixelRace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akupara Games, LLC | iGamesFactory |
Customer experience
Grid Ranger
PixelRace
In-app purchases
Grid Ranger
No in-app purchases
PixelRace
- Full Version$2.99









