Comparison

Highway Crash Derby vs Hovercraft

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

Head to head
About

Highway Crash Derby

Experience a fast-paced arcade driving game where you navigate busy highways, aim for high scores, and trigger massive chain-reaction crashes. Relive your most spectacular moments in replay mode and play the core game offline. Unlock a variety of vehicles with unique abilities for chaotic fun.

Highlights
  • Navigate busy highway traffic
  • Achieve high scores
  • Trigger chain-reaction crashes
  • Relive crashes in Replay Mode
  • Unlock diverse vehicles
  • Offline core gameplay
  • Compete on leaderboards
Features
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Dodge packed highway traffic, build your score, and choose the perfect moment to unleash a spectacular pileup. Highway Crash Derby is a fast arcade driving game about surviving longer, scoring higher, and causing bigger chain-reaction crashes. When the run ends, Replay Mode lets you relive your wildest moments. Play the core game anywhere—even offline. FEATURES • Swipe to weave through busy highway traffic • Stay on the road longer to push your high score • Trigger huge pileups and chain-reaction destruction • Relive your best crashes in Replay Mode • Drive a wild garage of vehicles with unique abilities • Play the core game offline • Compete on Game Center leaderboards and unlock achievements A GARAGE BUILT FOR CHAOS Boost through traffic in a rocket-powered sports car, patrol in a police car, haul an explosive load in a pickup, blast music from the ice cream truck, skim over the road in a hovercraft, take control of nearby traffic with the hacker van, answer the call in a fire truck, and uncover the TOP SECRET vehicle hidden inside a crate. How far can you drive—and how much damage can you cause—before it all comes crashing down?

About

Hovercraft

Build and customize a combat hovercraft with a variety of weapons. Evade and destroy pursuing police vehicles and military forces in this action-packed racing game. Upgrade your vehicle and survive as long as possible.

Highlights
  • Build custom hovercrafts
  • Arm with guns, lasers, rockets, mines
  • Evade and destroy police vehicles
  • Equip up to 6 weapons simultaneously
  • Upgrade and evolve hovercraft squadron
  • Real-time damage models
Features
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The #1 combat racing, custom vehicle building, totally addicting, action game of the year is back, and crazier than ever! You’re on the run! Build your custom Hovercraft. Arm it to the teeth with machine guns, lasers, rockets, and mines. Then evade, attack, and survive as long as you can to make your Getaway! FEATURES * Build a completely custom Hovercraft and arm it with guns, lasers, missiles, mines and more! * The Law is hot on your tail! Evade and obliterate advanced police cruisers, hoverbikes, armored trucks, aerial drones and even military tanks and attack helicopters! * Cause enough destruction and the legendary Crimson Elite Force may even come after you! * Equip up to 6 weapons simultaneously, and customize your loadout from thousands of possible combinations * Long range sniper cannons? Tracking lasers? Triple fire homing rockets? Proximity homing mines? How about all of them, at the same time! * Upgrade & Evolve your Hovercraft squadron and become even more powerful * Endless upgrades! Collect & win tons of rare, epic, and legendary gear! * Real-time damage models affect all of your Hovercraft's systems, from weapons to thrusters * Experience insane physics-based combat racing, like nothing you've played before! FOLLOW US https://www.facebook.com/hovercraftgame https://twitter.com/HovercraftGame http://www.highscorehero.com/

Screenshots

Highway Crash Derby4 screens
Hovercraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hovercraft at none against Highway Crash Derby's shown. Hovercraft also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (4.2K vs 1.1K). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Highway Crash Derby sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Hovercraft sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Highway Crash Derby against 4.6 for Hovercraft. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 4.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Highway Crash Derby's written reviews are positive against 82% of Hovercraft's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Highway Crash Derby ships an update every 6 weeks, Hovercraft every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Highway Crash Derby versus Hovercraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHighway Crash DerbyHovercraft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings)4.6 (4.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.1% of reviews82.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K4.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB176 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKoma Studios UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)High Score Hero LLC

Customer experience

Highway Crash Derby

All ratings1,086 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews306 reviews
Positive80.1%
Neutral9.5%
Negative10.5%

Hovercraft

All ratings4,248 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative12.8%

User reviews

Highway Crash Derby

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive
  • 👍 Great crash physics
  • 🚗 Nostalgic and classic gameplay
  • 💰 Lots of content and vehicles to unlock

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and performance issues
  • 🚧 Repetitive gameplay and lack of new content
  • 📱 Screen orientation and UI issues on newer devices
  • 🚓 Police cars too overpowered

Hovercraft

From 4.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Customizable
  • 🚀 Nostalgic
  • 👍 Fun gameplay
  • 👍 Good graphics
  • 👍 Smooth controls

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Progression issues
  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes
  • 🔋 Too many ads
  • 🔋 Slow progression

Bugs and requests

Highway Crash Derby

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hovercraft causing major lag
  • Achievements not tracking properly
  • Crashes when using certain vehicles

Requested features

5 requests
  • More varied locations and maps
  • Improved camera controls and crash cinematics
  • Realistic vehicle damage and deformation
  • Multiplayer and online features
  • Ability to customize and upgrade vehicles

Hovercraft

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashing on startup
  • Inability to upgrade hovercrafts
  • Losing progress and unlocks

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More customization options
  • Improved progression system
  • Reduced ads
  • Ability to rotate custom hovercrafts

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Highway Crash Derby

One-time6
  • 4000 Coins$1.99
  • Coin Doubler$3.99
  • 25000 Coins$4.99
Show 3 more
  • 120000 Coins$19.99
  • 400000 Coins$49.99
  • 1200000 Coins$99.99
9 purchases

Hovercraft

One-time9
  • Traffic Gem Pack$1.99
  • Drive Gem Pack$4.99
  • Coin Doubler$4.99
Show 6 more
  • XP Doubler$4.99
  • Epic Starter Pack$4.99
  • Chase Gem Pack$9.99
  • Survivor Gem Pack$19.99
  • Revenge Gem Pack$49.99
  • Justice Gem Pack$99.99

Questions

Is Highway Crash Derby free?
Highway Crash Derby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hovercraft free?
Hovercraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Highway Crash Derby or Hovercraft?
Hovercraft is rated higher. Highway Crash Derby averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Hovercraft averages 4.6 from 4.2K ratings.
Do Highway Crash Derby or Hovercraft have ads?
Highway Crash Derby shows ads; Hovercraft does not.
Which is updated more often, Highway Crash Derby or Hovercraft?
Highway Crash Derby ships an update every 6 weeks, and Hovercraft every 10 days. Most recently, Highway Crash Derby was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hovercraft on November 3, 2026.

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