Drive Mad vs PolyCar Lab Time Attack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drive Mad
Master challenging driving physics with simple controls. Overcome 100+ levels with realistic mechanics, performing impossible tricks and stunts. Enjoy a compact, fast, and offline playable game.
- Simple accelerate/brake controls
- Realistic physics engine
- Challenging driving gameplay
- 100+ unique levels
- Perform tricks and stunts
- Offline play
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The controls? Dead simple. Right to accelerate and left to brake. The driving? Very challenging. The realistic physics requires actual skill. But as you progress through the levels you'll come to master the physics and pull tricks and stunts that you thought impossible! With 100+ levels, a tiny install size, fast performance, and offline play, this is a game you'll want to keep around for a long long time.
PolyCar Lab Time Attack
Experience low-poly racing with strategic tire choices and pit stops. Compete against AI rivals, manage your strategy in changing weather, and hone your skills in time attack mode. Customize your car setup and driving views for a personalized racing experience.
- Race against seven AI rivals
- Strategic tire selection (soft, medium, hard, wet)
- Dynamic pit stop planning
- Changing weather conditions
- Time Attack mode with ghost replays
- Car setup customization
- Multiple driving views
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PolyCar Lab Time Attack combines low-poly single-seater racing with tyre strategy, pit stops and changing weather. RACE SEVEN AI RIVALS Choose a circuit, set the race length and starting position, then fight your way through the field. PLAN YOUR STRATEGY Choose soft, medium, hard or wet tyres. Review the recommended tyre plan, schedule your stop and adapt your choices as the track gets wet or dries out. CHASE YOUR BEST LAP Practise in Time Attack, compare sector times and follow your saved ghost to find where you can improve. FIND YOUR SETUP Adjust wings, suspension, brake bias and differential, or start with a preset. Choose between three driving views, including cockpit, and adjust camera movement for comfort. Built for mobile play with touch controls and quick sessions. Menus and in-game text are available in English, Spanish and French.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PolyCar Lab Time Attack at none against Drive Mad's shown. PolyCar Lab Time Attack also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Drive Mad's advantage is ratings volume (29K vs 2) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Drive Mad sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and PolyCar Lab Time Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Drive Mad holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drive Mad has 29K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Drive Mad's written reviews are positive against 100% of PolyCar Lab Time Attack's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drive Mad ships an update every 10 days, PolyCar Lab Time Attack monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drive Mad | PolyCar Lab Time Attack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (29K ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #22 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | WebVentures B.V. | Garage Imagina SL |
Customer experience
Drive Mad
PolyCar Lab Time Attack
Bugs and requests
Drive Mad
Reported bugs
2 issues- Level 193 chase is too hard
- Unicycle controls unbalanced
Requested features
2 requests- More levels
- Difficulty options
PolyCar Lab Time Attack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drive Mad
- Ad-Free$3.99
- Drive Mad Premium$3.99
- Starter Bundle$4.99
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- Super Coin Pack$4.99
- Nitro Car$9.99
- Mega Coin Pack$9.99
- Legendary Car Bundle Offer$12.99
- Nitro Car Bundle$12.99
- Dino Car$15.99
- Legendary Car Bundle$19.99
PolyCar Lab Time Attack
- Premium Unlock$3.99
Questions
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