Comparison

8Bit Racing vs First Not Last

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

Head to head
About

8Bit Racing

Manage a racing team, sign drivers, and upgrade cars in a retro-inspired motorsport career. Make strategic decisions during races and build a dynasty over multiple seasons. Experience deep gameplay with a pixel-art aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Team management
  • Driver contracts
  • Car development
  • Live race strategy
  • Pit stop calls
  • Driver development
  • Pixel-art aesthetic
Features
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Build your ultimate racing team and fight your way to the championship in this retro-inspired motorsport career manager. Sign drivers, upgrade your car, and outsmart the competition across a full season of racing. Get on the grid today! MANAGE YOUR TEAM Rise through the ranks as a team principal making every big call. Negotiate driver contracts, invest in car development, and balance your budget race by race. Every decision shapes your season. LIVE RACE STRATEGY Call the pit stops, manage tyre wear, and deal with dynamic weather conditions in real time as the race unfolds. React to deteriorating tyres and rival strategies to snatch points when it matters most. BUILD YOUR DYNASTY Sign promising rookies, poach star drivers from rival teams, and develop your roster across multiple seasons. Watch your drivers grow in ability as the years go by. OLD SCHOOL FEEL, DEEP GAMEPLAY A pixel-art aesthetic and retro style disguise genuinely deep career mechanics — driver markets, regulation changes, sponsor deals, random events, and a full constructor and drivers championship. PROGRESS AND DOMINATE Climb the constructor standings season after season. Unlock better car upgrades, attract bigger sponsors, and turn a midfield team into champions.

About

First Not Last

Features
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First Not Last is sailboat racing as it's done on the water: umpired match races and team races, where the wind, the right-of-way rules and a good start decide who wins. LEARN TO SAIL New to sailing? Seven short lessons, a minute or two each, and no account needed: steering, reading the wind, the fastest angles upwind and downwind, slowing down, penalty turns, match-race starts and match-race penalties. SAIL IT FOR REAL • Hold ◀ or ▶ to steer and hold the boat button to slow down. The sails trim themselves, so it all comes down to where you point. • Boat speed depends on your angle to the wind. Find the best VMG upwind and downwind, then tack and gybe on the shifts. • The breeze shifts, and gusts show as dark patches on the water. • Every sail casts a wind shadow. Sit in another boat's dirty air and you slow down. RACE BY THE RULES • Right of way, room at the marks and starting early are all judged on the water. • Foul another boat and you owe a penalty turn. Leave it too long and you're disqualified. • Match races come with umpire flags and match-race penalties, as in real umpired racing. RACE REAL PEOPLE • Unranked matchmaking for 1v1 match races and 2v2 or 3v3 team races. • Add friends, invite them to your lobby and race on the same team. • Custom races: public or password-protected, with a windward-leeward or Digital N course, match or team racing rules, and up to four boats a side. • Your nationality flag shows next to your name. • Report or block any sailor in a tap. Players must be 18 or older. SAIL ALONE Free Sail to practise boat handling, or Solo Practice for a full race on your own: countdown, start line, marks and finish. FIRST NOT LAST PREMIUM An optional monthly subscription: wind shadows drawn on the water, a Best VMG button, laylines, custom races, a daily gift and twice the coins for every win. Everything else is free. • First Not Last Premium: €0.99 per month, auto-renewing. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. • Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://firstnotlast.site/terms Privacy Policy: https://firstnotlast.site/privacy No ads and no tracking.

Screenshots

8Bit Racing4 screens
First Not Last4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: First Not Last at none against 8Bit Racing's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 8Bit Racing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and First Not Last sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8Bit Racing ships an update every 2 weeks, First Not Last weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
8Bit Racing versus First Not Last: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8Bit RacingFirst Not Last
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB84 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLOUIS BESSONRussell Bolger

In-app purchases

1 purchases

8Bit Racing

One-time1
  • God Mode$1.99
1 purchases

First Not Last

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$0.991 Month

Questions

Is 8Bit Racing free?
8Bit Racing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is First Not Last free?
First Not Last is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 8Bit Racing or First Not Last have ads?
8Bit Racing shows ads; First Not Last does not.
Which is updated more often, 8Bit Racing or First Not Last?
8Bit Racing ships an update every 2 weeks, and First Not Last weekly. Most recently, 8Bit Racing was updated on October 31, 2026 and First Not Last on November 11, 2026.

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