Drift'n'Drive vs Whirlpool Derby 18
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drift'n'Drive
Experience thrilling top-down racing with challenging career modes, time attack leaderboards, and local split-screen multiplayer for up to four players. Upgrade your car and compete to become the ultimate racing champion.
- Career Mode with car upgrades
- Time Attack with global leaderboards
- Local split-screen multiplayer (2-4 players)
- 60fps gameplay
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
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Follow your destiny to become the ultimate racing driver! Drift'n'Drive is a vertically scrolling top-down racing game with lots of challenge and replayability. Progress through the career mode racing challenges, get to the top of leaderboards in time attack mode or challenge your friends to a local split screen multiplayer tournament! Features: - Career Mode: Win races against tough AI opponents in increasingly difficult racing series, upgrade your car to the max and become the top racer on earth! - Time Attack: Attack global top leaderboard times or win bragging rights against friends! - Local multiplayer: Play against friends in split screen multiplayer tournament mode (2-4 players)! - Silky smooth 60fps gameplay! - Full Game Center support for leaderboards and achievements - Original soundtrack by Tommy Baynen Press: - "It's all very awesome" -- Game of the Week, Touch Arcade - "I highly recommend it" "4.5/5.0" -- Touch Arcade Review - "Because yes, Drift'N'Drive is very lovely indeed" -- AppSpy - "Drift'n'Drive might be the Ridiculous Fishing of racing games" -- Pocket Gamer - "Drift'n'Drive is an absolutely essential title" "4.5/5.0" -- Modojo No IAP, ads or hidden costs.
Whirlpool Derby 18
Engage in thrilling car demolition derbies across unique environments. Wreck opponents to gain health and survive the arena, while avoiding hazards like landmines. Customize cars and upgrade their performance to dominate the competition.
- Car demolition gameplay
- Unique environments
- Car upgrades and customization
- Realistic car physics
- Multiple camera angles
- Online multiplayer
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Whirlpool Derby is a unique gameplay which can be dangerous but it’s also the most fun to wreck into another car! Deliberately destroy other cars to get health and survive in the arena. We have many unique and lovely environments to make this game more thrilling and challenging. You have to be careful with the landmines and the edges. Bang your way to the lead in this fun and exciting game-play. We have different camera angles, driving mode to view the atmosphere of the gameplay and customize the color of the cars and play. You can upgrade to boost your speed, push and pulling power vehicle and do collect the cash to unlock and upgrade. You can show your capabilities with new players from other countries to make it more thrilling. Show up your extreme driving skills and stunts. So Let's buckle up your seat belt to drive and play the ultimate game. Whirlpool Derby Features: *Different Car Upgrades *Crazy sounds to play *Realistic car physics and smooth controls. *Incredible visuals and camera angles. *Unique game with an awesome environment. *Careful with Landmines
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Whirlpool Derby 18 at Free against Drift'n'Drive's $2.99. Whirlpool Derby 18 also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Drift'n'Drive's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On 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
Whirlpool Derby 18 is free to download; Drift'n'Drive costs $2.99 up front. Whirlpool Derby 18 sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Drift'n'Drive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drift'n'Drive holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drift'n'Drive has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Drift'n'Drive's written reviews are positive against 50% of Whirlpool Derby 18's.
Drift'n'Drive ships an update every 6 months, Whirlpool Derby 18 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drift'n'Drive | Whirlpool Derby 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (65 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #134 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kimmo Factor Oy | BigCode Games Pvt Ltd |
Customer experience
Drift'n'Drive
Whirlpool Derby 18
Bugs and requests
Drift'n'Drive
Reported bugs
7 issues- Game crashes randomly
- Controls stop responding
- Video playback not working
- Crashes at finish line consistently
- Tilt controls reversed
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- "22th" place grammar error
- Money system is confusing (garage money based on last race?)
Requested features
14 requests- More updates and content
- Online multiplayer mode
- Local Bluetooth multiplayer
- Add more obstacles, jumps, hazards
- Add debris on track from damaged cars
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- Add more challenges (e.g., overtake specific cars)
- Allow custom music playback
- Add Game Center achievements and leaderboards
- Landscape mode option
- More control over car steering
- Option to move boost button
- Car customization (painting)
- More track variety (less monotonous green)
- Local multiplayer
Whirlpool Derby 18
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drift'n'Drive
No in-app purchases
Whirlpool Derby 18
- Mini Pack$1.99
- NoAds$1.99
- Mega pack$3.99
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- Pro Pack$8.99
- Saver Pack$12.99
- Discount 50%$12.99
- Unlock All Cars$25.99
Questions
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