Drift'n'Drive vs Lil Drifty
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.
Lil Drifty
Engage in an addictive car drifting experience on various tracks. Earn points by mastering drifts through increasingly challenging levels. Compete with friends to achieve the highest scores and climb the leaderboards.
- Car drifting gameplay
- Increasing difficulty levels
- Score-based progression
- Friend competition
- Simple tap controls
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Drift around the track in a car of your choice in this simple yet speedily addictive game. Gain points as you drift through levels of increasing difficulty. Play and compete with friends to see who drives away with the best score! Can you drift your way to the top? How to play: 1- TAP ‘Start’ button to start the game. 2- TAP anywhere on the screen to drift the car around the track. 3- AVOID hitting the edge and make sure car stays on the track! Ready, set, drift!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lil Drifty at Free against Drift'n'Drive's $2.99. Lil Drifty also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 59%) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Drift'n'Drive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (65 vs 7). On update cadence, 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
Lil Drifty is free to download; Drift'n'Drive costs $2.99 up front. Lil Drifty sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Drift'n'Drive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lil Drifty holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drift'n'Drive has 65 ratings behind it against 7, 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 95% of Lil Drifty's.
Drift'n'Drive ships an update every 6 months, Lil Drifty every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drift'n'Drive | Lil Drifty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (65 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #102 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kimmo Factor Oy | Mohammad Eid |
Customer experience
Drift'n'Drive
Lil Drifty
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
Lil Drifty
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drift'n'Drive
No in-app purchases
Lil Drifty
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Unlock all easy ones$1.99
- Unlock hard ones!$9.99
