Drift'n'Drive vs Rocket Drift Racing
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.
Rocket Drift Racing
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Your rocket never stops and has no brakes. Hold the left or right half of the screen, turn early and let it slide through the corner — that is the drift. Easy to pick up, hard to master. • 80 tracks on four planets: Neon Grid, Aqua, Inferno and Flora — from gentle bends to circuits as twisty as a Grand Prix • Two modes: time attack against the clock and duels against a rival rocket • Three difficulties on every track and a star for each one you beat • 8 rockets with special abilities; upgrade control, speed and acceleration • Lab: research nitro, shields, a magnet, time capsules and sponsors • Workshop: paint, patterns, exhaust flames, vapour trails and particles — rainbow included • Daily prizes, boosts for a hard race and a table of your best runs on every track Plays offline, with no ads. Purchases are optional: everything that affects a race can be earned by playing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rocket Drift Racing at Free against Drift'n'Drive's $2.99. Rocket Drift Racing also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). Drift'n'Drive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and chart position (#128 vs unranked). 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
Rocket Drift Racing is free to download; Drift'n'Drive costs $2.99 up front. Rocket Drift Racing sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Drift'n'Drive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drift'n'Drive ships an update every 6 months, Rocket Drift Racing every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Drift'n'Drive | Rocket Drift Racing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (65 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #128 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kimmo Factor Oy | Aleksey Evseev |
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
Rocket Drift Racing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drift'n'Drive
No in-app purchases
Rocket Drift Racing
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Stack of Coins$1.99
- All Worlds$2.99
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- Double Coins$3.99
- Box of Crystals$9.99
- Bag of Coins$9.99
- Crate of Crystals$49.99
- Treasury$49.99
- Vault of Crystals$99.99
- Crystal Mine$199.99
Questions
Is Drift'n'Drive free?
Is Rocket Drift Racing free?
Do Drift'n'Drive or Rocket Drift Racing have ads?
Which is updated more often, Drift'n'Drive or Rocket Drift Racing?
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