Happy Race vs Square Race Simple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Happy Race
Experience thrilling real-time races with over-the-top action. Jump, smash, and defy gravity to survive obstacles and reach the finish line. Compete against random opponents, friends, or progress through single-player levels.
- Real-time multiplayer racing
- Single player mode with 60 levels
- Realistic physics simulation
- Unlockable characters
- Touch and tilt controls
- Game Center leaderboards
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Happy Race is an action packed real-time racing game! Jump off buildings, smash windows, reverse gravity, detonate explosives, and go to the moon all in the comfort of your home! Try to keep your character alive as you avoid obstacles and complete tasks on your way to the finish. You can match up with a random opponent and challenge friends, or unlock new levels in single player mode. Happy Race is the ultimate cure for unhappiness! FEATURES: •Play a random opponent with one tap •Race friends without an account •Single player mode •Realistic Box2D physics simulation •60 levels •7 characters •2 control types (touch and tilt) •Game Center leaderboards and achievements •Stats synced between devices Thanks for playing!
Square Race Simple
Race, bounce, and battle your way to victory in this action-packed game. Design your own creative maps or play on a variety of existing ones. Outsmart opponents and be the last square standing to win.
- Square bouncing action
- Exciting fights with rivals
- Last square standing wins
- Play on many maps
- Design your own maps
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In Square Race Simple, you’ll control your square to bounce, fight, and race across many creative maps you can make and play. Outsmart your opponents, survive the chaos, and claim the winner’s spot! *** Game Highlights: - Square Race Battle - Addictive square bouncing action. - Square League - Exciting fights with rivals. - Square Fight - Be the last square standing to win. - Square Race Country- Play on many maps or design your own. Simple to play, hard to master — can your square rise to the top? If you enjoy the game, please consider leaving a rating and a comment—it really helps me as an indie developer and means a lot! If you run into any issues or have suggestions, feel free to contact us via email or our fanpage. Your feedback helps make Hide Quickly even better! Have fun ^^
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Happy Race at none against Square Race Simple's shown. Happy Race also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Square Race Simple's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Happy Race sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Square Race Simple sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Square Race Simple holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 359 and 589 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Happy Race's written reviews are positive against 81% of Square Race Simple's.
Happy Race ships an update every 4 months, Square Race Simple every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Happy Race | Square Race Simple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (359 ratings) | 4.7 (589 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 359 | 589 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sam Hogan | Bro Dots Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Happy Race
Square Race Simple
Bugs and requests
Happy Race
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unlock issues for certain characters
- Inconsistent target times in single-player
- Multiplayer connection problems
- Graphical glitches on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels and characters
- Implement user-created levels
- Allow character ejection like Happy Wheels
- Improve single-player mode experience
Square Race Simple
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Happy Race
- Scooter Girl$0.99
- Unlock All Levels$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
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Square Race Simple
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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