Checkpoint Champion vs Car Modification Drift Race
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkpoint Champion
Test your driving skills in intense 10-second challenges across various terrains. Master drifting, hairpin turns, and turbo boosts with simple controls to become a champion. Compete on leaderboards and unlock retro cars.
- 10-second driving challenges
- Simple 2-touch controls
- Multiple terrain types
- Retro-inspired cars
- Game Center leaderboards
- Endless Arenas
- Video replays
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It's time to burn rubber! Put your driving skills to the ultimate test in a series of fiendish 10-second challenges! You'll need technique and tenacity as you hit and weave through checkpoints on road, dirt, water, grass and mud! Choose between grip and speed as you drift between obstacles, spin around hairpin turns and turbo your way to victory. The challenges may be small, but only the most dedicated drivers will triumph! Features: - Simple, 2-touch car controls! - 72 unique, bite-sized challenges! - A cast of charming retro-inspired cars, each with several paint jobs! - Multiple terrain types! - Game Center leaderboards for every challenge! - 3 endless Arenas! - Event of the Day! - Video replays! (iPhone 4S or newer, iPad2 or newer) - A funky soundtrack, perfect for checkpoint chasing! - Missions and Secrets! - Now available in 11 languages! This is the first game from independent games developer, Protostar. We hope you like it, and we hope you are ready to become... a Checkpoint Champion!
Car Modification Drift Race
Engage in a car modification game where you can upgrade your vehicles before experiencing thrilling drift races. Future updates will introduce more missions and gameplay enhancements.
- Car modification
- Drift racing
- Vehicle upgrades
- New missions (upcoming)
- Gameplay enhancements (upcoming)
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Play this car modification game, in this game you can upgrade your car and after that you can enjoy drift race, we will add some more missions and upgradation in gameplay.
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Verdict
Checkpoint Champion and Car Modification Drift Race both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Checkpoint Champion's written reviews are positive against 50% of Car Modification Drift Race's. Car Modification Drift Race's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (360 vs 80). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Checkpoint Champion sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Car Modification Drift Race sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Checkpoint Champion against 4.4 for Car Modification Drift Race. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 80 and 360 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Checkpoint Champion's written reviews are positive against 50% of Car Modification Drift Race's.
Checkpoint Champion ships an update every 2 months, Car Modification Drift Race every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkpoint Champion | Car Modification Drift Race |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (80 ratings) | 4.4 (360 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 80 | 360 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 456 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Protostar | Mubeen Ameen |
Customer experience
Checkpoint Champion
Car Modification Drift Race
Bugs and requests
Checkpoint Champion
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional lag/performance issues
- Unresponsive buttons/controls
Requested features
4 requests- More car models and customization options
- Additional game modes like racing
- Ability to adjust control sensitivity
- Multiplayer/competitive features
Car Modification Drift Race
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Checkpoint Champion
- TOFU EXPRESS XR$0.99
- VINTAGE WHITE Ladybird$0.99
- FLOWER POWER Ladybird$0.99
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- OLD RACER Ladybird$0.99
- GHOST WHITE GT-450$0.99
- BLUE ROADSTER GT-450$0.99
- OUTRUNNER GT-450$0.99
- HYPERCOLOR GT-450$0.99
- STREET DEMON GT-450$0.99
- Protostar Supporter Pack$2.99
Car Modification Drift Race
- Unlock Car$0.99
- Unlock Car$1.00
Questions
Is Checkpoint Champion free?
Is Car Modification Drift Race free?
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Do Checkpoint Champion or Car Modification Drift Race have ads?
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