Comparison

Retro Car Racing vs Buster Dash

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Retro Car Racing

Experience thrilling street racing through vibrant cities. Navigate realistic traffic, manage fuel, and utilize boosts for an adrenaline-fueled chase. Choose your preferred steering method and compete for achievements and leaderboard glory.

Highlights
  • Navigate living traffic
  • Manage fuel and boost
  • Multiple steering options
  • Detailed achievements
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Offline play
Features
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Start on the waterfront of İstanbul and weave through living traffic in Modern. Chase close passes, manage fuel, hold an extra touch to boost and keep the run alive as night gives way to day. Choose Floating, Buttons, Side Taps or Tilt steering. • Twelve detailed Modern achievements reward precision, speed, fuel strategy and endurance. • Separate Game Center leaderboards for each city and all cities. • Local records and offline play. • Classic arcade mode is also included. İstanbul is free. Tokyo, Cairo and San Francisco require one-time in-app purchases, available individually or together. There is no subscription. The bundle price is not reduced for cities already owned. Restore eligible purchases with the same Apple Account. Prices are shown in your local App Store currency. Optional analytics and ad attribution can be enabled in Settings.

About

Buster Dash

Embark on a thrilling adventure to rescue a kidnapped friend through diverse worlds. This game blends arcade action and classic 90s-inspired gameplay, featuring obstacles, enemies, and power-ups. Conquer challenging levels, unlock achievements, and face epic boss battles.

Highlights
  • Rescue mission through multiple worlds
  • Classic 90s-inspired gameplay
  • Obstacle avoidance and enemy combat
  • Power-ups and unlockable achievements
  • Confront final bosses
  • Acquire new spaceships
Features
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Mr Boss and Mr C**a have kidnapped Nina's friend to be Mr Boss's companion at the annual meeting of intergalactic villains. Help Nina to rescue him and live with her a thrilling adventure through different worlds, avoiding obstacles and defeating enemies. Buster Dash is a funny game combines arcade, action, adventure and skillfulness with a touch that evokes the classic old-fashioned games from the 90’s. The levels are based on classic videogame worlds. While increasing difficulty, each world offers new challenges that you will be able to overcome one by one with the help of your skills plus some PowerUps. Unlock all achievements and acquire new spaceships. Destroy all blocks as you go, finish all levels and you will confront the final Bosses in an arduous skill battle. Be a Buster Dash.

Screenshots

Retro Car Racing4 screens
Buster Dash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Buster Dash at 100% against Retro Car Racing's 50%. Buster Dash also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Retro Car Racing's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Retro Car Racing sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Buster Dash sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Retro Car Racing ships an update every 5 days, Buster Dash fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Retro Car Racing versus Buster Dash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetro Car RacingBuster Dash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB186 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHakan KaradumanJuan manuel Bonet

Customer experience

Retro Car Racing

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Buster Dash

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Retro Car Racing

One-time4
  • San Francisco City Unlock$1.99
  • Tokyo City Unlock$1.99
  • Cairo City Unlock$1.99
Show 1 more
  • All Three Cities$4.99
4 purchases

Buster Dash

One-time4
  • 10000$0.99
  • 50000$0.99
  • NO ADS$0.99
Show 1 more
  • 100000 COINS$3.99

Questions

Is Retro Car Racing free?
Retro Car Racing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Buster Dash free?
Buster Dash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Retro Car Racing or Buster Dash have ads?
Buster Dash shows ads; Retro Car Racing does not.
Which is updated more often, Retro Car Racing or Buster Dash?
Retro Car Racing ships an update every 5 days, and Buster Dash fortnightly. Most recently, Retro Car Racing was updated on November 6, 2026 and Buster Dash on November 2, 2026.

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