Hellrider vs PAKO Caravan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hellrider
Embark on an action-packed adventure as a fearless warrior battling escaping skeletons. Navigate treacherous traps, defeat formidable bosses, and challenge your friends in this one-touch arcade game.
- One-touch gameplay
- Battle escaping skeletons
- Avoid lethal traps
- Destroy agile bosses
- Compete with friends
- 5 incredible zones
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The skeletons decided that they can leave the underground world. But it won't happen! Brave and uncompromising Hellrider will teach the fugitives! Throw down the skeletons, avoid the lethal traps, destroy the agile bosses and compete with your friends! Features: - Simple and pleasant to play by one touch! - 5 incredible zones filled with dangerous traps! - Dizzying twists! Independent reviews: "When I grow up, I want to be brave as Hellrider!" (A child in a sandbox) "Oh my God, this is the best I've ever seen!" (Some random guy)
PAKO Caravan
Guide a growing caravan through colorful levels, completing missions with unique challenges. Experience classic arcade gameplay with a twist, featuring lawn mowing, teleports, and risky jumps.
- Extend caravan to fill screen
- Complete over 100 missions
- 15 unique levels with twists
- Unlock achievements
- Leaderboard competition
- Classic PAKO gameplay
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Build you caravan as long as possible in this new instalment of PAKO series! Complete missions in colourful and fun levels that have their own little twists. There is lawn to be mowed, teleports to be used, risky jumps, UFOs, laboratory experiments and many other things waiting, all with the classic PAKO gameplay! FEATURES: + Fill the screen with your caravan + Easy and addictive gameplay + 15 different levels + Specific cars, tricks and missions in each level + Over 100 missions to complete + Leaderboard competition + Unlock achievements
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hellrider at none against PAKO Caravan's 2. Hellrider also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 60%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. PAKO Caravan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Hellrider asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Hellrider against 4.3 for PAKO Caravan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 67 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Hellrider's written reviews are positive against 60% of PAKO Caravan's.
Hellrider ships an update every 4 weeks, PAKO Caravan fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hellrider | PAKO Caravan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (38 ratings) | 4.3 (67 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews — better | 60.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 67 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Andrey Chernyshov | Tree Men Games |
Customer experience
Hellrider
PAKO Caravan
User reviews
Hellrider
From 38 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Simple, intuitive one-tap controls
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and art style
- 😊 Highly addictive and engaging gameplay
- 💰 Free-to-play with no mandatory in-app purchases
- 🎵 Good music and sound effects
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unresponsive tap controls on some devices (iPad)
- 📱 Orientation changes frequently during gameplay
- 🎬 Intrusive video ads that interrupt gameplay
- 😤 Steep learning curve for beginners
- 🔄 Repetitive gameplay loop
PAKO Caravan
From 67 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Great graphics and visuals
- 🎵 Awesome music and sound design
- 💡 Innovative physics-based challenge
- 🕹️ Simple and easy to learn controls
Room to improve
- 🎮 Difficult and unresponsive controls
- 😩 Long and unskippable ads
- 📈 Difficulty can be too high
- 🚫 Score cap limitations
- 📱 Ads with audio
Bugs and requests
Hellrider
Reported bugs
9 issues- Tap input not registering on iPad and some devices
- Black screen appearing after video ads
- Game crashes on 4th generation devices
- Significant lag on older hardware
- Orientation randomly changes between games
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- Spelling errors in game text (Direction misspelled as Derection)
- Ad pop-ups appearing mid-game causing unexpected deaths
- Unresponsive controls requiring excessive tapping
- Game veering off-screen without player input
Requested features
14 requests- Different bike types with varying speed and handling attributes
- Bike customization with stickers and designs
- Achievement/badge system
- Pause menu option
- Multiple boss types and patterns
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- Reward system for collected skeletons
- Character/rider customization options
- Different death animations (lava, explosions, etc.)
- Ability to pick up multiple hearts simultaneously
- Shop system with in-game currency
- Progression/leveling system
- Option to remove ads via paid IAP
- Ability to choose game orientation preference
- More diverse obstacles and environments
PAKO Caravan
Reported bugs
7 issues- Sound not working
- Bug with settings menu hitbox
- Game crashes when cars hit objects
- App freezes on ad
- Game crashes after ending a round
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- MiFi control broken in iOS 14.0.1
- Right and left turns not registering
Requested features
10 requests- Add hints to secrets
- Remove score cap
- Bring back 1st person view
- Relocate jump button
- Add camera 2 option
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- Add indicator zones for steering
- Make steering more responsive
- Make caravan move slower
- Allow disabling double-click for jumping
- Add introductory level with instructions
In-app purchases
Hellrider
No in-app purchases
PAKO Caravan
- Unlock Levels$1.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
