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Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 519 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Gameloft

Speed & Drift: Extreme Racing

4.7 ★228,823 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
3472 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases

About this app

"BREAK FREE FROM GRAVITY AND REACH LIMITLESS SKIES! 450+ OFFICIAL SPEED VEHICLES: From the iconic Ferrari, Ducati, and Lamborghini to the powerful McLaren, Bugatti, and Mercedes, as well as popular brands like Audi, Ford, and Chevrolet, our game offers a wide range of bikes and cars to choose from! PERSONALIZE YOUR RACER AVATAR: Create a unique Racer Avatar and express your individual style with a vast selection of clothing, costumes, and accessories. Discover a variety of options and mix-and-match to your heart's content! CROSS-SAVE & CROSS-PLAY: Begin your exhilarating races on macOS and seamlessly continue the action on your iOS device.…

Preview

Real screenshots from the store listing.

8 screenshots
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Independent evidence report

The evidence behind this assessment

This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.

Automated assessment complete

Which version this describes

When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.

This analysis describes version 9.1.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 9.1.0, updated 2026-08-11.

What we measured

Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.

How these are measured

Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.

Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured

What the analysis found

App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.

Methodology

The catch list 1

Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.

Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Reported by 45 usersReported by users, not measured — nothing we can inspect could show this either wayview evidence
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 45 distinct reviewers — 8.7% of the 519 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).

Context 1

Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.

Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
MeasuredPublished as context — deliberately not a charge · from the store listingview evidence
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 19.99 — a 20x spread across 10 items

One source only — shown, not confirmed 1

A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.

Reported by users: Pay to progress
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 19 distinct reviewers (3.7% of 519 reviews scanned)

Highlighted reviews

Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.

Aggressive ad load
“Not like before — Too much ads”
1★ · App Store · 2026-09-21
Aggressive ad load
“Monetized to Death — I used to love this game. Fun, great car selection, and easy to play. But god, so many ads now, to include just randomly during menu scrolling. I turn the game off now whenever a random ad pops up. Would be a five…”
1★ · App Store · 2026-09-10
Aggressive ad load
“Ads Ads Ads — This game has so many ads it’s ridiculous! You will actually spend more time watching ads than racing. I would rather pay for the game than watch so many ads.”
1★ · App Store · 2026-09-07

Assessment & version history

App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.

Store listing updated to version 9.1.0.

What this app sells

Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.

Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$19.99
Rookie Credit Pack$1.99
Driver Credit Pack$4.99
Pilot Credit Pack$9.99
Handful of Tokens$1.99
Pro Credit Pack$19.99
Show 5 more purchases
STANDARD CAR PACK$4.99
Stack of Tokens$4.99
CLASS C CAR PACK$2.99
Hoard of Tokens$9.99
SUPER DOUBLE CREDITS$0.99