“So many ads!!!! — The game is super fun and really simple. Soooooo overpriced for how simplistic it is, and if you don't purchase it you basically can't even play for free without being forced to download something else or being forced to…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 515 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-07.
4.8 ★624,320 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
207 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
App Store Game of the Year in selected countries. 200+ MILLION USERS!
Drive your bike through amazing tracks with jumps and loops in this simple and fast-paced physics-based game.
Multiplayer! Challenge your Facebook friends.
Tilt your device to lean your bike and touch the screen to accelerate/brake.
Features: - Single and multiplayer modes - Earn stars to unlock new levels - Dozen addictive worlds - Hundreds of challenging tracks - Simple controls
By the creators of the #1 game in the app store Racing Penguin Free for a limited time!
Note: On the user created levels section, if you want to play more than 3 featured levels per day, you will need to buy a level pack. You can play unlimited free levels created by you or your friends if you have the code. You can also play unlimited free levels shared publicly on the internet by other users.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 8.26.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-07 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.26.0, updated 2026-10-02.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more 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
90% or more five-star
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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
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One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
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Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 22 distinct reviewers (4.3% of 515 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 515 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (2.3% of 515 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Holy Ads — I can’t go one race without being bombarded with ads. Is the game doing that bad where you have to put ads after every single time I touch the screen? This game used to be so fun and easy to play but now it just feels like…”
“Too many ads — Fun game but way too many ads than it’s worth playing”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 8.26.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.