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Traffic Rider vs Hill Climb Racing

Traffic Rider 4.6★ · Free + IAP 60
Winner Hill Climb Racing
Hill Climb Racing 4.6★ · Free + IAP 70

Hill Climb Racing is the better choice for players seeking a casual, physics-based racing game with more content, despite recent negative changes to its in-game economy, while Traffic Rider struggles with aggressive monetization and technical issues.

Full reviews: Traffic Rider · Hill Climb Racing

Traffic Rider and Hill Climb Racing are both free-to-play racing games with in-app purchases. Traffic Rider offers a realistic motorcycle racing experience but is heavily criticized for its aggressive monetization, forced ads, and slow progression. Hill Climb Racing, a physics-based vehicle game, is praised for its fun gameplay and variety, though recent updates have significantly reduced coin payouts, frustrating long-time players.

Head to head

Gameplay & Fun Factor edge: Hill Climb RacingR1R11R14R20
Traffic Rider Traffic Rider is described as a fun, addicting, and classic motorcycle game that can be hard to stop playing R11R14R20. Users enjoy the realistic feel and graphics . However, some find the missions too difficult and frustrating, especially with time limits and traffic density R1.
Hill Climb Racing Hill Climb Racing is widely considered a fun and addictive game that many users have played for years, often since childhood . Players enjoy the variety of cars and the physics-based gameplay .
Monetization & Progression tieR4R9R15R21
Traffic Rider Traffic Rider is heavily criticized for its 'pay-to-play' model, where progression is extremely slow without spending money R4R9R15R21. Bikes are expensive and earning money takes 'forever,' making it difficult to complete missions that often require specific, more powerful bikes R4R9R15R21.
Hill Climb Racing Hill Climb Racing has recently implemented changes that have significantly reduced coin payouts for airtime and flips, making progression much slower and harder R61R63R64R66. This has led many long-time players to feel the game has become a 'donate dump' and is now 'unbalanced' R61.
Ads tieR13R16R22R31
Traffic Rider Traffic Rider is heavily criticized for forced and excessive ads R13R16R22R31. Some users report needing to restart the app after every ad R31.
Hill Climb Racing Hill Climb Racing also has issues with frequent ads, including pop-ups for revives or coin doubling . Even after purchasing to remove ads, users report still seeing ads for bonuses .
Reliability & Performance tieR10R18R19R41
Traffic Rider Traffic Rider users report issues with the game freezing, black screens after completing levels, and general lag even on powerful devices R10R18R19R41.
Hill Climb Racing Hill Climb Racing users report frequent game crashes, especially before receiving rewards . Some users have also experienced losing all their progress, including cars, money, and achievements . There are also reports of numerous bugs .
Updates & Content edge: Traffic RiderR12R21R55R61
Traffic Rider Traffic Rider is praised for its continuous updates and added features, with users appreciating new bikes and content R12R55. However, some wish for more customization options for bikes R21.
Hill Climb Racing Hill Climb Racing is noted for its variety of vehicles and maps . However, recent updates have been met with significant negativity due to the coin payout nerfs R61R63R64R66. Users also request features like a track editor and controller support .
Pick Traffic Rider if

you prefer a more realistic motorcycle racing game with good graphics and are willing to tolerate aggressive monetization and ads, or if you enjoy a challenge that might require grinding or in-app purchases to progress R55.

Pick Hill Climb Racing if

you enjoy physics-based vehicle games with a wide variety of cars and maps, have fond memories of the game, and are prepared for a slower progression due to recent changes in coin payouts .

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of negative reviews related to monetization and ads, indicating a common pain point for free-to-play games. Hill Climb Racing's recent negative reviews are heavily skewed towards the coin payout nerf, which impacts its perceived value and progression speed.

Frequently asked

Why is it so hard to earn money in Hill Climb Racing?
Recent updates to Hill Climb Racing have significantly decreased the coin payouts for actions like air time and flips, making it much harder and slower to earn money for upgrades and new vehicles R61R63R64R66. For example, flips that once gave 1000 coins now only give 150 R64.
Does Traffic Rider force you to watch ads?
Yes, Traffic Rider is criticized for having forced and excessive ads, with some users reporting that they need to restart the app after every ad R13R16R22R31.
Is Traffic Rider a 'pay-to-play' game?
Many users describe Traffic Rider as 'pay-to-play' because progression is very slow, bikes are expensive, and missions often require purchasing more powerful bikes to complete, pushing players to spend money R4R9R15R21.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] Traffic Rider 2/5 · US DONT remccond read this if u have angry issue: So when u start u have to do careers and that okay but one thing u have a timer cross two finish line and when u crazy u restart and then I have a litttle time u will, restart and Ocf that oaky but I get angry issues and then I hit tablet so read if u have angry issue.
  2. [R11] Traffic Rider 5/5 · US Best game: Once you start, you can’t stop playing the game. It’s that fun.
  3. [R14] Traffic Rider 5/5 · US Rtr: Traffic rider is so much fun great game
  4. [R20] Traffic Rider 5/5 · US Amazing: Great chill simple game
  5. [R4] Traffic Rider 1/5 · US Honestly, the game is too hard. To buy a new motorcycle, you have to save for several days because the cheap ones don't have enough power. It's impossible to pass levels with the coins you get; they set unrealistic conditions. Lower motorcycle prices or give more money. · translated
  6. [R9] Traffic Rider 3/5 · US one suggestion: i've been playing this game since about 2018. the progression takes forever. i've been trying to get the $850,000 bike for so long. i've played this game consistently for 8 years now. i love this game. i've dedicated hundreds of hiurs. but i've never even came close to the 850k bike.
  7. [R15] Traffic Rider 3/5 · US game says things are impossible that aren’t impossible: I usually don’t leave reviews but, on mission 35 it says that you can’t go 6km in 75 seconds with the bike i have but then i go to time trials and went over 6km in under 75 seconds, they just want you to spend money on their game, cant go more than 5 levels without needing to buy a new bike. even though that pisses me off i still really like
  8. [R21] Traffic Rider 3/5 · US Good. Could be better: Needs more customizations for the bikes. Would be nice to able to change mirrors, fairings, exhaust etc. Takes forever to earn money when the bikes themselves are expensive.
  9. [R13] Traffic Rider 1/5 · US Forced Ads: If your game has forced ads then you’re greedy and you don’t care about your potential customers or fanbase. Get lost
  10. [R16] Traffic Rider 1/5 · US Not Great: Too much of a sales pitch.
  11. [R22] Traffic Rider 1/5 · GB Very a lot advertised: Very a lot ads I am so angry when you play and pop up ads
  12. [R31] Traffic Rider 1/5 · GB NEED TO RESTART THE APP AFTER EVERY AD: You get rewarded by watching the ads. The reward is that you get to restart the app after every ad. Be great-full that this app rewards you for watching an add that they profit from by letting you restart the app every time you help them make money by watching every app. The more you restart this app the more money you help make for this developer. Enjoy you
  13. [R10] Traffic Rider 1/5 · US Game: This game is very bad. Even though I'm playing on the most powerful iPad, the game still lags. · translated
  14. [R18] Traffic Rider 3/5 · US How to fix the black screen?: Every time I finish a game and it goes to the results screen, it's a black screen. · translated
  15. [R19] Traffic Rider 1/5 · GB DO NOT INSTALL: If you want a broken phone then this is the game for you
  16. [R41] Traffic Rider 3/5 · GB It’s good but I almost can’t play.: Hi, I’ve got to say, this is a really fun and a really good game however, when I’m riding peacefully the whole game just randomly freezes and I i can’t press anything I can just hear the stuck motorcycle sound and when I exit the app I still hear it! I don’t know if this is a crash but even when I close my phone I still hear it, it stops after about 40 second. A
  17. [R12] Traffic Rider 3/5 · US Brandon: This game is pretty good me and my friend love to play it, but I feel like a little more updates would make this even better so a four star is good enough for me
  18. [R55] Traffic Rider 5/5 · US Traffic rider an amazing ride: Let me tell you this amazing so grateful for this motorcycle game really appreciate all bikes really enjoy seeing more updates and added features to game thanks for the amazing game traffic rider!!!
  19. [R61] Hill Climb Racing 1/5 · US Bring back normal payouts: What's with these jokes? Did you decide to turn into a pay-to-win dump? Well, good luck. I deleted it as soon as I saw that payouts were cut by 2-3 times. · translated
  20. [R63] Hill Climb Racing 3/5 · US Money collecting: They ruined the air time money
  21. [R64] Hill Climb Racing 1/5 · US Money not working properly: So i recently bought the mutant and 1 day after buying it something strange happened. The game didnt update or anything yet my backflips now give 150 instead of 1000, missions give 45k instead of 100k and like this it’s impossible to do progress as quick as i used to.
  22. [R66] Hill Climb Racing 3/5 · US Not sure if this is a bug or not but I really don’t like it: I’ve been playing this game for years now, but for some reason, the cash earned from stuff like air time and flips have been heavily decreased, with some vehicles even getting nothing from air time. I really hope this is a bug because I don’t want it to be this hard to just earn coins

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store