RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION Downloads & RevenueRACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION · App Store
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Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperFlippfly, LLC
CategoryGames
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (317)
Version1.36.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION update history & changes
Last change · 25 events since 21 Jun 2019Full timeline ↓📦Updated to version 1.36.1📈Dropped out of every chart we track📈Entered the top 100📦Updated to version 1.36.0⭐Passed 100 ratings⭐Passed 100 ratings🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 25 events
- 📦RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION updated to version 1.36.1New Features/Content:
• Photo mode! Open it from the pause menu or the Customize screen.
• Portal worlds: take as many portal trips as you like in a run.
• Portals are larger, and more portals early in regions 2-4.
• Portal worlds now have a seamless transition back to the overworld.
• Trails now match the shape of your ship's jets on the Crawler, Natalus and Arrow.
• Discord Rich Presence: your Discord friends can see when you're playing, which mode or portal world you're in, and your score. On iOS, link your Discord account in Options.
Other Improvements/Fixes:
• Daily challenge alternatives no longer repeat the main challenge's condition or the previous day's.
• Fixed: The energy meter on the ship always looked full, even with 'Solar Energy Depleted' showing.
• Fixed: Shallow ramps, like the bridges in Sunrise and Zen, didn't launch you.
• Fixed: The store could get stuck loading forever. It now shows an error if it can't load.
• Fixed: Buy buttons silently did nothing when purchases weren't available.
• Fixed: Graphics settings no longer sync with cloud saves.
• Fixed: Ship customizations properly sync in cloud saves now.
• Fixed: Holes in some ships' shadows.
• Fixed: The message banner didn't reach the screen edges on wide phones.
• Fixed: Changing the camera view could show your ship during portal and shield sequences.
• Fixed: The best-score marker hung in front of the crash and revive screens.
• Fixed: A barrel roll cut short by a crash finished at the start of the next run.
• Fixed: Dense Fog carried over to the main menu after a run.
• Fixed: Thunderstorm lightning stopped after the first region.
• Fixed: bug where jump button activated on release instead of press… more - 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION dropped out of every chart we trackLast seen 30 Oct
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION entered the top 100Top Grossing · Racing · DE
- ✏️RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION dropped 2 languages− ES − RU
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION charting in a new countryJapan
- 📦RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION updated to version 1.36.0New Store! Now split into Special, Tris and Quads sections.
Starter Pack: a bundle of Tris, Quads and the exclusive Plasma Trails.
Special offers! Look out for limited-time deals on ships, trails, upgrades, Quad packs and more.
Unlock Now: get level-locked ships, badges, home themes and crash effects early with Quads. The price drops every time you level up.
Watch an ad for free Quads in the store, a few times a day.
Trade Quads for Tris in the store.
New smaller Quad pack.
Trails and Badge screen UI redesign.
Hold your finger on the ship while previewing trails to see them boosted.
Other Improvements/Fixes:
Fixed: A pink/purple square under the ship in ship select and Customize on some devices.
Fixed: More rare crashes and glitches when entering or leaving a portal world.… more - 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Free · Racing · FR · Top Grossing · Racing · IT
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION charting in a new countryItaly
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Free · Racing · AE · Top Free · Racing · SA
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION charting in a new countryGermany
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION entered the top 100Top Grossing · Racing · FR
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION charting in a new countryFrance
- 📦RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION updated to version 1.35.9What's New — 1.35.9
New Features/Content:
• Portal transitions look cooler. You get a peek at the destination world as you fly in.
• New Advanced graphics options to tune performance for your device.
• 120 fps support on devices with high refresh rate screens - enable in Advanced settings.
• New Advanced graphics option: Show FPS.
Other Improvements/Fixes:
• Framerate improvements.
• Fixed some ad loading errors.
• Unity upgrade, and other under-the-hood improvements.
• Fixed: Longstanding bug where ship would randomly fly into space after a collision.
• Fixed: Ground could turn white in Sunrise after an instant restart.
• Fixed: Crash when changing the camera option outside of a run.
• Fixed: Rare crashes when entering or leaving a portal world.… more - 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION entered the top 100Top Grossing · Racing · RU
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION charting in a new countryRussia
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION charting in a new countryCanada
- 📦RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION updated to version 1.35.8Improvements/Fixes:
• Tap to skip the end-of-run animations on the game over screen.
• More world portals in later regions.
• Faster loading at startup.
• Eased up a couple of the harder daily challenges.
• Fixed: a case where a cloud save could lose your progress.
• Fixed: Soft lock if you backgrounded the game after crashing..
• Fixed: Evil birds were snubbing the Rainbow Bird with their Tris.
• Fixed: Bethemotep-related bugs
• Fixed: Not enough black holes in later regions.
• Fixed: Reviving could drop you right back into a black hole.
• Fixed: Some daily challenge bugs.
• Fixed: Pausing in a shadow showed'Solar Energy Depleted'.
• Fixed: Camera option not applying when changed mid-run.
• Fixed: Region color transitions continuing while paused.
• Fixed: Home screen tooltip called your player level a 'ship level'.
• Fixed: Selected ship wasn't syncing across devices via cloud save.
• Fixed: Turning jets looked wrong on the rubber ball, so hid them.
• Fixed: Nuke crash FX had no explosion sound.… more - 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION charting in a new countrySaudi Arabia
- 📈RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION entered the top 100Top Grossing · Racing · SA
- 🆕RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION first spotted by AppInsider#73 in Top Grossing · Racing · South Korea
- 📦RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION version 1.35.4No release notes
- 🆕RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
317 ratings
Measured
New ratings a week
2.7
App Store, 4-week average
Measured
RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Arcade Minimalist Sci-fi short sessions Premium
#endless runner #high score #time trial #reflex #single player #daily challenge
RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION on the App Store
App details
App ID
1454414817
Publisher
FlippFly LLC
On the store since
Jun 2019
7 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase · Game Center
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
178 MB
Also listed in
Action, Racing
RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Business model: Ad-led
How RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 12 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
317 ratings
Measured
Ratings
317
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
2.7
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
59/100
faster than 65% of Games apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION
You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Race The Sun: Daily Challenge Edition is inspired by arcade games of the past with a focus on high scores, short game sessions, and pure fun mingled with nerve-wracking tension. The rules are simple: don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!
This new edition of the game includes several new features including new alternate ships, colorful new trails, and a new "daily challenge" system that will test the skills of even the most experienced players.
This new edition of the game includes several new features including new alternate ships, colorful new trails, and a new "daily challenge" system that will test the skills of even the most experienced players.
Latest updates
1.36.1
New Features/Content:
• Photo mode! Open it from the pause menu or the Customize screen.
• Portal worlds: take as many portal trips as you like in a run.
• Portals are larger, and more portals early in regions 2-4.
• Portal worlds now have a seamless transition back to the overworld.
• Trails now match the shape of your ship's jets on the Crawler, Natalus and Arrow.
• Discord Rich Presence: your Discord friends can see when you're playing, which mode or portal world you're in, and your score. On iOS, link your Discord account in Options.
Other Improvements/Fixes:
• Daily challenge alternatives no longer repeat the main challenge's condition or the previous day's.
• Fixed: The energy meter on the ship always looked full, even with 'Solar Energy Depleted' showing.
• Fixed: Shallow ramps, like the bridges in Sunrise and Zen, didn't launch you.
• Fixed: The store could get stuck loading forever. It now shows an error if it can't load.
• Fixed: Buy buttons silently did nothing when purchases weren't available.
• Fixed: Graphics settings no longer sync with cloud saves.
• Fixed: Ship customizations properly sync in cloud saves now.
• Fixed: Holes in some ships' shadows.
• Fixed: The message banner didn't reach the screen edges on wide phones.
• Fixed: Changing the camera view could show your ship during portal and shield sequences.
• Fixed: The best-score marker hung in front of the crash and revive screens.
• Fixed: A barrel roll cut short by a crash finished at the start of the next run.
• Fixed: Dense Fog carried over to the main menu after a run.
• Fixed: Thunderstorm lightning stopped after the first region.
• Fixed: bug where jump button activated on release instead of press
1.36.0
New Store! Now split into Special, Tris and Quads sections.
Starter Pack: a bundle of Tris, Quads and the exclusive Plasma Trails.
Special offers! Look out for limited-time deals on ships, trails, upgrades, Quad packs and more.
Unlock Now: get level-locked ships, badges, home themes and crash effects early with Quads. The price drops every time you level up.
Watch an ad for free Quads in the store, a few times a day.
Trade Quads for Tris in the store.
New smaller Quad pack.
Trails and Badge screen UI redesign.
Hold your finger on the ship while previewing trails to see them boosted.
Other Improvements/Fixes:
Fixed: A pink/purple square under the ship in ship select and Customize on some devices.
Fixed: More rare crashes and glitches when entering or leaving a portal world.
1.35.9
What's New — 1.35.9
New Features/Content:
• Portal transitions look cooler. You get a peek at the destination world as you fly in.
• New Advanced graphics options to tune performance for your device.
• 120 fps support on devices with high refresh rate screens - enable in Advanced settings.
• New Advanced graphics option: Show FPS.
Other Improvements/Fixes:
• Framerate improvements.
• Fixed some ad loading errors.
• Unity upgrade, and other under-the-hood improvements.
• Fixed: Longstanding bug where ship would randomly fly into space after a collision.
• Fixed: Ground could turn white in Sunrise after an instant restart.
• Fixed: Crash when changing the camera option outside of a run.
• Fixed: Rare crashes when entering or leaving a portal world.
Store changes
What RACE THE SUN CHALLENGE EDITION changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Dropped 2 languages
− ES − RU
