Need for Speed No Limits

Racing

7.3~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.4 Google Play·100M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-05

Screenshots

Night street race with a progress bar and lap timer

Car drifting through a corner with a speedometer showing 188

Tuned car with underglow parked on a city street at night

Snowy road race with a nitrous zone marked ahead

Canyon race with police cars trailing the pack

Wet city race with three rivals close behind

About Need for Speed No Limits

This is street racing reduced to two inputs: the car accelerates itself, you steer by tapping left or right and trigger nitrous at the right moment. Races last around fifteen seconds. There is no advertising badge, the install is 3.8 GB, and Apple lists loot boxes with gold packs from $1.99 to $19.99. It has been updated for more than a decade.

Game information

DeveloperEA Swiss Sarl

Version9.5.0 (Android) · 9.5.41 (iOS)

Size169.62 MB (Android) · 3.8 GB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsNo

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating9+

Requires (Android)Android 9+

Requires (iOS)iOS 15.0+

Offline modeNone — races and the garage both sync with EA's servers

Interface languagesNL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA + 6 more

Store rating (Google Play)4.4 from 5,246,589 ratings

Installs100M+

Updated by developer2026-09-03

Data checked2026-09-07

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-07. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Need for Speed No Limits Review: 15-Second Races

Fifteen Seconds Per Race

The timer in the corner of the store screens tells the story: 0:13.24, 0:06.49, 0:11.40. Races are sprints of a few corners where acceleration is automatic and the whole skill is when to tap for a drift and when to spend nitrous, with a progress bar showing how far ahead or behind you are. That brevity is deliberate — it makes a race fit between two other things, and it makes the energy system that limits how many races you can run in a row feel heavier than it would in a longer game.

The Cars Are the Progression

Licensed cars are collected and upgraded with parts won from races and events, then tuned for particular event types, so a garage is a spread of specialised builds rather than one favourite. Visual customisation runs to underglow, paint and body kits, and the store screens show the same street corners at night, in snow and in canyon daylight as the events rotate. Blueprints for the rarer cars arrive in pieces, which is the point at which patience turns into a purchase for most players. Events rotate on a schedule, so a car tuned for one type sits idle until its event returns.

No Adverts, 3.8 GB, and Loot Boxes

Google Play carries no advertising badge — unusual for a free racer — against 100 million installs and 4.4 stars from 5.24 million reviews. Apple shows 4.7 from 397,000 ratings, rates the game 9+, and lists loot boxes, advertising and chat among the contents. Gold packs run from $1.99 to $19.99 with special offers at $4.99 and $9.99. The install is 3.8 GB, the largest racing download in this catalogue, and the last Play update landed on 2 September 2026, more than a decade after release.

Pros

Races finish in roughly fifteen seconds
Licensed cars with deep visual customisation
No advertising badge on the Play listing
Still updated more than a decade after release
Rated 4.7 on the App Store across 397,000 ratings

Cons

A 3.8 GB install, the heaviest racer here
Rare cars arrive as blueprint fragments
Apple lists loot boxes among the contents
An energy system caps consecutive races

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Verdict

The best-looking free racer on a phone, and the fifteen-second race length is a smarter design decision than it first appears — it fits the way phones get picked up. What limits it is the structure around the racing: an energy cap, blueprint fragments and loot boxes, plus a 3.8 GB install. Excellent in five-minute doses, wearing over a long evening.

Gameplay7.5Sprint races with two inputs; exciting in bursts, thin over a long session.

Controls8.0Tap to steer and drift — deliberately minimal and hard to fumble.

Replay value7.5Event rotation and a garage of specialised builds, paced by energy.

Graphics & sound8.5Genuinely impressive lighting and reflections for a phone racer.

Monetisation6.0No adverts, but blueprints, loot boxes and an energy cap all push spending.

7.3out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Can it be played offline?

No. Races, events and the garage all sync with EA's servers, so the game needs a connection even for single-player content. Given races last fifteen seconds, an unstable signal is more disruptive here than in a game with longer sessions.

What does it sell?

Gold packs from $1.99 to $19.99 and special offers at $4.99 and $9.99. Gold refills the energy that limits consecutive races and buys parts and blueprint fragments. Apple lists loot boxes among the contents, so some car parts arrive by chance.

How much space does it need?

3.8 GB and iOS 15 or later — the largest racing install in this catalogue and a genuine obstacle on a phone with limited storage. The lighting and car models are where that space goes, and they are the best-looking part of the game.

Is there multiplayer?

Racing against other players happens through asynchronous events and leaderboards rather than live head-to-head grids. You race the clock and other people's recorded times, which suits fifteen-second sprints better than synchronised lobbies would.

How long is a session?

Each race is about fifteen seconds, and the energy system decides how many you get before waiting. That makes it a game of very short visits — five minutes at a time, several times a day, rather than a sitting.