# Helicopter Simulator 2016 — SimCopter Pilot Career Mission

> Realistic helicopter flight simulator with over 3000 diverse missions and 28 aircraft. (iPhone/iPad app by Thetis Consulting.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/helicopter-simulator-2016/id1057686153 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Thetis Consulting](https://appshunter.io/developer/339173067)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Casual, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 210 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-12-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-15
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/helicopter-simulator-2016/id1057686153/reviews.md

## What is Helicopter Simulator 2016?

Are you ready for the best flight simulator for helicopters that there is? Fly through more then 3000 missions using the top military and civilian aircrafts! Use your flying skills to complete the 6 categories of challenges: Career mode, Military, Coast Guard, Television Broadcast, Transport and Rescue and Tour flights through the city.

Rescue people in danger situations, transport important cargos, help the police during chases, and also to fly your helicopter close to a hurricane to broadcast it live! We guarantee hours of a amazing flight simulation experience!

MAIN FEATURES:
- 28 chopters
- 5 different weather forecasts, including day and night flights
- Real life scenario, with ground and air traffic
- 3.240 missions
        - Career 
        - Militar
        - Coast Guard
        - Television Broadcast
        - Transport
        - Tour

This helicopter simulation also includes Time and Season features, so, you can choose day or night and different weather conditions!

- OTHER CHALLENGES:
	- Chopter simulator for army situations, like escort armed trucks and soldiers
        - Extinguish Fire
        - Rescue people
        - Time attack
        - Fly the aircraft between skyscrapers, bridges
        - Give a ride for some parachuters
        - Help the police in car chases
        - Transport weapons, VIP passengers and cargo.
        - Shoot at moving targets with military helicopters
        - ... and more!
		
Pilot, have a nice flight!

Apple's Terms of Use:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

If you need to contact us, send an e-mail to support (at) thetisgames.com

## Key features

- 3000+ missions
- 28 helicopters
- 6 mission categories
- Dynamic weather
- Day/night flights
- Real-life scenarios

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coast Guard Pack Missions | $4.99 | one-time |
| Helicopter Aero 635 Medical | $2.99 | one-time |
| Helicopter Belli 206 Jet Ranger | $2.99 | one-time |
| Helicopter Belli HU-1 Huey | $2.99 | one-time |
| Helicopter Euro AA-65 Dolphin | $3.99 | one-time |
| Helicopter HA-64 Apach | $5.99 | one-time |
| Helicopter HC-47 Chynow | $5.99 | one-time |
| Helicopter Alien UFO | $4.99 | one-time |
| Fuel | $1.99 | one-time |
| Blimp | $4.99 | one-time |
| Premium Club Subscription | $4.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Helicopter Simulator 2016?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Good joystick controls
- 🏞️ Beautiful environment
- 🗺️ Cute maps
- 👀 Great cockpit view
- 👍 Friendly game
- 🤩 Love at first sight
- 💯 Best game ever
- ✈️ Realistic flying (mentioned by some)
- 🎮 Good controls (after learning)

**Cons**

- 💸 Premium club is a scam
- 📉 Terrible graphics
- 🗑️ Garbage game
- 😒 Stupid game for four-year-olds
- 💥 Explodes when trying to land
- 💰 Pay to play/expensive helicopters
- 💸 Real money needed for fuel
- 🐛 Crashes on takeoff
- 👎 Not impressed
- 😩 Annoying ads
- 💸 Rip-off game
- 💸 Waste of real money
- 🚫 No instructions for controls
- 💸 Everything costs money
- 💸 Spending more time watching commercials than flying
- 👎 Horrible
- 👎 Worst game ever
- 👎 Rubbish
- 👎 Not good at all
- 👎 Bad app
- 👎 Not worth the download
- 👎 Laggy
- 👎 Kinda horrible
- 👎 Unhappy
- 👎 Too many ads
- 💸 Expensive full game
- 💸 $59.99 for full game is ridiculous
- 🐛 Level 8 is impossible
- 🐛 Very hard to control
- 😩 Annoying ads after EVERYTHING
- 💸 Army package is $30
- 🐛 Level 29 career doesn't work
- 🐛 Subscription doesn't work
- 🐛 Lag is very annoying
- 🐛 Tablet crashes
- 🐛 Helicopter doesn't let me control at all
- 🐛 Can't land properly
- 🐛 Fly really slowly
- 🐛 Goes really slowly on iPad
- 🐛 Graphics are awful
- 🐛 Controls are flaky
- 🐛 Adverts are obnoxious
- 🐛 Game lags so much
- 🐛 Helicopter would tip down
- 🐛 Can't control it that well
- 🐛 Ads after EVERYTHING you do
- 🐛 Not fun when forced to watch ads
- 🐛 Ads are terrible
- 🐛 Game crashes when you take off right away
- 🐛 Bad graphics
- 🐛 Ad banner obscures gameplay
- 🐛 Graphics are grainy
- 🐛 Game doesn't do what is meant to
- 🐛 Every minute there is an ad
- 🐛 Graphics and game are disastrous
- 🐛 Can't restart the game
- 🐛 Ads kill any fun
- 🐛 Not realistic
- 🐛 Developers probably never ridden in a helicopter
- 🐛 Offers tab on app open
- 🐛 Limited helicopter and mission choice
- 🐛 Have to buy to progress
- 🐛 Premium subscription doesn't work
- 🐛 Still have to watch promo videos
- 🐛 $60.00 to get rid of ads
- 🐛 Don't buy anything from this company
- 🐛 Not fun when forced to watch 30 sec ads
- 🐛 You get one free helicopter
- 🐛 Not willing to spend that much
- 🐛 Way too expensive
- 🐛 Not enough gameplay
- 🐛 More levels please
- 🐛 Can't suspect a ship
- 🐛 Hover for all eternity
- 🐛 Transaction popped up again
- 🐛 Blue nut took said subscribe instead of purchase
- 🐛 Graphics and controls causing the problem

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Premium club subscription not unlocking
- Transaction issue with premium club
- Game crashes on takeoff
- Cannot land properly
- Level 8 impossible
- Cannot suspect a ship
- Level 29 career doesn't work
- Subscription doesn't work
- Lag is very annoying
- Tablet crashes
- Helicopter doesn't let me control at all
- Helicopter tips down making it hard to control
- Ads after everything
- Game doesn't do what it's meant to
- Cannot restart the game
- Graphics are awful/terrible/grainy
- Controls are flaky/hard/tricky
- Adverts are obnoxious
- Game lags significantly
- Offers tab on app open
- Limited helicopter and mission choice
- Have to buy to progress
- Ad banner obscures gameplay
- Premium subscription not working as expected (still have ads, no unlimited fuel)
- Transaction issue with premium club purchase

**Most requested features**

- More levels
- More gameplay
- More options

## Recent user reviews (10 of 77)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/helicopter-simulator-2016/id1057686153/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Premium club is a scam!!

*2024-03-13*

I just tried to purchase the premium club subscription and it didn’t even unlock. Transaction popped up again but the second time the blue nut took said subscribe instead of purchase

### 4/5 — It’s graphics and controls

*2023-04-18, version 2.8.2*

It’s the graphics and controls casing the problem

### 5/5 — Helicopters that have special water abilities

*2022-05-12*

I would like some planes and helicopters that can turn into submarines and back again

### 1/5 — Garbage

*2022-03-31*

ok so I play a lot of flight sims MFS2020 X-plane 11 all those. bro I get that this Is on  mobile but like, some ROBLOX games are better than this. The graphics are terrible. or it’s just me cuz I play on pc. 
 GARBAGE do not buy if you actually play this game…. Wow

This game is GARBAGE GARBAGE GARBAGE I would burn this game and it’s dev in the ditch behind my school

### 1/5 — Bakwas hai pura

*2022-01-09*

Dhatt teri ma ki chut

### 1/5 — Jaxson woods

*2021-07-28, version 2.8.2*

This is a bad game no wonder it’s for four—year-olds it’s such a stupid game😒😒😒😒😒🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

### 1/5 — Letzter Schmutz nix geht digga Was soll das ?

*2020-10-17*

Sehr sehr schlecht bitte macht euch nicht die Kopfschmerzerei und Spielt das Spiel Bitte 1Stern ist viel viel viel zu viel

### 1/5 — BEAUCOUP TROP DE PUBLICITÉS

*2020-09-19*

Beaucoup trop de pubs de 30sec. 
Une vraie galère !,dommage car le jeu a l’air bien mais là il faut trouver un autre moyen de gagner votre vie les gars ,gratuit et sans pubs pour les joueurs  ! , je désinstalle uniquement à cause des publicités.

### 1/5 — Money sucking game

*2020-08-17*

At the moment entered into the game it starts to pay money

### 5/5 — De beast game ever

*2020-06-26*

I honesty love the game the developers are pretty smart besides it’s kinda sucked

## Frequently asked questions about Helicopter Simulator 2016

### What is Helicopter Simulator 2016?

This app is a realistic helicopter flight simulator that allows users to undertake over 3000 missions. It features a variety of military and civilian aircraft and includes different challenge categories.

### What kind of missions can I do?

Missions include Career mode, Military operations, Coast Guard duties, Television Broadcasts, Transport and Rescue scenarios, and Tour flights. You can also extinguish fires, help police, and transport various items.

### Does the app have in-app purchases?

Yes, the application does feature in-app purchases. This allows for additional content or features to be acquired within the game.

### What are the main features of the simulator?

Key features include 28 different helicopters, 5 weather forecasts with day and night flights, real-life scenarios with ground and air traffic, and over 3240 missions across various categories.

### What platforms is this app available on?

Based on the provided information referencing Apple's Terms of Use, this application is available on Apple's platforms, likely iOS devices.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 25.12.11 — 2025-12-12

- Bug Fixes
- Performance Improvements

### 2.8.2 — 2020-06-22

#version 2.8.2
- Bug fixes and memory usage improvement

### 2.8.0 — 2016-02-19

- Mission 19 Fixed
- Army Pack Missions Fixed
- Performance Improved
- Bug Fixes

### 2.7.0 — 2016-01-23

- Performance Improved
- Bug Fixes

### 2.4 — 2015-12-16

- New Land System
- New Auto Land Button
- Performance Improved
- Bug fixes

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