# Thumb Pilot — Fly like its 1994 > Fly like its 1994 (iPhone/iPad app by Mikey McBryan.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thumb-pilot/id6762035613 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Mikey McBryan](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892599462) - Category: Games, Entertainment, Action, Adventure - Price: Free - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 14.0 · 25 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-16 - Data updated: 2026-07-20 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thumb-pilot/id6762035613/reviews.md ## What is Thumb Pilot? You're flying a plane through an endless sky. Clouds are everywhere. A clock is counting down. Your only job — fly as far as you can. Drag your thumb to dodge clouds. Every hit drains your clock. When time runs out, one more cloud ends your flight. Grab clocks to keep going. Catch a tailwind and watch the world blur past — but the clouds come faster too. Hit a headwind and slow down, buying yourself room to breathe. When things get desperate, call in Air Support. The Electra swoops in and shields you from everything for seven seconds. Use it wisely — you only get one per flight. Scan the skies with Weather Radar. It sweeps a beam across your path, clears the clouds, and buys you precious time. Every power-up matters when you're going for a global HIGH SCORE. BUFFALO BUCKS Coins drop mid-flight. Catch them. Every Buffalo Buck has a serial number and gets recorded on your personal coin ledger. Spend them in the Hangar on exclusive aircraft skin, each one individually minted and tracked. Trade skins with other players on the Used Aircraft Store. It's a real economy inside a flight game. DAILY CHALLENGES Three new challenges every day. Complete enough in a month and unlock a limited-edition aircraft skin that can never be earned again. CLIMB THE BOARDS Global leaderboards across multiple categories — all-time, 24-hour, 1-hour, and per-aircraft. Trophies are awarded to the best pilots. Your ranking updates live after every flight. FLY YOUR WAY Multiple aircraft with different sprites and feels — DC-3, 737, CL-215, DC-4, and more. Equip custom skins from the Hangar and make every flight yours. Built by Mikey McBryan from Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. No ads. No real-money purchases. Just fly. How far can you go? ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4.1 — 2026-07-19 SMOOTHER FLYING - A major smoothness overhaul: a new timing system stops the screen from jumping after brief hiccups, and stage changes, item pickups, and the opening seconds of a flight are far less likely to stutter. - Fixed the game-over music briefly speeding up after visiting menus. DAILY CHALLENGES ON YOUR HUD - New in-flight indicators show your daily challenges in real time, colour-coded by difficulty and filling in as you complete them. Double tap for a quick reminder with live progress. Prefer a clean screen? Turn them off from the game-over screen. - The first-flight challenge preview is bigger and stays on screen longer. FIXES AND POLISH - The daily-challenge preview and the Low Power Mode notice now show reliably during flight. - Tap anywhere on the Low Power notice to dismiss it. FLY AS LONG AS YOU CAN! ### 1.4.0 — 2026-07-12 Game Center has landed. GAME CENTER - Compete on the Game Center leaderboard for your best distance - NEW weekly and monthly challenges - fly the most in 7 or 30 days - Earn Game Center achievements as you fly farther and collect trophies - Sign in with Game Center to carry your pilot across all your devices - Tap the Game Center badge any time to see leaderboards and achievements SMOOTHER AND CLEANER - A heads-up when Low Power Mode is affecting performance - The daily-challenge tip now shows reliably on your first flight of the day - Your flight time on the results screen now matches your challenges exactly - A bigger, frosted mute button that is easier to reach Fly as long as you can. ### 1.3.0 — 2026-07-09 Fly as long as you can — this update makes it smoother, louder, and cleaner. SOUND & SETTINGS • New Settings panel with separate Music and Sound FX sliders • A dedicated Radar Sweep slider — tone the radar down (or up) to taste • Louder, punchier sound effects, plus a new sound when you clip a cloud • Hitting a cloud now has its own distinct feel — you'll know it from a pickup HANGAR • Redesigned gold High Roller cards • Every aircraft skin now shows at one clean, consistent size SMOOTHER & POLISHED • Fixed slowdowns during stage changes and heavy-cloud moments • Buffalo Bucks drop a little more often • Menus and the in-flight HUD now scale correctly on every iPhone • A heads-up when Low Power Mode is affecting performance • The daily-challenge tip now shows reliably on your first flight of the day Plus a batch of visual and stability fixes. ### 1.1.3 — 2026-07-04 • Instant takeoff — FLY responds the moment you tap • New celebrations and a smoother first flight • Daily challenges: see today's goals at a glance • Your control preferences now follow your account across devices • Smoother sign-in and sign-out for every pilot • Better behavior on flaky connections • Lots of polish and bug fixes. Fly as long as you can! ### 1.1.2 — 2026-07-01 Smoother and faster! Your trophy case and pilot profile now load instantly, with behind-the-scenes efficiency work so Thumb Pilot keeps flying smoothly. Thanks for playing — blue skies! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-20.*