Comparison

Flight Simulator Night Fly vs Prepare for Impact

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Flight Simulator Night Fly

Experience realistic flight simulation over New York City at night. Pilot a variety of aircraft through challenging missions, dynamic weather, and detailed airport environments. Improve your flying skills with replay functionality and flight lessons.

Highlights
  • 16 diverse aircraft
  • 400 flight missions
  • Extensive New York City map
  • Realistic ATC communications
  • Dynamic weather conditions
  • Space Shuttle simulation
  • Replay function
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Featured as the best flight simulator for mobile devices! Flight Simulator Night is the perfect flight simulation experience for those who loves aviation in general. Fly the most famous aircrafts in the world New York city. Choose a set of weather conditions and aircraft configurations to improve the realism and your needs to test and challenge yourself during your flight. Features: • 16 aircrafts. (commercial, cargo and instruction planes and military jet fighters!) • 400 missions to play, including flight lessons to take off, landing and planning. • Huge map, extending the dimensions of New York city, covering more than 50.000 miles • All the runway and taxiways from all airports. • ATC communications and air traffic (specially amazing during the night) • Time and weather conditions, including turbulence and "wind shears". • One special simulation feature for Endeavour Space Shuttle! • Replay function to improve and correct your skills of flying a plane. • And more! If you played our other simulations you know how committed we from Thetis Games are to develop the best experience of simulators and detailed aircrafts as we can! During the development process, we try to make it fast to load, very compatible with as many devices as we can, and at the same time, caring a lot about the realism! Please, contact us to give your feedback! (support@thetisgames.com) More detailed informations: Group of planes - instruction. - commercial - cargo and transportation - military jets Planes: - Cezna 172 - Boing 747-400 - Leerjet 60 xr - Arbus A320 - Boing 757 - Boing 707 - Beech Musketeer - Antonov Av-12 - Antonov Av-24 - British Aerospace BAE 147 - F-18 - F-22 - MIG-29 - SU-35 - Antonov Av-24 Militar - Endeavour Space Shuttle Major airports with all runways available: - John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) - La Guardia international Airport (LGA) - Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) - Lincoln Park Airport (N07) - Essex County Airport (CDW) - Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU) - Teterboro Airport (TEB) - Linden Airport (LDJ)

About

Prepare for Impact

Experience realistic aircraft emergencies from a passenger's perspective in this 3D simulation game. Learn critical safety procedures by making real-time decisions and observing their consequences. Navigate various emergency scenarios to achieve the fastest and safest evacuation.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D aircraft emergency simulation
  • Passenger's viewpoint experience
  • Interactive decision-making with consequences
  • Multiple emergency scenarios
  • Threat simulation (fire, smoke, water)
  • Level editor for custom scenarios
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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This 3D game has been developed in the context of an international, aviation safety research project (http://hcilab.uniud.it/aviation), aimed at exploring possible new approaches to safety education, and featured on important media such as TIME, Popular Mechanics, Discovery Channel, and Fox News (see http://hcilab.uniud.it/aviation/media.html). Prepare for Impact is the world-first game that reproduces the experience of real aircraft emergencies from the passenger’s viewpoint, with the highest fidelity allowed by today’s mobile devices. In each virtual emergency experience, the player can try first-hand right and wrong actions that a passenger can take, and see the positive or negative consequences those actions have. Your goal is to take all the right decisions to come out from the plane unharmed as fast as possible. The different levels of "Prepare for Impact" depict major types of emergencies, such as in-flight decompression, ground collision, runway overrun, water landing, crash landing, rejected take-off, and fumes in the cabin. Moreover, they are able to simulate the different threats that can make aircraft evacuation more complex, such as fire, smoke in the cabin, water, unusable exits, and others. The latest version of the app also includes a level editor that allows players to create personalized evacuation scenarios. The game also offers the option of publishing your best evacuation results on world leaderboards.

Screenshots

Flight Simulator Night Fly4 screens
Prepare for Impact4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Prepare for Impact at 83% against Flight Simulator Night Fly's 30%. Prepare for Impact also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 12). Flight Simulator Night Fly's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flight Simulator Night Fly sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Prepare for Impact asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prepare for Impact holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepare for Impact has 1.9K ratings behind it against 349, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Flight Simulator Night Fly's written reviews are positive against 83% of Prepare for Impact's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Simulator Night Fly ships an update every 60 months, Prepare for Impact every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Flight Simulator Night Fly versus Prepare for Impact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight Simulator Night FlyPrepare for Impact
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (349 ratings)4.3 (1.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.7% of reviews82.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3491.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 60 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB198 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThetis ConsultingDipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - Universita' degli Studi di Udine

Customer experience

Flight Simulator Night Fly

All ratings349 ratings
Positive47.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative45.3%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive29.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative63.8%

Prepare for Impact

All ratings1,922 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews363 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative12.4%

User reviews

Flight Simulator Night Fly

From 349 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome game
  • 🛫 Realistic flight experience
  • 🎮 Fun and addictive

Room to improve

  • 🛬 Difficult to control the planes
  • 💰 Planes and features locked behind paywall
  • 🎥 Poor graphics and camera view
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs

Prepare for Impact

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic and educational
  • 👍 Helpful for learning safety procedures
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Captures the feel of a plane crash
  • 👍 Teaches important skills

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🐢 Slow character movement
  • 🤕 Graphic depictions of injuries/deaths
  • 🤔 Unrealistic passenger behaviors
  • 🤔 Confusing instructions/feedback

Bugs and requests

Flight Simulator Night Fly

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Planes won't ascend or keep crashing
  • Rewards not given after completing missions
  • Fuel runs out quickly and can't be refilled

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more planes and liveries
  • Improve flight controls and tutorials
  • Optimize performance and reduce crashes
  • Introduce free-to-play options

Prepare for Impact

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Passengers blocking exits
  • Incorrect feedback on actions
  • Inability to complete certain levels
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels and scenarios
  • Ability to choose aircraft type
  • Option to play as cabin crew or pilot
  • Customizable crash settings
  • Improved graphics and animations
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  • Dialogue and announcements from crew
  • Ability to board the plane and go through pre-flight
  • Multiplayer or co-op modes

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Flight Simulator Night Fly

One-time12
  • Total Refuel Gas!!!$1.99
  • Boing 757$1.99
  • Boing 707$1.99
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  • B 747-8i$1.99
  • ArBus 320$1.99
  • Fighter-22$1.99
  • Fighter-18$1.99
  • Space Bus$1.99
  • Av-Gun$1.99
  • Rs-35$1.99
  • Comercial Aircraft Pack$2.99
  • Offer!! GET ALL AIRPLANES AT ONCE WITH 33% OFF!!!$19.99
None

Prepare for Impact

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flight Simulator Night Fly free?
Flight Simulator Night Fly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prepare for Impact free?
Prepare for Impact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flight Simulator Night Fly or Prepare for Impact?
Prepare for Impact is rated higher. Flight Simulator Night Fly averages 3.1 out of 5 from 349 ratings, while Prepare for Impact averages 4.3 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Flight Simulator Night Fly or Prepare for Impact have ads?
Prepare for Impact shows ads; Flight Simulator Night Fly does not.
Which is updated more often, Flight Simulator Night Fly or Prepare for Impact?
Flight Simulator Night Fly ships an update every 60 months, and Prepare for Impact every 2 months. Most recently, Flight Simulator Night Fly was updated on September 19, 2026 and Prepare for Impact on September 17, 2026.

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