Comparison

Planes Control! vs Carpet Bombing

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

Head to head
About

Planes Control!

Guide aircraft to safe landings while avoiding hazards like storms and enemy attacks. Control over 60 different planes and helicopters across 13 challenging levels. Engage in aerial combat, fight wildfires, and manage air traffic in this addictive simulation game.

Highlights
  • Draw flight paths for aircraft
  • Avoid collisions and environmental hazards
  • Pilot over 60 types of planes and helicopters
  • Engage in aerial combat
  • Fight wildfires with air tankers
  • Navigate diverse and challenging levels
Features
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Take control of the sky and land your planes avoiding collisions and enemies. Guide your planes to ensure safe landing in this incredibly easy to learn yet surprisingly addictive game! Get an adrenalin rush while avoiding dangerous collisions, blazing storms and tornadoes, put out forest fire, get ready to repel an attack of enemy fighters and fight off an alien invasion! GAMEPLAY Planes Control is an game with simple controls. Draw lines with your fingers to determine the path each plane will follow as they find their way to land or to engage the enemy. This sounds easy? You will need fast fingers and strategy to manage all your planes and keep the sky under control. AIRCRAFTS You can navigate more than 60 different planes and helicopters including airliners, WWII fighters, jet planes and tilt rotors while playing Planes Control. Beside this, you will enjoy flying the SR-71 Black Bird (the world's fastest plane), the Antonov 225 (the largest aircraft in the world to fly multiple times) and famous combat planes like the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the F-14 Tomcat or the Apache AH-64 combat helicopter. LEVELS Planes Control has 13 awesome levels for mobile devices plus 6 new levels full of challenges created for tablets. More levels are on the way. • Earn your wings on a holiday resort, guiding your planes and helicopters. • Aerial combat! Shoot down hostile planes and helicopters over the scorching desert. • Air Tankers: Fight wildfires by dropping water with your planes and helicopters. • Storm Carrier landings: Command your military fighters and helicopters between the clouds and rain. • Navigate canyons in the Arizona’s Desert. • Successfully land your Aircraft during a tornado outbreak. • Night landings: Switch your landing lights on and find your way around the airfield. • Keep an eye on emergency calls and give priority landing to the planes that are running out of fuel. • Avoid cargo planes flying around your air space. • Land your planes in the middle of an alien invasion ! READY FOR A CHALLENGE? Earn new and different achievements in every level and challenge yourself to the limit. Please sit back, fasten your seatbelt and enjoy taking control of the sky – download Planes Control now! ⓘ For the latest inside information from Rarepixels: ► Like us at https://www.facebook.com/planesApp ► Visit us at http://rarepixels.com/games/planes-control/ ► Follow us at https://www.twitter.com/planes_control

About

Carpet Bombing

Engage in thrilling 2D aerial combat, flying an aircraft to destroy various enemy units. Collect power-ups and upgrade your plane between levels for enhanced performance. Enjoy destructible terrain and endless, randomly generated maps.

Highlights
  • Varied enemy types
  • Aircraft upgrades and power-ups
  • Randomly generated maps
  • Destructible terrain
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • No interrupting ads
Features
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Fun bomber game! Fly an aircraft and engage enemies! VARIED GAMEPLAY Several types of enemies to combat: soldiers, tanks, helicopters, airplanes and more! UPGRADES AND POWER-UPS Collect power-ups to boost your aircraft in game. Upgrade the aircraft between each level to increase its awesomeness! ENDLESS FUN Randomly generated maps tests your skill in more and more challenging levels INTUITIVE TOUCH CONTROL Simply touch screen where to go. A joystick mode of control is available in the settings. DESTRUCTABLE TERRAIN Like worms and scorched earth. Boom! GOOD QUALITY Check the reviews, most users give the game 5 stars NO INTERUPTING ADS No ads will block your view or disturb your gameplay. NO INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED Play whenever, wherever you like!

Screenshots

Planes Control!4 screens
Carpet Bombing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Planes Control! at 4.7 against Carpet Bombing's 4.4. Planes Control! also leads on ratings volume (6.8K vs 570). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Planes Control! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Carpet Bombing sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Planes Control! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 6.8K ratings behind it against 570, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Planes Control!'s written reviews are positive against 82% of Carpet Bombing's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planes Control! ships an update monthly, Carpet Bombing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Planes Control! versus Carpet Bombing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanes Control!Carpet Bombing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better4.4 (570 ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews82.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.8K — better570
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB131 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAntonio Calvino EsquerSynthetic Mind AB

Customer experience

Planes Control!

All ratings6,833 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews421 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative12.8%

Carpet Bombing

All ratings570 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews224 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral10.7%
Negative7.1%

User reviews

Planes Control!

From 6.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun game
  • 👍 Simple yet challenging
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Good variety of levels
  • 🚀 Responsive controls

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 🐛 Progress not saved
  • 🐛 Collision detection issues
  • 🐛 Planes spawning off-screen

Carpet Bombing

From 570 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and easy gameplay
  • 👍 No forced ads
  • 🚀 Addictive and challenging
  • 🚀 Good difficulty curve
  • 👍 Respectful monetization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Control issues (sensitivity, responsiveness)
  • 🐛 Progression reset issues
  • 🐛 Certain weapons not functioning as expected

Bugs and requests

Planes Control!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes on iOS 14
  • High score not recorded correctly
  • Planes colliding off-screen
  • Notification bar interfering with gameplay

Requested features

5 requests
  • More level options and customization
  • Ability to pause and resume games
  • Improved tutorial and instructions
  • Difficulty settings for each level
  • Leaderboards and achievements

Carpet Bombing

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashing on higher levels
  • Progression/purchase restoration issues
  • Control issues on certain devices
  • Graphical/visual bugs

Requested features

5 requests
  • More plane/weapon options
  • Customizable controls
  • Leaderboard/multiplayer features
  • Improved enemy AI and variety
  • Expanded level/environment selection

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Planes Control!

One-time10
  • Pack of 5× Rescue Teams.$0.99
  • Unlock all HD Levels$0.99
  • Classic levels$0.99
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  • Unlock "Time Machine" levels!$0.99
  • Unlock "10th Anniversary" levels!$0.99
  • Three crashes per game.$1.99
  • Classic levels and no ads$2.99
  • Pack of 20× Rescue Teams.$2.99
  • No Ads.$2.99
  • Pack of 50× Rescue Teams.$4.99
10 purchases

Carpet Bombing

One-time10
  • 1000 Gold Stars$1.09
  • PAK FA T-50$1.29
  • F-16$1.29
Show 7 more
  • B-52$1.29
  • Desert Strike$1.99
  • F-18$1.99
  • B-2 Stealth Bomber$2.19
  • F-4 Phantom II$2.29
  • Bag of Stars: 6500 stars$5.49
  • Chest of Stars: 16000 stars$10.99

Questions

Is Planes Control! free?
Planes Control! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Carpet Bombing free?
Carpet Bombing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planes Control! or Carpet Bombing?
Planes Control! is rated higher. Planes Control! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.8K ratings, while Carpet Bombing averages 4.4 from 570 ratings.
Do Planes Control! or Carpet Bombing have ads?
Both Planes Control! and Carpet Bombing show ads.
Which is updated more often, Planes Control! or Carpet Bombing?
Planes Control! ships an update monthly, and Carpet Bombing every 3 weeks. Most recently, Planes Control! was updated on September 24, 2026 and Carpet Bombing on September 16, 2026.

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