Comparison

Planes Control! vs Starblind

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
Read full description

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

Starblind

Embark on an interstellar adventure, piloting a jetpack through diverse galaxies. Shoot down UFOs, capture stunning cosmic photos, and unlock achievements and daily rewards. This endless runner offers captivating visuals and music for an engaging, low-gravity experience.

Highlights
  • Jetpack piloting with gravity-based controls
  • UFO shooting and combat
  • Galaxy exploration and photo capture
  • Leaderboard climbing and achievements
  • Daily rewards and unlockable crew members
  • Offline gameplay
Features
Read full description

Galaxy exploring! Shooting UFOs! Unlocking achievements and daily rewards! Start your endless adventure as an astronaut, panda, or even a Steve the Crock, and climb the leaderboard! Use your jetpack to avoid all obstacles, shoot down UFOs using your epic weapon creating open fire. Explore the universe capturing the best photos for your collection! Starblind will take you places like no other mobile game can! With captivating music and beautiful landscapes, this endless runner game will keep you at the edge of your seat while trying to beat the highest score! Download FREE now to start a new game and explore the universe! STARBLIND FEATURES: Smooth gravity-based gameplay Fly easy to control jetpacks through the universe Explore custom made galaxy based backgrounds Complete daring missions to boost your rank Spice up your game with daily rewards Offline game to cure boredom Unlock new crew members to make your experience unique Unlock and download original Starblind wallpaper art Equip your spacesuit with high-tech gadgets and power-ups With Starblind, you’ll become the explorer of the galaxy unlocking the secrets of the universe in an exciting low-gravity endless free game! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3hills.io/ Follow us on Discord: discord.io/3hills Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3hills.io Have a problem? Contact us and let us make it right! Support: support@3hills.studio

Screenshots

Planes Control!4 screens
Starblind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Planes Control! at 6.8K against Starblind's 24. Planes Control! also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 67%). Starblind's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Starblind sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Planes Control! against 4.8 for Starblind. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 6.8K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Planes Control!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Starblind's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planes Control! ships an update monthly, Starblind every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Planes Control! versus Starblind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanes Control!Starblind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.8K ratings)4.8 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings6.8K — better24
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntonio Calvino EsquerAmplitudo d.o.o.

Customer experience

Planes Control!

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

Starblind

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Starblind

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
Show 7 more
  • 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
3 purchases

Starblind

One-time3
  • 100 gems$1.99
  • 300 gems$2.99
  • 1000 gems$4.99

Questions

Is Planes Control! free?
Planes Control! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Starblind free?
Starblind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planes Control! or Starblind?
Starblind is rated higher. Planes Control! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.8K ratings, while Starblind averages 4.8 from 24 ratings.
Do Planes Control! or Starblind have ads?
Both Planes Control! and Starblind show ads.
Which is updated more often, Planes Control! or Starblind?
Planes Control! ships an update monthly, and Starblind every 5 days. Most recently, Planes Control! was updated on September 30, 2026 and Starblind on June 4, 2026.

Other comparisons