Comparison

Planes Control! vs Skycards by Flightradar24

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

Skycards by Flightradar24

Collect and battle with real-time aircraft captured using live flight data. Upgrade your cards by catching duplicates and level up your avatar to unlock new features and earn coins. Engage in thrilling card-based battles against other players.

Highlights
  • Real-time aircraft capture
  • Build and upgrade card decks
  • Card-based player battles
  • Avatar leveling and customization
  • Live flight data integration
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Capture real aircraft and build your card deck using live data from Flightradar24. • REAL-TIME AIRCRAFT — Spot aircraft in the game as they fly overhead in real life. Use the in-game camera to capture planes and add them to your collection! • BUILD A DECK — Collect aircraft models to assemble an impressive fleet. Catch the same model many times to upgrade your cards. • BATTLE — Challenge other players in thrilling card-based battles using your aircraft cards. • UPGRADE — Level up your character to earn coins, unlock new features, and get more apparel for your avatar. Whether you’re a casual gamer or an aviation enthusiast, Skycards offers an exciting, real-world experience that brings aviation to your fingertips. Start collecting today!

Screenshots

Planes Control!4 screens
Skycards by Flightradar244 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Planes Control! at 4.7 against Skycards by Flightradar24's 3.7. Planes Control! also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 59%) and device support (3 vs 1). Skycards by Flightradar24's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Skycards by Flightradar24 sells 4 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 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7K and 2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Planes Control!'s written reviews are positive against 59% of Skycards by Flightradar24's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planes Control! ships an update monthly, Skycards by Flightradar24 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Planes Control! versus Skycards by Flightradar24: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanes Control!Skycards by Flightradar24
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7K ratings) — better3.7 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews — better59.4% of reviews
Number of ratings7K — better2K
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntonio Calvino EsquerFlightradar24 AB

Customer experience

Planes Control!

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

Skycards by Flightradar24

All ratings1,953 ratings
Positive65.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews1,022 reviews
Positive59.4%
Neutral9.8%
Negative30.8%

User reviews

Planes Control!

From 7K 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

Skycards by Flightradar24

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game for aviation enthusiasts
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🌟 Unique concept like Pokémon Go for planes
  • 🎨 Good visual design and 3D models
  • 🌍 Ability to collect planes from around the world

Room to improve

  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🕰️ Restrictive photo limit without ads or coins
  • 🤖 Occasional crashes and performance issues
  • 🏆 Imbalanced battles due to level/plane differences
  • 🗺️ Small radar range can be limiting in some areas

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

Skycards by Flightradar24

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect plane models shown on some cards
  • Random losses in battles due to unexplained forfeit
  • Connectivity issues causing lost progress or coins

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a friends system to battle each other
  • Implement an AR mode to take photos of real planes
  • Provide more ways to earn in-game currency
  • Add filters to easily see uncollected planes
  • Introduce a ranking system for the battle mode

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
4 purchases

Skycards by Flightradar24

One-time4
  • 10 coins$0.99
  • 100 coins$2.99
  • 500 coins$9.99
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  • Business Class$19.99

Questions

Is Planes Control! free?
Planes Control! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skycards by Flightradar24 free?
Skycards by Flightradar24 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planes Control! or Skycards by Flightradar24?
Planes Control! is rated higher. Planes Control! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7K ratings, while Skycards by Flightradar24 averages 3.7 from 2K ratings.
Do Planes Control! or Skycards by Flightradar24 have ads?
Both Planes Control! and Skycards by Flightradar24 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Planes Control! or Skycards by Flightradar24?
Planes Control! ships an update monthly, and Skycards by Flightradar24 every 9 days. Most recently, Planes Control! was updated on October 26, 2026 and Skycards by Flightradar24 on October 28, 2026.

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