Planes Control! vs IF Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
IF Remote
Control your Infinite Flight simulation remotely from another device. Monitor flight progress, aircraft status, and adjust autopilot settings in real-time. Features include a live map, flight plan visualization, and automatic climb adjustments.
- Live map with flight plan
- Flight progress tracker
- Aircraft state insights
- Remote autopilot control
- Live activity on lock screen
- Auto step climb
- Top-of-descent notifications
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IF Remote: Your Ultimate Infinite Flight Control Decouple your life from your desk and take your Infinite Flight experience to the next level with IF Remote -- the essential app for every Infinite Flight pilot. Whether you’re in another room or at school or work, IF Remote keeps you connected to your live Infinite Flight session, ensuring seamless flight management and real-time updates, no matter your location! Key Features: - Live Map with Active Flight Plan Visualise your journey with a live, dynamic map that displays your active flight plan and real-time aircraft location. - Flight Progress Tracker Stay informed with a detailed progress bar highlighting your upcoming waypoint, total flight progress, and active flight plan altitude targets. - Aircraft State Insights Monitor critical data, including aircraft weight, fuel levels, session weather conditions and more, directly from the app. - Autopilot Control Panel Take control remotely! Adjust your aircraft’s autopilot settings such as altitude, heading, speed, as well as Autopilot functions such as LNAV and VNAV, and more, without the need to be in front of your IF device. - Live Activity View Track your flight’s progress in real-time on your lock screen, or on your home screen too with a convenient live activity feature compatible with deices with or without the Dynamic Island. - Auto Step Climb Automatically follow your flight plan and adjust your vertical speed and altitude while the flight is in climb. - Top-of-Descent Notifications Track the estimate time until top-of-descent and get push notifications as you approach top-of-descent. ---- IF Remote is designed for Infinite Flight pilots who want flexibility, control, and convenience without sacrificing the ability to keep flying around the clock because of the demands of daily life. Whether you’re on a long-haul flight while you head out for work, or quickly jumping to the shops during a short hop, this app ensures you never have to fully step out of the cockpit and forfeit all control of your flight. Download IF Remote now and experience the freedom of managing your Infinite Flight adventures anytime, anywhere! ---- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://canadianseagulls.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Planes Control! at 4.7 against IF Remote's 3.9. Planes Control! also leads on ratings volume (6.8K vs 7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). IF Remote's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Planes Control! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and IF Remote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Planes Control! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 6.8K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Planes Control!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of IF Remote's.
Planes Control! ships an update monthly, IF Remote every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planes Control! | IF Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better | 3.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.1% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.8K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Antonio Calvino Esquer | Canadian Seagull Studios Ltd |
Customer experience
Planes Control!
IF Remote
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
IF Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Planes Control!
- 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
IF Remote
- IF Remote Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
- IF Remote Pro - Annual$41.991 Year
- IF Remote Pro - Daily Pass$1.49
- IF Remote Pro - Weekly Pass$2.49
Questions
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