Comparison

Planes Control! vs Orbital Zero

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

Orbital Zero

Control a gravity-powered saucer, tapping to navigate through space. Avoid obstacles, collect power-ups, and complete missions. Unlock new ships and customize your experience as the challenge increases.

Highlights
  • Gravity-powered saucer control
  • Tap-to-sling gameplay
  • Meteor avoidance
  • Crystal and bonus collection
  • Unlockable ships with abilities
  • Missions across space sectors
  • Progressive difficulty
Features
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Take control of a gravity-powered saucer and test your timing in Orbital Zero. Tap to sling your ship toward the landing target while avoiding meteors and collecting crystals, shields, and bonuses. Each run becomes progressively faster, challenging you to survive longer and improve your score. FEATURES • Simple tap controls • Missions across multiple space sectors • Daily challenges and crystal rewards • Unlockable ships with unique abilities • Custom trails and space backgrounds • Progressive difficulty • High-score tracking • Optional in-app purchases Master your timing, unlock new equipment, and see how far you can travel.

Screenshots

Planes Control!4 screens
Orbital Zero3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Orbital Zero at every 3 days against Planes Control!'s monthly. Orbital Zero also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Planes Control!'s advantage is ratings volume (6.8K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). 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 Orbital Zero 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

Orbital Zero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 6.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planes Control! ships an update monthly, Orbital Zero every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Planes Control! versus Orbital Zero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanes Control!Orbital Zero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.8K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.8K — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntonio Calvino EsquerBrusa

Customer experience

Planes Control!

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

Orbital Zero

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Orbital Zero

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
4 purchases

Orbital Zero

One-time4
  • Crystal Pack 60$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Crystal Pack 250$3.99
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  • Crystal Pack 700$8.99

Questions

Is Planes Control! free?
Planes Control! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbital Zero free?
Orbital Zero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planes Control! or Orbital Zero?
Orbital Zero is rated higher. Planes Control! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.8K ratings, while Orbital Zero averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Planes Control! or Orbital Zero have ads?
Both Planes Control! and Orbital Zero show ads.
Which is updated more often, Planes Control! or Orbital Zero?
Planes Control! ships an update monthly, and Orbital Zero every 3 days. Most recently, Planes Control! was updated on October 11, 2026 and Orbital Zero on October 1, 2026.

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