Comparison

Fly Plane vs Prepare for Impact

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

Head to head
About

Fly Plane

Experience realistic flight simulation with a variety of airliners and challenging routes. Earn stars, beat the clock, and explore detailed locations. Offers free play for practice and exploration.

Highlights
  • 40 exciting levels
  • 15+ branded aircraft
  • Gorgeous graphics and locations
  • Free play mode
  • User-adjustable layouts and settings
Features
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Fly 40 different routes with your choice of more than 15 airliners to earn stars, beat the clock and explore lush, detailed locations. -40 exciting levels! -15+ branded aircraft! -Gorgeous graphics and locations! -Free play mode to explore and practice! -Awesome explosions! -User-adjustable layouts and settings! Easy to pick up and difficult to master; great fun for all ages!

About

Prepare for Impact

Experience realistic aircraft emergencies from a passenger's perspective in this 3D simulation game. Learn critical safety procedures by making real-time decisions and observing their consequences. Navigate various emergency scenarios to achieve the fastest and safest evacuation.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D aircraft emergency simulation
  • Passenger's viewpoint experience
  • Interactive decision-making with consequences
  • Multiple emergency scenarios
  • Threat simulation (fire, smoke, water)
  • Level editor for custom scenarios
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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This 3D game has been developed in the context of an international, aviation safety research project (http://hcilab.uniud.it/aviation), aimed at exploring possible new approaches to safety education, and featured on important media such as TIME, Popular Mechanics, Discovery Channel, and Fox News (see http://hcilab.uniud.it/aviation/media.html). Prepare for Impact is the world-first game that reproduces the experience of real aircraft emergencies from the passenger’s viewpoint, with the highest fidelity allowed by today’s mobile devices. In each virtual emergency experience, the player can try first-hand right and wrong actions that a passenger can take, and see the positive or negative consequences those actions have. Your goal is to take all the right decisions to come out from the plane unharmed as fast as possible. The different levels of "Prepare for Impact" depict major types of emergencies, such as in-flight decompression, ground collision, runway overrun, water landing, crash landing, rejected take-off, and fumes in the cabin. Moreover, they are able to simulate the different threats that can make aircraft evacuation more complex, such as fire, smoke in the cabin, water, unusable exits, and others. The latest version of the app also includes a level editor that allows players to create personalized evacuation scenarios. The game also offers the option of publishing your best evacuation results on world leaderboards.

Screenshots

Fly Plane4 screens
Prepare for Impact4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fly Plane and Prepare for Impact both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Prepare for Impact's written reviews are positive against 32% of Fly Plane's. Prepare for Impact also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Fly Plane's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 1.9K) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Fly Plane sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Prepare for Impact asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Fly Plane against 4.3 for Prepare for Impact. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fly Plane has 13K ratings behind it against 1.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of Fly Plane's written reviews are positive against 83% of Prepare for Impact's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fly Plane ships an update every 8 months, Prepare for Impact every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fly Plane versus Prepare for Impact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly PlanePrepare for Impact
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (13K ratings)4.3 (1.9K ratings)
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews82.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13K — better1.9K
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB198 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAttributeDipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - Universita' degli Studi di Udine

Customer experience

Fly Plane

All ratings12,807 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral10.8%
Negative57.4%

Prepare for Impact

All ratings1,922 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews363 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative12.4%

User reviews

Fly Plane

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Easy to understand controls
  • 💡 Helpful for learning about planes
  • 🚀 Nostalgic for some users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔋 Too many ads that interfere with gameplay
  • 👎 Unrealistic physics and controls
  • 🚫 Limited plane selection and customization

Prepare for Impact

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic and educational
  • 👍 Helpful for learning safety procedures
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Captures the feel of a plane crash
  • 👍 Teaches important skills

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🐢 Slow character movement
  • 🤕 Graphic depictions of injuries/deaths
  • 🤔 Unrealistic passenger behaviors
  • 🤔 Confusing instructions/feedback

Bugs and requests

Fly Plane

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Planes randomly crashing during landing
  • Controls becoming unresponsive mid-flight
  • Ads triggering before takeoff and causing crashes
  • Levels becoming impossible to complete

Requested features

4 requests
  • More plane models and customization options
  • Improved physics and controls
  • Reduced ads or option to remove them
  • Additional gameplay modes and challenges

Prepare for Impact

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Passengers blocking exits
  • Incorrect feedback on actions
  • Inability to complete certain levels
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels and scenarios
  • Ability to choose aircraft type
  • Option to play as cabin crew or pilot
  • Customizable crash settings
  • Improved graphics and animations
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  • Dialogue and announcements from crew
  • Ability to board the plane and go through pre-flight
  • Multiplayer or co-op modes

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fly Plane

One-time1
  • Unlock All Items$11.99
None

Prepare for Impact

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fly Plane free?
Fly Plane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prepare for Impact free?
Prepare for Impact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fly Plane or Prepare for Impact?
Fly Plane and Prepare for Impact are both rated 4.3 out of 5 on the App Store, from 13K and 1.9K ratings respectively.
Do Fly Plane or Prepare for Impact have ads?
Both Fly Plane and Prepare for Impact show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fly Plane or Prepare for Impact?
Fly Plane ships an update every 8 months, and Prepare for Impact every 2 months. Most recently, Fly Plane was updated on September 24, 2026 and Prepare for Impact on September 17, 2026.

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