Fly Plane vs Flight Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 40 exciting levels
- 15+ branded aircraft
- Gorgeous graphics and locations
- Free play mode
- User-adjustable layouts and settings
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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!
Flight Simulator
Experience the thrill of piloting remote-controlled planes in a realistic 3D environment. Master flight controls, navigate challenging obstacle courses, and land your aircraft safely within a limited battery life.
- Realistic 3D flight simulation
- Learn to fly and land planes
- Navigate obstacle courses
- Time-limited battery challenges
- Progressive difficulty levels
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Flight Simulator: RC Plane 3D is the most fun RC or Plane Simulator you will get to play here. Start off on the easy levels, learning how to fly your small airplane, after which you get to land it. Once you're past these few learning levels, that's where it gets exciting: you get to fly the plane through small gaps and obstacles. You only have a set amount of battery life to get the plane through all the hoops and through to the landing spot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flight Simulator at none against Fly Plane's 1. Flight Simulator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (45% vs 32%). Fly Plane's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 660). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Fly Plane sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flight Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Fly Plane against 4.3 for Flight Simulator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fly Plane has 13K ratings behind it against 660, 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 45% of Flight Simulator's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fly Plane | Flight Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13K ratings) | 4.3 (660 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.2% of reviews | 45.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 660 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attribute | Attribute |
Customer experience
Fly Plane
Flight Simulator
User reviews
Fly Plane
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Flight Simulator
From 660 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay
- 🧠 Challenging and requires strategy
- 🎨 Good UI design
- 😌 Relaxing and fun experience
- 💡 Innovative airplane flying concept
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive ads throughout gameplay
- 📺 Ads interrupt at critical moments
- ⚠️ Difficulty level too high
- 💸 Aggressive in-app purchases
- 🐛 Game crashes on startup
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
Flight Simulator
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes immediately on launch
- Game crashes during gameplay
- Level completion detection fails (shows 'level fair' error)
- Ads appear before game even starts
Requested features
4 requests- More levels
- Paper plane option
- Ad-free or reduced ad experience
- Option to disable ads with offline mode
In-app purchases
Fly Plane
- Unlock All Items$11.99
Flight Simulator
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Fly Plane free?
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