Helicopter Simulator 2016 vs Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helicopter Simulator 2016
Experience realistic helicopter flight with over 3000 missions across various categories like military, rescue, and transport. Pilot a diverse fleet of aircraft through challenging scenarios with dynamic weather and day/night cycles.
- 3000+ missions
- 28 helicopters
- 6 mission categories
- Dynamic weather
- Day/night flights
- Real-life scenarios
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Are you ready for the best flight simulator for helicopters that there is? Fly through more then 3000 missions using the top military and civilian aircrafts! Use your flying skills to complete the 6 categories of challenges: Career mode, Military, Coast Guard, Television Broadcast, Transport and Rescue and Tour flights through the city. Rescue people in danger situations, transport important cargos, help the police during chases, and also to fly your helicopter close to a hurricane to broadcast it live! We guarantee hours of a amazing flight simulation experience! MAIN FEATURES: - 28 chopters - 5 different weather forecasts, including day and night flights - Real life scenario, with ground and air traffic - 3.240 missions - Career - Militar - Coast Guard - Television Broadcast - Transport - Tour This helicopter simulation also includes Time and Season features, so, you can choose day or night and different weather conditions! - OTHER CHALLENGES: - Chopter simulator for army situations, like escort armed trucks and soldiers - Extinguish Fire - Rescue people - Time attack - Fly the aircraft between skyscrapers, bridges - Give a ride for some parachuters - Help the police in car chases - Transport weapons, VIP passengers and cargo. - Shoot at moving targets with military helicopters - ... and more! Pilot, have a nice flight! Apple's Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ If you need to contact us, send an e-mail to support (at) thetisgames.com
Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings
Experience realistic flight simulation with detailed aircraft and global routes. Explore diverse weather conditions and master the skies as an airline pilot. Features ultra-realistic physics and visually stunning 3D airports.
- Realistic 3D airports and animations
- Dynamic weather forecast
- Ultra-realistic flight physics
- Detailed aircraft with moving components
- Extensive selection of aircraft and airlines
- Plane crash and smoke effects
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Plane Simulator lets you explore the world of flying in a quality never seen before. The game features massive highly detailed planes with ultra realistic physics. Become airline pilot sim or realistic flight pilot airplane master. Fly from the main hubs to open thousands of routes towards all the major airports of the world. Flight Sim features realistically modeled airplanes with interior cabins and moving components. Game Feature: ● REALISTIC 3D Airports, graphics and cool animations ● Weather forecast: clear sky, rain, thunderstorms, snow ● Realistic plane flight physics ● Plane crashes and smoke effects. ● Huge selection of aircraft and airline
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Helicopter Simulator 2016 at every 5 weeks against Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings's every 14 months. Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Helicopter Simulator 2016 sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Helicopter Simulator 2016 ships an update every 5 weeks, Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helicopter Simulator 2016 | Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.3 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.6% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 210 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thetis Consulting | Rashid Nisar |
Customer experience
Helicopter Simulator 2016
Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings
Bugs and requests
Helicopter Simulator 2016
Reported bugs
25 issues- Premium club subscription not unlocking
- Transaction issue with premium club
- Game crashes on takeoff
- Cannot land properly
- Level 8 impossible
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- Cannot suspect a ship
- Level 29 career doesn't work
- Subscription doesn't work
- Lag is very annoying
- Tablet crashes
- Helicopter doesn't let me control at all
- Helicopter tips down making it hard to control
- Ads after everything
- Game doesn't do what it's meant to
- Cannot restart the game
- Graphics are awful/terrible/grainy
- Controls are flaky/hard/tricky
- Adverts are obnoxious
- Game lags significantly
- Offers tab on app open
- Limited helicopter and mission choice
- Have to buy to progress
- Ad banner obscures gameplay
- Premium subscription not working as expected (still have ads, no unlimited fuel)
- Transaction issue with premium club purchase
Requested features
3 requests- More levels
- More gameplay
- More options
Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Helicopter Simulator 2016
- Fuel$1.99
- Helicopter Aero 635 Medical$2.99
- Helicopter Belli 206 Jet Ranger$2.99
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- Helicopter Belli HU-1 Huey$2.99
- Helicopter Euro AA-65 Dolphin$3.99
- Coast Guard Pack Missions$4.99
- Helicopter Alien UFO$4.99
- Blimp$4.99
- Premium Club Subscription$4.99
- Helicopter HA-64 Apach$5.99
- Helicopter HC-47 Chynow$5.99
Flight Simulator 2024 FlyWings
- Unlock All Planes$1.99
- Unlock All Levels$1.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- Unlock All$5.99
Questions
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