Comparison

RC Flight Simulator 2016 vs RC Plane Explorer

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

Head to head
About

RC Flight Simulator 2016

Experience realistic radio-controlled aircraft flight with a wide variety of planes, jets, and drones. Engage in challenging missions across diverse scenarios with a configurable virtual controller and advanced physics.

Highlights
  • 43 different aircraft types
  • 14 detailed flight scenarios
  • 150 challenging missions
  • Real-time maneuver checks
  • Configurable virtual RC controller
  • Advanced physics engine
Features
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RC Flight Simulator is now for mobiles! Be amazed by the realism and controls of the Remote Control Flight Simulator 2016! You will fly with 15 different aircraft in more than 14 highly detailed scenarios! We included the virtual RC Controller on the screen fully configurable and a physics algorithm very close to what you can do with your real RC plane. MAIN FEATURES: - 43 airplanes: trainers, WWII, Fighter Jets, Commercial Jets, Gliders Drones, and Helicopters!) - Arbus 380 neo Emarites - Boing 747 8i Lifthanza - Aileron Trainer - Estra 360 RC - Cezna 172 - Cezna 182 - Corair FU41 WW2 - Corair FU41 (after WW2) - P-51 - Sup with Pup - Fighter 14 - Fighter 15 - Fighter 22 - Fighter 117 - Foker Dreidcke 1 - Richtofe Red Baron War 1 - Spitfire Super World War 2 - Zero A6 Mitshu - Super 300s Orange - Ar Parrot Drone - Avistar Elite - Big Stick - CAP 232 - Drone MQ9 Reaper - Glider DynafLite - Mistral Glider - Flite Test - Flite Test Sport - Flyzone Sensei - Drone Hexacopter - Drone Octocopter - Drone Quadricopter - Drone Phantom - Drone Quad Racer - Drone Tricopter - PiperCub - Pitts S2-B - Glider Planar - Heli Raptor - Heli Schweizer - Heli Trex - Heli Instructor - YAK 54 - 14 scenarios, in different countries, like USA, Germany, and more! - Maneuver checks in real time - 150 missions - Different Maneuver difficulty levels. - Air Gates, Balloons, and Rings as mission objectives - Checks in real time for these Maneuvers: - Loops - Inverted Loops - Cuban Eight - Half-Cuban - Immelmann turn - Aileron Roll - Barrel Roll - EXTRA FEATURES: - Track missions, with a combination of Maneuvers and Air Gates, improving this Flight Simulator challenges. - Special controls for jet wings, and Corsair wings (fold and unfold wings) on RC controller. - Rating of maneuver during flight. Feel free to contact us at FlyWings Studios to give your feedback, have a nice RC flight! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Photo scenes credits: by Harald Bendschneider

About

RC Plane Explorer

Explore vast, procedurally generated landscapes with realistic RC plane physics. Discover hidden secrets, collect coins, and document your adventures with a new photo mode. Enjoy a vast selection of aircraft and dynamic environmental conditions.

Highlights
  • Realistic RC plane physics
  • Procedural terrain engine
  • Vast explorable scenarios
  • Real-time day/night cycle
  • Customizable wind and thermals
  • Photo Studio mode
  • Test planes with reward videos
Features
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From the creators of the RC Plane and Heli series, RC Plane Explorer brings : Realistic RC Plane physics, huge scenarios (8X8 Kms) to explore and generate, a vast selection of planes and quadcopters, realtime day/night cycle, customisable wind and thermal currents simulation, and graphics pushing the limits of iOS devices are the signature elements of RC Plane Explorer ! Built over the solid physics simulation of RC Plane 3, and sharing all vehicles with it, RC Plane Explorer introduces a whole new and fully custom procedural terrain engine allowing virtually infinite scenarios for you explore and customise. Free Flight and exploration are the core elements of the gameplay, and while more adrenalinic game modes will come in the near future, RC Plane Explorer already rewards players with score for the each area of the map he explores, each animal species he discovers (tap on an animal to “discover it”) and each “secret coin” he collects (a few will be hidden in each scenario you generate). Large score bonuses will be granted for competition of some exploration aspects (EX: reveal 100% of the map, discover all animal species etc) . Scenarios are fully procedural and biome based with more biomes coming in the future. One of the many goals of this project was to reduce the very large download and install size of RC Plane 3, and we are happy to say that RC Plane Explorer is less than 1/5 the download and install size of RC Plane 3, while bringing larger scenarios to fly over, more animals, more biomes , denser vegetation and a much better performances. We have been working on, thinking about, planning and finally implementing our new Scenario/Terrain engine since quite a few years, and while already impressive, we have many plans to extend and improve it in the future, so expect a constant stream of improvements both in current biomes and in future ones. Debuting in RC Plane Explorer, and suggested by many users, is the possibility to “test” a plane without the need to purchase it, as long as “reward videos” will be available you will will be able to try all planes that previously required an in-app purchase. Now with "Photo Studio" mode: freeze time, tweak camera settings, customise effects and save or share gorgeous high rest screenshots of your flight adventures ! *** We hope you will enjoy RC Plane Explorer, and please don’t be shy, we immensely appreciate any suggestion, feedback, comment, idea, bug report, critic etc… email us RCPExplorer@frozenpepper.it, contact us on our Facebook page (FrozenPepper), Twitter (FrozenPepper), via the comments on our website or any other way you prefer.

Screenshots

RC Flight Simulator 20164 screens
RC Plane Explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RC Plane Explorer at 3.9 against RC Flight Simulator 2016's 2.9. RC Plane Explorer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (40% vs 27%). On price, update cadence, 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. RC Flight Simulator 2016 sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and RC Plane Explorer sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RC Plane Explorer holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 57 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of RC Flight Simulator 2016's written reviews are positive against 40% of RC Plane Explorer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RC Flight Simulator 2016 ships an update every 2 weeks, RC Plane Explorer every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RC Flight Simulator 2016 versus RC Plane Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRC Flight Simulator 2016RC Plane Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (19 ratings)3.9 (57 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.5% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1957 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size260 MB383 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThetis ConsultingFrozenPepper

Customer experience

RC Flight Simulator 2016

All ratings19 ratings
Positive47.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative47.4%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive27.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative60.8%

RC Plane Explorer

All ratings57 ratings
Positive70.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative56.0%

In-app purchases

15 purchases

RC Flight Simulator 2016

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Club Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Premium Club Monthly$9.991 Month
One-time13
  • Cezna 172$0.99
  • Cezna 182$0.99
  • Corair FU41 After World War$1.99
Show 10 more
  • Corair FU41 World War II$1.99
  • Fighter 14$1.99
  • Super 300 Blood Horse$1.99
  • Spitfire Super World War II$1.99
  • Fighter 22$3.99
  • Fighter 15$3.99
  • P-51$3.99
  • Arbus 380 Neo Emarites$4.99
  • Boing 747 8i Lifthanza$4.99
  • All Content Pack$29.99
20 purchases

RC Plane Explorer

One-time20
  • F 181 - Carrier King$0.99
  • Red Baron$0.99
  • CP-350$0.99
Show 17 more
  • Mountain Biome$0.99
  • Airbus$1.99
  • DroneGP GameMode$1.99
  • EDF Sparrow$1.99
  • F-53B$1.99
  • Firefighter bundle$1.99
  • Flying Dorito$1.99
  • Stealth$1.99
  • Canyon Biome$1.99
  • Tropical Biome$1.99
  • Concorde$1.99
  • C-310$1.99
  • F 141 - Combo$2.99
  • Flying Fortress$2.99
  • Warbirds Bundle$2.99
  • Stunt Pack$2.99
  • Ventus Glider$3.99

Questions

Is RC Flight Simulator 2016 free?
RC Flight Simulator 2016 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RC Plane Explorer free?
RC Plane Explorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RC Flight Simulator 2016 or RC Plane Explorer?
RC Plane Explorer is rated higher. RC Flight Simulator 2016 averages 2.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while RC Plane Explorer averages 3.9 from 57 ratings.
Do RC Flight Simulator 2016 or RC Plane Explorer have ads?
RC Flight Simulator 2016 shows ads; RC Plane Explorer does not.
Which is updated more often, RC Flight Simulator 2016 or RC Plane Explorer?
RC Flight Simulator 2016 ships an update every 2 weeks, and RC Plane Explorer every 10 days. Most recently, RC Flight Simulator 2016 was updated on October 22, 2026 and RC Plane Explorer on October 22, 2026.

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