Comparison

Airport Madness 3D vs Flying Vector

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

Head to head
About

Airport Madness 3D

Experience the thrill of managing air traffic at busy international airports. Guide planes safely to and from runways, preventing collisions and handling emergencies. Test your skills in this realistic simulation designed by actual air traffic controllers.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D airport environments
  • Manage air and ground traffic
  • Multiple camera perspectives
  • Real pilot voices
  • Nine real-world airports
  • Emergency scenarios
Features
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Airport Madness 3D is an air traffic control game, based upon eight different real-world airports, designed by actual air traffic controllers. In Airport Madness 3D you are an air traffic controller, managing airplanes as they travel to and from major international airports. Move airplanes as quickly as possible while keeping the skies and runways safe from midair collisions. You are the last line of defense against disaster! Do you have what it takes to handle the world's most stressful job? Enable "emergencies" to get your stress level even higher! Airport Madness 3D offers nine airports that include: Los Angeles; Boston Logan; LaGuardia; Jamaica; Toronto Island; Rocky Mountain Metropolitan; Vancouver Harbour Float Plane Base; Castlegar Aerial Firefighting Operation; Seattle Tacoma International. Choose from four different view perspectives: tower, runway cam, sky view, as well as cockpit view from any aircraft. Monitor air traffic from two radar screens, one for ground traffic and one for airborne traffic. -Full 3-dimensional game environment -Real-world terrain -Both surface and air radar -Six beautiful airports -Real human pilot voices -3 different view modes, including "pilot cam" This game is brought to you by real-world air traffic controllers. We've captured all of the fun aspects of air traffic control, and present them to you here in Airport Madness 3D.

About

Flying Vector

Features
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A vector-drawn world somewhere between an 80s arcade cabinet and a spacey daydream. No engine: just wind, altitude, and speed, traded for one another. Flying stays calm, gliding, almost meditative — but gates matter: they're what keeps the clock alive, and the terrain sharpens as the flight goes on. Pitching down turns altitude into speed; pulling up does the reverse. Fall below stall speed and lift lets go. To climb back up: thermals and ridge lift — the terrain isn't scenery, it's the resource. Stick centered holds your best glide angle — you settle into it and float, without ever stalling. Flying through gates earns points and flight time. Watch out for pylons — hit one and you're gone. Every craft for the session — silhouette, wingspan, handling — is generated at takeoff. Never the same glider twice. CONTROLS: TOUCH, TILT — OR ANOTHER DEVICE AS A REMOTE Touch stick or tilt steering, your choice — a game controller is picked up automatically if you connect one. This iPhone or iPad can also pilot a session running on a Mac, or on another iPad, remotely: the game plays on the big screen, the controls stay in your hand. SEVEN WORLDS, ONE FLIGHT Plain, City, Canyon, Forest, Cave, Space, Combat. Each one keeps the same unhurried, vector-drawn breathing while introducing its own rule: slaloming between towers, ridge-soaring along a cliff face, a canopy ceiling with the first moving threats, gunfire to open a path between floor and ceiling, a weightless world with no up or down. All of them are endless and procedurally generated — including the ones in the pack. Combat isn't for sale. It's earned: six stars, one per world crossed in a single flight, to unlock it. It's the only world that breaks the calm — a duel, you shoot, and you get shot at. THE PLAIN IS FREE, FOREVER The full game — flight, gates, terrain, generated craft — with nothing to unlock. HORIZONS opens the next five worlds (City, Canyon, Forest, Cave, Space) in one purchase. No subscription, no ads, no in-app currency. iOS and macOS, one purchase for both.

Screenshots

Airport Madness 3D4 screens
Flying Vector3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Flying Vector at 16.7 against Airport Madness 3D's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Airport Madness 3D sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Flying Vector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Airport Madness 3D versus Flying Vector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirport Madness 3DFlying Vector
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (433 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings433 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.016.7 — better
Further details — not scored
Size573 MB2 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBig Fat Simulations Inc.DIRECT GRAPHIC S.A.S.

Bugs and requests

Airport Madness 3D

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Crashes on loading
  • Partial screen display
  • Planes getting stuck on runways
  • Reverse runway issue at certain airports
  • Timing issues between main and remote screens
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  • Planes colliding with each other

Requested features

11 requests
  • More free airports
  • More planes/airlines
  • Night mode
  • Plane view/cockpit view
  • Ability to control plane pushback
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  • Ability to control plane speed/landing
  • Ability to control plane taxi
  • Ability to control plane takeoff
  • More airport options
  • Restore purchases feature
  • Better customer support

Flying Vector

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Airport Madness 3D

One-time8
  • Toronto Island Airport$3.99
  • Vancouver Harbour$3.99
  • Fire at Castlegar Airport$3.99
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  • Boston Logan International$3.99
  • Seattle Airport$3.99
  • Rocky Mountain Airport$3.99
  • LaGuardia Airport$3.99
  • Los Angeles International$3.99
1 purchases

Flying Vector

One-time1
  • HORIZONS$4.99

Questions

Is Airport Madness 3D free?
Airport Madness 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flying Vector free?
Flying Vector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Airport Madness 3D or Flying Vector have ads?
Neither Airport Madness 3D nor Flying Vector shows ads.

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