Comparison

Helicopter Simulator 2017 vs Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim

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

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About

Helicopter Simulator 2017

Pilot a variety of helicopters through a detailed 3D New York City. Complete over 3000 challenging missions, including rescue, transport, and combat scenarios, while experiencing realistic flight conditions and day/night cycles.

Highlights
  • 30+ helicopters
  • Over 3000 missions
  • Detailed 3D New York City
  • Realistic weather and day/night cycles
  • Pilot third-person control
  • Fire and rescue missions
  • Combat missions
Features
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Become a skilled pilot in this amazing helicopter simulator! Fly your aircraft in New York city, very detailed in 3D and very live scenario! With cars, trucks and other aircrafts flying with you. Be challenged by the simulator missions! You will have + 3000 missions to play, depending on the helicopter you are using. A third person control to walk in the city with your pilot, and explore more closely the details. You will have to be very precise to take off and land, facing all the real life problems of a pilot, like flying many different helicopters each with it’s own characteristics, different weather conditions - and day and night -. The missions include fire and rescue situations, transportation of high value assets and VIP person, land in ships, buildings, city areas such as sport squares, medical rooftops and cruise ships. MAIN FEATURES: - 30 helicopters, free and by purchase. And one unlocked special aircraft landed on one of the city building rooftops. - Huge 3D New York City, very detailed. - Live scenario, cars, trucks, weather conditions and fly during day and night. - 3 person control for the pilot. - You can also walk on the city! Awesome! - - More than 3000 missions - Transportation, military, saving and tour missions - Fire and Rescue missions: collect water from the ocean or pools. Rescue people from the fire! - Shoot missiles at targets and save the day - Fly through dangerous locations! - Very accurate simulator algorithms! Enjoy this helicopter simulator, we are always doing our best to give you the best experience on mobile! Give us your feed back and let us know what you think about our simulator! 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

About

Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim

Experience realistic helicopter flight with a vast open world to explore. Pilot over 50 vehicles including helicopters, planes, cars, and boats. Engage in thrilling missions and dynamic weather conditions for an immersive simulation.

Highlights
  • Realistic helicopter simulation
  • Huge open-world exploration
  • Over 50 controllable vehicles
  • Dynamic weather systems
  • Action-packed missions
  • Base jumping and paragliding
Features
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Get ready to fly real helicopters in one of the best helicopter flying simulator experiences! Explore huge open-world scenery from the sky and ground below in a wide range of vehicles to fly and drive. From helicopters to airplanes, to cars to boats! More than 50 vehicles are controllable. Try out the all-new base jumping activities, go to high points in the world, jump-off with the exciting paraglider! Why not get to even higher heights in your helicopter and get the world record by jumping out and opening your parachute! Play the ultimate flying, car and boat driving simulator right here! Explore scenery and airports in high resolution with satellite maps, 3D buildings, runways, air traffic, weather conditions, and true volumetric clouds. More than 150 km² of the area! !!HFPS - Helicopter Flight Pilot Simulator is the ultimate helicopter flying simulation with 20 free levels!! One of the best heli simulator games with dynamic weather conditions; fly through clear blue skies, tropical rain, snow, thunderstorms, wind, turbulence, and true 3d volumetric clouds! Fly helicopters and planes across the huge open-world environment and explore its unique locations. Take off from multiple airports, commute from international airports to small campaign airports, and helipads spread throughout the world! With tons of exciting points of interest to visit, from the air or the road, and even all new sea vehicles like boats and jetskis, you have the ultimate freedom to explore anywhere in the whole world! Drive fast cars on the open roads, from 2x2 lanes to very small offroad road of mountains, with hill climb and canyon. Explore the world not just by flying, but with real car driving simulator experiences as well! Take part in helicopter flight levels by walking into mission markers located throughout the world. Simply walk into the marker to begin the mission like any familiar open-world style gameplay. Use the helpful minimap to know where are the missions spots. Expand to see the whole map by pressing on it. Fly across the open-world and explore for hours in one of the best airplane flying simulation games! Action packed missions!: - Random flight problems (landing gear problems, engine failure, etc.) to test real piloting situations - Base jump from the top of mountains onto landing pads - Transport very important passengers - Clear the way for traffic from the sky with rocket - Transport broken down vehicles to the scrapyard! - Put out the fire with firefighter action! - Stop criminals stealing aircraft in police vs robbers flying - Emergency landing procedure in airplanes and helicopters - Control your aircraft during a storm - Race against helicopters, boats, and more! - Do basejump from roof. Become a pro basejumper with your paraglider - Fire rockets to remove all the objects and clear the road with your apache or supercobra Features: - Weather systems: clear sky, rain, thunderstorms, snow - Day and night cycle - True 3D volumetric cloud system - Flight turbulence - Realistic helicopter and plane flight physics - All-new boat driving and watercraft experiences - Intuitive flying controls: buttons, joystick, or accelerometers - Vehicle crashes and smoke effects. - Highly detailed realistic airplane cockpit environment. - Huge selection of aircraft and airline - Thrill-seeker's new base jumping activities! - Miles of roads to drift and drive on and do stunt jumps 52 controllable vehicles: - 15 helicopters, like Bell 206, Eurocopter EC135, Apache, Mil Mi-8, SuperCobra, Bell UH-1 Huey - 18 aircrafts, like Cesna, Piper PA-46, Boeing 747, Airbus A380, F14, Hawk - 10 boats, like Jetski, Yacht, Vedette, Offshore - 9 cars, like SUV, 4x4, sport and racing car The latest and one of the best challenging games. Become the ultimate Helicopter flight pilot in the all-new simulator gaming sensation, Helicopter Flight Pilot Simulator!

Screenshots

Helicopter Simulator 20174 screens
Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim at 80% against Helicopter Simulator 2017's 10%. Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Helicopter Simulator 2017's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ads, 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. Helicopter Simulator 2017 sells 17 one-off in-app purchases and Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Helicopter Simulator 2017 ships an update every 6 weeks, Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Helicopter Simulator 2017 versus Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelicopter Simulator 2017Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews80.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—6.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThetis ConsultingMH Production

Customer experience

Helicopter Simulator 2017

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative80.0%

Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim

All ratings6,116 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews492 reviews
Positive80.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative12.8%

Bugs and requests

Helicopter Simulator 2017

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Specific planes/helicopters crashing during landing
  • Inability to exit hangar with larger planes
  • Middle finger gesture visible during parachuting

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add more planes and helicopters
  • Improve cockpit visibility and realism
  • Implement multiplayer mode
  • Add more maps and environments
  • Introduce more challenging missions and objectives
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  • Expand vehicle customization options
  • Implement weather effects and turbulence
  • Add military vehicles and weapons
  • Introduce a no-ads purchase option

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Helicopter Simulator 2017

One-time17
  • Premium Club - Unlimited Fuel and no more Ads!$1.99
  • Helicopter Rescue Mosquito$1.99
  • Restore Fuel$1.99
Show 14 more
  • Helicopter Aero 635 Medical$2.99
  • Helicopter Belli 206 Jet Ranger$2.99
  • Helicopter Belli HU-1 Huey$2.99
  • Helicopter Euro AA-65 Dolphin$3.99
  • Helicopter Belli 407$3.99
  • Helicopter Euro 556 Lion$3.99
  • Helicopter Alien UFO$4.99
  • Blimp$4.99
  • Tv News Pack Missions$4.99
  • Helicopter HA-64 Apach$5.99
  • Helicopter HC-47 Chynow$5.99
  • Coast Guard Pack Missions$6.99
  • Helicopter Hind ME-35U$11.99
  • Army Pack$29.99
10 purchases

Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim

One-time10
  • Get 40 000 coins2 variants$1.99
  • Get 100 0000 coins2 variants$3.99
  • Starter Pack$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Copter Pack$8.99
  • Airliner Pack$8.99
  • Boat Pack$8.99
  • Army Pack$13.99
  • Get 500 0000 coins2 variants$17.99
  • Unlock Everything$26.99
  • High Price Big CoinPack$26.99

Questions

Is Helicopter Simulator 2017 free?
Helicopter Simulator 2017 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim free?
Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Helicopter Simulator 2017 or Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim have ads?
Both Helicopter Simulator 2017 and Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim show ads.
Which is updated more often, Helicopter Simulator 2017 or Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim?
Helicopter Simulator 2017 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim every 6 months. Most recently, Helicopter Simulator 2017 was updated on October 22, 2026 and Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim on October 24, 2026.

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