Comparison

DME Live 2.0 vs Tower Control Manager

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

Head to head
About

DME Live 2.0

Experience managing a major international airport. Guide aircraft through all stages of operation, from arrival to departure, ensuring efficient passenger and cargo handling. Grow your airport by reinvesting profits and coordinating an increasing number of flights.

Highlights
  • Manage flight operations
  • Load fuel, meals, and luggage
  • Board passengers
  • Coordinate takeoffs and landings
  • Airport revenue generation
  • Airport upgrades and expansion
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Have you ever dreamed about learning how an airport operates? What if we offer you the chance to manage the largest airport in all of Russia and Eastern Europe, Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport? First, download the app. Then, meet your first flight and prepare it to take off as soon as possible: load the fuel, meals, and luggage and then board the passengers. Is everything ready? Then send your flight to the runway and get ready for the next one! Dozens of planes arrive and depart every minute, transporting thousands of passengers and tons of cargo. Night follows day, winter comes after summer, and the work at the airport doesn’t stop for a moment! You’re in control of all the airport’s functions, and the success of your airport depends on you. The faster and the more effectively you manage flights, the more revenue your airport generates. Don't forget to reinvest some of your profits back into the airport, as the number of planes grows it gets harder to coordinate them. DME Live 2 - your airport in your pocket

About

Tower Control Manager

Manage airport ground operations, directing aircraft to runways and preventing collisions. Experience the challenge of coordinating plane traffic, ensuring smooth takeoffs and landings while maintaining flight safety.

Highlights
  • Airport management
  • Realistic plane traffic
  • Plane collision avoidance
  • Flight control
  • Jet traffic management
  • Runway operations
Features
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Take control of various airport and immerse yourself in the challenging world of ground operations. As the Tower Control Manager your responsibility is to manage the traffic of plane on the ground, ensuring they taxi to the correct runways without delays. Precision is key as you coordinate aircraft movements, guiding plane to their designated spots while avoiding potential crashes and collision with your pilot. The stakes are high—one wrong move can lead to disastrous plane collision or traffic jams on the tarmac. Stay alert on every airport and plane, where the safety of each plane in your pilot hands. Features: - Airport Management: Take control of multiple airport, ensuring smooth plane operations, from takeoff to landing and pilot. - Realistic Plane Traffic: Manage aircraft traffic on the ground and in the air, guiding plane to their correct runways. - Plane Collision Avoidance: Prevent plane collision and potential collision during takeoff, landing, and taxiing across the airport. Aviod collision is your pilot main goal. - Flight Control: Direct every flight from takeoff to landing, ensuring each aircraft follows the correct runway and traffic patterns. - Pilot Experience: Step into the shoes of a pilot, managing aircraft during intense takeoff and landing scenarios at high traffic airport. - Jet Traffic Management: Handle jet traffic across your airport, coordinating safe landing and takeoff sequences. Avoid collision between the aircraft with your expert pilot. - Aircraft Emergency Response: Quickly respond to pilot emergencies to avoid crash and collision on the runway and during flight. - Runway Operations: Oversee runway traffic at the airport, ensuring safe landing and takeoff for every plane under your command. Airport and pilot are involved to operate all the planes. - Flight Safety Management: Maintain safety at your airport by preventing plane collision, managing traffic, and ensuring smooth takeoffs and landings. - Advanced Aircraft Pilot Controls: As a pilot, manage jets through challenging takeoff and landing procedures, avoiding collision and maintaining control of aircraft traffic.

Screenshots

DME Live 2.04 screens
Tower Control Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

DME Live 2.0 and Tower Control Manager both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of DME Live 2.0's written reviews are positive against 25% of Tower Control Manager's. DME Live 2.0 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 19) and ads (none vs shown). Tower Control Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 21). On price, rating 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. Tower Control Manager sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. DME Live 2.0 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tower Control Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tower Control Manager has 7.6K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of DME Live 2.0's written reviews are positive against 25% of Tower Control Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DME Live 2.0 ships an update every 2 months, Tower Control Manager every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DME Live 2.0 versus Tower Control Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDME Live 2.0Tower Control Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (21 ratings)4.5 (7.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews — better25.4% of reviews
Number of ratings217.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size418 MB351 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMoscow Domodedovo AirportVoodoo

Customer experience

DME Live 2.0

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral12.1%
Negative15.5%

Tower Control Manager

All ratings6,870 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews714 reviews
Positive25.4%
Neutral23.0%
Negative51.7%

Bugs and requests

DME Live 2.0

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Tower Control Manager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Planes crash on intersecting runways
  • Takeoff counter not working properly
  • Game getting stuck at certain levels
  • Progress reset after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and difficulty options
  • Different airport layouts
  • Cloud save support
  • Ability to progress past level 40

In-app purchases

None

DME Live 2.0

No in-app purchases

17 purchases

Tower Control Manager

One-time17
  • Gold 150$1.99
  • Small pack$1.99
  • Small pack of Skip it's$2.99
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  • Medium pack$4.99
  • No ads$4.99
  • Medium pack of Skip its$6.99
  • Gold 650$7.99
  • No ads$7.99
  • Medium pack of gems$8.99
  • Big pack$9.99
  • Gold 1800$14.99
  • Large pack Skip its$17.99
  • Large Pack of gems$19.99
  • Enormous pack$29.99
  • Extra Large Pack Skip its$29.99
  • Gold 4000$29.99
  • Gold 8000$54.99

Questions

Is DME Live 2.0 free?
DME Live 2.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tower Control Manager free?
Tower Control Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DME Live 2.0 or Tower Control Manager?
Tower Control Manager is rated higher. DME Live 2.0 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Tower Control Manager averages 4.5 from 7.6K ratings.
Do DME Live 2.0 or Tower Control Manager have ads?
Tower Control Manager shows ads; DME Live 2.0 does not.
Which is updated more often, DME Live 2.0 or Tower Control Manager?
DME Live 2.0 ships an update every 2 months, and Tower Control Manager every 9 days. Most recently, DME Live 2.0 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tower Control Manager on October 24, 2026.

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