Strike Fighters vs SmoothTrack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strike Fighters
Engage in thrilling aerial combat with modern jet fighters. Utilize your device's tilt sensor for intuitive flight controls and experience dynamic dogfights. Destroy enemy air and ground forces with a variety of weapons and unlock a vast collection of aircraft.
- Tilt sensor flight controls
- Epic aerial battles
- Destroy enemy air and ground forces
- Random mission generator
- Unlock 500+ combat aircraft
- Fly over 17 global hot spots
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Dominate the skies! Modern jet fighters flight game on the go! Use your iPhone's tilt sensor to fly modern jet fighters and engage in epic aerial battles! Shoot down enemy air force in deadly dogfights! Dodge enemy surface-to-air missiles and lethal air defense units! Hunt down and destroy enemy ground forces using precision guided weapons! * Straight to action air combat flight game! * Easy controls using accelerometer (tilt sensor)! * No cockpit view, no complex controls to learn! * Random mission generator for infinite replayability! * Different mission types including air-to-air and air-to-ground missions! * Level up and earn more credits to unlock more advanced airplanes! * In-app purchases for optional features (mission setup and custom loadout screens)! * Unlock over 1000+ combat aircraft from over 75 countries! (with in-app purchases) * Fly over 17 global hot spots, from Europe, Middle East to Asia! (with in-app purchases) * Desert Storm 1991 aircraft and squadrons! (in-app purchases) * Cold War Europe 1980s aircraft and squadrons! (in-app purchases) * Vietnam War 1972 aircraft and squadrons! (in-app purchases) * Allied Force 1999 aircraft and squadrons! (in-app purchases) This app contains advertising. If you have any interest in aviation, download Strike Fighters now!
SmoothTrack
Enhance your simulation gaming experience with phone-based head and eye tracking. This app allows for intuitive, 6-degrees-of-freedom head movements to control your in-game perspective without any extra hardware. Seamlessly look around cockpits, check blind spots, or zoom in on details with natural head gestures.
- 6DoF head tracking
- Optional eye tracking
- No extra hardware required
- Works with FreeTrack/TrackIR games
- Customizable view presets
- Exaggerated head movements for control
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SmoothTrack 2.0 uses the head and eye tracking AR capabilities of your phone to provide the simplest and best head tracker for 6 degrees-of-freedom head movements in your sim games. ----- "The best new controller on the market." - Charlie Hall, Polygon Customer reviews: "SmoothTrack just works. Less than 5 minutes to install, setup and fly. Love not being tethered to my desk! 5 stars!!" "This worked perfectly and way better than expected! Totally enhanced my experience with MFS 2020!" --- It's a near magical experience to seamlessly slightly move your head and have your game perspective immediately play along (the movements in the game are exaggerated so that you only have to make slight movements of your head to control the camera). Additionally, since version 2, your eyes are also optionally tracked and will nudge the camera based on where you're glancing on screen! - Simply lean forward to get a closer look at your Flight Simulator cockpit! - Look a bit up to see the overhead panel of your A320! - Simply shift your head a bit to the right to see the direction of the space station you're approaching in Elite: Dangerous! - Look a bit left before a hard left turn in Euro Truck Simulator 2! No headset or extra equipment of any kind is required! Simply set up your device so that it can see your face. Using simple camera gestures, you can shift your perspective in-game. Also, if you want, you can store views (say, a copilot angle, or a cockpit closeup) as Quick Views for easy access later. Your head movements are slightly exaggerated which enables you to look out of a cockpit side window with just a slight movement of your head to the left. Any game that supports the FreeTrack or TrackIR protocol will work with this, including: - Microsoft Flight Simulator - Microsoft FSX - DCS World - Elite: Dangerous - IL2: Sturmovik - Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Kerbal Space Program - ...and many, many others! Email and Discord support is provided if there are any issues (or if you have any ideas for new features!).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Strike Fighters at Free against SmoothTrack's $14.99. Strike Fighters also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). SmoothTrack's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 24). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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
Strike Fighters is free to download; SmoothTrack costs $14.99 up front. Strike Fighters sells 24 one-off in-app purchases. SmoothTrack asks for nothing beyond the download.
SmoothTrack holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 395 and 249 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Strike Fighters's written reviews are positive against 86% of SmoothTrack's.
Strike Fighters ships an update fortnightly, SmoothTrack every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strike Fighters | SmoothTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (395 ratings) | 4.7 (249 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 395 — better | 249 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.9 GB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Third Wire Productions | John Goering |
Customer experience
Strike Fighters
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User reviews
Strike Fighters
From 395 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent combat simulation
- 🚀 Great attention to detail
- 👍 Diverse aircraft selection
- 👍 Realistic physics and gameplay
- 👍 Engaging missions and scenarios
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches after updates
- 🔒 Locked content behind paywalls
- ⏱️ Repetitive and grindy progression
- 🎮 Lacking advanced controls and features
SmoothTrack
From 249 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and accurate head tracking
- 👍 Affordable alternative to expensive hardware
- 💡 Doesn't require any additional equipment
- 🚀 Easy to set up and use
- 👍 Enhances immersion in flight simulators
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues
- 🔋 Drains phone battery quickly
- 🔧 Requires some technical knowledge for setup
- 🔧 Calibration and sensitivity adjustments needed
Bugs and requests
Strike Fighters
Reported bugs
4 issues- Missiles not functioning properly after updates
- Invisible ground targets and ships in certain missions
- Crashes and performance issues on newer devices
- Inconsistent controls and button mapping
Requested features
5 requests- Add more historical campaigns (Korean War, WWII, etc.)
- Implement takeoff and landing mechanics
- Introduce cockpit view and advanced camera controls
- Add more helicopter and gunship options
- Improve AI behavior and mission variety
SmoothTrack
Reported bugs
2 issues- Tracking issues with certain phone positions
- Compatibility problems with some devices/OSes
Requested features
3 requests- Background mode support
- Ability to use rear camera
- Improved UI and customization options
In-app purchases
Strike Fighters
- Remove ads$4.99
- Remove level restrictions$4.99
- Enable mission setup screen$4.99
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- Enable custom loadout screen$4.99
- Buy credits$4.99
- Reinforcement Pack 3$4.99
- Desert Storm Pack 1$4.99
- Desert Storm Pack 3$4.99
- Naval Fleet Pack 1$4.99
- Buy credits (+50% sale)$4.99
- Heavy Bombers Pack 1$4.99
- Prototypes Pack 1$4.99
- Allied Force 1999 Pack 5$4.99
- Naval Fleet Pack 3$4.99
- Allied Force 1999 Pack 4$4.99
- Heavy Bombers Pack 2$4.99
- Reinforcement Pack 14$4.99
- Reinforcement Pack 13$4.99
- Desert Storm Pack 4$4.99
- Reinforcement Pack 1$4.99
- Vietnam War 72 Pack 1$4.99
- Cockpit View Pack 1$4.99
- Reinforcement Pack 4$4.99
- Reinforcement Pack 12$4.99
SmoothTrack
No in-app purchases
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