LX Flight Simulator vs HoppAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LX Flight Simulator
Experience realistic flight simulation with various aircraft and difficulty levels. Replay your landings from different angles, compete with friends, and unlock new features by earning points. Share your scores on social media.
- Pilot Boeing 777-300ER and Bombardier C Series
- Replay landings from multiple perspectives
- Realistic Zurich Airport environment
- Three difficulty levels
- Compete with friends
- Share scores on social media
- Unlock additional features
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The SWISS flight simulation app guarantees maximum gameplay: have a seat in the cockpit of our flagship plane, the Boeing 777-300ER, or act as captain of the brand new Bombardier C Series. Thanks to the replay function, you can easily play back your landing from various different perspectives. Experience Zurich Airport and its surroundings in a remarkably realistic way. Choose from three difficulty levels and compete with friends. With just a click, you can readily share your point scores on social media and determine who is King of the air. Earn points after every successful landing and unlock exciting additional features. How does it work? Enter your pilot name. At the top left, you can change your profile, access help and see your point score. Select the level. Choose the course followed by your SWISS plane. After you start, follow the red arrow. It will lead you the right way along the course. To change direction, turn your smartphone to the left or right. From level 2, wind gusts will impact the flight route. Pay careful attention and steer against them if necessary. From level 3, you will need to start checking your flight elevations. Tilt your smartphone forward or backwards to control elevation levels. After successful landing, you can replay and watch your flight simulation and share your earned points. (Provided you are logged in to Facebook). Now, take-off and have fun!
HoppAR
Experience rocket launches and landings in augmented reality. Control thrust vectoring, perform engine test fires, and customize rockets with your own colors. Explore a variety of real spacecraft and space mission scenarios.
- Augmented reality rocket launches
- Manual thrust vectoring control
- Rocket engine test fires
- Customizable rocket coloring
- Variety of real spacecraft models
- Entry, Descent, and Landing simulations
- Indoor and Outdoor AR modes
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Launch and land your favorite rockets in Augmented Reality from your courtyard! Perform rocket engine test fires directly on your table. Manually control the Thrust Vectoring and perform your first landing at home! Color your favorite rocket and see it in action in Augmented Reality You can choose between many different rocket prototypes and real spacecrafts. Here are a few of them: the beloved StarHopper, the giant Starship MK1, and the hover test of the Dragon 2. Watch the Crew Dragon Demo Mission 2 leave the launch pad and the Falcon 9 first stage land back! Enjoy the Buran Orbiter and Energia Rocket conquer the sky, and many more spacecrafts to come! Not only rockets: enjoy the Perseverance Landing and the Sky-Crane maneuver in the "Last Minute of Terror" of the Entry Descend and Landing sequence. Fire a Raptor engine on your desk at home! Select between Indoor and Outdoor mode depending on where you are and the scale of the Rocket you want to launch. Apply filters to mimic the colors of your favorite planet and change the environmental conditions choosing among many different options: Rain, Thunderstorm, Snow and more Take a picture or record your best launch, share them with your friends with the #HoppAR hashtag and get into the Rocket Launcher's Social Wall Auto-renewable Subscription: Support app Development and new Rockets Addition (renewed on an annual basis) You get all mission unlocked with no limits for the time the subscription is active Non-Consumable Purchase: Instead of subscribing you might buy a single mission that will be unlocked with no time limit Let's HoppAR! (Disclaimer: This is app is not affiliated with any space company or its partners or customers)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HoppAR at 4.8 against LX Flight Simulator's 4.0. HoppAR also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (85% vs 70%). LX Flight Simulator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. HoppAR sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. LX Flight Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
HoppAR holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HoppAR has 579 ratings behind it against 81, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of LX Flight Simulator's written reviews are positive against 85% of HoppAR's.
LX Flight Simulator ships an update every 7 months, HoppAR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LX Flight Simulator | HoppAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (81 ratings) | 4.8 (579 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 | 579 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 659 MB | 372 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. | Josef Grunig |
Customer experience
LX Flight Simulator
HoppAR
Bugs and requests
LX Flight Simulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HoppAR
Reported bugs
7 issues- Black screen on horizontal surface scanning
- Camera not working on certain devices
- App won't open or crashes on startup
- Gray screen display issue
- iPad AR compatibility problems
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- App performance issues causing crashes
- Sound/audio problems requiring fixes
Requested features
15 requests- Space Shuttle addition
- Manual control for Falcon 9 and Dragon
- Free access to premium rockets
- Launch towers for all rockets
- Soyuz rocket
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- Sea Dragon rocket
- Starship inclusion
- First-person/cockpit camera view
- Non-AR mode for gameplay
- VR mode support
- Ability to place objects in front of rockets
- Increased rocket size to fill room
- Enhanced smoke/rumble effects
- Original countdown voices per rocket
- More rocket variety overall
In-app purchases
LX Flight Simulator
No in-app purchases
HoppAR
- HoppAR Supporter$7.991 Year
- FALCON HEAVY$0.99
- STARSHIP Belly Flop$0.99
- SUPER HEAVY$0.99
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- DELTA IV HEAVY$0.99
- PERSEVERANCE$0.99
- DRONESHIP OCISLY$0.99
- NEW SHEPARD$0.99
- ARIANE 5$0.99
- ARTEMIS I$0.99
- SOYUZ$0.99
- ELECTRON$0.99
- SATURN V$1.99
- Control Feature$2.99
Questions
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