Comparison

Flight Simulator Advanced vs AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim

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

Head to head
About

Flight Simulator Advanced

Experience realistic flight simulation with interactive cockpits and detailed aircraft. Plan your routes, manage ground services, and enjoy dynamic weather and day/night cycles. This app offers an immersive flying experience for aviation enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Interactive cockpits
  • Realistic physics and aerodynamics
  • Flight planning system
  • HD airports and diverse aircraft
  • Airport ground services
  • Day/night cycle and weather modes
Features
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• Feel what it's like flying inside the cockpit of a real aircraft. • Interact with cockpit buttons, switches and levers. • Push-back, taxi to runway, take-off, fly your flight-plan, land, connect to jetway! ~ REQUIREMENTS ~ Requires an iPhone or iPad with at least 4GB RAM (e.g., iPhone 11/iPad 10th Generation or later) and internet connection whily playing. Performance not guaranteed on older devices. Main Features --------------------- • 100+ HD airports • Many aircraft, including A320, A321, A320neo, A321XLR, B737, A330, A340, A380, A350, B777, B747, Β787 with a lot of liveries and authentic cockpits • Ability to import your own custom liveries into the game • Airport Ground services (Movable jetways, fuel trucks, AI traffic) • Realistic physics/aerodynamics • Autopilot • Flight planning system with waypoints and navigation • Day/night cycle • Weather modes and precipitation • Interactable cockpits • Realistic sound effects (ATC chatter ,Engines sound effects, GPWS , alarms etc.

About

AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim

Experience a realistic open-world flight simulator with detailed sceneries, airports, and dynamic weather. Complete various missions to become a professional pilot, or explore the world by driving cars and helicopters.

Highlights
  • Open-world flight simulation
  • Detailed sceneries and airports
  • Dynamic weather and day/night cycle
  • Variety of missions
  • Drive cars and helicopters
  • Realistic flight physics
Features
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Take flight in real airplanes across the massively detailed open-world flight simulator. Explore sceneries 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! Perform a wide variety of missions to become a professional airplane pilot. !!Airplane Flight Pilot Simulator is the ultimate plane flying simulation with 20 free levels!! You can drive different vehicles, like cars, helicopters, and planes. One of the best airplane flight simulators with dynamic weather conditions and realistic day and night cycle, with clear skies, tropical rain, snow, thunderstorms, wind, turbulence, and true 3d volumetric clouds! Fly and explore the massive open-world environment and its unique locations, take off from 7 airports, commute from international airports to small campaign airports. There's also tons of point of interest to explore, like rivers and lakes, big city, small town, nuclear power plant, port, Japanese temple, different houses and farms, ruins, camping place, and more... 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! Explore the map and find one of the mission markers to launch a mission. 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. Press it to expand the whole map. Fly across the open-world and explore for hours in one of the best airplane flying simulation games! Example of missions: - Random flight problems (landing gear problems, engine failure, etc.) to test real piloting situations - Transport passengers - Escort the president with Airforce (F-18) - Help victims after a plane accident - Fly through all the checkpoints as fast as possible - Land on an aircraft carrier - Learn to take off and land on a runway, and full flight - Emergency landing on the water - Control your aircraft during a tempest - Attach a banner in your aircraft to do some advertisement - Race against helicopters - Land your aircraft during an engine failure Features: - Weather forecast: clear sky, rain, thunderstorms, snow - Day and night cycle - True 3D volumetric cloud system - Fly turbulence - Realistic plane flight physics - Intuitive flying controls: buttons, joystick, or accelerometers - Plane crashes and smokes effects. - Dynamic lighting and sound effects to recreate the realistic experience - High-quality world environments with high res satellite imagery - Highly detailed realistic airplane cockpit environment. - Multiple on-board cameras to get every angle of the jet - Huge selection of aircraft and airline - Ultimate racing challenge game - Hugely open-world driving simulator - Miles of roads to drift and drive on and do stunt jumps - Map Informations(Distance, Altitude, etc.) - Fully interactive cockpit environment and controls List of airplane : - Cessna 182 - Embraer Legacy 600 - Piper PA-46 - DHC-6 Twin Otter - Boeing 777 airliner - PZL-104 Wilga - Pitts special - Piaggio P180 Avanti You can adjust the quality button to play without lag. This is some of the most difficult flight situations ever! Test your plane flying skills and car driving! The latest and one of the best challenging games. Become the ultimate airplane flight pilot in the all-new simulator gaming sensation, Airplane Flight Pilot Simulator!

Screenshots

Flight Simulator Advanced4 screens
AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flight Simulator Advanced at fortnightly against AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim's every 8 months. AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Flight Simulator Advanced sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9K and 14K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Flight Simulator Advanced's written reviews are positive against 80% of AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Simulator Advanced ships an update fortnightly, AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flight Simulator Advanced versus AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight Simulator AdvancedAFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (9K ratings)4.6 (14K ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews80.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9K14K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2.0 GB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPanagiotis DrakopoulosMH Production

Customer experience

Flight Simulator Advanced

All ratings9,032 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral4.9%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews841 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral9.6%
Negative12.4%

AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim

All ratings13,508 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews510 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative13.7%

User reviews

Flight Simulator Advanced

From 9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic graphics and sound
  • 👍 Variety of planes and airlines
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Interactive cockpit controls

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔧 Lack of clear instructions and guidance
  • 🔧 Difficulty in navigation and finding runways
  • 🔧 Limited camera views and perspectives

AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Smooth gameplay
  • 🚀 Endless fun
  • 🤩 Exciting discovery
  • 🚗 Enjoyable driving
  • 🎯 Challenging difficulty

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Limited content after completing missions
  • 🚗 Issues with car physics and behavior

Bugs and requests

Flight Simulator Advanced

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes when loading maps or starting flights
  • Unresponsive controls and buttons
  • Issues with landing gear, flaps, and other interactive cockpit elements
  • Floating or misaligned aircraft on the ground

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more airports, especially in North America, Asia, and other regions
  • Implement full flight planning and routing options
  • Introduce more aircraft types like regional jets, military planes, and older models
  • Add ATC communication and integration
  • Improve landing gear physics and animations
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  • Implement multiplayer and online functionality

AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Planes and cars despawning
  • Crashing issues on certain devices
  • Glitches with specific aircraft models

Requested features

7 requests
  • More planes and vehicle types
  • Improved graphics and visual fidelity
  • Expanded map and locations
  • Multiplayer and online features
  • Customization options for planes and characters
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  • Increased mission variety and difficulty
  • Realistic physics and flight mechanics

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Flight Simulator Advanced

One-time14
  • Unlock region: North America$1.99
  • A350-1000, liveries & No Ads$2.99
  • A330-300 & Liveries & No Ads$2.99
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  • A340-600$2.99
  • B737 Max$2.99
  • A321neo$2.99
  • A340-300$2.99
  • A321, Liveries & No Ads$2.99
  • A330neo$2.99
  • A380 with liveries and No Ads.$3.49
  • B747-400, liveries & no ads$3.49
  • A350-900, liveries, No-Ads$3.99
  • B777-300ER$3.99
  • B787-9$3.99
10 purchases

AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim

One-time10
  • Get 40 000 coins$2.99
  • Get 100 0000 coins$5.99
  • Unlock Everything + Remove Ads$8.99
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  • Army Pack$9.99
  • Airliner Pack$9.99
  • Best Pack$12.99
  • Get 500 0000 coins$19.99
  • Unlock Everything$29.99
  • High Price Big CoinPack$29.99
  • High Price Unlock all$49.99

Questions

Is Flight Simulator Advanced free?
Flight Simulator Advanced is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim free?
AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flight Simulator Advanced or AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim?
AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim is rated higher. Flight Simulator Advanced averages 4.4 out of 5 from 9K ratings, while AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim averages 4.6 from 14K ratings.
Do Flight Simulator Advanced or AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim have ads?
Both Flight Simulator Advanced and AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim show ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Simulator Advanced or AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim?
Flight Simulator Advanced ships an update fortnightly, and AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim every 8 months. Most recently, Flight Simulator Advanced was updated on September 23, 2026 and AFPS Airplane Flight Pilot Sim on September 24, 2026.

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