Comparison

Build Up!! vs FMC TYPER

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

Head to head
About

Build Up!!

Construct your tower as tall as possible by strategically placing building nodes. Collect more nodes as you ascend to reach crucial checkpoints and achieve new heights.

Highlights
  • Build structures high
  • Gather building nodes
  • Reach checkpoints
  • Ascend to new heights
Features
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Build your structure as high as you can! Gather additional building nodes along the way and reach the checkpoints!

About

FMC TYPER

Practice touch-typing with a retro flight computer simulation. Engage in various typing games, from air traffic control readbacks to rhythm-based challenges, all with an authentic aviation aesthetic and soundscape.

Highlights
  • Retro flight computer simulation
  • Air traffic control readback challenges
  • Rhythm typing game
  • Aviation word typing game
  • Whack-a-mole typing game
  • Route navigation typing game
  • Authentic panel layouts and CRT effects
Features
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FMC TYPER is a retro typing game styled after an airliner's flight management computer. Every key of the panel sits exactly where your fingers expect it — practice touch-typing the aviation way, on a green CRT that feels like the real instrument. NEW: ATC RUSH Hear the call. Type it. Fire. Listen to air traffic control, pick out your callsign, and type the readback on the keypad — heading, altitude, speed, frequency, even taxi routes. Get it right and your readback launches itself at the target. • A campaign across Mars and Titan — six packages and a TOWER boss every stage, planet bosses at stages 10 and 20 • Read back the taxi clearance to break the shield, then the takeoff clearance to finish the boss • TERRAIN, TCAS and WINDSHEAR alerts that you answer like a pilot • An upgrade tree with skills and fusions that visibly change your jet • SAY AGAIN, a stage map with story radio, and a shareable result card FIVE GAMES • ATC RUSH — the new radio-readback shooter above. • TYPE TEMPO — rhythm typing on a flight-display note field. Notes drop down the lanes to original retro tracks: hit the keys on the beat, hold the long notes, chase PERFECT on the magenta capture line. Timing adjusts itself for Bluetooth headphones. • WORD RAIN — aviation words fall down the CRT. Type them and press EXEC to shoot them down before they pile up. Reach a 10 combo to enter FEVER: words auto-fire the instant you finish typing them. • WHACK-A-MOLE — tokens pop up beside the line-select keys. Type the token, smash its key, beat the clock. Three difficulty levels. • ROUTE RUN — fly routes fix by fix on a navigation display over a night-lights map, typing each waypoint to advance. Domestic and international routes. BUILT LIKE THE REAL THING • Faithful 1:1 panel scale on iPad Air 11" — real key pitch and layout for blind-typing practice • Three panel skins: the classic green-screen B737 CDU, a blue-grey A320 MCDU, and the E-JET MCDU — each with its own muscle-memory quirks • CRT glow, scanlines, phosphor trails and original retro soundtrack and sound effects • On iPhone, a keypad zoom brings the keys up to finger size TRAIN YOUR FINGERS Blind-type ICAO airport codes, waypoints, the phonetic alphabet, procedure names and ATC readbacks. Every result screen shows your previous best, and high scores are tracked per panel skin. FAIR AND SIMPLE The first rounds are ad-free, then a short ad appears every few completed rounds — never during play. One optional purchase removes all ads forever. FMC TYPER is a game for entertainment and typing practice. It is not for real-world navigation or flight training. Radio calls, callsigns and values are fictional.

Screenshots

Build Up!!3 screens
FMC TYPER4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FMC TYPER at 100% against Build Up!!'s 34%. FMC TYPER also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). Build Up!!'s advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). 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. Build Up!! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FMC TYPER sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FMC TYPER holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Build Up!! has 16K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Build Up!!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of FMC TYPER's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Build Up!! ships an update fortnightly, FMC TYPER every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Build Up!! versus FMC TYPER: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuild Up!!FMC TYPER
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (16K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16K — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size266 MB150 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperVoodooSEUNGHA MOON

Customer experience

Build Up!!

All ratings16,019 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral5.8%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive34.1%
Neutral16.2%
Negative49.7%

FMC TYPER

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Build Up!!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Rivet counter malfunction
  • Levels regenerating incorrectly
  • Tower physics issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • More level variety
  • Ability to create custom maps
  • Removal of perfect triangle requirement

FMC TYPER

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Build Up!!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads.$2.99
1 purchases

FMC TYPER

One-time1
  • REMOVE ADS$3.99

Questions

Is Build Up!! free?
Build Up!! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FMC TYPER free?
FMC TYPER is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Build Up!! or FMC TYPER?
FMC TYPER is rated higher. Build Up!! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while FMC TYPER averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Build Up!! or FMC TYPER have ads?
Both Build Up!! and FMC TYPER show ads.
Which is updated more often, Build Up!! or FMC TYPER?
Build Up!! ships an update fortnightly, and FMC TYPER every 2 days. Most recently, Build Up!! was updated on November 6, 2026 and FMC TYPER on November 6, 2026.

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