DRS vs Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DRS
Master FPV drone piloting with realistic physics in a sandbox environment. Explore diverse locations, customize controls, and choose from various flight modes. Ideal for beginners and experienced pilots alike.
- Realistic physics-based flying
- Race and sandbox modes
- Multiple flight locations
- Adjustable controls
- Throttle stabilizer for beginners
- Customizable drone characteristics
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Practice to fly FPV drones, quadrocopters in this sanbox simulator Realistic physics based flying drone. Race and sandbox mods! Over 5 different locations to fly. Super adjustable controls. You can connect your controller or fly with screen joysticks. If you are a beginner, you can fly with throttle stabilizer and throttle mapping (keeps the height and centers the throttle stick), it makes flying much easier in this FPV drone racing quadcopter league simulator offline sandbox game aka DRS. This quadcopter simulator has everything you need for realistic flying: - Acro mode - Stable mode - Few camera modes - Adjustable throttle, pitch, and yaw - Camera angle - Drone weight - Angular drag Adjust the settings to match your favorite drone characteristics. Practice your freestyle at different locations. From open football stadium to tight pine forest. Fly your drone in the industrial hangar, forest, town, over the ocean and few other locations in this drone simulator games.
Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim
Experience realistic helicopter flight with a vast open world to explore. Pilot over 50 vehicles including helicopters, planes, cars, and boats. Engage in thrilling missions and dynamic weather conditions for an immersive simulation.
- Realistic helicopter simulation
- Huge open-world exploration
- Over 50 controllable vehicles
- Dynamic weather systems
- Action-packed missions
- Base jumping and paragliding
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Get ready to fly real helicopters in one of the best helicopter flying simulator experiences! Explore huge open-world scenery from the sky and ground below in a wide range of vehicles to fly and drive. From helicopters to airplanes, to cars to boats! More than 50 vehicles are controllable. Try out the all-new base jumping activities, go to high points in the world, jump-off with the exciting paraglider! Why not get to even higher heights in your helicopter and get the world record by jumping out and opening your parachute! Play the ultimate flying, car and boat driving simulator right here! Explore scenery 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! !!HFPS - Helicopter Flight Pilot Simulator is the ultimate helicopter flying simulation with 20 free levels!! One of the best heli simulator games with dynamic weather conditions; fly through clear blue skies, tropical rain, snow, thunderstorms, wind, turbulence, and true 3d volumetric clouds! Fly helicopters and planes across the huge open-world environment and explore its unique locations. Take off from multiple airports, commute from international airports to small campaign airports, and helipads spread throughout the world! With tons of exciting points of interest to visit, from the air or the road, and even all new sea vehicles like boats and jetskis, you have the ultimate freedom to explore anywhere in the whole world! 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! Take part in helicopter flight levels by walking into mission markers located throughout the world. 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. Expand to see the whole map by pressing on it. Fly across the open-world and explore for hours in one of the best airplane flying simulation games! Action packed missions!: - Random flight problems (landing gear problems, engine failure, etc.) to test real piloting situations - Base jump from the top of mountains onto landing pads - Transport very important passengers - Clear the way for traffic from the sky with rocket - Transport broken down vehicles to the scrapyard! - Put out the fire with firefighter action! - Stop criminals stealing aircraft in police vs robbers flying - Emergency landing procedure in airplanes and helicopters - Control your aircraft during a storm - Race against helicopters, boats, and more! - Do basejump from roof. Become a pro basejumper with your paraglider - Fire rockets to remove all the objects and clear the road with your apache or supercobra Features: - Weather systems: clear sky, rain, thunderstorms, snow - Day and night cycle - True 3D volumetric cloud system - Flight turbulence - Realistic helicopter and plane flight physics - All-new boat driving and watercraft experiences - Intuitive flying controls: buttons, joystick, or accelerometers - Vehicle crashes and smoke effects. - Highly detailed realistic airplane cockpit environment. - Huge selection of aircraft and airline - Thrill-seeker's new base jumping activities! - Miles of roads to drift and drive on and do stunt jumps 52 controllable vehicles: - 15 helicopters, like Bell 206, Eurocopter EC135, Apache, Mil Mi-8, SuperCobra, Bell UH-1 Huey - 18 aircrafts, like Cesna, Piper PA-46, Boeing 747, Airbus A380, F14, Hawk - 10 boats, like Jetski, Yacht, Vedette, Offshore - 9 cars, like SUV, 4x4, sport and racing car The latest and one of the best challenging games. Become the ultimate Helicopter flight pilot in the all-new simulator gaming sensation, Helicopter Flight Pilot Simulator!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim at 80% against DRS's 28%. Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (6.1K vs 1.9K). DRS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). 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
Both are free to download. DRS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.9K and 6.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of DRS's written reviews are positive against 80% of Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim's.
DRS ships an update every 2 months, Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | DRS | Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.9K ratings) | 4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K | 6.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 223 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PSV Studio | MH Production |
Customer experience
DRS
Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim
User reviews
DRS
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great simulator
- 🎮 Supports controllers
- 👍 Helps practice flying
Room to improve
- 🐛 Broken controls and features after updates
- 💸 Too many ads, even after paying to remove them
- 🛑 Not realistic compared to real drones
Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim
From 6.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Amazing game
- 👍 Great controls
- 👍 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Variety of vehicles
- 👍 Detailed cockpits
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs with specific planes/helicopters
- 🐛 Unrealistic flight dynamics in some cases
- 🔍 Limited cockpit visibility in some vehicles
- 💡 Desire for more planes, helicopters, and airlines
Bugs and requests
DRS
Reported bugs
3 issues- Vertical thrust is broken in latest version
- Can't get past ads prompt even after paying
- Frequent crashes and glitches
Requested features
3 requests- Add more maps and environments
- Improve physics and realism
- Add crash physics and effects
Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim
Reported bugs
3 issues- Specific planes/helicopters crashing during landing
- Inability to exit hangar with larger planes
- Middle finger gesture visible during parachuting
Requested features
9 requests- Add more planes and helicopters
- Improve cockpit visibility and realism
- Implement multiplayer mode
- Add more maps and environments
- Introduce more challenging missions and objectives
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- Expand vehicle customization options
- Implement weather effects and turbulence
- Add military vehicles and weapons
- Introduce a no-ads purchase option
In-app purchases
DRS
- Remove all ads$2.99
Helicopter Flight Pilot Sim
- Get 40 000 coins2 variants$1.99
- Get 100 0000 coins2 variants$3.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
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- Copter Pack$8.99
- Airliner Pack$8.99
- Boat Pack$8.99
- Army Pack$13.99
- Get 500 0000 coins2 variants$17.99
- Unlock Everything$26.99
- High Price Big CoinPack$26.99
Questions
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