Fighter Pilot vs PaperPlane Fighter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fighter Pilot
Engage in fast-paced arcade aerial combat as a fighter pilot. Command iconic modern jet aircraft, unleash heavy firepower, and dominate the skies. Progress through levels, upgrade your planes, and customize them with real-world inspired weaponry.
- Iconic modern jet aircraft
- Progressive hangar system
- Aircraft performance upgrades
- Real-world inspired weaponry
- Immersive visuals and environments
- Progressive difficulty levels
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FighterPilot: HeavyFire is an arcade fast paced action-adventure game, where you step into the boots of a fighter pilot, and fly some of the most iconic modem-era jet combat airplanes loaded with some real heavy fire power. Experience the thrill of commanding some of the most lethal machines ever built, as you swat baddies with a click of your button while you lord over the skies of the battlefield. The game is completely free-to-play, runs offline , and has great features like:- Iconic Aircraft - Cold war era favourites like the Jaguar and the Su-25. - Swing wing ‘go faaasst’ airplanes like the Mig-27 and the Tornado ! watch those wings fold back as you zoom away ! - And the iconic A-10, the best close air support aircraft in the world that is considered nothing less than a flying tank ! Progressive Hangar system - Progress across the base tier of airplanes and unlock more advanced tier. - Expand the performance of the airplane by fine-tuning engine, armour and gunnery parameters. - Load the airplane with real-world inspired weaponry, from rockets, to missiles, to some large area damage bombs ! Immersive visuals - Fly around a wide variety of environments across mountains, deserts and beaches. - Unlock different skins for your favourite airplane - inspired by real-world liveries of these aircraft from their operators. Progressive levels - As you become more comfortable with handling your airplanes, the levels will become harder to test your newly acquired skills. Enjoy an experience that lets you grow with the game in terms of your skills and abilities, opens up more and more airplanes and levels, and even lets you accelerate that pace through in-app-purchases, rewarded ads, or even by referring friends. Take your time exploring the beautiful hand-crafted levels, while you keep improving your skills of handling the aircraft and becoming the baddest, fastest, most accomplished fighter pilot out there.
PaperPlane Fighter
Embark on an adventure with a paper plane, battling other planes and bosses across various levels. Unlock new planes and powerful items like eraser bullets and pencil missiles to enhance your gameplay.
- Level-based paper plane combat
- Boss battles
- Unlockable planes
- Collectible power-ups
- Variety of weapons and shields
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Take your paper plane on an adventure through different levels destroying other paper planes and taking on big paper plane bosses. Unlock more planes and items of your choice from eraser bullets to pencil missiles, shields, and much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PaperPlane Fighter at 100% against Fighter Pilot's 48%. PaperPlane Fighter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). Fighter Pilot's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Fighter Pilot sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and PaperPlane Fighter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PaperPlane Fighter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fighter Pilot has 3K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Fighter Pilot's written reviews are positive against 100% of PaperPlane Fighter's.
Fighter Pilot ships an update every 2 months, PaperPlane Fighter every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Fighter Pilot | PaperPlane Fighter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 786 MB | 828 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Threye | MAJESTICGAMES |
Customer experience
Fighter Pilot
PaperPlane Fighter
Bugs and requests
Fighter Pilot
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashing on launch
- Losing progress and unlocked content
- Bugs in specific levels (Chapter 5, Level 6)
- Planes becoming locked after unlocking
Requested features
5 requests- More aircraft variety (fighter jets, helicopters)
- Advanced maneuverability (loops, barrel rolls)
- Multiplayer mode
- More levels and chapters
- Improved physics and realism
PaperPlane Fighter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fighter Pilot
- 50 Gold Coins$1.99
- 750 Gold Coins$5.99
- Premium User Discounted Price$9.99
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- Premium User Without Discount$11.99
- 3000 Gold Coins$14.99
PaperPlane Fighter
- 200 P-Tokens$0.99
- Remove Forced Ads$0.99
- 500 P-Tokens$2.99
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- 1000 P-Tokens$5.99
- 2500 P-Tokens$8.99
Questions
Is Fighter Pilot free?
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