Fighter Pilot vs Aviateur
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.
Aviateur
Experience realistic flight simulation with a variety of aircraft and diverse, accurate real-world locations. Engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, master challenging landings, and customize weather conditions for an immersive adventure.
- Multiple aircraft types
- Geographically accurate locations
- Air combat (WWII and Modern)
- Dynamic weather system
- Challenging landings
- Customizable flight dynamics
- Day/Night cycle
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Features: -Several aircraft to choose from -Diverse, geographically accurate real-world locations - Air-to-Air and Air-to-ground combat battles against fighter jets, WWII aircraft, tanks, destroyers, submarines, AAAs, SAM missile systems - 2 Combat Eras to choose from - WWII and Modern - Command wingmen into combat, or fly various formations - Rack up a high score in Air Endurance mode where you fight endless enemies -Practice aircraft carrier, destroyer ship and oil platform landings -24 hour Day/Night cycle -Customizable, fully dynamic weather that varies spatially and with time (clear, cloudy, hurricane, thunderstorm, rain, snowstorm, thermals, and more!) -Landing/Engine failure Challenges -Racing Challenges -Air Traffic Control -Comprehensive flight dynamics - Pilot a variety of aircraft, from jet airliner, fighter jets, civilian and military helicopters, general aviation, and vintage planes! - Test your landing skills by landing on an aircraft carrier, destroyer ship or an oil rig, or perhaps add some crosswinds, some turbulence and rain to make things more challenging! - Create air-to-ground combat battles and make use of weapons such as cannons, missiles, bombs, rockets and flares and survive against enemies such as tanks, destroyer ships, surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft artilleries and more! - Features fully customizable weather. Control the cloud cover in multiple layers, recreate thunderstorms, snowstorms, rain, customize winds and gusts, visibility and add turbulence! - Visit the locations of Cape Verde and Grand Canyons and take in the views of vast rugged terrain! Locations are recreated on a 1:1 scale with accurate terrain, fully recreated cities, towns and roads from real geodata. Airports are recreated with accuracy and detail to mirror their real life counterparts. - Put your aerobatic stunts on display with the use of customizable aerobatic smoke! - Launch your glider into the sky with a winch and soar through the clouds in an authentic glider simulation! - Try out some landing challenges or create your own! Test your emergency skills with engine failures! - Break the sound barrier in the sky with supersonic jets! - Features Attack Helicopters! - Race against time in racing challenges! - Ability to park your aircraft and walk around! - Features in-depth flight dynamics modelling to bring authenticity to each aircraft! - Features a full day and night cycle! - Features aircraft customization such as changing paint color, selecting weaponry loadouts, external fuel tanks and more! - Fly from a variety of viewing angles, be it 360 degrees around the aircraft, inside the cockpit, or from the passenger seat! - Features ATC (Air Traffic Control) communication and procedures! - Features customizable air traffic! - In-depth controls featuring flaps, gear, spoilers (arm), rudder, reverse thrust, engine start/stop, elevator trim, lights, drag chutes and more! - Features instruments such as: Artificial horizon, altimeter, airspeed, in-flight map, heading, Vertical Speed Indicator, Engine RPM/N1, fuel, G-force gauge, Head-Up Display etc. - Features 3D instrument gauges in cockpits! - Navigate using ILS systems! - Features in-depth Autopilot (Vertical Speed, Altitude change, Autothrottle, Heading) and warning systems for each aircraft! - Features in-depth weapon systems simulation!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Aviateur at 87% against Fighter Pilot's 48%. Aviateur also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Fighter Pilot's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 106). On price, update cadence, 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. Fighter Pilot sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Aviateur sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Aviateur holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fighter Pilot has 3K ratings behind it against 106, 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 87% of Aviateur's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fighter Pilot | Aviateur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3K ratings) | 4.7 (106 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.0% of reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 106 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| 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 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 786 MB | 793 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Threye | Rajatdeep Bakshi |
Customer experience
Fighter Pilot
Aviateur
User reviews
Fighter Pilot
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Good graphics
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 No ads
- 👍 Free epic crates
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and loading issues
- 🐛 Lost progress and unlocked planes
- 🐛 Unresponsive controls
- 🐛 Unavoidable missiles
Aviateur
From 106 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Amazing flight simulator experience
- 🚫 No forced ads
- 🎮 Agile interface with many controls
- ✈️ Large variety of aircraft
- 🗺️ Evocative graphics
Room to improve
- 💰 Most good planes cost money
- 💸 Pay to win aspect
- 🗺️ Limited maps
- 🛬 Landing on terrain can be difficult
- 💥 Unrealistic explosions on impact
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
Aviateur
Reported bugs
8 issues- Plane explodes when hitting a tree
- Enemy ground units lock on from too far
- Planes cannot be unlocked (network issue)
- Cannot purchase/restore plane purchases (internet connection required)
- Sun breaks the game (makes everything pink)
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- Stalling when looking at the sun
- Weather editing doesn't allow continuation
- Purple vision when pulling Gs
Requested features
28 requests- Add 747 400, 747 8, 777
- Add 747
- Add 777
- Add AH64 Apache
- Add cars that drive on the streets
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- Worldwide boundless scale flying
- More cities
- More free planes (airliners, fighter jets)
- More alarms (pull up alarm)
- Add a new plane (747, 737-100)
- Better camera controls
- Free DC-10, L-1011, 727, 747
- More added aircraft (Airbus A380, Boeing 777, etc.)
- Add fighter jets
- Add WW2 plane and turboprop airliner
- Purchase pack for all planes
- More airports/promotions
- Add C-17 Globemaster III
- More maps (Pacific North West, Canada/Alaska, Japan, Alps)
- Career mode or procedurally generated tasks (cargo flights, passenger flights, rescue missions)
- Multiplayer
- Failure menu (engine fire, etc.)
- Add joystick control option
- Pause game photo mode
- Hide HUD icons
- Add more military planes
- Improve effect
- More free flights
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
Aviateur
- Fishbed$0.49
- Lightning II Carrier Variant$0.49
- Blackbird$0.49
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- MH-6E$0.49
- Mi-28N$0.49
- Airbus A380$0.49
- Boeing 787$0.49
- Chinook$0.49
- Concorde$0.49
- Douglas DC-3$0.49
- F-16C$0.49
- Extra 330sc$0.49
- SU-27S$0.49
Questions
Is Fighter Pilot free?
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