Comparison

Fighter Pilot vs Jet Wars

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Iconic modern jet aircraft
  • Progressive hangar system
  • Aircraft performance upgrades
  • Real-world inspired weaponry
  • Immersive visuals and environments
  • Progressive difficulty levels
Features
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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.

About

Jet Wars

Engage in intense aerial combat piloting iconic fighter jets. Customize your aircraft with a deep loadout system and upgrade components to dominate diverse mission environments. Experience intuitive touch controls designed for mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Pilot iconic fighter jets
  • Deep loadout system
  • Aircraft upgrades
  • Handcrafted mission environments
  • One-tap touch controls
Features
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Fly ten fighter jets through 66 missions of arcade air combat, then take on the world on the Survival leaderboards. The sky starts shooting back the second your wheels leave the runway. Eight chapters of strikes behind enemy lines. A Survival mode that does not end until you do, ranked on Game Center. Ranked BRAWL deathmatches, and LAN dogfights with up to six friends. The war runs from the Afghan ridgelines to the lunar dust, and your orders are simple to state and hard to fly: take it all back! NEW IN THIS UPDATE • Jet Wars now speaks 13 languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Polski, Português (Brasil), Türkçe, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文 and 繁體中文. Switch any time in Settings > Language • New pilots take off on their first sortie right away, with a PULL UP warning and a crash safety net on the opening missions • Clear your first mission to collect Day 1 of the daily calendar Your briefing follows. Read it once, then fly. KNOW YOUR AIRCRAFT Ten flyable warplanes, and some are secret. Find them. The F-35 Lightning II leads the formation: you have seen it already, it is the jet on the icon. Behind it, the F-22 Raptor, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the J-20, the Su-57, the AH-64 Apache for the days the job calls for a gunship, and the F-14 Tomcat, the only jet on the line that folds its wings back at speed. FLY THE CAMPAIGN 66 handcrafted missions across 8 chapters: Afghanistan, Iran, the Arctic, volcanic ridges, tropical islands, and more. Escort the convoy through the pass. Hunt the radar towers. Hold course through tracer fire thick enough to read by. Every victory pays, and pay buys firepower. Land, rearm, read the next briefing. OUTLAST SURVIVAL MODE No briefing covers this one. A procedurally generated run with no finish line, only escalation. Deserts give way to arctic passes, arctic passes to volcanic canyons. Fortified enemy bases dig in ahead of you, and the deeper you push, the harder the world reorganizes against you. Post your best run to Game Center and see exactly whose score is next. Fly until you fall. ARM YOURSELF Guns, bombs, and AIM missiles for the target. Flares, ECM jammers, and laser defense for everything coming back at you. Buy what the sortie calls for, drag it onto a hardpoint, upgrade between sorties. Your loadout is the difference between a medal and a hole in the sea. Then drag every HUD button to wherever your thumb wants it. Your cockpit, your layout. WIN THE BRAWL Ranked deathmatch against five rival pilots who all want your rank. Earn Rank Points, climb the divisions from Bronze to Ace, and hold your place. Then settle it in person: LAN dogfights with up to six players on the same Wi-Fi, no internet required. Perfect for parties and road trips. CHANGE THE MAP Unlock terrain packs and Survival changes shape: harvest valleys, tropical lagoons, low-poly dreamscapes, and the Moon, where nine planets hang in a black sky, UFOs lift enemy tanks off the battlefield, and sea serpents erupt from the dust. STANDING ORDERS No forced ads: rewarded video plays only when you call for it. The full campaign and Survival mode fly offline: airplane mode is a flight condition, not a problem. With iCloud, your hangar comes with you to a new phone, your iPad or a fresh install. The deck is clear and the jet is fueled. Wheels up, pilot. DEVICE COMPATIBILITY Play on iPhone and iPad with iOS 16 or later, including iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. iPhone Duo is supported through its standard compatibility layout. Full-screen Duo optimization is not yet available. 30 FPS on older devices, 60 FPS on 18 Pro models and 17 Pro models.

Screenshots

Fighter Pilot4 screens
Jet Wars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jet Wars at 100% against Fighter Pilot's 48%. Jet Wars also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Fighter Pilot's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fighter Pilot sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Jet Wars sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jet Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fighter Pilot has 3K ratings behind it against 17, 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 Jet Wars's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fighter Pilot ships an update every 2 months, Jet Wars every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fighter Pilot versus Jet Wars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFighter PilotJet Wars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3K ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3K — better17
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size786 MB602 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperThreyeBESTAPPS LLC

Customer experience

Fighter Pilot

All ratings2,982 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral7.9%
Negative44.1%

Jet Wars

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Jet Wars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Fighter Pilot

One-time5
  • 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
9 purchases

Jet Wars

One-time9
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 300 Gems$2.99
  • Beginner Super Kit$2.99
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  • 1,200 Gems$4.99
  • Squadron Value Pack$4.99
  • 3,000 Gems$9.99
  • 10,000 Gems$19.99
  • Full War Load$19.99
  • The Quartermaster's Contract$29.99

Questions

Is Fighter Pilot free?
Fighter Pilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jet Wars free?
Jet Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fighter Pilot or Jet Wars?
Jet Wars is rated higher. Fighter Pilot averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Jet Wars averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Fighter Pilot or Jet Wars have ads?
Both Fighter Pilot and Jet Wars show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fighter Pilot or Jet Wars?
Fighter Pilot ships an update every 2 months, and Jet Wars every 9 days. Most recently, Fighter Pilot was updated on November 3, 2026 and Jet Wars on October 31, 2026.

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