Comparison

Lights Off vs Planes Control!

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

Head to head
About

Lights Off

A classic puzzle game where the objective is to turn off all the lights to advance. Enjoy smooth animations, sound effects, and beautiful artwork in this engaging time-killer.

Highlights
  • Turn off all lights to win
  • Progress through stages
  • Smooth animations
  • Sound effects
  • Beautiful artwork
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The classic game inspired by Tiger Electronic's 'Lights Out' is back for the App Store and better than ever! Lights Off is a simple game in which the goal is to turn all the lights off to progress to the next stage. Featuring smooth animations, sound effects and beautiful artwork, Lights Off is the perfect way to kill some time and see how far you can get. Spiritual successor to the original Lights Off game by Lucas Newman and Adam Betts, 'Lights Off' is completely built from scratch with a brand new engine and more of Adam's great artwork.

About

Planes Control!

Guide aircraft to safe landings while avoiding hazards like storms and enemy attacks. Control over 60 different planes and helicopters across 13 challenging levels. Engage in aerial combat, fight wildfires, and manage air traffic in this addictive simulation game.

Highlights
  • Draw flight paths for aircraft
  • Avoid collisions and environmental hazards
  • Pilot over 60 types of planes and helicopters
  • Engage in aerial combat
  • Fight wildfires with air tankers
  • Navigate diverse and challenging levels
Features
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Take control of the sky and land your planes avoiding collisions and enemies. Guide your planes to ensure safe landing in this incredibly easy to learn yet surprisingly addictive game! Get an adrenalin rush while avoiding dangerous collisions, blazing storms and tornadoes, put out forest fire, get ready to repel an attack of enemy fighters and fight off an alien invasion! GAMEPLAY Planes Control is an game with simple controls. Draw lines with your fingers to determine the path each plane will follow as they find their way to land or to engage the enemy. This sounds easy? You will need fast fingers and strategy to manage all your planes and keep the sky under control. AIRCRAFTS You can navigate more than 60 different planes and helicopters including airliners, WWII fighters, jet planes and tilt rotors while playing Planes Control. Beside this, you will enjoy flying the SR-71 Black Bird (the world's fastest plane), the Antonov 225 (the largest aircraft in the world to fly multiple times) and famous combat planes like the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the F-14 Tomcat or the Apache AH-64 combat helicopter. LEVELS Planes Control has 13 awesome levels for mobile devices plus 6 new levels full of challenges created for tablets. More levels are on the way. • Earn your wings on a holiday resort, guiding your planes and helicopters. • Aerial combat! Shoot down hostile planes and helicopters over the scorching desert. • Air Tankers: Fight wildfires by dropping water with your planes and helicopters. • Storm Carrier landings: Command your military fighters and helicopters between the clouds and rain. • Navigate canyons in the Arizona’s Desert. • Successfully land your Aircraft during a tornado outbreak. • Night landings: Switch your landing lights on and find your way around the airfield. • Keep an eye on emergency calls and give priority landing to the planes that are running out of fuel. • Avoid cargo planes flying around your air space. • Land your planes in the middle of an alien invasion ! READY FOR A CHALLENGE? Earn new and different achievements in every level and challenge yourself to the limit. Please sit back, fasten your seatbelt and enjoy taking control of the sky – download Planes Control now! ⓘ For the latest inside information from Rarepixels: ► Like us at https://www.facebook.com/planesApp ► Visit us at http://rarepixels.com/games/planes-control/ ► Follow us at https://www.twitter.com/planes_control

Screenshots

Lights Off4 screens
Planes Control!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lights Off at none against Planes Control!'s shown. Planes Control!'s advantage is ratings volume (6.8K vs 38) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. Lights Off sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Planes Control! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Planes Control! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 6.8K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Lights Off's written reviews are positive against 79% of Planes Control!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lights Off ships an update every 5 months, Planes Control! monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lights Off versus Planes Control!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLights OffPlanes Control!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (38 ratings)4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews79.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings386.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven Troughton-SmithAntonio Calvino Esquer

Customer experience

Lights Off

All ratings38 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Planes Control!

All ratings6,833 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews421 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative12.8%

User reviews

Lights Off

From 38 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Highly addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Simple and fun
  • ✨ Great graphics and design
  • 🕰️ Excellent time killer
  • 💖 Nostalgic for original fans

Room to improve

  • 💸 Paid version limitations
  • 👎 Inconsistent touch registration
  • 🔄 Repetitive levels
  • ⏳ Resetting takes too long
  • 🕹️ Buttons not working correctly

Planes Control!

From 6.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun game
  • 👍 Simple yet challenging
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Good variety of levels
  • 🚀 Responsive controls

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 🐛 Progress not saved
  • 🐛 Collision detection issues
  • 🐛 Planes spawning off-screen

Bugs and requests

Lights Off

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Touchscreen misalignment
  • Buttons not working
  • App crashes on launch
  • Level selector not working
  • Game stops working after beating all levels
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  • GUI sluggish and doesn't register taps
  • Not toggling all sides
  • Incompatible with iPhone XS Max
  • Level 213 issue

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Native iPad version
  • Color options
  • Hint button
  • Level selector improvements
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  • Replay function
  • Tutorial
  • Dark mode

Planes Control!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes on iOS 14
  • High score not recorded correctly
  • Planes colliding off-screen
  • Notification bar interfering with gameplay

Requested features

5 requests
  • More level options and customization
  • Ability to pause and resume games
  • Improved tutorial and instructions
  • Difficulty settings for each level
  • Leaderboards and achievements

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lights Off

One-time1
  • Lights Off (Essentials)$0.99
10 purchases

Planes Control!

One-time10
  • Pack of 5× Rescue Teams.$0.99
  • Unlock all HD Levels$0.99
  • Classic levels$0.99
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  • Unlock "Time Machine" levels!$0.99
  • Unlock "10th Anniversary" levels!$0.99
  • Three crashes per game.$1.99
  • Classic levels and no ads$2.99
  • Pack of 20× Rescue Teams.$2.99
  • No Ads.$2.99
  • Pack of 50× Rescue Teams.$4.99

Questions

Is Lights Off free?
Lights Off is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planes Control! free?
Planes Control! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lights Off or Planes Control!?
Planes Control! is rated higher. Lights Off averages 4.5 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Planes Control! averages 4.7 from 6.8K ratings.
Do Lights Off or Planes Control! have ads?
Planes Control! shows ads; Lights Off does not.
Which is updated more often, Lights Off or Planes Control!?
Lights Off ships an update every 5 months, and Planes Control! monthly. Most recently, Lights Off was updated on September 18, 2026 and Planes Control! on September 27, 2026.

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