Lights Off vs Planes Control!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Lights Off | Planes Control! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (38 ratings) | 4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 79.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 6.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Troughton-Smith | Antonio Calvino Esquer |
Customer experience
Lights Off
Planes Control!
User reviews
Lights Off
From 38 App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Lights Off
- Lights Off (Essentials)$0.99
Planes Control!
- 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?
Is Planes Control! free?
Which has better reviews, Lights Off or Planes Control!?
Do Lights Off or Planes Control! have ads?
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