Comparison

Will It Fly? vs Snowboard Hero

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

Head to head
About

Will It Fly?

Pilot a small aircraft, balancing cargo and passengers with safety. Navigate terrain and obstacles, pushing your plane's limits to earn points. Experience realistic aviation physics, including the impact of wind, altitude, and weight on performance.

Highlights
  • Realistic aviation physics
  • Cargo and passenger management
  • Terrain and obstacle avoidance
  • Aircraft performance simulation
  • Headwind mechanics
  • Upgradeable aircraft
  • Unlockable maps
Features
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As a freshly graduated pilot of a small aircraft you must take off with as much cargo and as many passengers as you safely can, while avoiding terrain and obstacles. Earn points by pushing your airplane to it's limit, but beware: The more you carry, the worse your aircraft will perform! How many passengers and how much cargo can you successfully take off with, and still out climb obstacles and terrain? This game applies the real-world laws of aviation to a variety of challenging scenarios. As in the real world of flying, a headwind can be your ally. Wind reduces the speed at which you travel over ground, but it does not affect climb speed, so a strong headwind can provide pilots with a steep climb angle. Hot, High, and Heavy. Any combination of these can produce disastrous results. Hot or high atmospheric conditions indicate thin air, which reduces aircraft performance by lengthening the takeoff roll and reducing your climb angle. Too much weight will have the same effect on aircraft performance. Earn money, upgrade your plane. Complete achievements, earn gems, unlock new maps. Be sure to check out Airport Madness Mobile and Airport Madness Challenge!

About

Snowboard Hero

Experience an exhilarating snowboarding adventure with console-quality graphics and intuitive controls. Perform insane tricks, achieve massive air time, and race down challenging slopes. Customize your character and unlock new gear to become the ultimate snowboarding champion.

Highlights
  • Six playable characters with special tricks
  • Eight diverse tracks
  • Customizable boards and outfits
  • Multiple game disciplines (time trial, freestyle, slalom, race)
  • Online leaderboards
  • Modifiable character characteristics
  • AirPlay support for TV
Features
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Snowboard Hero™, dual-winner of the prestigious IMGAwards in the categories “Best Sports Game” and “Operators' Choice”, brings an unrivalled snowboard experience with wicked tricks, insane air time and super fast downhill speed to your iPhone and iPad. Experience console-quality graphics, intuitive controls and top-notch sound in a stunning alpine setting and show the world that you are the undisputed Snowboard Hero. GAMEPLAY Snowboard Hero™ is an action-packed fun sports spectacle which brings high-speed racing action, sensational air manoeuvres and break-neck tricks to your Apple smartphone or tablet. In the game, you take over the role of one of six freaky characters with individual boards, clothes, skills and special moves and race down a total of eight windy slopes consisting not only of hillsides and open alpine areas, but also of half pipes, ski jumps and glacier tunnels. The game’s intuitive controls allow you to perform even the most dare-devil stunts at ease and make for an exciting high-speed ride down the sharpest curves and steepest scarps! Jump over kickers, pass through gates, race as fast as you can or grind whatever obstacle is on your way! Make sure you collect the power-ups to get an extra boost, trick bonus or cash. Unlock a huge number of stylish jackets and pants to customize your character and invest your earned cash to buy new boards and improve your character’s abilities. FEATURES • Six playable characters with six standard and four individual special tricks to unlock • Eight tracks with multiple runs in three different settings: Piste, halfpipe and open alpine area • Individual boards and outfits for each character • Five disciplines: time trial, freestyle, slalom, race, gate-time bonus • Eight combination disciplines, including speedrun-slalom and race-speedrun-freestyle • Record Chaser with online leaderboards in OpenFeint and Game Center • Modifiable characteristics such as agility, speed, boost and jumps • A total of 66 events • High resolution support for retina display, as well as native support of the iPad’s 768p resolution • Full support of AppleTV AirPlay: Race down the slope on your TV screen in 720p (Wi Fi) or Full HD (HDMI) • Synchronization of save games via iCloud SNOWBOARD HERO - IN THE PRESS "With more tricks than your average magician, Snowboard Hero offers frenetic fun on the slopes, held together by an intuitive career mode that keeps you on track from start to finish." PocketGamer.co.uk - 8/10 (Silver Award) "Snowboard Hero's fun, easy to grasp gameplay and lengthy Career Mode make it far and away the best handheld snowboarding game, full of snow-stuffed challenges and visual style." AppTudes.com - 4/5 EXTERNAL Official Snowboard Hero™ Trailer: http://bit.ly/sbh-ipad-tr Official Fishlabs Website: http://www.fishlabs.net IMGA 7th Annual Award Winners Announcement: http://goo.gl/sqD2z

Screenshots

Will It Fly?3 screens
Snowboard Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Snowboard Hero at 3.9 against Will It Fly?'s 3.0. Snowboard Hero also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 20 months). Will It Fly?'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ratings volume 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. Snowboard Hero sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Will It Fly? asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snowboard Hero holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 320 and 116 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Will It Fly?'s written reviews are positive against 40% of Snowboard Hero's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Will It Fly? ships an update every 20 months, Snowboard Hero every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Will It Fly? versus Snowboard Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWill It Fly?Snowboard Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (320 ratings)3.9 (116 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.3% of reviews39.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings320 — better116
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.04.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB155 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperFluikPlaion GmbH

Customer experience

Will It Fly?

All ratings320 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral15.6%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive17.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative77.8%

Snowboard Hero

All ratings116 ratings
Positive67.2%
Neutral12.9%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews432 reviews
Positive39.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative55.3%

User reviews

Will It Fly?

From 320 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay mechanics
  • 🎨 Nice graphics and visuals
  • 🎵 Catchy music
  • 💰 Free to play with affordable paid version
  • 🧠 Educational value for learning weight/physics concepts

Room to improve

  • 😴 Repetitive and boring gameplay loop
  • ⚠️ Unclear obstacle/background distinction
  • 🎮 Too simplistic and easy
  • ❌ Lacks meaningful player agency or skill
  • 📊 Limited level variety and progression

Snowboard Hero

From 116 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Great graphics and quality
  • 👍 Unique characters
  • 👍 Cool tracks
  • 👍 Awesome soundtrack

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes on loading
  • 🐛 Unplayably slow on Apple TV
  • 🐛 Dull gameplay
  • 🐛 Limited tricks
  • 🐛 Lacking reality in tricks

Bugs and requests

Will It Fly?

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • App fails to open/launch
  • Game freezes during gameplay
  • Crashes after 1-2 levels
  • UI elements blocked by ads preventing interaction
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  • Level advancement occurs regardless of win/fail status

Requested features

7 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Actual flight controls (velocity, flaps, etc.)
  • Tilt/motion control implementation
  • Metric measurement option
  • Better level progression system
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  • More obstacles to navigate around
  • Improved difficulty scaling

Snowboard Hero

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Crashes when loading
  • Crashes after a few seconds
  • Collision detection issues
  • Controls not differentiating actions
  • Game closes immediately
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  • Doesn't load
  • Touch screen not registering
  • Crashes on iPod 4 touch
  • Laggy performance
  • Unresponsive controls
  • Slow frame rate
  • Game struggles to run
  • Crashes when attempting to turn music playlists off

Requested features

11 requests
  • Update for iOS 11
  • More new tracks and characters
  • Multiplayer functionality
  • 180 degree spins
  • Stunt park for practice
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  • More characters (equal gender representation)
  • Replays with cool camera angles and slo-mo
  • Universal update for iPad HD
  • More variety in outfits
  • Support for iPod Touch 2nd Gen
  • Finer tuning of controls for responsiveness

In-app purchases

None

Will It Fly?

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Snowboard Hero

One-time5
  • 5000$0.99
  • 12000$1.99
  • 33000$4.99
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  • 75000$9.99
  • 200000$19.99

Questions

Is Will It Fly? free?
Will It Fly? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Snowboard Hero free?
Snowboard Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Will It Fly? or Snowboard Hero?
Snowboard Hero is rated higher. Will It Fly? averages 3.0 out of 5 from 320 ratings, while Snowboard Hero averages 3.9 from 116 ratings.
Do Will It Fly? or Snowboard Hero have ads?
Will It Fly? shows ads; Snowboard Hero does not.
Which is updated more often, Will It Fly? or Snowboard Hero?
Will It Fly? ships an update every 20 months, and Snowboard Hero every 4 months. Most recently, Will It Fly? was updated on October 21, 2026 and Snowboard Hero on October 22, 2026.

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