Will It Fly? vs Over Midway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Realistic aviation physics
- Cargo and passenger management
- Terrain and obstacle avoidance
- Aircraft performance simulation
- Headwind mechanics
- Upgradeable aircraft
- Unlockable maps
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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!
Over Midway
Engage in thrilling aerial combat over Midway Island. Pilot iconic WWII aircraft, engage in dogfights, and bomb enemy targets. Return to your carrier for refueling and rearming to continue the fight.
- WWII aerial combat
- Dogfighting mechanics
- Bombing missions
- Carrier take-off and landing
- Refuel and rearm system
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The calm Pacific waters around Midway Island are shattered with the sound of Corsairs and Zeros in a dogfight to see who will win the battle over Midway Island. Take off from your carrier, attack enemy planes, drop bombs on islands and return to refuel and rearm. You can almost smell the aviation fuel in the air.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Over Midway at 3.5 against Will It Fly?'s 3.0. Over Midway also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 20 months). Will It Fly?'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Over Midway sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Will It Fly? asks for nothing beyond the download.
Over Midway holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 320 and 179 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Will It Fly?'s written reviews are positive against 16% of Over Midway's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Will It Fly? ships an update every 20 months, Over Midway every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Will It Fly? | Over Midway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (320 ratings) | 3.5 (179 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.3% of reviews — better | 16.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 320 — better | 179 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 4.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fluik | Quantum Design Group |
Customer experience
Will It Fly?
Over Midway
User reviews
Will It Fly?
From 320 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Over Midway
From 179 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Nice game concept
- 💡 Nice graphics (initially)
- 💡 Free to download (initially)
- 💡 Great for all ages (claimed)
- 💡 Fun & Simple (initially)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Poor execution
- 🐛 Boring and repetitive
- 🐛 Lousy controls
- 🐛 Lousy graphics (later)
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
Over Midway
Reported bugs
25 issues- App won't download paid upgrades
- App goes into a loop for in-app purchases
- Major bugs after winning over an island
- Carrier takes constant strikes
- Bombs stop working
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- Explosion stays on screen like a burn mark
- Game interprets burn mark as enemy hit on carrier
- No acknowledgment of completing a level
- Background messes up
- Fight your own side
- Background turns into shadows of planes
- Score not registering correctly
- Game crashes after playing for a while
- Game crashes after updating
- Game crashes every time after playing once
- Game crashes not always, but annoying
- No way to land or find your base
- App won't open past the title screen
- Force closes
- Consistently crashes
- Crashes on title screen
- Crashes right when opened
- Doesn't even work
- Crashes for about one minute then again
- Takes about 45 seconds to load
Requested features
8 requests- Add an altimeter
- Add multiplayer mode
- Add indicator for taking over island or sinking enemy ship
- More interaction, become part of a squadron
- Add targets on the island for more challenge
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- More bombs available
- Add zoom function
- Add more allied and axis planes and ships
In-app purchases
Will It Fly?
No in-app purchases
Over Midway
- Level 4 Unlock$0.99
- Unlock Level 2$0.99
- Unlock Level 3$0.99
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- Unlock Level 4$0.99
Questions
Is Will It Fly? free?
Is Over Midway free?
Which has better reviews, Will It Fly? or Over Midway?
Do Will It Fly? or Over Midway have ads?
Which is updated more often, Will It Fly? or Over Midway?
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