Will It Fly? vs Trenchfront
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!
Trenchfront
Lead your army in tactical real-time battles across a contested battlefield. Capture trenches, deploy diverse units, and call in support to achieve victory. Progress through campaigns, challenges, and unlock commanders with unique abilities.
- Tactical real-time battles
- Campaign missions and survival
- Diverse unit deployment
- Commander progression
- Seasons, events, and challenges
- Roguelike upgrades
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Trenchfront is a tactical strategy and survival game for iPhone. Lead your army across a contested battlefield, capture trenches, and decide when each formation should hold, advance, or launch an assault. Deploy infantry, assault troops, machine-gun teams, snipers, medics, engineers, artillery, and tanks. Every unit has distinct strengths, weaknesses, costs, and battlefield roles. Call in air strikes, artillery, smoke, and reinforcements at the right moment. CAMPAIGN AND OPERATIONS Fight mission by mission across the frontline map. Different theaters, objectives, and difficulty levels demand new tactics. Replay completed operations for higher ratings and additional rewards. TACTICAL TRENCH COMMANDS Captured trenches provide cover and are commanded individually. Hold a position, advance in formation, or risk a faster assault with reduced protection. COMMANDERS AND PROGRESSION Choose a commander with a distinct specialization and active ability. Earn player and commander XP, rise through command ranks, complete assignments, and improve your economy, infantry, armor, defense, and support. SEASONS, EVENTS, AND CHALLENGES Daily and weekly challenges provide clear battle objectives. Recurring events and seasonal reward tracks offer additional goals. Optional Premium and DLC content is presented clearly in the store and supports purchase restoration. FEATURES • Tactical real-time battles across five frontline positions • Campaign missions and survival high scores • Distinct maps and selectable difficulty levels • Infantry, armor, and special support abilities • Commanders with roles, abilities, and rank progression • Roguelike field upgrades and synergies • Season pass, events, and challenges • English and German localization • No player account required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trenchfront at 100% against Will It Fly?'s 17%. Trenchfront also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 20 months). Will It Fly?'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (320 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Trenchfront sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Will It Fly? asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trenchfront holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Will It Fly? has 320 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Will It Fly?'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Trenchfront's.
Will It Fly? ships an update every 20 months, Trenchfront every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Will It Fly? | Trenchfront |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (320 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 320 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fluik | PHILIP GRABNER |
Customer experience
Will It Fly?
Trenchfront
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
Trenchfront
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Will It Fly?
No in-app purchases
Trenchfront
- Elite Commanders Pack$2.99
- Season 12: Iron Front Premium$3.99
- Season 13: Winter War Premium$3.99
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- Season 14: Pacific Storm Premium$3.99
- Season 15: Desert Spearhead Premium$3.99
- Season 16: Fog of War Premium$3.99
- Season 17: Steel Resolve Premium$3.99
- Season 18: Spring Offensive Premium$3.99
- Season 19: Fortress Europe Premium$3.99
- Historical Campaign Pack$5.99
Questions
Is Will It Fly? free?
Is Trenchfront free?
Which has better reviews, Will It Fly? or Trenchfront?
Do Will It Fly? or Trenchfront have ads?
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