Comparison

Airport Madness Challenge Lite vs Planes Control!

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

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About

Airport Madness Challenge Lite

Become an air traffic controller and manage busy airports. Unlock new airports, aircraft, and challenges as you earn experience and career points. Features include multiple game modes, power-ups, and multiplayer options.

Highlights
  • 29 Airports
  • 21 Aircraft
  • Career Points System
  • Cover Up Powerup
  • Speed Controls
  • Multiplayer Modes
  • Game Center Integration
Features
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Earn experience and unlock new, awesome, FREE content faster than ever! Become the ultimate air traffic controller and master the tower at more than 25 airports in the latest Airport Madness Challenge Free! WARNING! Studies show that Airport Madness Challenge Free is highly addictive for players of all ages. 5 stars - “I have always loved airport games but this one is the star.” 5 stars - “Love it. Play it all the time and with each update it just gets better. I've even got my girlfriend addicted too. :D” 5 stars - “I work as an Air Marshall and love it. Shared it with a few flight attendants and pilots who get a kick out of it too!” Airport Madness Challenge Free is THE air traffic control game on iTunes. Now, even more fun at your fingertips with tons of features and content: * 29 Amazing Airports! * 21 Exciting Aircraft! * Urban, Military, Sci-Fi themes and MORE * Career Points to Unlock Airports and Aircraft * “Cover Up” Powerups to Recover From Crashes * Superior Speed Controls: Play at Your Own Pace * Pro Kit with Advanced Traffic Controls * Multiplayer “Time Attack” and “Last One Standing” * Game Center Multiplayer - online or Bluetooth * Game Center Achievements and Leaderboards * Share Your Scores on Facebook Play to unlock new airports, new aircraft and new challenges. Earn cash and Career Points to advance your career at airports around the world, and in space! The more you play, the more Career Points you get. Plus, recover from crashes with the “Cover Up” powerup. Had a crash on your best run ever? Not a problem. Use a Cover Up to keep the traffic coming and maintain the madness. Airport Madness Challenge Free boasts total control of your airports. Set the game speed to 2x, 3x or even 4x: play at your own pace! The Pro Kit also gives you complete control over air traffic. Signal aircraft to circle around, land on different runways, take off faster and more! There's also Novice Mode to help new players get the hang of avoiding crashes. Challenge any friend or foe via Game Center in new multiplayer modes that are insanely challenging and fun: Time Attack - a race to see who can get the highest score, and Last One Standing - play until one of you crashes or runs out of money. Do you have what it takes to manage a busy airport - night and day? Dive into the stress-filled job of an Air Traffic Controller! Days turn into nights, nights turn into days, and then the skies cloud over: this is the proving ground for true nerves of steel and bold, clear heads! Air traffic builds at every airport, until all but the best-of-the-best air traffic controllers wash out. Push yourself to move traffic as tightly as possible without compromising safety or risking delays. Are you up to the Challenge? Download Airport Madness Challenge Free today! "You land a million planes...then you have one little mid air...and you never hear the end of it." - Anonymous TRACON Controller > Play Airport Madness Challenge Free today! “Like” Airport Madness Challenge on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AirportMadness ______________________________ Airport Madness Challenge Free is brought to you by Fluik Entertainment, makers of wicked-fun mobile games such as Office Jerk, Office Zombie, Plumber Crack and Streaker Run. Search the App Store for "Fluik" to browse all our games. Follow @FluikGames on Twitter for free game announcements and other updates. NOTE: Please don't include bug reports in your app reviews. We can't respond to you directly, so there's no direct way for us to offer help or properly debug the situation. You can post all bugs or suggestions on the Facebook fan page, or email us via support@fluik.com

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

Airport Madness Challenge Lite4 screens
Planes Control!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Planes Control! at 4.7 against Airport Madness Challenge Lite's 3.3. Planes Control! also leads on ratings volume (7K vs 150) and review sentiment (79% vs 70%). Airport Madness Challenge Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (9.2 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Airport Madness Challenge Lite sells 10 one-off in-app purchases 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 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 7K ratings behind it against 150, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Airport Madness Challenge Lite's written reviews are positive against 79% of Planes Control!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Airport Madness Challenge Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Planes Control! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Airport Madness Challenge Lite versus Planes Control!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirport Madness Challenge LitePlanes Control!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (150 ratings)4.7 (7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.1% of reviews79.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1507K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.2 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB40 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperFluikAntonio Calvino Esquer

Customer experience

Airport Madness Challenge Lite

All ratings150 ratings
Positive56.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative37.3%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative21.8%

Planes Control!

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

User reviews

Airport Madness Challenge Lite

From 150 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Challenging and fun
  • 🚀 Smooth performance
  • 🚀 Great time waster
  • 👍 Enjoyable experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Limited playtime due to energy system
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with data collection
  • 👎 Outdated and incompatible with newer devices
  • 👎 Repetitive and lacks variety

Planes Control!

From 7K 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

Airport Madness Challenge Lite

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Progress and scores not saving properly
  • Incompatibility with iOS 14 and newer
  • Unresponsive controls and input issues
  • Graphical glitches and visual bugs

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and airports to unlock
  • Ability to save progress and resume games
  • Multiplayer mode for competitive play
  • More aircraft types and customization options
  • Improved controls and UI for better usability

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

10 purchases

Airport Madness Challenge Lite

One-time10
  • Airport 3$0.99
  • Airport 4$0.99
  • Airport 5$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Airport 6$0.99
  • Pro Kit$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Energy Starter$1.99
  • Beginner CP Sale$2.99
  • Standard Energy$3.99
  • Standard Pack$4.99
10 purchases

Planes Control!

One-time10
  • Pack of 5× Rescue Teams.$0.99
  • Unlock all HD Levels$0.99
  • Classic levels$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 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 Airport Madness Challenge Lite free?
Airport Madness Challenge Lite 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, Airport Madness Challenge Lite or Planes Control!?
Planes Control! is rated higher. Airport Madness Challenge Lite averages 3.3 out of 5 from 150 ratings, while Planes Control! averages 4.7 from 7K ratings.
Do Airport Madness Challenge Lite or Planes Control! have ads?
Both Airport Madness Challenge Lite and Planes Control! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Airport Madness Challenge Lite or Planes Control!?
Airport Madness Challenge Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, and Planes Control! monthly. Most recently, Airport Madness Challenge Lite was updated on October 21, 2026 and Planes Control! on October 26, 2026.

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