Comparison

iControl DCS vs Juno

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

Head to head
About

iControl DCS

Enhance your flight simulation experience by extending your cockpit to an iPad. Control Digital Combat Simulator's A-10C Warthog with touch screen input, eliminating the need for a mouse during intense gameplay. Enjoy interactive displays and a wide range of cockpit functions for a more immersive simulation.

Highlights
  • Interactive MFCD, CDU, and UFC displays
  • Touchscreen control for simulator functions
  • Retina iPad support with original graphics
  • Support for multiple connected iPads
  • Cold ramp startup controls
  • Autopilot controls
Features
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Extend your cockpit to the iPad! iControl DCS allows you to connect your iPad with Digital Combat Simulator's A-10C Warthog flight simulation. Allowing you to control the simulator by touching your screen. Never fumble for your mouse in the heat of the moment again! Here are some of the functions it provides • Crisp and clean 100% original graphics with retina iPad support • Quick and easy navigation between instruments via swipe gestures or buttons • Live MFCD displays (left and right) with working buttons • Live CDU display with working buttons • UFC panel with working buttons • Caution and warning light panel • Various commonly used cockpit functions • Supports multiple devices. Connect two iPads at once and display Different MFDs on each! • Radio stack • Combined view with UFC and dual MFCDs on one screen • Autopilot controls • All controls and switches necessary to performa a cold ramp startup • Portrait CDU mode System Requirements: • DCS: World with A-10C Addon • Microsoft Windows • iControl DCS Server available at http://www.bit-shift.com/ • Due to limitations in the simulator, live MFCDs must be repeated on your monitor. • Due to limitations in the simulator, the sim will be forced to run in full screen windowed mode ***** We suggest you give A-10 VC Free a try before purchasing iControl DCS to make sure it suits your play style. ***** This application will not work with macOS PCs! iControl DCS and bit-shift.com are not affiliated with iControl Networks.

About

Juno

Design, build, and fly rockets, planes, and more with realistic physics. Automate your creations with a visual programming language, explore planets, and manage your own aerospace company in a detailed career mode. Share your designs with a vibrant community.

Highlights
  • Build rockets, planes, cars, and more
  • Visual programming language (Vizzy)
  • Realistic physics simulation
  • Career mode with tech tree
  • Resize and reshape parts
  • Customizable engines
  • Community craft downloads
Features
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Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and download more from the community. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode. AEROSPACE SANDBOX Juno: New Origins is a 3D aerospace sandbox where players can use customizable parts to construct and test rockets, planes, cars, or anything they can imagine in an environment with realistic physics across land, sea, air, and space. CAREER MODE + TECH TREE Take control of your own aerospace company and earn money and tech points as you progress through the game. Complete contracts to earn money, and discover a mixture of hand-crafted and procedural contracts that offer countless hours of new gameplay. Conquer milestones and explore landmarks to earn tech points and unlock new technology in the tech tree. Interactive tutorials are available to show how to build and operate rockets, cars, and airplanes. RESIZE AND RESHAPE PARTS Stretch and shape fuel tanks, wings, cargo bays, fairings, and nose cones with easy-to-use tools that help you create exactly what you want. Resize solar panels, landing gear, pistons, jet engines, etc to fit your needs. Paint your craft custom colors and tweak their reflectiveness, emissiveness, and texture styles. DESIGN ROCKET AND JET ENGINES Engines can be adjusted in a myriad of ways, such as changing the power cycle, combustion pressure, gimbal range, fuel type, and adjusting nozzle performance and visuals. You can customize an engine to be a power house for lift off, or to be a super optimized vacuum engine that maximizes Isp for interplanetary travel. The engine's performance affects its visuals in flight too as shown by the exhaust's expansion or contraction based on its interplay with the atmospheric pressure. Shock diamonds are pretty but they are a symptom of suboptimal engine performance! If you don't care about any of this, then you can just attach a pre-built engine and hit launch! PROGRAM YOUR CRAFTS Easily drag and drop code blocks to program your crafts to log telemetry, automate them, design your own MFD touch screens, etc. With Vizzy, a programming language designed specifically for Juno: New Origins, you can expand the capabilities of your crafts while learning programming, maths, physics, etc. REALISTIC ORBIT SIMULATION Orbits are realistically simulated and support time-warp so you don't have to wait several months to reach another planet. The Map View makes it easy to see your orbits and plan future burns, which you can use to set up future encounters with other planets or satellites. DOWNLOAD CRAFTS, SANDBOXES, AND MORE Download from a huge collection of user-uploaded crafts, sandboxes, and planets on SimpleRockets.com. Upload your own crafts and sandboxes and share them with the community. Rise through the ranks from a white level builder to a gold level builder and beyond.

Screenshots

Juno4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Juno at $6.99 against iControl DCS's $29.99. Juno also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 10) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). iControl DCS's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On review sentiment, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iControl DCS costs $29.99 and Juno $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iControl DCS holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Juno has 1.2K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of iControl DCS's written reviews are positive against 78% of Juno's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iControl DCS ships an update every 4 months, Juno monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iControl DCS versus Juno: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriControl DCSJuno
Price$29.99$6.99 — better
Rating4.9 (10 ratings) — better4.4 (1.2K ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings101.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB371 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerbit-shift.comJundroo, LLC

Customer experience

iControl DCS

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Juno

All ratings1,201 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews543 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative14.0%

Bugs and requests

iControl DCS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Juno

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Staging and separation issues
  • Parachute and re-entry physics problems
  • Inconsistent performance on different devices
  • Difficulty downloading and using community creations

Requested features

6 requests
  • More built-in tutorials and guidance
  • Improved camera controls and UI
  • Ability to create custom planets/moons
  • Expanded part selection and customization
  • Career mode with progression and challenges
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  • Multiplayer and collaborative building

In-app purchases

None

iControl DCS

No in-app purchases

None

Juno

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iControl DCS free?
iControl DCS costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Juno free?
Juno costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iControl DCS or Juno?
iControl DCS is rated higher. iControl DCS averages 4.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Juno averages 4.4 from 1.2K ratings.
Do iControl DCS or Juno have ads?
Neither iControl DCS nor Juno shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iControl DCS or Juno?
iControl DCS ships an update every 4 months, and Juno monthly. Most recently, iControl DCS was updated on October 11, 2026 and Juno on October 18, 2026.

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