ATC Mania vs Planes Control!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ATC Mania
Test your air traffic control skills in this addictive line-drawing game. Guide planes safely to their destinations using intuitive controls and enjoy stunning HD graphics. Compete with others through Game Center integration.
- Line-draw air traffic control gameplay
- Multiple maps
- HD graphics with particle systems
- Retina and full iPad support
- 60 FPS framerates
- Game Center integration
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Are you the best air traffic controller (ATC) worldwide? Now you can prove it with ATC Mania! ATC Mania is an addictive line-draw air traffic control game for your iPhone, iPod or iPad. But don´t tell us we didn´t warn you. It´s really addicitive. It features: - Three Maps (more coming soon) - HD graphics (incl. particle-systems) with retina- and full iPad-support - steady framerates with 60 FPS on most devices - Full "Game Center"-support And it´s free! And now have fun with ATC Mania!
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ATC Mania at none against Planes Control!'s shown. ATC Mania also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Planes Control!'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (6.8K vs 30). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. ATC Mania sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Planes Control! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Planes Control! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 6.8K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of ATC Mania's written reviews are positive against 79% of Planes Control!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ATC Mania ships an update every 3 weeks, Planes Control! monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ATC Mania | Planes Control! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (30 ratings) | 4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 79.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 6.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sprakelsoft GmbH | Antonio Calvino Esquer |
Customer experience
ATC Mania
Planes Control!
User reviews
ATC Mania
From 30 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Highly addictive and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Simple and easy-to-learn mechanics
- 🎮 Fun and entertaining time killer
- 🧠 Requires strategic thinking and concentration
- ⚡ Smooth performance and stability
Room to improve
- 📺 Ads obstruct gameplay and cause crashes
- 🎮 Difficulty ramps up too quickly
- 📱 Small screen makes gameplay difficult on phones
- 🔄 Limited content and repetitive gameplay
- ⚠️ No pause functionality without crashing
Planes Control!
From 6.8K App Store ratingsWhat 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
ATC Mania
Reported bugs
7 issues- Ads block aircraft and prevent control
- Game crashes when paused
- Freezes on iOS 5 compatibility
- Aircraft fly over runway instead of landing
- Simultaneous helicopter and airplane collisions not handled
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- Game orientation issues on some devices
- High score interface doesn't work properly
Requested features
10 requests- More maps and airports
- Additional aircraft types and variety
- Ad-free premium version
- More difficulty levels or settings
- Pause functionality that works properly
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- Screen rotation/orientation support
- More runways and landing options
- Beep notification for new aircraft
- Score logging for all attempts
- Improved graphics and realistic aircraft designs
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
ATC Mania
- Remove ads$1.99
Planes Control!
- Pack of 5× Rescue Teams.$0.99
- Unlock all HD Levels$0.99
- Classic levels$0.99
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- 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
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