Control Tower vs Metro Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control Tower
Guide aircraft to safe landing zones and prevent collisions by drawing flight paths. This strategy game requires quick reflexes and careful planning to manage air traffic and achieve high scores.
- Guide aircraft to landing zones
- Draw flight paths
- Classic game mode
- Online high scores
- Achievements
- Addictive gameplay
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Take control of the skies and feel the rush of bringing every flight home safely. Draw a line with your finger and watch planes, jets, helicopters and seaplanes follow it to their runway or helipad. You'll get it in seconds, and the busier the sky gets, the sharper you become. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Play in seconds: just draw a line, your aircraft does the rest • Never get bored: 6 unique airports, from a sunny coastline to a polar research base • Pull off daring landings: touch down on an aircraft carrier drifting with the tide • Relax in beauty: switch anytime between crisp Classic art and a hand-painted world • Feel the rush: traffic keeps building until only the sharpest controllers survive • Prove you're the best: 19 achievements and a best score on every airport • Play your way: fast-forward when it's calm, choose dotted or dashed flight paths • Play in your language: fully translated into 51 languages • Made for your screen: looks great on every iPhone and iPad Quick to start and hard to put down. Perfect for a coffee break or a long flight. 51 LANGUAGES English, Српски, Srpski, Русский, Українська, Deutsch, Español, Português (PT), Português (BR), Polski, Čeština, Français, Suomi, Română, Ελληνικά, Svenska, Italiano, Slovenčina, Magyar, Dansk, Nederlands, Slovenščina, Türkçe, Eesti, Indonesia, Melayu, Filipino, Norsk, Lietuvių, العربية, فارسی, Afrikaans, Latviešu, বাংলা, 繁體中文, 简体中文, עברית, 한국어, Български, Català, Íslenska, ไทย, Tiếng Việt, हिन्दी, తెలుగు, தமிழ், اردو, नेपाली, Esperanto, O‘zbek, 日本語
Metro Connect
Build and expand your own subway system in a famous metropolis. Connect points with tunnels, launch trains, and transport residents to discover new regions and earn money. Upgrade your trains and stations to manage growing passenger flow.
- Build metro lines
- Upgrade trains and stations
- Transport residents
- Discover new regions
- Fascinating gameplay
- Excellent graphics and music
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Metro Connect - Train Control - exciting puzzle game for building up metro lines! Start an exciting adventure of launching and improving your own subway system! You have to become a great mayor and build your own subway line based on the map of the famous metropolis - New York. You start moving by connecting the points with tunnels, and you will be able to launch trains, transport residents and discover new regions! The flow of passengers is growing and you need to build up new metro lines, increase number of stations and add new trains. As you discover new regions, you can earn more money and improve your metro even more! What awaits for you: - Fascinating gameplay - Improvement of trains and stations - Excellent graphics and music
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Control Tower at 4.3 against Metro Connect's 3.4. Control Tower also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 17%). Metro Connect's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 25 months) and iOS requirement (12.5 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Control Tower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Metro Connect sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Control Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 179 and 235 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Control Tower's written reviews are positive against 17% of Metro Connect's.
Control Tower ships an update every 25 months, Metro Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control Tower | Metro Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (179 ratings) — better | 3.4 (235 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.8% of reviews — better | 17.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 179 | 235 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 15.0 | 12.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 269 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 4 SAVE SOFT DOO NOVI SAD | DEVGEIM |
Customer experience
Control Tower
Metro Connect
User reviews
Control Tower
From 179 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Simple and easy to learn mechanics
- 🧠 Good brain exercise and attention training
- 🎨 Nice graphics and visual design
- ⚡ Quick to download and lightweight
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🎮 Uncontrollable planes at screen borders
- 📱 Poor scaling on newer devices (iPhone 11+)
- 🎯 Unfair gameplay mechanics (planes spawn uncontrollably)
Metro Connect
From 235 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Relaxing gameplay
- 🔥 Addictive and engaging
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 💸 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
- 🐢 Slow progression and lack of content updates
- 🤯 Frustrating when unable to connect tracks
Bugs and requests
Control Tower
Reported bugs
11 issues- Planes spawn on screen edges and cannot be controlled
- App crashes when submitting scores
- App freezes mid-game with no save function
- Touch input delay and unresponsive controls
- Planes crash due to uncontrollable border spawns
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- Screen scaling issues on newer iPhone models
- Ad banner causes crashes when displaying
- Controls flip upside down (orientation bug)
- Pause function does not work properly
- Game won't load or start properly
- Planes don't respond to drawn flight paths
Requested features
9 requests- New maps and levels
- Restore original Flight Control game
- Better sound design and music
- Improved plane graphics and visual clarity
- Tutorial for new players
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- Faster plane spawn rates
- Multiple free levels instead of just one
- Option to disable ads with one-time payment
- Full-screen support for modern devices
Metro Connect
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game getting stuck at certain levels
- Inconsistent track connectivity issues
Requested features
3 requests- More cities/maps to unlock and explore
- Ability to customize and control track layout
- Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option
In-app purchases
Control Tower
- Unlock FULL game$0.99
Metro Connect
- First Pack$0.99
- Second Pack$2.99
- Disable Ads$4.99
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- Super Pack$4.99
Questions
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