Gunship III vs Helicopter Sim Hellfire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gunship III
Experience intense Vietnam War air combat with highly simulated helicopters and fighter jets. Engage in realistic battles with detailed 3D cockpits, accurate weapon systems, and vast terrain maps. Features include AI-controlled wingmen and enemies, and multiplayer options.
- Ultra-realistic 3D cockpits
- Detailed weapon systems
- Vast Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand terrain
- AI aircraft and gunners
- Two Vietnam War campaigns
- Multiplayer with live chat
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EXPERIENCE THE VIETNAM WAR AIR COMBAT Immerse yourself into the mist of the Vietnam war as an US helicopter or a fighter pilot. Not like other flight sim games for mobile devices, in Gunship-III the cockpit is highly simulated with ultra-realistic 3D cockpit, full function dashboard, realistic sound effects and all moving parts. Graphics are highly detail with cities, jungles, airbases, also includes a vast terrain covers Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. In Gunship-III, you have more aircrafts available to fly more than any other games. We're working hard to bring even more in future updates. Weapon systems in Gunship-III are also highly detail and accurate with real recorded sounds, high fire rate for miniguns as well explosion effect for bombs and rockets. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT (AI) Each mission features many AI aircrafts, you also have AI gunners onboard who will shoot at anything firing at them and make sure nothing could touch your aircraft. The enemy is also aggressive and fearless, they only shoot at you when in close range and be aware of those RPG, they sure take an aircraft down just by one hit. FEATURES: * AI aircraft performance advanced combat tasks. * 360 3D cockpit view with zoom. * Fully functioning cockpit avionics. * Pilot G visual effects. * Auto pilot for long flight. * Weapon system: minigun, rocket, smoke grenade... * Details graphics with cities, trees, ground troop on a vast terrain map * Two realistic and detailed Vietnam War campaigns: Rolling Thunder (1965) and Barrel Roll (1964). * Full version features 7 flyable helicopters: H-19 Chickasaw, H-34 Choctaw, CH-47 Chinook, UH-1D Huey, OH-6A Cayuse, UH-1B Huey Gunship, AH-1G Cobra. * Full version features 3 flyable airplanes: A-1 Skyraider, F-100D Super Sabre, F-4D Phantom II. * Multiplayer with live chat, fly with people around the world.
Helicopter Sim Hellfire
Pilot a multi-role helicopter to demolish enemy defenses and support ground troops. Engage in tactical combat with machine guns and missiles, utilizing countermeasures to survive. Experience a long campaign with various missions and challenges.
- Multi-role helicopter piloting
- Demolish enemy defenses
- Support ground troop disembarkment
- Real-time weapon and countermeasure control
- Engaging campaign with missions and challenges
- Free flight with customizable weather
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Join HELLFIRE SQUADRON and launch the attack on the most modern deadly threats. Guide with precision your multi-role helicopter, demolish the enemy defences and let the raiders disembark in enemy bases. Tactics, flying skills and the right amount of ruthlessness in the attacks are critical to complete the long and engaging campaign against the mysterious secret organization. You are in command of the helicopter and in real time you will have to govern with care the powerful machine gun available on board, take the right countermeasures against enemy attacks and launch the devastating missiles on targets. You choose the best strategy to win! Three levels of difficulty, five scenarios, free flight, 24 missions and 90 challenges are going to provide hours of fun! Features: - 5 scenarios (1 included + 4 additional) - 30 missions (6 included + 24 additional) - 90 challenges of which 5 as world competition (18 included + 72 additional) - Free flight with customizable weather conditions - Full control of the aircraft: collective, pedals/rudder, machine gun with dedicated view, missiles and flares/chaffs countermeasures - Immersive scenarios with buildings, facilities, vehicles, ships and aircraft - Replay of all flight and combat actions - Ranks and Trophies
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gunship III at 4.5 against Helicopter Sim Hellfire's 3.7. Gunship III also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Gunship III sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Helicopter Sim Hellfire sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gunship III holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gunship III has 18K ratings behind it against 218, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Gunship III's written reviews are positive against 62% of Helicopter Sim Hellfire's.
Gunship III ships an update fortnightly, Helicopter Sim Hellfire every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gunship III | Helicopter Sim Hellfire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (18K ratings) — better | 3.7 (218 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.1% of reviews — better | 62.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 218 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 510 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PNTK, Inc. | RORTOS SRL |
Customer experience
Gunship III
Helicopter Sim Hellfire
User reviews
Gunship III
From 18K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Realistic and fun aerial combat
- 👍 Challenging and engaging gameplay
- 📚 Detailed aircraft and history information
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for planes
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔒 Limited free aircraft options
Helicopter Sim Hellfire
From 218 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun to play
- 👍 Good helicopter game
- 👍 Realistic scenarios
- 👍 Great graphics
- 👍 Challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Helicopter controls can be difficult
- 🐛 Drifting issues with machine gun
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔋 Too many ads
- 🐛 Compatibility issues
Bugs and requests
Gunship III
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes on launch for some users
- Ejection system and parachute physics issues
- Unreliable in-app purchases and aircraft unlocks
Requested features
6 requests- Add more free jets and helicopters
- Implement an in-game currency system
- Improve flight controls and indicators
- Expand mission variety and campaign modes
- Add ground units and vehicles
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- Implement a report/mute system for toxic players
Helicopter Sim Hellfire
Reported bugs
5 issues- Helicopter controls are unresponsive
- Game crashes on launch
- Mission failed music not working
- Drifting issues with machine gun
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more helicopters (Apache, Chinook, Cobra, etc.)
- Improve flight physics and controls
- Add more scenarios and missions
- Implement multiplayer mode
- Reduce ads or offer paid version without ads
In-app purchases
Gunship III
- AH-1G Huey Cobra$1.99
- UH-1B Huey Gunship$1.99
- F-100D Super Sabre$2.99
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- F-4D Phantom II$3.99
- F-5E Tiger II$3.99
- F-105D Thunderchief$3.99
- F-111A Aardvark$3.99
Helicopter Sim Hellfire
- Railway Scenario$1.99
- Refinery Scenario$1.99
- Submarines Scenario$1.99
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- Arctic Scenario$1.99
- Railway and Refinery Scenarios$2.99
- Submarines and Arctic Scenarios$2.99
- Railway, Refinery, Submarines and Arctic Scenarios$4.99
Questions
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