Air Wings® vs Sky Checkers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Air Wings®
Engage in thrilling online multiplayer battles piloting paper airplanes. Arm yourself with unique weaponry like spit wads and rubber bands to outmaneuver and defeat opponents across diverse battle levels. Choose from 18 distinct aircraft for an exciting aerial combat experience.
- Online multiplayer battles
- Pilot paper airplanes
- Unique weaponry (spit wads, rubber bands, etc.)
- 18 different airplanes
- 36 multiplayer battle levels
- Game controller support
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• Online multiplayer paper airplane battles! • Game Controller support! • AppleTV compatible Air Wings is a flying battle game where you pilot a paper airplane and shoot your network opponents using crazy weaponry such as the spit wads, rubber bands, heat seeking pencils, firecracker bombs, and suction cups. The game is incredibly fun as you fly around trying to gather as much weaponry as possibly while avoiding your opponents! There are 18 different airplanes to choose from including a totally cool balsa airplane with a rubberband powered propeller, and there are 36 different Multiplayer Battle levels to play.
Sky Checkers
Engage in a thrilling multiplayer action game where you blast enemies off a stage. Be the last one standing in this battle, playable with up to four players locally or online.
- 1-4 player multiplayer
- Action-packed battles
- Last one standing gameplay
- Online multiplayer
- Gamepad support
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Blast off your enemies in a 1-4 multiplayer action packed battle and be the last one standing! Hook up gamepads to add more friends or host/join a game with your friends online (absent of firewall / network restrictions).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sky Checkers at 5.0 against Air Wings®'s 4.3. Sky Checkers also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Air Wings®'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 3). On price, ads 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. Air Wings® sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sky Checkers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sky Checkers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Air Wings® has 1.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Air Wings®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Sky Checkers's.
Air Wings® ships an update weekly, Sky Checkers every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Air Wings® | Sky Checkers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Pangea Software, Inc. | Mayur Pawashe |
Customer experience
Air Wings®
Sky Checkers
Bugs and requests
Air Wings®
Reported bugs
4 issues- Planes going straight instead of flying
- Multiplayer connection issues
- Crashes when pressing pause button
- Planes not responding to controls
Requested features
5 requests- Single player mode
- Offline practice mode
- More free planes and levels
- Customization options
- Ranking/leaderboard system
Sky Checkers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Air Wings®
- Plane Pack #1Free
- Plane Pack #2Free
- Level Pack #1Free
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- Plane Pack #3Free
- Level Pack #2Free
- Plane Pack #4Free
- Plane Pack #5Free
- Plane Pack #6Free
- Toy Plane Pack$1.99
- Everything Bundle$7.99
Sky Checkers
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Air Wings® free?
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