Comparison

Glow Control vs Planes Control!

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

Head to head
About

Glow Control

Guide aircraft to their runways in this addictive line-drawing air traffic control game. Test your skills with multiple maps and enjoy stunning HD graphics. It's a challenging and engaging experience for aviation enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Line-draw air traffic control gameplay
  • Multiple maps
  • HD graphics with particle systems
  • Retina and full iPad support
  • 60 FPS framerates
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Are you the right person to guide aircrafts to their runway? Now you can prove it with Glow Control! Glow Control 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 addictive. 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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Glow Control4 screens
Planes Control!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Planes Control! at 4.7 against Glow Control's 3.9. Planes Control! also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 68 months) and ratings volume (6.8K vs 194). Glow Control's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Glow Control 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Planes Control! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 6.8K ratings behind it against 194, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Glow Control's written reviews are positive against 79% of Planes Control!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glow Control ships an update every 68 months, Planes Control! monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Glow Control versus Planes Control!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlow ControlPlanes Control!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (194 ratings)4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.1% of reviews79.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1946.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 68 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSprakelsoft GmbHAntonio Calvino Esquer

Customer experience

Glow Control

All ratings194 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral13.4%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative17.1%

Planes Control!

All ratings6,833 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews421 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative12.8%

Bugs and requests

Glow Control

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

1 purchases

Glow Control

One-time1
  • Remove ads!$0.99
10 purchases

Planes Control!

One-time10
  • 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

Is Glow Control free?
Glow Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planes Control! free?
Planes Control! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Glow Control or Planes Control!?
Planes Control! is rated higher. Glow Control averages 3.9 out of 5 from 194 ratings, while Planes Control! averages 4.7 from 6.8K ratings.
Do Glow Control or Planes Control! have ads?
Planes Control! shows ads; Glow Control does not.
Which is updated more often, Glow Control or Planes Control!?
Glow Control ships an update every 68 months, and Planes Control! monthly. Most recently, Glow Control was updated on August 25, 2026 and Planes Control! on September 30, 2026.

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