Glow Control vs Jetpack Kurt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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 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!
Jetpack Kurt
Experience thrilling jetpack and spaceship flights with intuitive two-thumb controls. Master 3D flight, progress through advanced vehicles, and test your skills in challenging combat and landing scenarios.
- Jetpack and spaceship flight
- Full 3D flight simulator
- Two-thumb control system
- Third-person and first-person views
- Progressive jetpack and spacecraft upgrades
- Finesse landing challenges
- Combat mode with air-to-ground attacks
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Uncle Kurt has a shiny new jetpack and spaceship... wanna go fly with me? Also includes Space Flight mode: a full tumbling 3D flight simulator with two-thumb controls! Can you master 3D flight on your mobile device? Fly in either third-person view, or first-person camera view. Full 3D flight controls using only two thumbs. Progress through from easy-to-control starter jetpacks to more advanced high performance jetpacks and spacecraft. Finesse your landings on higher levels to avoid damaging your spacecraft. Combat mode challenges your flight skills with air-to-ground attack tasks!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jetpack Kurt at none against Glow Control's 1. Jetpack Kurt also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 68 months) and rating (4.3 vs 3.9). Glow Control's advantage is ratings volume (194 vs 6). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Glow Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jetpack Kurt asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jetpack Kurt holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glow Control has 194 ratings behind it against 6, 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 100% of Jetpack Kurt's.
Glow Control ships an update every 68 months, Jetpack Kurt monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Glow Control | Jetpack Kurt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (194 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 194 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 68 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 452 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sprakelsoft GmbH | Kurt Dekker |
Customer experience
Glow Control
Jetpack Kurt
Bugs and requests
Glow Control
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game not continuing after pause
- Google advertisement white box still comes on and stays while covering the bottom of screen
Requested features
7 requests- More maps
- More planes
- Less planes
- Fix game not continuing after pause
- More runway configurations
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- More levels
- Add instructions
Jetpack Kurt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Glow Control
- Remove ads!$0.99
Jetpack Kurt
No in-app purchases
Questions
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