Pilot! vs Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pilot!
Experience the thrill of piloting your own aircraft, transporting cargo and passengers between airports. This game offers a vast selection of planes for endless hours of engaging gameplay without the need for extensive flight training.
- Pilot your own plane
- Deliver cargo and passengers
- Fly between airports
- 96 different planes
- Engaging gameplay
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Ding... the pilot has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign! Things are going to get dicey! Whoa Ho! Someone left the engines running and now you get to pilot your own plane! Pilot! lets you have all the fun the big boys have by flying your plane from airport to airport delivering cargo and passengers. No need to spend days in flight school. 96 planes for hours of mind numbing fun.
Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017
Experience realistic flight physics with a vast selection of aircraft and over 2000 missions. Explore detailed global cities and airports, with customizable weather and flight parameters. Enjoy advanced aircraft controls and a comprehensive simulation environment.
- Realistic flight physics
- 95+ aircraft types
- +2000 missions
- +600 airports worldwide
- Customizable weather and time
- Detailed 3D aircraft models
- GPS route creation
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Flight Simulator 2017 FlyWings is finally here! It contains many improvements and the flight physics are perfect! Enjoy a huge set of aircraft - 95 - and almost every air company! This is definitely the best flight simulator ever developed for macOS! Fly in more than +2000 missions, over +600 airports in 9 different cities around the world. Use our GPS tool to create your own routes. The first flight simulation with all city’s buildings and houses, all the airports have fingers, terminal, hangar, and taxiway lines. Real light system on the runways, with PAPI lights and more! The environment, scenario and 3D models are highly detailed, realistic air and ground traffic, change almost every simulation parameter, like visibility, temperature, turbulence, wind direction, all the weather conditions and hour of the flight. Fly in stormy weather, with lightings and heavy rain to test your skills! All the aircraft included in the simulator have specific modifications and special features, you will be able to choose the best aircraft that fits your needs! Aircraft features: - Choose between airplanes, helicopters, jet fighters, aerobatic planes and more! - Configure the model specification and family. - Choose one of the dozens of airline companies to fly your plane. - Configure fuel payload and weight. - Control all flaps, trims, spoilers, gear and turn engines on or off. - Very detailed 3D models of the planes. - Turn all the light signals on or off (Strobe, Landing, Transponder etc). - 9 different cameras. - Autopilot with speed, altitude, vertical speed and heading. Scenario and environment features: - +600 airports around the world - All airports have taxiway lines - All the cities have real buildings and houses - All airports have landing and take off lights - Audio settings - New details - Thousand+ miles in 9 cities: > New York > San Francisco > Chicago > Hawaii (enjoy the view of the volcanoes!) > Las Vegas > Los Angeles > Seattle > Washington D.C > Saint Martin - Weather conditions and hour option to choose when to fly. ***** Don’t forget to rate us! ***** Give us your feedback! All the updates we will be releasing for this flight simulator in the next weeks depend a lot on what you tell us!Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 Apple's Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Links to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found below Privacy Policy: http://www.thetisgames.com/p/thetis-games-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: http://www.thetisgames.com/p/thetis-games-terms-of-service.html If you need to contact us, send an e-mail to support (at) thetisgames.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pilot! at 76% against Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017's 38%. Pilot! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (3.5 vs 3.2). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Pilot! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 747 and 809 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Pilot!'s written reviews are positive against 38% of Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pilot! ships an update every 3 months, Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pilot! | Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (747 ratings) | 3.5 (809 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better | 38.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 747 | 809 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 357 MB | 543 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quantum Design Group | Thetis Consulting |
Customer experience
Pilot!
Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017
User reviews
Pilot!
From 747 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Relaxing gameplay
- 🔒 Variety of aircraft
- 👍 Ability to unlock planes with in-game currency
Room to improve
- 🐛 Planes disappearing or becoming invisible after purchase
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Planes randomly crashing on spawn
- 🐛 Sensitive and unresponsive controls
- 🐛 Planes going through the ground on landing
Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017
From 809 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best flight simulator
- 👍 Realistic planes and controls
- 👍 Great graphics
- 👍 Fun and exciting
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and crashes
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🤔 Confusing controls and tutorials
- 🤔 Limited free content
Bugs and requests
Pilot!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Planes disappearing or becoming invisible after purchase
- Frequent crashes and glitches
- Planes randomly crashing on spawn
- Planes going through the ground on landing
Requested features
6 requests- Add more airports and destinations
- Improve flight physics and controls
- Provide a tutorial or help guide
- Add more camera views and cockpit mode
- Improve the altimeter and other instrument readouts
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- Increase the speed of flights to reduce boredom
Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017
Reported bugs
4 issues- Planes crashing on takeoff or landing
- Autopilot not functioning properly
- Missions not completing correctly
- Frequent app crashes
Requested features
4 requests- More free planes and missions
- Ability to fly between cities/countries
- Improved realism and physics
- Better tutorials and guidance
In-app purchases
Pilot!
- X45 Drone$0.99
- Zeppelin$0.99
- Unlock Sea King$0.99
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- Unlock CH47$0.99
- Unlock F22$0.99
- Unlock SR71$2.99
- Unlock 380$3.99
- Unlock 747$3.99
- Unlock Transport$5.99
- Military Collection$8.99
Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017
- Premium Club Weekly$2.997 Days
- Premium Club - Unlimited Fuel$1.99
- Restore Fuel$1.99
- All Space Shuttle$4.99
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- Unlocks now all flights!$4.99
- Unlocks all missions now!$4.99
- All Special Helicoters$4.99
- All Civilian Helicopters$4.99
- All Boeing 757$6.99
- All Airbus 320$9.99
- All Boeing 747$9.99
- All Airbus 380$12.99
Questions
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