Comparison

HGS Flight vs Aviateur

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

Head to head
About

HGS Flight

Simulate flying approaches with a head-up guidance system. Practice in various weather conditions and explore different flight scenarios. Experience advanced vision technologies to enhance situational awareness.

Highlights
  • Head-up guidance system simulation
  • iPad-based flight control
  • Multiple weather conditions
  • Career and Challenge modes
  • Synthetic and Enhanced Vision
  • Real-world symbology
Features
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Experience head-up and eyes-forward flying with the Head-up Guidance System (HGS™) from Collins Aerospace. With this application, you can use your iPad to simulate flying an approach into Innsbruck, Austria, and Queenstown, New Zealand, under a variety of weather conditions. Use the Career mode to build your skill, or take on the Challenge mode with user-defined settings if you want to create your own scenario. Follow the guidance cue in and see just how much our HGS technology helps you fly precisely, every time. FEATURES: - Your hands hold the yoke - tilt forward to nose down and back to nose up, and turn your device left and right to steer - Designed by pilots to challenge other pilots, but simple enough to learn that anyone can enjoy - Get the boss to their meeting on-time with a business jet, or safely deliver your passengers with an airliner - Pick Career to build your skill, or dive right in with Challenge mode - Experience all kinds of weather, such as crosswinds, windshear, rain and fog - Use Synthetic Vision & Enhanced Vision to “see” the terrain during day, night or fog HGS Flight allows you to see real symbology from the head-up displays used in actual airplanes. Use this tool to see how the HGS allows pilots to keep their head up and eyes out of the cockpit, focusing on the challenge at hand.

About

Aviateur

Experience realistic flight simulation with a variety of aircraft and diverse, accurate real-world locations. Engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, master challenging landings, and customize weather conditions for an immersive adventure.

Highlights
  • Multiple aircraft types
  • Geographically accurate locations
  • Air combat (WWII and Modern)
  • Dynamic weather system
  • Challenging landings
  • Customizable flight dynamics
  • Day/Night cycle
Features
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Features: -Several aircraft to choose from -Diverse, geographically accurate real-world locations - Air-to-Air and Air-to-ground combat battles against fighter jets, WWII aircraft, tanks, destroyers, submarines, AAAs, SAM missile systems - 2 Combat Eras to choose from - WWII and Modern - Command wingmen into combat, or fly various formations - Rack up a high score in Air Endurance mode where you fight endless enemies -Practice aircraft carrier, destroyer ship and oil platform landings -24 hour Day/Night cycle -Customizable, fully dynamic weather that varies spatially and with time (clear, cloudy, hurricane, thunderstorm, rain, snowstorm, thermals, and more!) -Landing/Engine failure Challenges -Racing Challenges -Air Traffic Control -Comprehensive flight dynamics - Pilot a variety of aircraft, from jet airliner, fighter jets, civilian and military helicopters, general aviation, and vintage planes! - Test your landing skills by landing on an aircraft carrier, destroyer ship or an oil rig, or perhaps add some crosswinds, some turbulence and rain to make things more challenging! - Create air-to-ground combat battles and make use of weapons such as cannons, missiles, bombs, rockets and flares and survive against enemies such as tanks, destroyer ships, surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft artilleries and more! - Features fully customizable weather. Control the cloud cover in multiple layers, recreate thunderstorms, snowstorms, rain, customize winds and gusts, visibility and add turbulence! - Visit the locations of Cape Verde and Grand Canyons and take in the views of vast rugged terrain! Locations are recreated on a 1:1 scale with accurate terrain, fully recreated cities, towns and roads from real geodata. Airports are recreated with accuracy and detail to mirror their real life counterparts. - Put your aerobatic stunts on display with the use of customizable aerobatic smoke! - Launch your glider into the sky with a winch and soar through the clouds in an authentic glider simulation! - Try out some landing challenges or create your own! Test your emergency skills with engine failures! - Break the sound barrier in the sky with supersonic jets! - Features Attack Helicopters! - Race against time in racing challenges! - Ability to park your aircraft and walk around! - Features in-depth flight dynamics modelling to bring authenticity to each aircraft! - Features a full day and night cycle! - Features aircraft customization such as changing paint color, selecting weaponry loadouts, external fuel tanks and more! - Fly from a variety of viewing angles, be it 360 degrees around the aircraft, inside the cockpit, or from the passenger seat! - Features ATC (Air Traffic Control) communication and procedures! - Features customizable air traffic! - In-depth controls featuring flaps, gear, spoilers (arm), rudder, reverse thrust, engine start/stop, elevator trim, lights, drag chutes and more! - Features instruments such as: Artificial horizon, altimeter, airspeed, in-flight map, heading, Vertical Speed Indicator, Engine RPM/N1, fuel, G-force gauge, Head-Up Display etc. - Features 3D instrument gauges in cockpits! - Navigate using ILS systems! - Features in-depth Autopilot (Vertical Speed, Altitude change, Autothrottle, Heading) and warning systems for each aircraft! - Features in-depth weapon systems simulation!

Screenshots

Aviateur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HGS Flight at none against Aviateur's 13. HGS Flight also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Aviateur's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 40 months) and ratings volume (129 vs 4). On price, review sentiment and ads 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. Aviateur sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. HGS Flight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HGS Flight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aviateur has 129 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of HGS Flight's written reviews are positive against 87% of Aviateur's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HGS Flight ships an update every 40 months, Aviateur every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HGS Flight versus Aviateur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHGS FlightAviateur
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (129 ratings)
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews — better86.8% of reviews
Number of ratings4129 — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB793 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRockwell Collins, Inc.Rajatdeep Bakshi

Customer experience

HGS Flight

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.4%

Aviateur

All ratings106 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative5.3%

User reviews

HGS Flight

From 4 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Realistic simulation
  • 💡 Great learning tool for pilots
  • 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • ✨ Good graphics
  • 🎧 Realistic ATC audio

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App stopped working on older iOS
  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Controls not working well
  • 🐛 Roll control overly sensitive
  • 🐛 Compass headings reversed

Aviateur

From 129 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Amazing flight simulator experience
  • 🚫 No forced ads
  • 🎮 Agile interface with many controls
  • ✈️ Large variety of aircraft
  • 🗺️ Evocative graphics

Room to improve

  • 💰 Most good planes cost money
  • 💸 Pay to win aspect
  • 🗺️ Limited maps
  • 🛬 Landing on terrain can be difficult
  • 💥 Unrealistic explosions on impact

Bugs and requests

HGS Flight

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Stopped working with iOS 11
  • No longer works on iPad
  • App no work
  • Playability not good control
  • Control is not working well
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  • App crashes
  • Can't get past menu screens
  • Roll control seems overly sensitive
  • App a little laggy in roll
  • Compass headings reversed
  • Landing Aborted message unclear
  • Font doesn't match HGS
  • Landing shouldn't be considered successful just because you touched the runway
  • Velocity vector doesn't behave exactly like the one in the actual aircraft
  • ATC audio loop replays same comms
  • Volume not controllable except for turning it off
  • Cannot set power/thrust back to default

Requested features

19 requests
  • Support for phones
  • Full flight simulator with more airplanes
  • Ability to take off and fly to a destination
  • Full controls (flaps, gear, speed brakes)
  • More cameras
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  • More airfields
  • Display all information a real HUD shows
  • Ability to declutter HUD information
  • More airports in different areas
  • Replay feature
  • Longer ATC audio loop
  • Volume control for ATC audio
  • Ability to set power/thrust back to default
  • Add other cool airports and RF-leg approaches
  • Update the cockpit
  • More planes
  • Lightning effects
  • Change airports after landing
  • Add more airports and airplanes

Aviateur

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Plane explodes when hitting a tree
  • Enemy ground units lock on from too far
  • Planes cannot be unlocked (network issue)
  • Cannot purchase/restore plane purchases (internet connection required)
  • Sun breaks the game (makes everything pink)
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  • Stalling when looking at the sun
  • Weather editing doesn't allow continuation
  • Purple vision when pulling Gs

Requested features

28 requests
  • Add 747 400, 747 8, 777
  • Add 747
  • Add 777
  • Add AH64 Apache
  • Add cars that drive on the streets
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  • Worldwide boundless scale flying
  • More cities
  • More free planes (airliners, fighter jets)
  • More alarms (pull up alarm)
  • Add a new plane (747, 737-100)
  • Better camera controls
  • Free DC-10, L-1011, 727, 747
  • More added aircraft (Airbus A380, Boeing 777, etc.)
  • Add fighter jets
  • Add WW2 plane and turboprop airliner
  • Purchase pack for all planes
  • More airports/promotions
  • Add C-17 Globemaster III
  • More maps (Pacific North West, Canada/Alaska, Japan, Alps)
  • Career mode or procedurally generated tasks (cargo flights, passenger flights, rescue missions)
  • Multiplayer
  • Failure menu (engine fire, etc.)
  • Add joystick control option
  • Pause game photo mode
  • Hide HUD icons
  • Add more military planes
  • Improve effect
  • More free flights

In-app purchases

None

HGS Flight

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Aviateur

One-time13
  • Fishbed$0.49
  • Lightning II Carrier Variant$0.49
  • Blackbird$0.49
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  • MH-6E$0.49
  • Mi-28N$0.49
  • Airbus A380$0.49
  • Boeing 787$0.49
  • Chinook$0.49
  • Concorde$0.49
  • Douglas DC-3$0.49
  • F-16C$0.49
  • Extra 330sc$0.49
  • SU-27S$0.49

Questions

Is HGS Flight free?
HGS Flight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aviateur free?
Aviateur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HGS Flight or Aviateur?
HGS Flight is rated higher. HGS Flight averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Aviateur averages 4.6 from 129 ratings.
Do HGS Flight or Aviateur have ads?
Neither HGS Flight nor Aviateur shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HGS Flight or Aviateur?
HGS Flight ships an update every 40 months, and Aviateur every 2 months. Most recently, HGS Flight was updated on October 19, 2026 and Aviateur on October 21, 2026.

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