Fighter 3D vs Pilot Ace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fighter 3D
Engage in immediate combat missions with modern aircraft, helicopters, and ground vehicles. Strategically command multiple units or take direct control in a first-person view. Enjoy a vast environment with challenging objectives and compare your performance globally.
- Modern combat vehicles
- Instant action missions
- Missile and machine gun combat
- Strategic unit coordination
- First-person and top-down views
- Base capture and destruction
- Global leaderboards
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No ads. No in-app purchases. Handle modern combat fighters, helicopters, jeeps and antiaircrafts in numerous missions against ground and air targets. Fighter 3D is an instant action game, in each mission the combat begins immediately. The less time, the better. Compare your time with that of players around the world with Game Center. Fighters are equipped with missiles that chase the enemy. Achieve a target, aim, shoot and observe how they fall wrapped in flames! Fighters also have machine guns for close combat, many times they are better than missiles. When you see a missile heading towards you, make a quick turn to avoid it. Some helicopters are equipped with missiles and machine guns, others only with missiles. Jeeps are equipped with machine guns. Antiaircrafts are equipped with smart missiles. In many missions you can handle several units at once, coordinating them to destroy the enemy. At any time you can visualize the battle from above. This has two functions: 1. Select units and send them to any point on the map, handling the battle as a general. 2. Select the unit you want to handle in the first person. This system is something that very few games have and gives you total control of the battle. In some missions there are manufacturing of airplanes, helicopters and jeeps, you will have to occupy the enemy bases to destroy them all. Fly through the city and the countryside, over lakes, rivers and waterfalls, between mountains and cliffs, at the nuclear power plant, on farms... Enjoy now the wide stage and the fun missions of Fighter 3D.
Pilot Ace
Engage in thrilling aerial combat, shooting down missiles while navigating challenging environments. Fly faster as you progress, reaching supersonic speeds. Compete with friends and players worldwide on leaderboards.
- Shoot down oncoming missiles
- Fly through challenging environments
- Reach supersonic speeds
- Refuel mid-flight
- Unlock new aircraft
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Challenge friends
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Fly above mountains and through thunderstorms while shooting at oncoming missiles and don't forget to refuel! The farther you fly, the faster you'll go, hitting Mach 2 and even Mach 3. Use a compatible iOS Game Controller to enhance your experience! Game Center Enabled: * View online leaderboards to measure your piloting skills against the world. * Challenge your friends to fly farther than you or to unlock achievements. * Unlock the additional 5 planes and 3 helicopters, then brag about your accomplishments on Game Center. Think you have what it takes to be a Pilot Ace? Prove it! Optimized for all iPhones and iPads that are running iOS 8.0 or higher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pilot Ace at 100% against Fighter 3D's 48%. Pilot Ace also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months). Fighter 3D's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Pilot Ace is free to download; Fighter 3D costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fighter 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Fighter 3D's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pilot Ace's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fighter 3D ships an update every 12 months, Pilot Ace every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fighter 3D | Pilot Ace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (20 ratings) — better | 4.1 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Luis Evaristo Rodriguez Campos | Sean Kosanovich |
Customer experience
Fighter 3D
Pilot Ace
In-app purchases
Fighter 3D
No in-app purchases
Pilot Ace
No in-app purchases









