Comparison

Timepilot vs HomeSim

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

Head to head
About

Timepilot

Discover unique cult movie screenings and film showings in your area. Get personalized recommendations, set up custom notifications for your watchlist, and easily find tickets. The app also features an interactive map and calendar import for a seamless movie-going experience.

Highlights
  • Discover new and exclusive movie screenings
  • Personalized movie recommendations
  • Watchlist notifications
  • Add and share watchlists with friends
  • Interactive map of cinemas
  • Calendar import for screenings
  • Redirect to ticketing pages
Features
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Find new cult movie screenings near you in seconds. Timepilot allows you to quickly and ad-free discover film showings in your area. With Timepilot, you can: * Discover new and exclusive movies * Get personalized recommendations * Be notified when a movie from your watchlist is playing near you * Add and share your watchlist with friends Detailed app features: * Personalized screening sections (previews, cult films, etc.) * Add movies to your watchlist * Custom notifications, e.g., when one of your favorite movies is showing nearby * A "Discovery" section with an algorithm that suggests movies tailored to you * Add cinemas to your favorites * Redirect to the cinema’s ticketing page for easy ticket purchases * Calendar import for screenings * An interactive map showing cinemas around you * Filter by membership cards * Add friends * And much more to come... The app is currently available in Paris, Nancy, Rennes, Marseille, and Lyon only. Other cities in France will be added very soon! Feel free to contact us at the following address if you have any questions or suggestions: contact@timepilot.co

About

HomeSim

Enhance your flight simulation experience by using your mobile device as a touchscreen interface for X-Plane 12. Control essential functions like autopilot, radio management, and flight instruments, freeing up your main display and simplifying complex operations.

Highlights
  • Touchscreen control for X-Plane 12
  • RMU, AFCS, and PFD interfaces
  • Landing gear, flaps, and brake controls
  • Basic engine instrument display
  • View management for main display
  • Flight plan data entry simplification
  • Multi-device support
Features
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HomeSim is a touchscreen interface for use with X-Plane12 Flight Simulator! HomeSim provides a way of using an iPad, iPhone, or both to control most of the functions that would normally require the use of a keyboard and mouse, custom button assignments, or dedicated hardware to control. HomeSim includes: An RMU (Radio Management Unit), An AFCS (Automatic Flight Control Sysytem, or autopilot), A PFD (Primary Flight Display), Landing Gear, Flaps, and Parking Brake controls, Basic Engine Instruments, A VIEW management window for changing the main display of the X-Plane, and an interface to simplify data entry for flight plans on G1000 equipped aircraft. All of the controls use the typical gestures of a touchscreen to make changing frequencies, identifiers, autopilot modes, and navigation displays much quicker, allowing you the ability to practice procedures, like instrument approaches, while devoting little thought to how to properly set things up - the controls generally mimic the devices in real planes, while adding functionality that will increase your situational awareness. More than one iOS device can be connected to X-Plane at a time so that you can have different devices act as dedicated hardware. Free your main visual from the internal cockpit view by using your iOS device for the Flight Instruments, Navigation, and Engine Instruments. Practice using autopilot functions that you are unfamiliar with, and get aquainted with more sophisticated airplanes without having to look around the cockpit for the new controls. Using controls that will work with any aircraft (as long as the aircraft has an autopilot and radios) will free you from thinking about the differences between aircraft, and start to find more similarities - making you a better pilot. Enjoy flying X-Plane more by paying less attention to how to operate the simulation, and more attention to operating your flight! Kingswell Productions, and HomeSim are not affiliated with Laminar Research (the makers of X-Plane).

Screenshots

Timepilot4 screens
HomeSim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timepilot at 93% against HomeSim's 33%. Timepilot also leads on price (Free vs $19.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). HomeSim's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Timepilot is free to download; HomeSim costs $19.99 up front. Timepilot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HomeSim asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HomeSim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Timepilot's written reviews are positive against 33% of HomeSim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timepilot ships an update every 2 months, HomeSim every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Timepilot versus HomeSim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimepilotHomeSim
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB5 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperTimepilotKingswell Productions

Customer experience

Timepilot

Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

HomeSim

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timepilot

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

HomeSim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timepilot free?
Timepilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HomeSim free?
HomeSim costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timepilot or HomeSim?
HomeSim is rated higher. Timepilot averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while HomeSim averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timepilot or HomeSim have ads?
Neither Timepilot nor HomeSim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timepilot or HomeSim?
Timepilot ships an update every 2 months, and HomeSim every 7 months. Most recently, Timepilot was updated on November 3, 2026 and HomeSim on November 4, 2026.

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