Comparison

Aerofly FS Global vs Sundust

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

Head to head
About

Aerofly FS Global

Experience a sophisticated flight simulator with detailed aircraft and interactive cockpits. Explore photorealistic landscapes and fly various aircraft types, from airliners to jets. Offers global scenery streaming and advanced simulation features for an immersive experience.

Highlights
  • Detailed aircraft models
  • Interactive 3D cockpits
  • Realistic flight physics
  • Global scenery streaming
  • Customizable weather and time of day
  • Instant replay and crash recovery
Features
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Aerofly FS Global is one of the most sophisticated Flight Simulators for your mobile device, suitable for beginner and professional flight sim pilots alike. Explore the world of flying with extremely detailed and accurately simulated airliners, fully interactive 3D cockpits and realistic aircraft systems. Fly with complex airliners, helicopters, business jets, fighter jets and warbirds, general aviation aircraft, aerobatic stuntplanes and gliders across the photorealistic landscape. IMPORTANT NOTE: The level of graphics details depends on your device performance and memory. ▶ AIRCRAFT 8 aircraft included in the base app: • Airbus A320, Dash 8-Q400, Learjet 45, Cessna 172, Baron 58, Aermacchi MB339, F-15E Strike Eagle, Jungmeister Over 30 more aircraft available as in-app purchases, like Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing B777, Boeing B787, F/A-18 Hornet, Concorde, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, CRJ-900 and many more ▶ DEFAULT SCENERY Included scenery in the base product: • US west coast from Sacramento to Monterey including the San Francisco Bay Area region • Detailed custom made airports ▶ GLOBAL SCENERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The global scenery streaming service requires a working internect connection Explore the world with our global scenery streaming! Global streaming is available as prepaid subscription and adds world wide scenery coverage and other global features: • Global high-res aerial images and elevation data • Global 3D buildings, objects and points of interest (on selected and powerful devices) • Global night lighting • 2000+ hand made airports • 6000+ global airports • 10,000+ missions based on real world flights • 100+ hand crafted flight missions ▶ SIM FEATURES • Pushback • High resolution aerial images • 3D buildings and terminals • Dynamic aircraft lights (on selected and powerful devices) • Optional Flight assistance with simulated copilot • Global air traffic simulation with optional flight-paths and labels • Instant replay with option to resume flight from that recorded state • Go back in time and try again after a crash • Skip forward in time along the route • Instant selection of cold and dark, before engine start, ready for taxi, ready for takeoff, on final approach and cruise configurations • Personal flight statistics, achievements, career progress and recorded flight paths • Adjustable time of day • Configurable clouds • Adjustable wind speed, thermals and turbulence • Various camera views in the cockpit, passenger views, external views, tower views, fly-by and more • Optional landmark labels for mountains, lakes and cities ▶ AIRCRAFT FEATURES • Realistic flight physics • Fully simulated landing gear physics • Fully simulated wing flex (not just an animation) on nearly all aircraft • Independent simulation of all flight control actuators and flight control surfaces • Cold and Dark option and engine start procedures in all aircraft, except after-burning jets • Highly detailed, animated and interactive 3D cockpits • Highly sophisticated autopilot and flight-management system • Realistic fly-by-wire simulations • Realistic instrument navigation (ILS, NDB, VOR, TCN) • Interactive flight management systems (FMS) • Real-time landing lights and other exterior lights that illuminate the ground (on selected and powerful devices) • Realistic internal lighting See full details per aircraft: https://www.aerofly.com/features/aircraft/ Privacy policy: https://www.aerofly.com/privacy End User License Agreements (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sundust

Features
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One rocket. One pocket-sized solar system. All the time in the world — and other suns past the edge of it. Sundust is a cozy space program that runs on real orbital mechanics. Every planet, moon and asteroid is truly in motion — you don't just point and fly, you swing through gravity, catch transfer windows, and learn to love the RETRO burn. Then you land (gently, please), climb down the ladder, and get to work. FLY — Real gravity, live orbits, a dotted trajectory that shows where you're headed, and time warp for the long hauls. Watch the Moon go through its phases and catch an eclipse when the shadows line up. Easy to start, endlessly satisfying to master. WALK — Step out in your suit. MO, your co-pilot, stays aboard and keeps you company on the radio while the world you landed on becomes a place: the horizon levels, the sky turns blue where there's air, and other planets rise and set. Every world has its own life — grass, flowers and rabbits that bolt on Earth, breathing moss on the Grove, glowing ground that answers your footsteps, trees that walk toward winter — and the dead worlds have their weather: dust devils on Mars, slow methane rain on Titan. Sail painted seas in a copper skiff, and keep an eye on the sky. Some things only happen while you're standing there. DIG — Hold DIG and your hand beam cuts real hollows into the ground. Fill your pack, find the glowing seams of rarer stuff, and carry it back to the ship. BUILD — Rigs keep mining in real time, even while the app is closed. Add depots, habitats, solar farms and reactors, then power up refineries and turn raw ore into goods worth real money. FOLLOW THE SIGNAL — A story leads you from your first wobbly liftoff to something buried under Pluto's ice… and what answers when you bring it home. Precursor gates open the road to other suns — a red ember, a frozen fall, a veil that listens, a star that argues with itself — thirteen systems, ten acts, and every one of them somebody's home. MAKE CONTACT — Meet the Vey: choose a first gift, earn an invitation, and walk six inhabited worlds where silver saucers tend the sky. Race them through Nacre's open rings, if you think your boat-and-rocket outfit can take a saucer. KEEP GOING — Endless expeditions, rotating contracts, milestones, modules, a fleet of drones, and a Prospector's Log that fills with the strange things you've found. Photo mode hides every panel when the view deserves the whole screen. EVERYWHERE — One game across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, with full controller support and your save synced through iCloud. Game Center achievements and leaderboards included. FREE TO START — Fly Earth and the Moon for free, for as long as you like. One purchase unlocks the whole solar system and every sun beyond it, on all your devices. No ads, no subscription, no timers, and nothing decays while you're away. If you bought Sundust before it became free, the whole game is already yours. "Systems green. I'm MO, your co-pilot. Let's not die today." Land gently.

Screenshots

Aerofly FS Global4 screens
Sundust4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sundust at Free against Aerofly FS Global's $3.99. Aerofly FS Global's advantage is chart position (#8 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sundust is free to download; Aerofly FS Global costs $3.99 up front. Aerofly FS Global sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Sundust sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aerofly FS Global ships an update monthly, Sundust every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Aerofly FS Global versus Sundust: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAerofly FS GlobalSundust
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#8 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3.2 GB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIPACSMagicLabSolutions

Bugs and requests

Aerofly FS Global

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when loading certain airports
  • Global scenery not working as expected
  • Planes disappearing or not loading correctly
  • Pushback and taxi issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • More aircraft variety (Airbus, regional jets, etc.)
  • Dynamic weather (rain, snow, storms)
  • Live ATC and air traffic
  • Improved camera options and free camera
  • Fuel management and weight/balance options

Sundust

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

19 purchases

Aerofly FS Global

Subscriptions3
  • Global scenery - 1 month$4.991 Month
  • Global scenery - 3 months$7.993 Months
  • Global scenery - 12 months$19.991 Year
One-time16
  • CRJ900$0.99
  • UH-60$0.99
  • Robin DR400$0.99
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  • Airbus A321$1.99
  • Concorde$1.99
  • Boeing 787-10$1.99
  • Boeing 737-900$1.99
  • Airbus A380$1.99
  • Boeing 777-300ER$1.99
  • Boeing 747-400$1.99
  • Boeing 737 MAX 9$1.99
  • Boeing 777F$1.99
  • Airbus A319$1.99
  • Airbus A350-1000$3.99
  • Airbus A321 XLR$3.99
  • The Aircraft Bundle$24.99
1 purchases

Sundust

One-time1
  • The Full Solar System$4.99

Questions

Is Aerofly FS Global free?
Aerofly FS Global costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sundust free?
Sundust is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aerofly FS Global or Sundust have ads?
Neither Aerofly FS Global nor Sundust shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aerofly FS Global or Sundust?
Aerofly FS Global ships an update monthly, and Sundust every 6 weeks. Most recently, Aerofly FS Global was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sundust on October 29, 2026.

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