Comparison

Aerofly FS Global vs Flying Vector

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

Flying Vector

Features
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A vector-drawn world somewhere between an 80s arcade cabinet and a spacey daydream. No engine: just wind, altitude, and speed, traded for one another. Flying stays calm, gliding, almost meditative — but gates matter: they're what keeps the clock alive, and the terrain sharpens as the flight goes on. Pitching down turns altitude into speed; pulling up does the reverse. Fall below stall speed and lift lets go. To climb back up: thermals and ridge lift — the terrain isn't scenery, it's the resource. Stick centered holds your best glide angle — you settle into it and float, without ever stalling. Flying through gates earns points and flight time. Watch out for pylons — hit one and you're gone. Every craft for the session — silhouette, wingspan, handling — is generated at takeoff. Never the same glider twice. CONTROLS: TOUCH, TILT — OR ANOTHER DEVICE AS A REMOTE Touch stick or tilt steering, your choice — a game controller is picked up automatically if you connect one. This iPhone or iPad can also pilot a session running on a Mac, or on another iPad, remotely: the game plays on the big screen, the controls stay in your hand. SEVEN WORLDS, ONE FLIGHT Plain, City, Canyon, Forest, Cave, Space, Combat. Each one keeps the same unhurried, vector-drawn breathing while introducing its own rule: slaloming between towers, ridge-soaring along a cliff face, a canopy ceiling with the first moving threats, gunfire to open a path between floor and ceiling, a weightless world with no up or down. All of them are endless and procedurally generated — including the ones in the pack. Combat isn't for sale. It's earned: six stars, one per world crossed in a single flight, to unlock it. It's the only world that breaks the calm — a duel, you shoot, and you get shot at. THE PLAIN IS FREE, FOREVER The full game — flight, gates, terrain, generated craft — with nothing to unlock. HORIZONS opens the next five worlds (City, Canyon, Forest, Cave, Space) in one purchase. No subscription, no ads, no in-app currency. iOS and macOS, one purchase for both.

Screenshots

Aerofly FS Global4 screens
Flying Vector3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flying Vector at Free against Aerofly FS Global's $3.99. Aerofly FS Global's advantage is chart position (#8 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Flying Vector 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 Flying Vector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Aerofly FS Global versus Flying Vector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAerofly FS GlobalFlying Vector
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#8 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.7
Further details — not scored
Size3.2 GB2 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperIPACSDIRECT GRAPHIC S.A.S.

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

Flying Vector

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

Flying Vector

One-time1
  • HORIZONS$4.99

Questions

Is Aerofly FS Global free?
Aerofly FS Global costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Flying Vector free?
Flying Vector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aerofly FS Global or Flying Vector have ads?
Neither Aerofly FS Global nor Flying Vector shows ads.

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