Comparison

Flatout ATC vs Vectrr

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

Head to head
About

Flatout ATC

Experience the thrill of air traffic control in this realistic simulation. Manage arrivals and departures, guide aircraft through complex scenarios, and ensure safety across real-world airports. Features a new career campaign with evolving storylines and challenges.

Highlights
  • Vector arrivals and departures
  • Clear approaches and restrictions
  • Career campaign with seasons and story
  • Live traffic from ADS-B data
  • Dozens of real airports
  • Search and rescue missions
  • Logbook for completed levels
Features
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Flatout ATC puts you in the tower. Vector arrivals, sequence departures, clear approaches, and keep every aircraft safely separated across real airports from New York to Tokyo. NEW IN 3.0: THE WATCH A career campaign told in seasons. Step into the tower as a new controller and earn your place shift by shift, with a full cast, a story that carries across episodes, and a debrief after every shift. - Season 1: First Watch. Seven episodes. Your first solo, your first radio failure, your first engine-out. - Season 2: The Incident Desk. Seven episodes of search and rescue, including a cooperative multi-aircraft rescue. REAL CONTROL - Tap an aircraft to give it a heading, altitude, or speed. - Clear published approaches and issue crossing restrictions like a real controller. - Fly search and rescue: follow the signal, hold a steady hover to hoist, and beat the survival clock. LIVE TRAFFIC Work a shift against real aircraft flying right now over New York, London, Atlanta, Paris, and Tokyo, streamed from live ADS-B data. One free live shift every day. NO ADS Every advert was removed. No interruptions, no rewarded videos, just you and the airspace. A WHOLE WORLD Dozens of real airports with satellite-accurate runways, published procedures, 3D terrain and towers, weather you can fly around, helicopters, and a daily challenge. THE LOGBOOK Every level you clear writes a permanent record you can look back on. Already own the Full Game? You keep the base game and every season, free, forever.

About

Vectrr

Experience the role of an air traffic controller at a busy international airport. Guide aircraft safely by issuing commands for headings, altitudes, and speeds, ensuring proper separation and landing procedures. Enjoy a realistic simulation with authentic rules and data, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Realistic TRACON radar scope simulation
  • Authentic separation standards
  • METAR-driven weather simulation
  • Five difficulty levels
  • Full data tags for aircraft
  • Offline play
Features
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You're the approach controller. Sequence, separate, and land them all. Vectrr puts you in front of a realistic TRACON radar scope at San Diego International (KSAN). Issue headings, altitudes, and speeds to guide arrivals onto the ILS while keeping every aircraft legally separated, using the same standards real controllers work with. TALK LIKE A CONTROLLER Speak real ATC phraseology and pilots read it back: "Delta nine eight one, turn left heading three one zero, descend and maintain three thousand." Voice recognition runs entirely on your device, so no internet is required and your voice never leaves your phone. Prefer silence? Every command also works by tap. REAL RULES, REAL DATA * Authentic separation standards: 1,000 ft vertical, 3 NM lateral, wake turbulence spacing on final * Real airport, runway, and navaid data * METAR-driven weather affecting runway selection and operations * Proper ILS intercept geometry, holding patterns, and go-arounds when you get it wrong FIND YOUR PACE Five difficulty levels, from Trainee (a calm trickle of arrivals with time to think) to Rush Hour (peak volume, minimum spacing, expert pacing). Ramp up as your scan improves. BUILT FOR THE SCOPE * Full data tags: callsign, type, altitude, speed, assigned heading, approach status, so you always see what you've instructed * Dark radar aesthetic, legible at a glance, colorblind-safe alerting * Designed for phones and tablets PLAYS OFFLINE No account. No ads interrupting your flow. The complete single-player game runs with zero connectivity, making it perfect for a flight. Optional online features are additive extras you can ignore entirely. GO FURTHER (OPTIONAL) * Vectrr Pro (one-time purchase): session replay, radar-scope themes, and a career logbook that tracks your progress. * Vectrr AI (subscription): starts with a 3-day free trial. Live traffic driven by real inbound aircraft, live weather from real METARs, an on-demand AI review that coaches your session, and every extra airport, starting with Dubai. Includes Vectrr Pro while it is active. Whether you're an aviation enthusiast, a flight simmer curious about the other side of the frequency, or just love a deep traffic puzzle, Vectrr makes you the calm voice that keeps the sky moving. Radar contact. The rest is up to you. --- Vectrr AI is an auto-renewing monthly subscription that unlocks live traffic, live weather, AI session reviews, and the extra airports. New subscribers get a 3-day free trial, which converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; it renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flatout ATC4 screens
Vectrr4 screens

Verdict

The call

Flatout ATC and Vectrr both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Vectrr's written reviews are positive against 67% of Flatout ATC's. Vectrr also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). Flatout ATC's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Flatout ATC sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Vectrr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Flatout ATC against 4.5 for Vectrr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flatout ATC has 42 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Flatout ATC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vectrr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flatout ATC versus Vectrr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlatout ATCVectrr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (42 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size564 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCraig KennedyNEware AB

Customer experience

Flatout ATC

All ratings42 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Vectrr

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Flatout ATC

One-time4
  • The Watch — Season One$2.99
  • Season 2: The Incident Desk$2.99
  • Season 3: The Crossing$2.99
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  • Base Game Unlock$4.99
1 purchases

Vectrr

One-time1
  • Vectrr Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Flatout ATC free?
Flatout ATC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vectrr free?
Vectrr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flatout ATC or Vectrr?
Vectrr is rated higher. Flatout ATC averages 4.4 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Vectrr averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Flatout ATC or Vectrr have ads?
Neither Flatout ATC nor Vectrr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flatout ATC or Vectrr?
Flatout ATC ships an update every 3 days, and Vectrr every 3 days. Most recently, Flatout ATC was updated on November 5, 2026 and Vectrr on October 31, 2026.

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