Airspace Overload vs Gridlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airspace Overload
Guide incoming airplanes to safe landings and avoid collisions in this top-down arcade air traffic game. Master challenging levels and increasing difficulty as the skies fill with planes. Compete globally on leaderboards in endless air traffic chaos.
- Guide planes to safe landings
- Avoid collisions
- Challenging handcrafted levels
- Increasing difficulty
- Survival Mode with ghost flights
- One-touch controls
- Global leaderboards
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Land planes safely in endless air traffic chaos — now with a worldwide daily championship. Take control of the skies in this top-down arcade air traffic game. Guide incoming airplanes to safe landings, avoid collisions, and keep the airspace under control as the challenge ramps up. NEW — Daily Pile-Up Championship One shared sky. Every player on Earth. One winner per day. Every flight anyone lands today layers into the same airspace as a ghost, building shared traffic from dawn until midnight. Whoever lands the day's final flight wins it. Drop in whenever you've got a few minutes — the sky will be a little more crowded each time you come back. How to play: - Tap a plane to select it. - Tap anywhere else to set its course. - Line it up with the runway and bring it in for a safe landing. Sounds simple? Just wait until the skies get crowded. Game Modes - Classic landings — handcrafted scenarios with rising difficulty - Survival Mode — every plane you successfully land returns as a ghost, retracing its approach again and again. How long can you keep guiding fresh arrivals through a sky already full of yourself? - Daily Pile-Up Championship — worldwide async multiplayer Daily Rewards & Play Streaks Show up each day to claim a rotating reward — bonus credits, free Pile-Up entries, soft-start perks, even a guaranteed clear-skies day. Keep your streak going for milestone bonuses at Day 3, 7, 14, and 30. Smoother Flight Control The physics engine has been tuned up — guiding planes through the airspace feels more precise than ever. Whether you've got five minutes between meetings or want to climb the global standings, Airspace Overload delivers pure arcade air traffic action. Can you keep the skies safe?
Gridlock
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Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just pure gameplay. Draw flight paths, land aircraft, and keep the terminal alive in a fast-paced air traffic control arcade game. The terminal is open. The sky is already too busy. In Gridlock: Terminal, you control a crowded airspace where every aircraft needs a safe route home. Draw flight paths, guide aircraft to the correct runway, avoid hazards, and survive as the skies become increasingly chaotic. One bad route can cause a crash. One missed hazard can end the run. One more landing can beat your high score. Simple to learn. Difficult to master. NEW: Daily Dispatch Take on one official challenge every day. You get one attempt, one score, and one chance to climb the leaderboard before tomorrow's dispatch arrives. Compete on Game Center, unlock achievements, and become Terminal Master. Features - Draw flight paths with one finger - Land planes, jets, heavy aircraft, and helicopters - Match aircraft to the correct runway or helipad - Avoid birds, turbulence, screen edges, and mid-air collisions - Survive increasingly busy airspace - Take on the Daily Dispatch challenge - Compete on Game Center leaderboards - Unlock achievements and milestones - Chase your personal best - Quick arcade sessions built for "one more try" - Free to play Every landing counts. Every decision matters. How long can you keep the terminal alive?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gridlock at every 3 days against Airspace Overload's monthly. Airspace Overload's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Airspace Overload ships an update monthly, Gridlock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Airspace Overload | Gridlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavel Golovatenko Abramov | Yusuf Yasin |
In-app purchases
Airspace Overload
No in-app purchases
Gridlock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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