Comparison

Airspace Overload vs Gridlock

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Guide planes to safe landings
  • Avoid collisions
  • Challenging handcrafted levels
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Survival Mode with ghost flights
  • One-touch controls
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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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?

About

Gridlock

Features
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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?

Screenshots

Airspace Overload4 screens
Gridlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Airspace Overload ships an update monthly, Gridlock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Airspace Overload versus Gridlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirspace OverloadGridlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB57 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPavel Golovatenko AbramovYusuf Yasin

In-app purchases

None

Airspace Overload

No in-app purchases

None

Gridlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Airspace Overload free?
Airspace Overload is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gridlock free?
Gridlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Airspace Overload or Gridlock have ads?
Neither Airspace Overload nor Gridlock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Airspace Overload or Gridlock?
Airspace Overload ships an update monthly, and Gridlock every 3 days. Most recently, Airspace Overload was updated on October 11, 2026 and Gridlock on October 1, 2026.

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