Comparison

StoneWright vs ATC Simulator Pro

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

Head to head
About

StoneWright

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You have a pile of stones. You have a gap to fill. Pick a stone, place it, see if it holds. StoneWright is a meditative dry stone walling simulator. No mortar. No timer. No score. Just the ancient craft of fitting stone to stone until something stands. The pile is your puzzle. Stones vary in shape, size, weight, texture. Rotate them, examine them, set them aside, return to them later. The right stone for the right spot is a feeling, not a calculation. BUILD: • Walls — Learn the grammar: two over one, break the joints, weight over weight • Corners — The wall turns. Tie-stones matter. • Gates — Span a gap without mortar. Master the lintel. • Arches — Temporary support, keystone, release. Will it hold? • Cairns — Vertical balance. Small footprint, increasing height. • Impossible stones — Late game. Eggs. Spheres. Slabs too thin. FAIL: Collapse happens. Stones tumble, scatter, come to rest. You rebuild from the rubble or reset the pile. No lives, no penalties. The wall fell. Now you know something. RETURN: No save prompts. No quit confirmation. Build until you stop. Come back and the wall is waiting—standing or fallen. LISTEN: Stone on stone. Scrape, tap, thunk, settle. Wind. No music during building. The sounds teach you: that click means stable, that grind means trouble. Inspired by Vermont's fieldstone walls—cleared from glacial fields by 19th-century farmers—and Ireland's pastoral sheep boundaries. Aspiring to Andy Goldsworthy's ephemeral artistry. No ads. No data collection. No notifications asking you to come back. The wall is its own reward.

About

ATC Simulator Pro

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ATC SIMULATOR PRO Take command of an airport control tower. ATC Simulator Pro is an air traffic control game with two game modes, real airline traffic, and full voice command support. Play it as a quick arcade game or a full aviation simulation. ARCADE MODE A fast, score-based control tower game built for quick sessions. Draw a flight path by hand or use the touch command menu to land arriving aircraft and launch departures. Every clean landing or departure scores points, and air traffic ramps up the longer you last. REALISM MODE A deeper aviation simulation with real separation rules, altitude assignments, weather radar, wind-favored runways, and timed descents. Aircraft climb and descend at real rates. VOICE COMMANDS Speak your instructions like a real air traffic controller. Push to talk, say the callsign and instruction out loud, for example, "United 328, descend and maintain 6000, turn heading 270," and the pilot complies. FULL COMMAND MENU Prefer touch controls over voice? Every spoken command has a menu button: direct to waypoint, direct runway, hold, resume route, change runway, exit airspace, speed, altitude, and heading. REAL AIRLINE TRAFFIC Manage a realistic mix of heavy jets, regional airliners, turboprops, business jets, and general aviation aircraft, each flying with real airline callsigns and real performance characteristics. Handle medevac flights and in-flight emergencies as they come in. RADAR SCREEN A radar-style airspace view with live heading, speed, and altitude readouts, separation and collision warnings, and a full in-app reference for callsigns and controller phraseology.

Screenshots

StoneWright2 screens
ATC Simulator Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StoneWright at none against ATC Simulator Pro's 1. StoneWright also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

Both are free to download. ATC Simulator Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StoneWright asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
StoneWright versus ATC Simulator Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStoneWrightATC Simulator Pro
PriceFreeFree
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB35 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJustin NeumanRyan Delisle

In-app purchases

None

StoneWright

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ATC Simulator Pro

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is StoneWright free?
StoneWright is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ATC Simulator Pro free?
ATC Simulator Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StoneWright or ATC Simulator Pro have ads?
ATC Simulator Pro shows ads; StoneWright does not.

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