Comparison

MudMonster vs Pilots

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

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About

MudMonster

This app is a feature-rich client for text-based multiplayer RPGs, allowing you to connect to any MUD, automate gameplay with custom scripts and aliases, and view live game data. It offers customizable controls, character profiles, and session syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Connect to any MUD
  • Automate gameplay with reflexes, aliases, and timers
  • Live game data overlay (GMCP)
  • Customizable radial and directional controls
  • Character profiles and avatars
  • Cross-device sync and session logs
  • MUD directory and community voting
Features
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Every MUD. One Monster. MudMonster is a modern, full-featured client for Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) — the original text-based multiplayer RPGs — built for your pocket. Connect to any MUD, automate your play, and pick up right where you left off across devices. CONNECT TO ANY REALM - Save unlimited connections and jump into any MUD over a fast, native connection. - A true terminal with full ANSI color, light and dark color themes, adjustable fonts and text size, and speedwalk. AUTOMATE EVERYTHING — no coding required - Reflexes: run commands or scripts automatically when text matches (exact, contains, or regex). Built-in pattern helpers, a live tester, and ready-made recipes make it easy — with optional sandboxed scripting for power users. - Aliases: turn short commands into full ones (type "kw" for "kill wolf"). - Timers: fire actions on a schedule. - Variables: store and reuse values across your reflexes, aliases, and timers. LIVE GAME DATA (GMCP) See your world at a glance with an on-screen Game Overlay: - HP / MP / MV vitals bar and XP bar - Room map - Group members, active effects, and channel chat — reorder them however you like. PLAY WITH YOUR THUMBS Floating radial and directional controls send your most-used commands with a swipe. Dwell on a direction to reveal quick hold-actions, and drag the controls anywhere on screen. MANY CHARACTERS, ONE APP Give every character its own profile and avatar, scoped to each connection. MudMonster remembers who's who. SYNC & SESSION LOGS Sign in to sync your connections, settings, and characters across all your devices. Optionally log your sessions and read them back anytime. DISCOVER NEW WORLDS Browse a directory of active MUDs and find your next home. VOTE & REVIEW Champion your favorite worlds. Cast your vote and write player reviews to push the best MUDs up the rankings — helping the whole community find great places to play. Thoughtful extras: haptic feedback, trigger highlighting, keep-awake during sessions, and screen-reader support. MudMonster connects you to independently operated, third-party MUD servers, each run by its own community. Free to download. Start your adventure.

About

Pilots

An aviation idle and incremental strategy game where you build an airfield from scratch. Research new technologies, design aircraft, and manage pilots to progress through different flight eras. Enjoy offline progress and dynamic weather without timers or ads.

Highlights
  • Idle and incremental strategy gameplay
  • Fleet and route design
  • Dynamic weather system
  • Pilot experience and ranks
  • Prestige reset for permanent upgrades
  • Offline progress simulation
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Your fleet keeps flying while you sleep — build from a grass airstrip to interstellar flight. Pilots: Ascension is a deep aviation idle and incremental strategy game. It starts with a hand-cranked fuel drum and a wood-and-fabric contraption that has no business leaving the ground. Your job is to get it into the sky anyway. You're the quartermaster of a tiny airfield. Crank fuel, recruit crew, and coax the first machines into the air. Then build an industry: depots, mines, smelters, and workshops; assign aviators to the jobs that suit them; and research your way up the altitude spine, from the Dawn of Flight and the Propeller Age into the Jet Age, with Rockets, Orbit, and deeper eras still ahead. It keeps the incremental loop you already know (gather, build, assign, research, trade, prestige) and adds mechanics built around flight: • Flight Operations: seven stories and 21 mission stages spanning all seven eras. Choose relief service or scientific survey and fly the routes that bring each mission home. • Flight modes: trade speed, fuel, risk, and science output with Standard, Economy, Express, and Survey plans for each aircraft. • Route mastery: successful landings earn improved payouts and lower risk on familiar routes. • Fleet and routes: build aircraft and fly cargo, passenger, and mission routes for funds, materials, and reputation. • Dynamic weather: four seasons plus live conditions. Tailwinds, fog, and thunderstorms can ground flights and shift production. • Pilot ranks: aviators gain experience and climb from Rookie to Wingman to Veteran to Ace, multiplying their output. • Final Flight: review your run and bank Legacy, Ace Points, and Renown before beginning a New Horizon. Choose a Founding Charter or an optional challenge to shape your next ascent. No timers nagging you, no ads, no in-app purchases, and no account or login. Your save lives on your device and syncs across your devices through iCloud. It autosaves often, and offline progress is fully simulated when you come back. Start with a windsock and an empty field. Climb one horizon at a time.

Screenshots

MudMonster4 screens
Pilots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MudMonster at Free against Pilots's $0.99. MudMonster also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Pilots's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On rating, update cadence, 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

MudMonster is free to download; Pilots costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MudMonster against 5.0 for Pilots. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pilots has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MudMonster ships an update every 3 weeks, Pilots monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MudMonster versus Pilots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMudMonsterPilots
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCodeSquatch, LLCSabya Das

Customer experience

MudMonster

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pilots

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MudMonster

No in-app purchases

None

Pilots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MudMonster free?
MudMonster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pilots free?
Pilots costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MudMonster or Pilots?
MudMonster and Pilots are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do MudMonster or Pilots have ads?
Neither MudMonster nor Pilots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MudMonster or Pilots?
MudMonster ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pilots monthly. Most recently, MudMonster was updated on October 10, 2026 and Pilots on October 8, 2026.

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