Vectrr vs Approach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Realistic TRACON radar scope simulation
- Authentic separation standards
- METAR-driven weather simulation
- Five difficulty levels
- Full data tags for aircraft
- Offline play
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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/
Approach
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Forty seconds. One runway. Land the plane. Tilt your iPhone or iPad like a control column, guide the aircraft through the approach rings, and put it down where it counts. Every landing is graded, every mistake is yours, and every good arrival earns a better rank. FLY 32 HANDCRAFTED APPROACHES Take four increasingly demanding aircraft—from a nimble turboprop to a jumbo jet—into 32 focused landing scenarios. Ten real-world airports include island strips, mountain runways, steep approaches and city turns. LAND, LEARN, IMPROVE Your report scores touchdown softness, centreline, crab angle, speed, touchdown zone, wings level, rollout, rings and pace. Earn up to three stars, then replay the landing from beside the runway to see what worked. TILT CONTROLS, BUILT FOR PLAY Bank and pitch by tilting the device. Work the throttle, flaps, gear, rudder, brakes and reverse thrust by touch. Tap the artificial horizon at any time to re-centre the controls, and choose Gentle, Standard or Sharp tilt sensitivity. ARCADE FLYING WITH REAL CONSEQUENCES Wind, gusts, stalls, flap failures, engine failures, short runways and rising terrain keep every final different—without turning the game into a cockpit manual. The complete Turboprop chapter and the opening flights of every other chapter are free: 15 of 32 levels. One optional non-consumable purchase unlocks the remaining 17. No ads. No subscriptions. No account required. Plays offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Approach at 5.0 against Vectrr's 4.5. Vectrr's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, ratings volume, 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. Vectrr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Approach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Approach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Vectrr ships an update every 3 days, Approach every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vectrr | Approach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NEware AB | Rakesh Wimmer |
In-app purchases
Vectrr
- Vectrr Pro$3.99
Approach
- Unlock All Levels$1.99









