Comparison

SkyHaul vs Haneda Approach 3D

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

Head to head
About

SkyHaul

Build and manage your own airline, from buying real aircraft to opening routes. You can choose to fly manually, performing 3D takeoffs and landings, or let your crew handle the flights. Progress through career objectives and unlock new aircraft and liveries.

Highlights
  • Build and manage your own airline
  • Buy and upgrade real aircraft
  • Open routes to 100 busy airports
  • Manual 3D takeoffs and landings
  • Real-time flight progression
  • Unlock liveries and career objectives
Features
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Build your own airline: buy real aircraft, open routes, and land your planes yourself at the world's 100 busiest airports, rebuilt in 3D. Every flight is a decision. Hand the controls to your crew, or take over for takeoff and landing: the better you fly, the better your grade, and the faster your airline grows. RUN YOUR AIRLINE • 13 aircraft, from regional jets to superjumbos • Open routes based on each airport's demand • Level up your crews: piloting, service, technical skills • Watch the wear, repair, upgrade cabins and range • Sell at the right time: every aircraft has a trade-in value FLY WHEN YOU WANT • Manual 3D takeoffs and landings, graded on every flight • Wind, visibility, cloud ceiling, day and night: no two flights alike • 100 real airports with their actual runways, taxiways and lighting • Local time is real: land in Tokyo at sunset YOUR FLIGHTS CONTINUE WITHOUT YOU • Flights progress in real time, even with the app closed • Come back to land by hand, or let the crew take care of it COLLECT AND PROGRESS • 15 liveries to unlock and apply to your 3D aircraft • A new landing challenge every day, with Miles to earn • Career objectives to claim and levels that unlock new aircraft SkyHaul is fully playable offline, with no ads and no trackers. Download and take off.

About

Haneda Approach 3D

Experience realistic 3D flight simulation focused on landing at Tokyo Haneda Airport. Choose from various aircraft and approaches, with dynamic weather and scoring for each landing. Features detailed scenery and real-world operational data.

Highlights
  • Multiple Haneda approach routes
  • Five aircraft sizes with varying performance
  • Detailed 3D scenery of Haneda Airport and Tokyo
  • Realistic wind and crosswind simulation
  • Landing scoring system
  • Customizable aircraft liveries
  • Live traffic integration
Features
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Practise landing at Tokyo Haneda, one approach at a time. Fly with touch controls over Tokyo Bay and the city skyline in this 3D flight simulator. LANDING PRACTICE - Guided controls tour: follow the arrows to practise reducing and restoring thrust, banking and levelling, pitch, left and right rudder inputs, and braking. Observe the aircraft's response and check the highlighted instruments before the tour advances automatically - An illustrated lesson roadmap: progress from basic landing to centreline, soft touchdown, crosswind, a wide-body at night and a jumbo. Achieve each goal to unlock the next lesson and repeat completed lessons - Approach Coach: useful cues for speed, alignment, attitude, flare and braking, with an option to hide them - Post-flight analysis: review flight-path and altitude plots, touchdown sink rate, centreline offset, approach stability and a tip for your next attempt - Lesson achievements and the latest 12 results saved on your device FLY HANEDA - Eight approaches plus free flight. Preview the starting view and map before flying - Free Autoland Demo from approach to touchdown and a full stop, with visible control positions as a guide and manual takeover available. Assisted flights do not earn scores or lesson achievements - Five aircraft sizes: turboprop, regional jet, narrow-body, wide-body twin and jumbo, with different approach speeds, handling and stopping distances - Haneda's four runways, terminals, parked aircraft, Tokyo Bay and the Tokyo and Yokohama skyline - Morning, day, sunset and night, adjustable crosswind, clouds, runway lighting and PAPI - Aerial imagery from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and an optional live aircraft layer from OpenSky Network - Livery presets and individual aircraft colours FREE FLIGHT FEATURES - Angle-of-attack-based stalls, nose drop, sink and buffet, with recovery through your controls - Simulated radio conversations with distinct controller and pilot voices, plus four selectable callsigns - Pre-stall tones, STALL, SINK RATE and PULL UP calls, and altitude callouts during landing approaches - Separate switches for radio and cockpit alerts; English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese interface text PRO FLIGHT PACK: ONE-TIME IN-APP PURCHASE Flying, every course and aircraft, the controls tour, lessons, analysis, stalls, radio and cockpit alerts remain free. The optional PRO pack adds: - Ad removal - Live aerial and orbit camera views - 3D replay of your latest flight from behind, side, aerial, orbit and fixed cameras - Movie capture from aerial views or fixed points beside the runway, with aircraft-tracking pan or locked direction - Save and share landscape HD MP4 movies in 5, 10, 20 or 30-second clips. Movies contain video only - Minimise replay controls while keeping your playback position and camera settings Check your storefront for price and purchase availability. Free features remain available where PRO is not sold. Restore Purchases is supported. TOUCH CONTROLS Fly with the stick on the left and thrust lever on the right. Instruments and a mini map show your speed, altitude and position relative to the runway. Flaps, landing gear and speed brakes operate automatically. Available in English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. The 34R Tokyo Bay long approach is a fictional training route. This game simplifies flight dynamics and procedures for play.

Screenshots

SkyHaul4 screens
Haneda Approach 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SkyHaul at none against Haneda Approach 3D's shown. SkyHaul also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). Haneda Approach 3D's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. SkyHaul sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Haneda Approach 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SkyHaul against 5.0 for Haneda Approach 3D. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SkyHaul ships an update daily, Haneda Approach 3D every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SkyHaul versus Haneda Approach 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkyHaulHaneda Approach 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam BalanceNaoki Chiba

Customer experience

SkyHaul

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

Haneda Approach 3D

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SkyHaul

One-time4
  • 100 Miles$1.99
  • 300 Miles$3.99
  • 700 Miles$8.99
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  • 1500 Miles$17.99
1 purchases

Haneda Approach 3D

One-time1
  • PRO Flight Pack$4.99

Questions

Is SkyHaul free?
SkyHaul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Haneda Approach 3D free?
Haneda Approach 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SkyHaul or Haneda Approach 3D?
SkyHaul and Haneda Approach 3D are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do SkyHaul or Haneda Approach 3D have ads?
Haneda Approach 3D shows ads; SkyHaul does not.
Which is updated more often, SkyHaul or Haneda Approach 3D?
SkyHaul ships an update daily, and Haneda Approach 3D every 9 days. Most recently, SkyHaul was updated on November 5, 2026 and Haneda Approach 3D on October 31, 2026.

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