Comparison

Pilots vs Mazebert

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

Head to head
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.

About

Mazebert

Features
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Key features include: * Refreshingly unique (and damn hard) gameplay. * Random tower drops each round. * The ability to buff your towers using item, potion, and hero cards. * Towers gain experience, and so do you! The more you play, the stronger your towers become. * No in-app purchases. * Periodic additions and updates. With that in mind, we encourage you to share your ideas, suggestions, and feedback by joining our community at https://discord.com/invite/W4RzUKT. There, you can suggest new features, detail any bugs you find, and even submit ideas for new cards. If the community approves your card, I’ll include it in the game, and your name will be added to Mazebert’s credits. I hope to see you, and happy building!

Screenshots

Pilots4 screens
Mazebert4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pilots at $0.99 against Mazebert's $5.99. Mazebert's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Pilots costs $0.99 and Mazebert $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pilots ships an update monthly, Mazebert fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pilots versus Mazebert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilotsMazebert
Price$0.99 — better$5.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB115 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSabya DasPertLabs Inc

In-app purchases

None

Pilots

No in-app purchases

None

Mazebert

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pilots free?
Pilots costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mazebert free?
Mazebert costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pilots or Mazebert have ads?
Neither Pilots nor Mazebert shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pilots or Mazebert?
Pilots ships an update monthly, and Mazebert fortnightly. Most recently, Pilots was updated on October 8, 2026 and Mazebert on October 16, 2026.

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