Comparison

FMC TYPER vs Sim Checklists

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

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About

FMC TYPER

Practice touch-typing with a retro flight computer simulation. Engage in various typing games, from air traffic control readbacks to rhythm-based challenges, all with an authentic aviation aesthetic and soundscape.

Highlights
  • Retro flight computer simulation
  • Air traffic control readback challenges
  • Rhythm typing game
  • Aviation word typing game
  • Whack-a-mole typing game
  • Route navigation typing game
  • Authentic panel layouts and CRT effects
Features
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FMC TYPER is a retro typing game styled after an airliner's flight management computer. Every key of the panel sits exactly where your fingers expect it — practice touch-typing the aviation way, on a green CRT that feels like the real instrument. NEW: ATC RUSH Hear the call. Type it. Fire. Listen to air traffic control, pick out your callsign, and type the readback on the keypad — heading, altitude, speed, frequency, even taxi routes. Get it right and your readback launches itself at the target. • A campaign across Mars and Titan — six packages and a TOWER boss every stage, planet bosses at stages 10 and 20 • Read back the taxi clearance to break the shield, then the takeoff clearance to finish the boss • TERRAIN, TCAS and WINDSHEAR alerts that you answer like a pilot • An upgrade tree with skills and fusions that visibly change your jet • SAY AGAIN, a stage map with story radio, and a shareable result card FIVE GAMES • ATC RUSH — the new radio-readback shooter above. • TYPE TEMPO — rhythm typing on a flight-display note field. Notes drop down the lanes to original retro tracks: hit the keys on the beat, hold the long notes, chase PERFECT on the magenta capture line. Timing adjusts itself for Bluetooth headphones. • WORD RAIN — aviation words fall down the CRT. Type them and press EXEC to shoot them down before they pile up. Reach a 10 combo to enter FEVER: words auto-fire the instant you finish typing them. • WHACK-A-MOLE — tokens pop up beside the line-select keys. Type the token, smash its key, beat the clock. Three difficulty levels. • ROUTE RUN — fly routes fix by fix on a navigation display over a night-lights map, typing each waypoint to advance. Domestic and international routes. BUILT LIKE THE REAL THING • Faithful 1:1 panel scale on iPad Air 11" — real key pitch and layout for blind-typing practice • Three panel skins: the classic green-screen B737 CDU, a blue-grey A320 MCDU, and the E-JET MCDU — each with its own muscle-memory quirks • CRT glow, scanlines, phosphor trails and original retro soundtrack and sound effects • On iPhone, a keypad zoom brings the keys up to finger size TRAIN YOUR FINGERS Blind-type ICAO airport codes, waypoints, the phonetic alphabet, procedure names and ATC readbacks. Every result screen shows your previous best, and high scores are tracked per panel skin. FAIR AND SIMPLE The first rounds are ad-free, then a short ad appears every few completed rounds — never during play. One optional purchase removes all ads forever. FMC TYPER is a game for entertainment and typing practice. It is not for real-world navigation or flight training. Radio calls, callsigns and values are fictional.

About

Sim Checklists

This app provides interactive checklists for popular flight simulators, allowing users to manage cockpit procedures directly on their mobile device. It offers a challenge-and-response format, progress tracking, and works offline, enhancing the flight simulation experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive challenge-and-response checklists
  • Progress tracking with visual indicators
  • Offline functionality
  • Aircraft-specific checklists
  • Haptic feedback
  • Dark mode and VoiceOver support
Features
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Flight Sim Checklists keeps the cockpit flow in your hand while you fly on the sim. Pick your aircraft, work the checklist challenge-and-response style, and tap each line as it's called — no scrolling a PDF on a second monitor, no losing your place halfway down the approach. Built for desktop simmers who fly with a phone or tablet propped up next to the yoke. AIRCRAFT INCLUDED • Airbus A320 / A330 — 11 sections, Cockpit Preparation through Securing the Aircraft • Airbus A300 — 9 sections, Before Start through Securing Aircraft • Boeing 737 NG — 10 sections, Preflight through Secure 158 items in total, written in the ACTION → RESPONSE layout used on the flight deck, so what you read matches what you'd hear. RUN A CHECKLIST • Tap any line to check it off — it dims so your eye lands on what's left • Mark a whole section complete in one tap, or unmark it to run it again • Move between sections with buttons labelled with the actual next and previous section names • Haptic feedback on every check, with a distinct confirmation when a section completes SEE WHERE YOU ARE • A progress ring on each aircraft card shows how far through the flight you are • The section menu colour-codes every section: not started, in progress, or complete • Reopen an aircraft and it drops you straight back at the first section you haven't finished • Aircraft with a flight in progress sort to the top of the home screen • Reset a single section or the whole aircraft whenever you want a clean start • Progress clears itself after a day of inactivity, so the next flight never starts half-checked BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • iPad runs a two-column layout — section list on the left, live checklist on the right • iPhone keeps the checklist full-screen with the section list one tap away • Portrait and landscape, so it works flat on the desk or clipped to a stand • Dark mode, Dynamic Type, and full VoiceOver labelling on every item NO STRINGS • Works completely offline — every checklist ships inside the app • No account, no sign-in, no subscription • No ads, no analytics, no tracking, nothing collected about you For flight simulation and training-familiarisation use only. Not for use in real-world aviation. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Airbus, Boeing, Microsoft, or any aircraft manufacturer or simulator publisher. Always fly the real aircraft by its official, current documentation.

Screenshots

FMC TYPER4 screens
Sim Checklists3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FMC TYPER at 100% against Sim Checklists's 0%. FMC TYPER also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Sim Checklists's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. FMC TYPER sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sim Checklists asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FMC TYPER holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of FMC TYPER's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sim Checklists's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FMC TYPER ships an update every 2 days, Sim Checklists every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
FMC TYPER versus Sim Checklists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFMC TYPERSim Checklists
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSEUNGHA MOONLeon Nwankwo

Customer experience

FMC TYPER

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sim Checklists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FMC TYPER

One-time1
  • REMOVE ADS$3.99
None

Sim Checklists

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FMC TYPER free?
FMC TYPER is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sim Checklists free?
Sim Checklists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FMC TYPER or Sim Checklists?
FMC TYPER is rated higher. FMC TYPER averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Sim Checklists averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FMC TYPER or Sim Checklists have ads?
FMC TYPER shows ads; Sim Checklists does not.
Which is updated more often, FMC TYPER or Sim Checklists?
FMC TYPER ships an update every 2 days, and Sim Checklists every 3 months. Most recently, FMC TYPER was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sim Checklists on October 31, 2026.

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