petitFlight vs Airline Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
petitFlight
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Starting from a few small airplanes, connect real-world airports, grow your fleet, and carry passengers across the globe.
Airline Manager
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Build and manage your own airline in Airline Simulator. Start with a small fleet and grow your airline into a global operation. Buy aircraft, acquire airports, create routes, and expand your network across the world. BUILD YOUR FLEET Buy aircraft and build a fleet that fits your airline. Expand as you grow and choose the right planes for the routes you want to fly. EXPAND YOUR AIRLINE Buy airports, create new routes, connect cities, and expand your network into new destinations around the world. MANAGE YOUR AIRLINE Manage your fleet, airports, routes, and growing airline. Make your own decisions and build your company from a small operation into a global airline. How big can you make your airline?
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Verdict
petitFlight and Airline Manager are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
petitFlight ships an update every 6 days, Airline Manager weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | petitFlight | Airline Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mengxiao Lin | Mahal Mammadli |
In-app purchases
petitFlight
No in-app purchases
Airline Manager
No in-app purchases
