Farside vs MR Flight Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Farside
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Farside is a space sandbox MMO with real-time ship combat, detailed fitting options and an economy that connects mining, salvaging, exploration, manufacturing and trade. Play solo or with others in a shared galaxy. COMBAT Control your ship’s movement, avoid telegraphed attacks and time your active modules. Range, positioning and tracking affect how well your weapons hit. Smaller ships can evade larger guns, while heavier hulls offer more durability and fitting capacity. Fight NPC crews, take on captains or engage other players. SHIPS AND FITTING Combine weapons, defenses, propulsion and utility modules to build a ship for the job. Every fitting has tradeoffs in space, power consumption and performance. Develop your pilot’s specializations and keep different ships for combat, gathering or hauling. INDUSTRY AND TRADE Mine asteroids, salvage wrecks and recover exploration materials. Use them to manufacture ships and equipment, or sell them through station markets. Move goods between stations, place buy and sell orders and build your own production operation. EXPLORATION Scan for hidden sites and hack caches to recover materials and lore. Temporary wormholes lead to uncharted pockets with combat encounters, resources and environmental hazards. Connections have limited lifetimes and can collapse as ships pass through them. PVP AND SECURITY The Core, Marches and Deep have different rules for aggression and losses. Start in safer space, try privateer combat in the Marches or risk your ship and cargo in the Deep. Corporation wars can expose you to combat and full losses even in otherwise protected regions. FLEETS, CORPORATIONS AND FACTION WARFARE Group up for expeditions and combat, or join a corporation to work toward shared upgrades. Enlist with a faction to contest systems, capture control sites and contribute to an ongoing territorial campaign. Farside is built by a solo developer.
MR Flight Simulator
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Ever wanted a PC-level flight simulator on your phone? Here it is. MR Flight brings an extremely realistic flight model, a fully clickable cockpit and simulated aircraft systems to your iPhone. Fly over real-world terrain, with detailed buildings and trees completing the view. EXTREMELY REALISTIC FLIGHT MODEL Fine-tuned by real pilots, with close attention to the small details. Ground effect, P-factor, propeller torque and propwash all affect how the aircraft handles. Gusts, thermals and the terrain below shape the air you fly through. FULLY CLICKABLE COCKPIT Take your place in a fully clickable cockpit. Reach for the switches, set the mixture and turn the ignition. From a cold and dark start to shutdown, you operate the aircraft yourself. SIMULATED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS Bring the engine to life and watch the instruments respond. Fuel, ignition and electrical systems work together, while battery charge and engine temperature influence how the aircraft starts and runs. MAKE EACH FLIGHT YOUR OWN Choose the wind, clouds and time of day. Enjoy a quiet scenic flight or test your precision on a demanding approach. Start from the apron or go straight to final approach. RELIVE YOUR FLIGHT Return to the moment the wheels touch down. Replay your flight in 3D, follow your route and explore the flight data behind your approach and landing. INCLUDED WITH THE BASE APP - Cessna 152 - Vesivehmaa airfield and the surrounding area in Finland - Weather and time-of-day settings - Saved flights and 3D flight review - Single-player flying and local multiplayer over Wi-Fi - Online multiplayer coming in a future update ONE-TIME APP PURCHASE Cessna 152 and Vesivehmaa are included with your app purchase. No subscription, trial or account is required, and there are no ads. Additional maps and aircraft will be optional paid content in future updates. There are no in-app purchases in this release. The app interface is in English. MR Flight is for personal simulator use. It is not an approved flight training device and does not replace an instructor or an aircraft's approved flight manual. Support: https://mrflight.app/support Privacy: https://mrflight.app/privacy WISHLIST Your ideas help decide where MR Flight goes next. Tell us which aircraft, locations and features you want to see on our Wishlist. We promise to read every request and update the simulator often, with your feedback guiding what we build next. Share your ideas: https://mrflight.app/wishlist App preview music: “Clear Skies” by Scott Buckley (https://www.scottbuckley.com.au), released under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Excerpt edited, volume adjusted and mixed with gameplay audio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Farside at Free against MR Flight Simulator's $0.99. MR Flight Simulator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Farside is free to download; MR Flight Simulator costs $0.99 up front. Farside sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. MR Flight Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Farside ships an update every 5 days, MR Flight Simulator every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farside | MR Flight Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 702 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tim Lange | MERaC Oy |
In-app purchases
Farside
- Introductory Offer$1.99
- 7-Day Membership$4.99
- 30-Day Membership$9.99
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- Founder Pack$19.99
- 90-Day Membership$19.99
MR Flight Simulator
No in-app purchases
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