Comparison

Catchup vs ATC Simulator Pro

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

Head to head
About

Catchup

Master a beautiful abstract strategy game by connecting hexes to create the largest group. Features include a challenging AI, online multiplayer, and pass-and-play options. Learn the simple rules and strive for difficult mastery.

Highlights
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Challenging AI opponent
  • Online turn-based multiplayer
  • Two-player pass-and-play
  • Minimalist graphics
  • Customizable colors
  • Leaderboards & Achievements
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Catchup is a simple game of surprising turnarounds. "Catchup is as elegant as a game can reasonably be, presented in a marvelously user-friendly way.” -Pocket Tactics (5-star review) "If you're even a little bit into strategy games, you need to get some Catchup all over your mobile device." -Touch Arcade (4 & 1/2 star review) Can you have the largest group at the end of the game? Connect your hexes to master this beautiful abstract strategy game. Features: - an interactive tutorial to teach you how to play - a challenging AI opponent whose difficulty changes as you play - online turn-based multiplayer via Game Center - two-player pass-and-play on the same device - beautiful and haunting music by Tori Kamal - minimalist graphics with customizable colors - Game Center Leaderboards & Achievements - simple and easy to learn rules and gameplay - difficult to master strategy Here are all the rules: 1. One player plays all the hexes of one color and the other player plays all the hexes of the other color. The first player begins by claiming 1 empty hex for their color. 2. Starting with the second player, each player must claim 1 or 2 hexes on their turn. 3. If the largest group of hexes at the end of a turn is larger than the largest group of hexes at the beginning of that turn (regardless of color), the next player may claim up to 3 hexes on their turn. (This does not apply after the first player claims a single hex in step 1 above.) 4. The game ends when the board is full. The player with the largest group wins. If the players’ largest groups are the same size, compare their second-largest groups, and so on, until you come to a pair which aren’t the same size. Whoever owns the larger of the two wins. Catchup is an original Board Game designed by Nick Bentley.

About

ATC Simulator Pro

Features
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ATC SIMULATOR PRO Take command of an airport control tower. ATC Simulator Pro is an air traffic control game with two game modes, real airline traffic, and full voice command support. Play it as a quick arcade game or a full aviation simulation. ARCADE MODE A fast, score-based control tower game built for quick sessions. Draw a flight path by hand or use the touch command menu to land arriving aircraft and launch departures. Every clean landing or departure scores points, and air traffic ramps up the longer you last. REALISM MODE A deeper aviation simulation with real separation rules, altitude assignments, weather radar, wind-favored runways, and timed descents. Aircraft climb and descend at real rates. VOICE COMMANDS Speak your instructions like a real air traffic controller. Push to talk, say the callsign and instruction out loud, for example, "United 328, descend and maintain 6000, turn heading 270," and the pilot complies. FULL COMMAND MENU Prefer touch controls over voice? Every spoken command has a menu button: direct to waypoint, direct runway, hold, resume route, change runway, exit airspace, speed, altitude, and heading. REAL AIRLINE TRAFFIC Manage a realistic mix of heavy jets, regional airliners, turboprops, business jets, and general aviation aircraft, each flying with real airline callsigns and real performance characteristics. Handle medevac flights and in-flight emergencies as they come in. RADAR SCREEN A radar-style airspace view with live heading, speed, and altitude readouts, separation and collision warnings, and a full in-app reference for callsigns and controller phraseology.

Screenshots

Catchup3 screens
ATC Simulator Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catchup at none against ATC Simulator Pro's 1. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ATC Simulator Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Catchup asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Catchup versus ATC Simulator Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchupATC Simulator Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 101 months—
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin GriderRyan Delisle

In-app purchases

None

Catchup

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ATC Simulator Pro

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Catchup free?
Catchup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ATC Simulator Pro free?
ATC Simulator Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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