Comparison

Air Cavalry vs Helicopter Simulator 2016

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

Head to head
About

Air Cavalry

Experience realistic helicopter combat and rescue missions in diverse global environments. Pilot advanced aircraft, test your combat skills, and compete with others worldwide. Features include multiple helicopters, detailed missions, and immersive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Pilot 19 advanced helicopters
  • Engage in combat and rescue missions
  • Fly in diverse global locations
  • Realistic 3D virtual cockpits
  • Carrier operations and transport missions
  • Weapon management and targeting systems
  • Leaderboards and achievements
Features
Read full description

More than 5,000,000 people around the world downloaded Air Cavalry flight sim! Get into the cockpit of the most advanced helicopters in the world, including the UH-60 Black Hawk, MV-22B Osprey, CH-47 Chinook, AH-64 Apache, UH-1 Iroquois, OH-6 Cayuse, AH-1Z Cobra, CH-53 Super Stallion, Eurocopter Tiger, Kiowa Warrior, Mi-24 Hind, Ka-50 Black Shark or Mi-8 Hip helicopter in various regional environments, building on your flying skills and experience. Enjoy infinite flight in legendary helicopters like a real combat pilot. • IMMERSIVE GAMEPLAY You will experience the flight in famous combat & rescue aircraft. Test your precision pilot skills, combat gunner skills and your own strategy planning. • HUGE COLLECTION OF AIRCRAFT This flight sim offers well known aircraft types like Chinook, Cobra, Huey, Apache, Hind as well as super modern aircraft like Stealth-hawk, Osprey, Tiger, Kiowa and more. Choose from 19 choppers right now. • DIFFERENT LOCATIONS You will fly in Afghanistan, snow environment with huge mountains, desert, Vietnam forrests, big cities or carrier ops in the middle of the ocean. • GAME CENTER You will climb the leaderboards, unlock achievements and challenge friends. Air Cavalry flight simulator offers next-gen console like quality graphics, ultimate physics of aircrafts and weapons. - Join a Carrier Operations on USS Nimitz or Admiral Kuznetsov! - Fight and rescue in Afghanistan or Vietnam! Complete Game Center milestones and see your progress against others. Use your flight radar and weapon systems to practice engaging buildings and moving vehicles. Features: - 19 aircraft (more in developement) - 43 missions - Carrier Operations on USS Nimitz CVN 68 - Transport operations with CH-47 Chinook or CH-53 Super Stallion - Apache front (gunners) and back seat (pilot) positions - Multiple regional environments - Refuel and rearm aircraft to continue flights - Destroyable buildings - Achievements via Game Center - Leaderboards - Realistic 3D virtual cockpits - Realistic weapon management and targeting systems - Realistic weapon system physics engine - And much more in development - iOS 13 optimization - iPhone X, XS, XR optimization The continuing development of our advanced helicopter flight simulator will bring new aircraft and missions, so check back often! *** check our other simulators *** - Apache SIM - Black Shark HD - Black Hawk 3D - Chinook Sim - Osprey v22 ops We always look forward to hearing the views of our customers. You can contact us 24 / 7 directly using: - email (realmobilesimulation@gmail.com) - twitter (@apache3dsim) - facebook (https://www.facebook.com/aircavalryapp) - website (http://www.realmobilesimulation.com)

About

Helicopter Simulator 2016

Experience realistic helicopter flight with over 3000 missions across various categories like military, rescue, and transport. Pilot a diverse fleet of aircraft through challenging scenarios with dynamic weather and day/night cycles.

Highlights
  • 3000+ missions
  • 28 helicopters
  • 6 mission categories
  • Dynamic weather
  • Day/night flights
  • Real-life scenarios
Features
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Are you ready for the best flight simulator for helicopters that there is? Fly through more then 3000 missions using the top military and civilian aircrafts! Use your flying skills to complete the 6 categories of challenges: Career mode, Military, Coast Guard, Television Broadcast, Transport and Rescue and Tour flights through the city. Rescue people in danger situations, transport important cargos, help the police during chases, and also to fly your helicopter close to a hurricane to broadcast it live! We guarantee hours of a amazing flight simulation experience! MAIN FEATURES: - 28 chopters - 5 different weather forecasts, including day and night flights - Real life scenario, with ground and air traffic - 3.240 missions - Career - Militar - Coast Guard - Television Broadcast - Transport - Tour This helicopter simulation also includes Time and Season features, so, you can choose day or night and different weather conditions! - OTHER CHALLENGES: - Chopter simulator for army situations, like escort armed trucks and soldiers - Extinguish Fire - Rescue people - Time attack - Fly the aircraft between skyscrapers, bridges - Give a ride for some parachuters - Help the police in car chases - Transport weapons, VIP passengers and cargo. - Shoot at moving targets with military helicopters - ... and more! Pilot, have a nice flight! Apple's Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ If you need to contact us, send an e-mail to support (at) thetisgames.com

Screenshots

Air Cavalry4 screens
Helicopter Simulator 20164 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Air Cavalry at 68% against Helicopter Simulator 2016's 27%. Air Cavalry also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Helicopter Simulator 2016's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Air Cavalry sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Helicopter Simulator 2016 sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Air Cavalry ships an update every 3 months, Helicopter Simulator 2016 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Air Cavalry versus Helicopter Simulator 2016: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAir CavalryHelicopter Simulator 2016
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews — better26.6% of reviews
Number of ratings8.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size855 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiTechGenThetis Consulting

Customer experience

Air Cavalry

All ratings8,636 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews797 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral13.0%
Negative19.4%

Helicopter Simulator 2016

Written reviews79 reviews
Positive26.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative67.1%

User reviews

Air Cavalry

From 8.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Excellent
  • 🦉 Awesome
  • 😘 Fantastic
  • 👍 Good
  • 🚀 Best game ever!!!!!!!!!!!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugged
  • 🔧 Needs fixes and updates
  • 💰 Pay to play
  • 🕹️ Unrealistic physics
  • 🔍 Can't advance past certain missions

Helicopter Simulator 2016

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 👍 Good joystick controls
  • 🏞️ Beautiful environment
  • 🗺️ Cute maps
  • 👀 Great cockpit view
  • 👍 Friendly game

Room to improve

  • 💸 Premium club is a scam
  • 📉 Terrible graphics
  • 🗑️ Garbage game
  • 😒 Stupid game for four-year-olds
  • 💥 Explodes when trying to land

Bugs and requests

Air Cavalry

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Waypoint issues
  • Weapon systems malfunctions
  • Inverted controls
  • Crashes and glitches
  • Missions not registering as complete
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  • Purchases not restoring
  • Helicopters disappearing from inventory

Requested features

19 requests
  • Worldwide map
  • More free helicopters
  • Customizable controls
  • Joystick support
  • Multiplayer mode
Show 14 more
  • Ability to create custom missions
  • Night mode
  • Destructible environments
  • Radar and navigation aids
  • Autorotation feature
  • Detailed cockpit controls
  • Realistic flight models
  • Dynamic weather and lighting
  • Ability to switch helicopters in missions
  • Hostiles in free flight
  • Animations for fast roping
  • Variant and loadout options for helicopters
  • Underwater and submarine gameplay
  • Ground vehicle gameplay

Helicopter Simulator 2016

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Premium club subscription not unlocking
  • Transaction issue with premium club
  • Game crashes on takeoff
  • Cannot land properly
  • Level 8 impossible
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  • Cannot suspect a ship
  • Level 29 career doesn't work
  • Subscription doesn't work
  • Lag is very annoying
  • Tablet crashes
  • Helicopter doesn't let me control at all
  • Helicopter tips down making it hard to control
  • Ads after everything
  • Game doesn't do what it's meant to
  • Cannot restart the game
  • Graphics are awful/terrible/grainy
  • Controls are flaky/hard/tricky
  • Adverts are obnoxious
  • Game lags significantly
  • Offers tab on app open
  • Limited helicopter and mission choice
  • Have to buy to progress
  • Ad banner obscures gameplay
  • Premium subscription not working as expected (still have ads, no unlimited fuel)
  • Transaction issue with premium club purchase

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels
  • More gameplay
  • More options

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Air Cavalry

One-time10
  • Desert$0.99
  • OH-6 Cayuse$0.99
  • Afghanistan terrain$0.99
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  • AH-64 Apache$1.99
  • UH-1 Iroquios$1.99
  • Mi-24 Hind$1.99
  • Carrier Ops$1.99
  • AH-1Z Cobra$1.99
  • CH-47 Chinook$1.99
  • Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion$1.99
11 purchases

Helicopter Simulator 2016

One-time11
  • Fuel$1.99
  • Helicopter Aero 635 Medical$2.99
  • Helicopter Belli 206 Jet Ranger$2.99
Show 8 more
  • Helicopter Belli HU-1 Huey$2.99
  • Helicopter Euro AA-65 Dolphin$3.99
  • Coast Guard Pack Missions$4.99
  • Helicopter Alien UFO$4.99
  • Blimp$4.99
  • Premium Club Subscription$4.99
  • Helicopter HA-64 Apach$5.99
  • Helicopter HC-47 Chynow$5.99

Questions

Is Air Cavalry free?
Air Cavalry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Helicopter Simulator 2016 free?
Helicopter Simulator 2016 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Air Cavalry or Helicopter Simulator 2016 have ads?
Both Air Cavalry and Helicopter Simulator 2016 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Air Cavalry or Helicopter Simulator 2016?
Air Cavalry ships an update every 3 months, and Helicopter Simulator 2016 every 5 weeks. Most recently, Air Cavalry was updated on October 29, 2026 and Helicopter Simulator 2016 on October 22, 2026.

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