Air Cavalry vs Helicopter Sim Hellfire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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)
Helicopter Sim Hellfire
Pilot a multi-role helicopter to demolish enemy defenses and support ground troops. Engage in tactical combat with machine guns and missiles, utilizing countermeasures to survive. Experience a long campaign with various missions and challenges.
- Multi-role helicopter piloting
- Demolish enemy defenses
- Support ground troop disembarkment
- Real-time weapon and countermeasure control
- Engaging campaign with missions and challenges
- Free flight with customizable weather
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Join HELLFIRE SQUADRON and launch the attack on the most modern deadly threats. Guide with precision your multi-role helicopter, demolish the enemy defences and let the raiders disembark in enemy bases. Tactics, flying skills and the right amount of ruthlessness in the attacks are critical to complete the long and engaging campaign against the mysterious secret organization. You are in command of the helicopter and in real time you will have to govern with care the powerful machine gun available on board, take the right countermeasures against enemy attacks and launch the devastating missiles on targets. You choose the best strategy to win! Three levels of difficulty, five scenarios, free flight, 24 missions and 90 challenges are going to provide hours of fun! Features: - 5 scenarios (1 included + 4 additional) - 30 missions (6 included + 24 additional) - 90 challenges of which 5 as world competition (18 included + 72 additional) - Free flight with customizable weather conditions - Full control of the aircraft: collective, pedals/rudder, machine gun with dedicated view, missiles and flares/chaffs countermeasures - Immersive scenarios with buildings, facilities, vehicles, ships and aircraft - Replay of all flight and combat actions - Ranks and Trophies
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Air Cavalry at 4.5 against Helicopter Sim Hellfire's 3.8. Air Cavalry also leads on ratings volume (8.6K vs 217) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Air Cavalry sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Helicopter Sim Hellfire sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Air Cavalry holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Air Cavalry has 8.6K ratings behind it against 217, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Air Cavalry's written reviews are positive against 63% of Helicopter Sim Hellfire's.
Air Cavalry ships an update every 3 months, Helicopter Sim Hellfire every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Air Cavalry | Helicopter Sim Hellfire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8.6K ratings) — better | 3.8 (217 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.5% of reviews — better | 62.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.6K — better | 217 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 855 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | iTechGen | RORTOS SRL |
Customer experience
Air Cavalry
Helicopter Sim Hellfire
User reviews
Air Cavalry
From 8.6K App Store ratingsWhat 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 Sim Hellfire
From 217 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun to play
- 👍 Good helicopter game
- 👍 Realistic scenarios
- 👍 Great graphics
- 👍 Challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Helicopter controls can be difficult
- 🐛 Drifting issues with machine gun
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔋 Too many ads
- 🐛 Compatibility issues
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
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- 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 Sim Hellfire
Reported bugs
5 issues- Helicopter controls are unresponsive
- Game crashes on launch
- Mission failed music not working
- Drifting issues with machine gun
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more helicopters (Apache, Chinook, Cobra, etc.)
- Improve flight physics and controls
- Add more scenarios and missions
- Implement multiplayer mode
- Reduce ads or offer paid version without ads
In-app purchases
Air Cavalry
- 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
Helicopter Sim Hellfire
- Railway Scenario$1.99
- Refinery Scenario$1.99
- Submarines Scenario$1.99
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- Arctic Scenario$1.99
- Railway and Refinery Scenarios$2.99
- Submarines and Arctic Scenarios$2.99
- Railway, Refinery, Submarines and Arctic Scenarios$4.99
Questions
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