Pilot Ace vs Shaft Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pilot Ace
Engage in thrilling aerial combat, shooting down missiles while navigating challenging environments. Fly faster as you progress, reaching supersonic speeds. Compete with friends and players worldwide on leaderboards.
- Shoot down oncoming missiles
- Fly through challenging environments
- Reach supersonic speeds
- Refuel mid-flight
- Unlock new aircraft
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Challenge friends
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Fly above mountains and through thunderstorms while shooting at oncoming missiles and don't forget to refuel! The farther you fly, the faster you'll go, hitting Mach 2 and even Mach 3. Use a compatible iOS Game Controller to enhance your experience! Game Center Enabled: * View online leaderboards to measure your piloting skills against the world. * Challenge your friends to fly farther than you or to unlock achievements. * Unlock the additional 5 planes and 3 helicopters, then brag about your accomplishments on Game Center. Think you have what it takes to be a Pilot Ace? Prove it! Optimized for all iPhones and iPads that are running iOS 8.0 or higher.
Shaft Run
Navigate procedurally generated levels by jumping and dodging obstacles. Utilize unique power-ups and unlock different suits with special abilities to overcome challenges in this engaging platformer.
- Procedurally generated levels
- Obstacle dodging
- Unique power-ups
- Unlockable suits with abilities
- Over 80 levels
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Can you take on the shaft? Jump your way through randomly generated levels while dodging obstacles and using unique power-ups to your advantage. Shaft Run features: • More than 80 procedurally generated levels • Multiple suits with different abilities • 3 unique power-ups
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pilot Ace at 100% against Shaft Run's 0%. Pilot Ace also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Shaft Run's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Shaft Run sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Pilot Ace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shaft Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pilot Ace has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Pilot Ace's written reviews are positive against 0% of Shaft Run's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pilot Ace ships an update every 3 months, Shaft Run every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pilot Ace | Shaft Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean Kosanovich | Dominik Ringler |
Customer experience
Pilot Ace
Shaft Run
In-app purchases
Pilot Ace
No in-app purchases
Shaft Run
- Diamonds +2$0.39
- Diamonds +10$0.69
- Remove Ads$0.99
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- Diamonds +1000$0.99
- Diamonds +20$1.49
- Diamonds +30$1.99
- Diamonds +50$2.99
- Diamonds +100$3.99
- Diamonds +500$4.99
- Diamonds +1000$5.99
