Comparison

Learn to Brace vs Aviateur

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

Head to head
About

Learn to Brace

Learn the correct "Brace position" for aircraft emergencies through an interactive game. This app simulates landing impacts to show the effects of different positions, based on FAA research.

Highlights
  • Interactive brace position simulation
  • Simulates landing impacts
  • Shows effects of body positions
  • Based on FAA research
  • Educational game
Features
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People tend to believe that, in the event of a plane crash, all passengers are going to die. In fact, you can survive the vast majority of aircraft accidents. An important action that every passenger should be familiar with is to assume an appropriate "Brace position" before an impact occurs. The Learn to Brace app, created by the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Udine, is an interactive game that allows you to experience an emerging landing and see the effects on your body of the positions you try. The position the app considers as correct is the optimized one suggested by the latest tests conducted by researchers at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (see bibliography below). The ideas and suggestions contained in the Learn to Brace app are NOT intended as a substitute for the information provided by the airline you are flying with and its staff. When you are on a plane, always follow strictly all the instructions provided by the airline and its staff. BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE Taylor , A. , Moorcroft , D., Deweese, R. "Effect of passenger position on crash injury risk" , Proceedings of the Seventh Triennial International Fire & Cabin Safety Research Conference , Philadelphia , USA , December 2013 . [The Abstract can be downloaded from the FAA's Web site at this link: http://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/2013Conference/files/Restraint_Systems/TaylorBrace/TaylorBraceAbs.pdf ]

About

Aviateur

Experience realistic flight simulation with a variety of aircraft and diverse, accurate real-world locations. Engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, master challenging landings, and customize weather conditions for an immersive adventure.

Highlights
  • Multiple aircraft types
  • Geographically accurate locations
  • Air combat (WWII and Modern)
  • Dynamic weather system
  • Challenging landings
  • Customizable flight dynamics
  • Day/Night cycle
Features
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Features: -Several aircraft to choose from -Diverse, geographically accurate real-world locations - Air-to-Air and Air-to-ground combat battles against fighter jets, WWII aircraft, tanks, destroyers, submarines, AAAs, SAM missile systems - 2 Combat Eras to choose from - WWII and Modern - Command wingmen into combat, or fly various formations - Rack up a high score in Air Endurance mode where you fight endless enemies -Practice aircraft carrier, destroyer ship and oil platform landings -24 hour Day/Night cycle -Customizable, fully dynamic weather that varies spatially and with time (clear, cloudy, hurricane, thunderstorm, rain, snowstorm, thermals, and more!) -Landing/Engine failure Challenges -Racing Challenges -Air Traffic Control -Comprehensive flight dynamics - Pilot a variety of aircraft, from jet airliner, fighter jets, civilian and military helicopters, general aviation, and vintage planes! - Test your landing skills by landing on an aircraft carrier, destroyer ship or an oil rig, or perhaps add some crosswinds, some turbulence and rain to make things more challenging! - Create air-to-ground combat battles and make use of weapons such as cannons, missiles, bombs, rockets and flares and survive against enemies such as tanks, destroyer ships, surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft artilleries and more! - Features fully customizable weather. Control the cloud cover in multiple layers, recreate thunderstorms, snowstorms, rain, customize winds and gusts, visibility and add turbulence! - Visit the locations of Cape Verde and Grand Canyons and take in the views of vast rugged terrain! Locations are recreated on a 1:1 scale with accurate terrain, fully recreated cities, towns and roads from real geodata. Airports are recreated with accuracy and detail to mirror their real life counterparts. - Put your aerobatic stunts on display with the use of customizable aerobatic smoke! - Launch your glider into the sky with a winch and soar through the clouds in an authentic glider simulation! - Try out some landing challenges or create your own! Test your emergency skills with engine failures! - Break the sound barrier in the sky with supersonic jets! - Features Attack Helicopters! - Race against time in racing challenges! - Ability to park your aircraft and walk around! - Features in-depth flight dynamics modelling to bring authenticity to each aircraft! - Features a full day and night cycle! - Features aircraft customization such as changing paint color, selecting weaponry loadouts, external fuel tanks and more! - Fly from a variety of viewing angles, be it 360 degrees around the aircraft, inside the cockpit, or from the passenger seat! - Features ATC (Air Traffic Control) communication and procedures! - Features customizable air traffic! - In-depth controls featuring flaps, gear, spoilers (arm), rudder, reverse thrust, engine start/stop, elevator trim, lights, drag chutes and more! - Features instruments such as: Artificial horizon, altimeter, airspeed, in-flight map, heading, Vertical Speed Indicator, Engine RPM/N1, fuel, G-force gauge, Head-Up Display etc. - Features 3D instrument gauges in cockpits! - Navigate using ILS systems! - Features in-depth Autopilot (Vertical Speed, Altitude change, Autothrottle, Heading) and warning systems for each aircraft! - Features in-depth weapon systems simulation!

Screenshots

Learn to Brace4 screens
Aviateur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Learn to Brace at none against Aviateur's 13. Aviateur's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.6 vs 4.1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Aviateur sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Learn to Brace asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Aviateur holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 120 and 129 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Learn to Brace's written reviews are positive against 87% of Aviateur's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn to Brace ships an update every 35 months, Aviateur every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Learn to Brace versus Aviateur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn to BraceAviateur
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (120 ratings)4.6 (129 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews86.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings120129 — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB793 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - Universita' degli Studi di UdineRajatdeep Bakshi

Customer experience

Learn to Brace

All ratings122 ratings
Positive75.4%
Neutral9.8%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews115 reviews
Positive81.7%
Neutral9.6%
Negative8.7%

Aviateur

All ratings106 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative5.3%

User reviews

Learn to Brace

From 120 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Educational and useful
  • 😂 Funny and hilarious
  • ✨ Good physics simulation
  • 👍 Teaches safety procedures
  • 🤩 Great for learning

Room to improve

  • 👎 Too limited content
  • 👎 Short game duration
  • 👎 Repetitive gameplay
  • 👎 Ads are too long
  • 👎 Not enough levels/scenarios

Aviateur

From 129 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Amazing flight simulator experience
  • 🚫 No forced ads
  • 🎮 Agile interface with many controls
  • ✈️ Large variety of aircraft
  • 🗺️ Evocative graphics

Room to improve

  • 💰 Most good planes cost money
  • 💸 Pay to win aspect
  • 🗺️ Limited maps
  • 🛬 Landing on terrain can be difficult
  • 💥 Unrealistic explosions on impact

Bugs and requests

Learn to Brace

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Crash not popping up
  • Continue button not working
  • Game not working properly (hands under knees)
  • Can't get to level maker
  • Download button not working
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  • App crashes
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

30 requests
  • Add more levels/scenarios
  • Add more brace positions
  • Make it more realistic (blood, more bones)
  • Add character diversity
  • Add scenarios like masks or children on lap
Show 25 more
  • Add blindfolds up mention
  • Allow resetting initial options (sex, flights)
  • Simulate unbelted or standing positions
  • Add a car crash version
  • Add water landing, fire crash landing, make own games
  • Add pregnant character option
  • Add oxygen masks, kids, crew captains
  • Add standing/rising option
  • Add pilot and flight attendant scenarios
  • Add bathroom scenarios
  • Add walking and mile high club scenarios
  • Add helicopter or smaller plane scenarios
  • Add standing and being in the toilet scenarios
  • Add chaos mode
  • Add a "Back" button
  • Allow switching avatars in scenarios
  • Add more bones to break
  • Add blood come off
  • Add 2 more brace positions
  • Make it a rag doll sorta app with unlimited positions
  • Add a mode where you are holding a baby and you have a crash
  • Add pilot and a toilet mode in a plane crash
  • Add more to do if you was the pilot
  • Add standing/rising option
  • Add chaos mode

Aviateur

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Plane explodes when hitting a tree
  • Enemy ground units lock on from too far
  • Planes cannot be unlocked (network issue)
  • Cannot purchase/restore plane purchases (internet connection required)
  • Sun breaks the game (makes everything pink)
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  • Stalling when looking at the sun
  • Weather editing doesn't allow continuation
  • Purple vision when pulling Gs

Requested features

28 requests
  • Add 747 400, 747 8, 777
  • Add 747
  • Add 777
  • Add AH64 Apache
  • Add cars that drive on the streets
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  • Worldwide boundless scale flying
  • More cities
  • More free planes (airliners, fighter jets)
  • More alarms (pull up alarm)
  • Add a new plane (747, 737-100)
  • Better camera controls
  • Free DC-10, L-1011, 727, 747
  • More added aircraft (Airbus A380, Boeing 777, etc.)
  • Add fighter jets
  • Add WW2 plane and turboprop airliner
  • Purchase pack for all planes
  • More airports/promotions
  • Add C-17 Globemaster III
  • More maps (Pacific North West, Canada/Alaska, Japan, Alps)
  • Career mode or procedurally generated tasks (cargo flights, passenger flights, rescue missions)
  • Multiplayer
  • Failure menu (engine fire, etc.)
  • Add joystick control option
  • Pause game photo mode
  • Hide HUD icons
  • Add more military planes
  • Improve effect
  • More free flights

In-app purchases

None

Learn to Brace

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Aviateur

One-time13
  • Fishbed$0.49
  • Lightning II Carrier Variant$0.49
  • Blackbird$0.49
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  • MH-6E$0.49
  • Mi-28N$0.49
  • Airbus A380$0.49
  • Boeing 787$0.49
  • Chinook$0.49
  • Concorde$0.49
  • Douglas DC-3$0.49
  • F-16C$0.49
  • Extra 330sc$0.49
  • SU-27S$0.49

Questions

Is Learn to Brace free?
Learn to Brace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aviateur free?
Aviateur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn to Brace or Aviateur?
Aviateur is rated higher. Learn to Brace averages 4.1 out of 5 from 120 ratings, while Aviateur averages 4.6 from 129 ratings.
Do Learn to Brace or Aviateur have ads?
Learn to Brace shows ads; Aviateur does not.
Which is updated more often, Learn to Brace or Aviateur?
Learn to Brace ships an update every 35 months, and Aviateur every 2 months. Most recently, Learn to Brace was updated on October 23, 2026 and Aviateur on October 21, 2026.

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