Comparison

Extreme Landings vs Spaceflight Simulator

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

Head to head
About

Extreme Landings

Experience critical flight scenarios and test your piloting skills in this realistic simulator. Manage emergencies, control individual engines, and navigate through over 5,000 potential situations to achieve the highest pilot ranking. Includes detailed instrumentation, real-time weather, and worldwide navigation.

Highlights
  • Realistic flight simulation
  • Emergency and incident management
  • Individual engine control
  • Worldwide navigation with 548 airports
  • Real-time weather conditions
  • 3D virtual cockpit with integrated instrumentation
  • Advanced engine and landing gear management
Features
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Take full control. Test your piloting skills and handle the most critical flight conditions known to man. Cope with emergencies and incidents inspired by real life scenarios in a climactic adrenaline rush. Start each engine individually, navigate between the equipment dashboard panels and be ready to solve over 5,000 possible situations in order to reach the highest pilot ranking. The simulator includes 36 missions to accomplish, 216 challenges to pass, cartography and worldwide navigation with over 500 accurate airports replicas as well as real time weather conditions. Features: - 36 missions (6 included + 30 available for purchase) - 216 challenges 6 of which in global competitions (18 included + 198 available for purchase) - 20 HD airports (4 included + 16 available for purchase) - Fast landing mode with global competition and 5 fault levels. - Instrument Landing System, ILS - Speed autopilot, Route, Altitude and Vertical speed - Primary Flight Display - Navigation Display - Weather Radar for managing Microburst, Ice and wind - Advanced engine system with ignition, faults and fire safety - Fuel management with weight balancing, Jettison and real consumption - Landing gears management with manual unlocking system - Full control of the rudder, flaps, reversers and spoilers - APU management - Worldwide navigation with 548 airports and 1107 usable runways, real or customizable weather conditions (available for purchase) - Cartography with over 8000 waypoints (VOR, NDB, TACAN, DME, GPS, FIX) - Automatic Flight Planning Configuration - Cinema replay system - 3D virtual cockpit with integrated instrumentation - SRTM30 Plus real terrestrial elevation - MODIS VCF real coastline - OpenWeatherMap real-time weather conditions

About

Spaceflight Simulator

Build and launch rockets to explore a realistic, open universe. Experience space exploration with accurate physics and a vast, explorable solar system.

Highlights
  • Build custom rockets
  • Realistic orbital mechanics
  • Explore a scaled universe
  • Visit planets and moons
  • Open-world space exploration
  • Real-life physics simulation
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This game is about space explorations, its about building your own rocket, and going out to explore and see whats out there, all while following real life physics. • Realistically scaled universe, with planets up to hundreds of kilometers in size and millions of kilometers of space between them. • Realistic orbital mechanics • Open universe, if you see something in the distance, you can go there, no limits, no invisible walls. Current planets: Mercury. Venus. Earth. Moon. Mars. Phobos. Deimos.

Screenshots

Extreme Landings4 screens
Spaceflight Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Spaceflight Simulator at none against Extreme Landings's shown. Spaceflight Simulator also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 54%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Extreme Landings's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Extreme Landings sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Spaceflight Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spaceflight Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39K and 98K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Extreme Landings's written reviews are positive against 85% of Spaceflight Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Extreme Landings ships an update every 2 months, Spaceflight Simulator every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Extreme Landings versus Spaceflight Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExtreme LandingsSpaceflight Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (39K ratings)4.8 (98K ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.9% of reviews85.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39K98K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size530 MB172 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRORTOS SRLSpaceflight Simulator UK Ltd

Customer experience

Extreme Landings

All ratings38,727 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews677 reviews
Positive53.9%
Neutral14.8%
Negative31.3%

Spaceflight Simulator

All ratings97,665 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews4,905 reviews
Positive85.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative9.6%

User reviews

Extreme Landings

From 39K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic and fun
  • 🚀 Great graphics
  • 🚀 Challenging but good
  • 🚀 Best mobile flight game

Room to improve

  • 💰 Too many paid features/expensive
  • 🐛 Ads interfere with gameplay
  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Controls need improvement

Spaceflight Simulator

From 98K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic physics and space simulation
  • 👍 Intuitive controls and easy to learn
  • 🚀 Ability to build complex rockets and spacecraft
  • 👍 No ads or in-app purchases required to play

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches, especially with large rockets
  • 🔋 Potential performance issues on older devices
  • 🔒 Limited customization and part options in free version
  • 🚀 Docking and rendezvous maneuvers can be very challenging

Bugs and requests

Extreme Landings

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Planes bounce excessively on landing
  • Radar issues affecting handling
  • Planes crashing when ads play
  • Difficulty progressing without paying

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free planes and scenarios
  • Improved flight physics and landing mechanics
  • Add more aircraft types (military, cargo, etc.)
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Better weather and airport environments

Spaceflight Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Rocket parts sometimes clipping through each other
  • Occasional freezing or crashing when launching large rockets
  • Issues with RCS thrusters firing unexpectedly during docking
  • Problems with maintaining stable orbits and transfers

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more planets, moons, and celestial bodies to explore
  • Implement a career mode or progression system with challenges
  • Allow for more customization of rocket parts and spacecraft
  • Improve docking and rendezvous mechanics to make them more accessible
  • Add the ability to control individual astronauts and perform EVAs
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  • Implement a fuel line system for more efficient staging

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Extreme Landings

One-time10
  • BAD STATE SCENARIO$1.99
  • SONIC BANG$2.99
  • HEAVY LOAD$2.99
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  • R-388JM DOUBLE-DECK JET AIRLINER$2.99
  • F/A-18 Super Hornet$3.99
  • FLIGHT SIMULATOR$5.99
  • BAD STATE, STORM, CRITICAL, EXTREME CHALLENGES SCENARIOS$6.99
  • FLIGHT SIMULATOR + R-388JM$7.99
  • FLIGHT SIMULATOR$8.99
  • MEGA PACK 8$14.99
10 purchases

Spaceflight Simulator

One-time10
  • Skins Expansion$2.99
  • Full Version$3.99
  • Redstone + Atlas Pack$3.99
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  • Parts Expansion$4.99
  • Infinite Area Expansion$4.99
  • Expansion Bundle$7.99
  • Cheats Expansion$9.99
  • Full Bundle Upgrade$9.99
  • Full Bundle$11.99
  • Full Bundle$14.99

Questions

Is Extreme Landings free?
Extreme Landings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spaceflight Simulator free?
Spaceflight Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Extreme Landings or Spaceflight Simulator?
Spaceflight Simulator is rated higher. Extreme Landings averages 4.5 out of 5 from 39K ratings, while Spaceflight Simulator averages 4.8 from 98K ratings.
Do Extreme Landings or Spaceflight Simulator have ads?
Extreme Landings shows ads; Spaceflight Simulator does not.
Which is updated more often, Extreme Landings or Spaceflight Simulator?
Extreme Landings ships an update every 2 months, and Spaceflight Simulator every 9 days. Most recently, Extreme Landings was updated on November 4, 2026 and Spaceflight Simulator on November 4, 2026.

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