Comparison

Extreme Landings Pro vs Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017

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

Head to head
About

Extreme Landings Pro

Experience critical flight conditions and emergencies inspired by real-life scenarios. Test your piloting skills by managing engines, navigating complex dashboards, and solving over 5,000 situations to achieve the highest pilot ranking. Includes detailed missions, challenges, and worldwide navigation with accurate airports and real-time weather.

Highlights
  • Realistic flight simulation
  • Emergency and incident management
  • Worldwide navigation with 548 airports
  • Real-time weather conditions
  • 3D virtual cockpit
  • 36 missions and 216 challenges
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 - 216 challenges 6 of which in global competitions - 20 HD airports - 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 - 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

Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017

Experience realistic flight physics with a vast selection of aircraft and over 2000 missions. Explore detailed global cities and airports, with customizable weather and flight parameters. Enjoy advanced aircraft controls and a comprehensive simulation environment.

Highlights
  • Realistic flight physics
  • 95+ aircraft types
  • +2000 missions
  • +600 airports worldwide
  • Customizable weather and time
  • Detailed 3D aircraft models
  • GPS route creation
Features
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Flight Simulator 2017 FlyWings is finally here! It contains many improvements and the flight physics are perfect! Enjoy a huge set of aircraft - 95 - and almost every air company! This is definitely the best flight simulator ever developed for macOS! Fly in more than +2000 missions, over +600 airports in 9 different cities around the world. Use our GPS tool to create your own routes. The first flight simulation with all city’s buildings and houses, all the airports have fingers, terminal, hangar, and taxiway lines. Real light system on the runways, with PAPI lights and more! The environment, scenario and 3D models are highly detailed, realistic air and ground traffic, change almost every simulation parameter, like visibility, temperature, turbulence, wind direction, all the weather conditions and hour of the flight. Fly in stormy weather, with lightings and heavy rain to test your skills! All the aircraft included in the simulator have specific modifications and special features, you will be able to choose the best aircraft that fits your needs! Aircraft features: - Choose between airplanes, helicopters, jet fighters, aerobatic planes and more! - Configure the model specification and family. - Choose one of the dozens of airline companies to fly your plane. - Configure fuel payload and weight. - Control all flaps, trims, spoilers, gear and turn engines on or off. - Very detailed 3D models of the planes. - Turn all the light signals on or off (Strobe, Landing, Transponder etc). - 9 different cameras. - Autopilot with speed, altitude, vertical speed and heading. Scenario and environment features: - +600 airports around the world - All airports have taxiway lines - All the cities have real buildings and houses - All airports have landing and take off lights - Audio settings - New details - Thousand+ miles in 9 cities: > New York > San Francisco > Chicago > Hawaii (enjoy the view of the volcanoes!) > Las Vegas > Los Angeles > Seattle > Washington D.C > Saint Martin - Weather conditions and hour option to choose when to fly. ***** Don’t forget to rate us! ***** Give us your feedback! All the updates we will be releasing for this flight simulator in the next weeks depend a lot on what you tell us!Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 Apple's Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Links to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found below Privacy Policy: http://www.thetisgames.com/p/thetis-games-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: http://www.thetisgames.com/p/thetis-games-terms-of-service.html If you need to contact us, send an e-mail to support (at) thetisgames.com

Screenshots

Extreme Landings Pro4 screens
Flight Simulator FlyWings 20174 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 at Free against Extreme Landings Pro's $35.99. Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Extreme Landings Pro's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 39%) and rating (4.7 vs 3.5). On ratings volume, ads, monetization model 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

Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 is free to download; Extreme Landings Pro costs $35.99 up front. Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Extreme Landings Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Extreme Landings Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 809 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Extreme Landings Pro's written reviews are positive against 39% of Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Extreme Landings Pro ships an update every 2 months, Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Extreme Landings Pro versus Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExtreme Landings ProFlight Simulator FlyWings 2017
Price$35.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better3.5 (809 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better38.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better809
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size509 MB543 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRORTOS SRLThetis Consulting

Customer experience

Extreme Landings Pro

All ratings1,225 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews699 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative10.9%

Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017

All ratings809 ratings
Positive60.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative31.6%
Written reviews342 reviews
Positive38.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative51.8%

User reviews

Extreme Landings Pro

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic and challenging
  • 🚀 Excellent graphics and controls
  • 🚀 Variety of planes and scenarios
  • 👍 Detailed and immersive experience
  • 👍 Great for flight sim enthusiasts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🐛 Compatibility problems on newer devices
  • 🔋 Battery drain during long flights
  • 👎 Repetitive missions and scenarios
  • 👎 Lack of advanced features like ATC, taxiing, etc.

Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017

From 809 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Best flight simulator
  • 👍 Realistic planes and controls
  • 👍 Great graphics
  • 👍 Fun and exciting

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🤔 Confusing controls and tutorials
  • 🤔 Limited free content

Bugs and requests

Extreme Landings Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes during career mode and long flights
  • Compatibility issues on iPhone X and newer devices
  • Graphical glitches and objects clipping through terrain
  • Autopilot and flight computer not functioning properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more planes (Boeing, Airbus, smaller aircraft)
  • Implement ATC communication and air traffic
  • Improve airport and terrain graphics
  • Add more varied missions and scenarios
  • Implement a save/resume function for long flights
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  • Introduce multiplayer and co-op modes

Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Planes crashing on takeoff or landing
  • Autopilot not functioning properly
  • Missions not completing correctly
  • Frequent app crashes

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free planes and missions
  • Ability to fly between cities/countries
  • Improved realism and physics
  • Better tutorials and guidance

In-app purchases

None

Extreme Landings Pro

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Club Weekly$2.997 Days
One-time11
  • Premium Club - Unlimited Fuel$1.99
  • Restore Fuel$1.99
  • All Space Shuttle$4.99
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  • Unlocks now all flights!$4.99
  • Unlocks all missions now!$4.99
  • All Special Helicoters$4.99
  • All Civilian Helicopters$4.99
  • All Boeing 757$6.99
  • All Airbus 320$9.99
  • All Boeing 747$9.99
  • All Airbus 380$12.99

Questions

Is Extreme Landings Pro free?
Extreme Landings Pro costs $35.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 free?
Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Extreme Landings Pro or Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017?
Extreme Landings Pro is rated higher. Extreme Landings Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 averages 3.5 from 809 ratings.
Do Extreme Landings Pro or Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 have ads?
Both Extreme Landings Pro and Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Extreme Landings Pro or Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017?
Extreme Landings Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 weekly. Most recently, Extreme Landings Pro was updated on September 22, 2026 and Flight Simulator FlyWings 2017 on August 25, 2026.

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