On Instruments vs Unmatched Air Traffic Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
On Instruments
Hone your instrument flying skills with this simulator. Navigate various courses by precisely managing heading, altitude, and airspeed. Features multiple difficulty levels, including courses with instrument failures.
- Instrument scanning practice
- Multiple course difficulties
- Heading, altitude, airspeed control
- Attitude Indicator failure simulation
- Score maximization
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Practice and hone your IFR instrument scanning skills while playing a variety of courses “On Instruments”. Each course includes a series of heading, altitude, and airspeed changes that must be flown with precision to maximize your score. Courses are divided into Easy, Intermediate and Expert Levels. Additional courses without course guidance are available, as well as a series with an Attitude Indicator failure.
Unmatched Air Traffic Control
Experience the thrill of managing a busy airport as an air traffic controller. Guide planes through safe landings, parking, and takeoffs while preventing collisions. This engaging simulation offers intuitive controls and sharpens memory and reasoning skills.
- Manage busy airport operations
- Guide plane landings, parking, and takeoffs
- Prevent aircraft collisions
- Easy and intuitive controls
- Stimulates memory and reasoning
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In this simulation game, you're an air traffic controller at a busy airport. The goal is to guide planes safely landing parking and taking off, avoiding collisions between them. This game is much like the actual operation of a busy airport, but with easy and self-explanatory controls. Is a great hobby that stimulates memory and reasoning. Have fun and good flights NOTE: Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our Terms of Use (http://www.vector3dstudios.com/UATC/policy/subscription_terms.html) and Privacy Police (http://www.vector3dstudios.com/UATC/policy/policy.html)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Unmatched Air Traffic Control at Free against On Instruments's $2.99. Unmatched Air Traffic Control also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (565 vs 9). On Instruments's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment 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
Unmatched Air Traffic Control is free to download; On Instruments costs $2.99 up front. Unmatched Air Traffic Control sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. On Instruments asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for On Instruments against 4.4 for Unmatched Air Traffic Control. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unmatched Air Traffic Control has 565 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of On Instruments's written reviews are positive against 69% of Unmatched Air Traffic Control's.
On Instruments ships an update every 8 months, Unmatched Air Traffic Control every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | On Instruments | Unmatched Air Traffic Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.4 (565 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 68.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 565 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1.8 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aircraft Training Aids, LLC | Marcia Silva Mello |
Customer experience
On Instruments
Unmatched Air Traffic Control
Bugs and requests
On Instruments
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Unmatched Air Traffic Control
Reported bugs
5 issues- Planes colliding even when they are not close
- Pushback and taxi issues causing planes to get stuck
- Radar and approach view disappearing during gameplay
- Inconsistent performance and frame rate drops
- Incorrect aircraft models and liveries
Requested features
5 requests- Add more realistic airports (e.g. JFK, LAX, LHR)
- Implement more advanced air traffic control features (e.g. go-around, taxiway instructions)
- Introduce weather effects, emergencies, and other dynamic events
- Add support for smaller aircraft (e.g. regional jets, turboprops, private planes)
- Improve camera controls and views (e.g. cockpit view, free camera)
In-app purchases
On Instruments
No in-app purchases
Unmatched Air Traffic Control
- VIP LOUNGE PLAN$3.997 Days
- VIP LOUNGE PLAN$12.991 Month
- 1000 Coins$0.99
- 2000 Coins$1.99
- 5000 Coins$3.99
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- 10000 Coins$7.99
- 15000 Coins$9.99
- 25000 Coins$15.99
- 50000 Coins$27.99
- 100000 Coins$49.99
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