On Instruments vs Flight Simulator Advanced
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.
Flight Simulator Advanced
Experience realistic flight simulation with interactive cockpits and detailed aircraft. Plan your routes, manage ground services, and enjoy dynamic weather and day/night cycles. This app offers an immersive flying experience for aviation enthusiasts.
- Interactive cockpits
- Realistic physics and aerodynamics
- Flight planning system
- HD airports and diverse aircraft
- Airport ground services
- Day/night cycle and weather modes
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• Feel what it's like flying inside the cockpit of a real aircraft. • Interact with cockpit buttons, switches and levers. • Push-back, taxi to runway, take-off, fly your flight-plan, land, connect to jetway! ~ REQUIREMENTS ~ Requires an iPhone or iPad with at least 4GB RAM (e.g., iPhone 11/iPad 10th Generation or later) and internet connection whily playing. Performance not guaranteed on older devices. Main Features --------------------- • 100+ HD airports • Many aircraft, including A320, A321, A320neo, A321XLR, B737, A330, A340, A380, A350, B777, B747, Β787 with a lot of liveries and authentic cockpits • Ability to import your own custom liveries into the game • Airport Ground services (Movable jetways, fuel trucks, AI traffic) • Realistic physics/aerodynamics • Autopilot • Flight planning system with waypoints and navigation • Day/night cycle • Weather modes and precipitation • Interactable cockpits • Realistic sound effects (ATC chatter ,Engines sound effects, GPWS , alarms etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flight Simulator Advanced at Free against On Instruments's $2.99. Flight Simulator Advanced also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (9K vs 9). On Instruments's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14) 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
Flight Simulator Advanced is free to download; On Instruments costs $2.99 up front. Flight Simulator Advanced sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. 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 Flight Simulator Advanced. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Simulator Advanced has 9K 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 78% of Flight Simulator Advanced's.
On Instruments ships an update every 8 months, Flight Simulator Advanced fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | On Instruments | Flight Simulator Advanced |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.4 (9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 2.0 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aircraft Training Aids, LLC | Panagiotis Drakopoulos |
Customer experience
On Instruments
Flight Simulator Advanced
Bugs and requests
On Instruments
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flight Simulator Advanced
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes when loading maps or starting flights
- Unresponsive controls and buttons
- Issues with landing gear, flaps, and other interactive cockpit elements
- Floating or misaligned aircraft on the ground
Requested features
6 requests- Add more airports, especially in North America, Asia, and other regions
- Implement full flight planning and routing options
- Introduce more aircraft types like regional jets, military planes, and older models
- Add ATC communication and integration
- Improve landing gear physics and animations
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- Implement multiplayer and online functionality
In-app purchases
On Instruments
No in-app purchases
Flight Simulator Advanced
- Unlock region: North America$1.99
- A350-1000, liveries & No Ads$2.99
- A330-300 & Liveries & No Ads$2.99
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- A340-600$2.99
- B737 Max$2.99
- A321neo$2.99
- A340-300$2.99
- A321, Liveries & No Ads$2.99
- A330neo$2.99
- A380 with liveries and No Ads.$3.49
- B747-400, liveries & no ads$3.49
- A350-900, liveries, No-Ads$3.99
- B777-300ER$3.99
- B787-9$3.99
Questions
Is On Instruments free?
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