Comparison

Flight Sim 2024 vs Prepare for Impact

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

Head to head
About

Flight Sim 2024

Experience realistic flight simulation with a wide variety of aircraft and endless environments. Complete engaging missions and enjoy detailed aircraft models with interactive components. This simulator offers multiple camera views and realistic crash damage.

Highlights
  • 20+ Detailed Realistic Airplanes
  • 6 Endless Realistic Environments
  • Fun & Interactive Missions
  • Realistic Crashes with Visual Damage
  • Multiple Camera Views
  • 4 Axis Aircraft Control
Features
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The creators of Train Sim, (#1 Mobile Train Simulator) are happy to extend our simulation offering by releasing Flight Sim a new realistic Flight Simulator. Take the controls and fly realistic airplanes in this high quality Flight Simulator. Control your aircraft through endless environments that includes cities, mountains, lakes, oceans and farms, or complete one of many missions available. Flight Sim features realistically modelled airplanes with interior cabins and moving components. This is a must for any flight simulator fans. FEATURES -20+ Detailed Realistic Airplanes -6 Endless Realistic Environments -Fun & Interactive Missions -Realistic Crashes with Visual Damage -Multiple Camera Views including pilot seat. -Multiple Missions -4 Axis Aircraft Control -No in game purchases

About

Prepare for Impact

Experience realistic aircraft emergencies from a passenger's perspective in this 3D simulation game. Learn critical safety procedures by making real-time decisions and observing their consequences. Navigate various emergency scenarios to achieve the fastest and safest evacuation.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D aircraft emergency simulation
  • Passenger's viewpoint experience
  • Interactive decision-making with consequences
  • Multiple emergency scenarios
  • Threat simulation (fire, smoke, water)
  • Level editor for custom scenarios
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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This 3D game has been developed in the context of an international, aviation safety research project (http://hcilab.uniud.it/aviation), aimed at exploring possible new approaches to safety education, and featured on important media such as TIME, Popular Mechanics, Discovery Channel, and Fox News (see http://hcilab.uniud.it/aviation/media.html). Prepare for Impact is the world-first game that reproduces the experience of real aircraft emergencies from the passenger’s viewpoint, with the highest fidelity allowed by today’s mobile devices. In each virtual emergency experience, the player can try first-hand right and wrong actions that a passenger can take, and see the positive or negative consequences those actions have. Your goal is to take all the right decisions to come out from the plane unharmed as fast as possible. The different levels of "Prepare for Impact" depict major types of emergencies, such as in-flight decompression, ground collision, runway overrun, water landing, crash landing, rejected take-off, and fumes in the cabin. Moreover, they are able to simulate the different threats that can make aircraft evacuation more complex, such as fire, smoke in the cabin, water, unusable exits, and others. The latest version of the app also includes a level editor that allows players to create personalized evacuation scenarios. The game also offers the option of publishing your best evacuation results on world leaderboards.

Screenshots

Flight Sim 20244 screens
Prepare for Impact4 screens

Verdict

The call

Flight Sim 2024 and Prepare for Impact both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Prepare for Impact's written reviews are positive against 65% of Flight Sim 2024's. Prepare for Impact also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Flight Sim 2024's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Flight Sim 2024 against 4.3 for Prepare for Impact. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 765 and 2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Flight Sim 2024's written reviews are positive against 82% of Prepare for Impact's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Sim 2024 ships an update every 3 months, Prepare for Impact every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flight Sim 2024 versus Prepare for Impact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight Sim 2024Prepare for Impact
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (765 ratings)4.3 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews82.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7652K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB198 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer1788918 Alberta LtdDipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - Universita' degli Studi di Udine

Customer experience

Flight Sim 2024

All ratings760 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral6.6%
Negative14.2%
Written reviews310 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral12.9%
Negative21.6%

Prepare for Impact

All ratings1,922 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews392 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative12.5%

User reviews

Flight Sim 2024

From 765 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent flight simulator
  • 👍 Decent physics and free planes
  • 👍 Unique and interesting aircraft
  • 👍 Calming and fun to play

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 Lags and performance issues
  • 👎 Poor graphics and unrealistic physics
  • 👎 Difficult controls and calibration

Prepare for Impact

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic and educational
  • 👍 Helpful for learning safety procedures
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Captures the feel of a plane crash
  • 👍 Teaches important skills

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🐢 Slow character movement
  • 🤕 Graphic depictions of injuries/deaths
  • 🤔 Unrealistic passenger behaviors
  • 🤔 Confusing instructions/feedback

Bugs and requests

Flight Sim 2024

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to complete mission 10 due to missing destination marker
  • Planes going through objects and terrain during crashes
  • Inconsistent crash detection and landing mechanics
  • Frequent crashes and freezes, especially on older devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • More unlockable features like missions, maps, aircraft, and liveries
  • Addition of more passenger planes like Boeing 747, 737, A320, A330, etc.
  • Inclusion of military jets like F-22 Raptor and Rafale
  • Passenger compartment view with 360-degree camera
  • Improved crash physics and destruction effects
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  • Addition of emergency vehicles and emergency sounds
  • More detailed avionics and realistic flight dynamics
  • Multiplayer and online features

Prepare for Impact

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Passengers blocking exits
  • Incorrect feedback on actions
  • Inability to complete certain levels
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels and scenarios
  • Ability to choose aircraft type
  • Option to play as cabin crew or pilot
  • Customizable crash settings
  • Improved graphics and animations
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  • Dialogue and announcements from crew
  • Ability to board the plane and go through pre-flight
  • Multiplayer or co-op modes

In-app purchases

None

Flight Sim 2024

No in-app purchases

None

Prepare for Impact

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flight Sim 2024 free?
Flight Sim 2024 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prepare for Impact free?
Prepare for Impact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flight Sim 2024 or Prepare for Impact?
Prepare for Impact is rated higher. Flight Sim 2024 averages 4.2 out of 5 from 765 ratings, while Prepare for Impact averages 4.3 from 2K ratings.
Do Flight Sim 2024 or Prepare for Impact have ads?
Both Flight Sim 2024 and Prepare for Impact show ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Sim 2024 or Prepare for Impact?
Flight Sim 2024 ships an update every 3 months, and Prepare for Impact every 2 months. Most recently, Flight Sim 2024 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Prepare for Impact on October 23, 2026.

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