Comparison

Helicopter Sim Hellfire vs Airline Commander

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

Head to head
About

Helicopter Sim Hellfire

Pilot a multi-role helicopter to demolish enemy defenses and support ground troops. Engage in tactical combat with machine guns and missiles, utilizing countermeasures to survive. Experience a long campaign with various missions and challenges.

Highlights
  • Multi-role helicopter piloting
  • Demolish enemy defenses
  • Support ground troop disembarkment
  • Real-time weapon and countermeasure control
  • Engaging campaign with missions and challenges
  • Free flight with customizable weather
Features
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Join HELLFIRE SQUADRON and launch the attack on the most modern deadly threats. Guide with precision your multi-role helicopter, demolish the enemy defences and let the raiders disembark in enemy bases. Tactics, flying skills and the right amount of ruthlessness in the attacks are critical to complete the long and engaging campaign against the mysterious secret organization. You are in command of the helicopter and in real time you will have to govern with care the powerful machine gun available on board, take the right countermeasures against enemy attacks and launch the devastating missiles on targets. You choose the best strategy to win! Three levels of difficulty, five scenarios, free flight, 24 missions and 90 challenges are going to provide hours of fun! Features: - 5 scenarios (1 included + 4 additional) - 30 missions (6 included + 24 additional) - 90 challenges of which 5 as world competition (18 included + 72 additional) - Free flight with customizable weather conditions - Full control of the aircraft: collective, pedals/rudder, machine gun with dedicated view, missiles and flares/chaffs countermeasures - Immersive scenarios with buildings, facilities, vehicles, ships and aircraft - Replay of all flight and combat actions - Ranks and Trophies

About

Airline Commander

Experience the next generation of flight simulation. Take off, navigate, and land a variety of aircraft in realistic conditions. Build and manage your own airline fleet while facing challenging scenarios and dynamic weather.

Highlights
  • Dozens of airliners
  • Realistic airports and runways
  • Real-time aircraft traffic
  • Simplified and advanced flight systems
  • Realistic takeoff and landing procedures
  • Competition mode
  • Customizable airline livery
Features
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Meet the flight simulator of the next generation. Take off, fly to the airport in the city nearby & land. Build & manage an aircraft fleet. And it’s just the beginning of what Airline Commander, one of the most realistic airplane games, has to offer! Flying features: - Dozens of airliners: turbine, reaction, single deck or double deck. - Dozens of main hubs with taxiways to open thousands of routes towards all the major airports of the world. - Hundreds of realistic airports and runways. HD satellite images, maps and worldwide navigation for every region & airport. - Thousands of different situations to handle. - Real-time aircraft traffic, with real airlines, on the ground and in flight. - Simplified flight system with navigation help or flight simulation for advanced users. - Realistic SID/STAR takeoff and landing procedures with pushback system, taxiing and the possibility to dock. - Competition mode to prove you're the best pilot. - Realistic different times of the day with sun, moon, stars and real-time weather conditions. - Customizable airline livery. Time to take off! In this flight simulator you start as a new pilot who must learn how to fly big aircrafts. Listen to an experienced flight pilot, take off from the airport, get familiar with all the controls in the cockpit & make a safe landing. Get a pilot license & start building your own airline in one of the most realistic airplane games! Expand your airplane fleet Take new contracts & fly in realistic weather conditions with real-time traffic & earn money to expand your aircraft fleet. Buy new airplane. A bigger plane. Choose new flying routes, improve your skills & get a new pilot license. The more you fly in this airplane flight simulator, the more options to expand your airline fleet. What’s wrong with this aircraft? Like in most airplane games, not every flight is smooth… and because Airline Commander is one of the most realistic airplane simulator games, everything can go wrong. Failure of sensors, instruments, ASM, fuel tanks, landing gear & engines. Malfunction of flaps, rudder, air brakes & radar. Not to mention wind, turbulence & fog with various levels of severity… It’s a dream come true for every fan of flight simulator games who looks for an immersive, realistic experience. A simplified flight system Not ready for true airplane simulator experience? Airplane games don’t have to be hard. Choose a simplified flight system and ease your time with every take off & landing. Not everybody has to make a carrier landing from the start so take your time and enjoy a bit lighter take on a real flight simulator. Customize your plane Games from the flight simulator genre usually let you customize a plane and Airline Commander is no exception! Change the livery of every plane in your aircraft fleet and admire its look in the beautiful 3D that no other airplane games can offer. Airline Commander - a flight simulator like no other The newest game from the creators of RFS - Real Flight Simulator takes realism above the level of flight simulator games. Whether you’re an experienced pilot or completely new to flight simulator games, Airline Commander lets you feel the thrill of flying like no other plane games. DOWNLOAD NOW & pilot an airplane in one of the most realistic games about flying among the simulator games genre. Support: For problems with the game and suggestions please write to: airlinecommander@rortos.com

Screenshots

Helicopter Sim Hellfire4 screens
Airline Commander4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Airline Commander at 4.6 against Helicopter Sim Hellfire's 3.8. Airline Commander also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (82K vs 217). Helicopter Sim Hellfire's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 52%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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. Helicopter Sim Hellfire sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Airline Commander sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Airline Commander holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Airline Commander has 82K ratings behind it against 217, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Helicopter Sim Hellfire's written reviews are positive against 52% of Airline Commander's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Helicopter Sim Hellfire ships an update every 6 months, Airline Commander fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Helicopter Sim Hellfire versus Airline Commander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelicopter Sim HellfireAirline Commander
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (217 ratings)4.6 (82K ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews — better51.7% of reviews
Number of ratings21782K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB1.1 GB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRORTOS SRLRORTOS SRL

Customer experience

Helicopter Sim Hellfire

All ratings217 ratings
Positive64.1%
Neutral10.1%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews241 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative24.1%

Airline Commander

All ratings82,282 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews2,783 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral13.5%
Negative34.8%

User reviews

Helicopter Sim Hellfire

From 217 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun to play
  • 👍 Good helicopter game
  • 👍 Realistic scenarios
  • 👍 Great graphics
  • 👍 Challenging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Helicopter controls can be difficult
  • 🐛 Drifting issues with machine gun
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 Too many ads
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues

Airline Commander

From 82K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great flight simulation
  • ✈️ Realistic aircraft models
  • 📚 Teaches aviation mechanics
  • 🎮 Engaging gameplay

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Slow progression and long wait times
  • 🛑 Repetitive takeoff and landing tasks
  • 🤖 Questionable AI behavior
  • 🔍 Lack of free flight mode

Bugs and requests

Helicopter Sim Hellfire

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Helicopter controls are unresponsive
  • Game crashes on launch
  • Mission failed music not working
  • Drifting issues with machine gun
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more helicopters (Apache, Chinook, Cobra, etc.)
  • Improve flight physics and controls
  • Add more scenarios and missions
  • Implement multiplayer mode
  • Reduce ads or offer paid version without ads

Airline Commander

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and app instability
  • Unrealistic engine failure scenarios
  • Inconsistent landing gear behavior
  • Navigation issues and incorrect waypoints

Requested features

4 requests
  • Full flight mode from takeoff to landing
  • More varied challenges and scenarios
  • Multiplayer co-pilot feature
  • Improved graphics and visual effects

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Helicopter Sim Hellfire

One-time7
  • Railway Scenario$1.99
  • Refinery Scenario$1.99
  • Submarines Scenario$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Arctic Scenario$1.99
  • Railway and Refinery Scenarios$2.99
  • Submarines and Arctic Scenarios$2.99
  • Railway, Refinery, Submarines and Arctic Scenarios$4.99
13 purchases

Airline Commander

One-time13
  • AC Credits small$1.99
  • Offer Pack 2$1.99
  • Offer Pack 3$2.99
Show 10 more
  • AC Credits medium$4.99
  • Flight Pass Premium$4.99
  • AC Credits large$9.99
  • Flight Pass Premium$9.99
  • Offer pack 12$11.99
  • Flight Pass Premium$12.99
  • Flight Pass Premium$19.99
  • Offer pack 20$19.99
  • AC Credits huge$29.99
  • AC Credits mega$49.99

Questions

Is Helicopter Sim Hellfire free?
Helicopter Sim Hellfire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Airline Commander free?
Airline Commander is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Helicopter Sim Hellfire or Airline Commander?
Airline Commander is rated higher. Helicopter Sim Hellfire averages 3.8 out of 5 from 217 ratings, while Airline Commander averages 4.6 from 82K ratings.
Do Helicopter Sim Hellfire or Airline Commander have ads?
Both Helicopter Sim Hellfire and Airline Commander show ads.
Which is updated more often, Helicopter Sim Hellfire or Airline Commander?
Helicopter Sim Hellfire ships an update every 6 months, and Airline Commander fortnightly. Most recently, Helicopter Sim Hellfire was updated on September 22, 2026 and Airline Commander on September 25, 2026.

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