Comparison

Airfield Mania vs Planes Control!

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

Head to head
About

Airfield Mania

Guide aircraft to their correct runways by drawing lines to avoid collisions in this addictive air traffic control game. It features HD graphics and Game Center integration.

Highlights
  • Line-draw air traffic control gameplay
  • Multiple maps
  • HD graphics
  • Retina and iPad support
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Are you the right person to guide aircrafts to their runway? Now you can prove it with Airfield Mania! Airfield Mania is an addictive line-draw air traffic control game for your iPhone, iPod or iPad. But don´t tell us we didn´t warn you. It´s really addictive. It features: * Three Maps (more coming soon) * HD graphics with retina- and full iPad-support * Full "Game Center"-support And it´s free! Instructions: Touch the aircrafts and drag them to their runways (with the right color) and avoid collisions.

About

Planes Control!

Guide aircraft to safe landings while avoiding hazards like storms and enemy attacks. Control over 60 different planes and helicopters across 13 challenging levels. Engage in aerial combat, fight wildfires, and manage air traffic in this addictive simulation game.

Highlights
  • Draw flight paths for aircraft
  • Avoid collisions and environmental hazards
  • Pilot over 60 types of planes and helicopters
  • Engage in aerial combat
  • Fight wildfires with air tankers
  • Navigate diverse and challenging levels
Features
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Take control of the sky and land your planes avoiding collisions and enemies. Guide your planes to ensure safe landing in this incredibly easy to learn yet surprisingly addictive game! Get an adrenalin rush while avoiding dangerous collisions, blazing storms and tornadoes, put out forest fire, get ready to repel an attack of enemy fighters and fight off an alien invasion! GAMEPLAY Planes Control is an game with simple controls. Draw lines with your fingers to determine the path each plane will follow as they find their way to land or to engage the enemy. This sounds easy? You will need fast fingers and strategy to manage all your planes and keep the sky under control. AIRCRAFTS You can navigate more than 60 different planes and helicopters including airliners, WWII fighters, jet planes and tilt rotors while playing Planes Control. Beside this, you will enjoy flying the SR-71 Black Bird (the world's fastest plane), the Antonov 225 (the largest aircraft in the world to fly multiple times) and famous combat planes like the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the F-14 Tomcat or the Apache AH-64 combat helicopter. LEVELS Planes Control has 13 awesome levels for mobile devices plus 6 new levels full of challenges created for tablets. More levels are on the way. • Earn your wings on a holiday resort, guiding your planes and helicopters. • Aerial combat! Shoot down hostile planes and helicopters over the scorching desert. • Air Tankers: Fight wildfires by dropping water with your planes and helicopters. • Storm Carrier landings: Command your military fighters and helicopters between the clouds and rain. • Navigate canyons in the Arizona’s Desert. • Successfully land your Aircraft during a tornado outbreak. • Night landings: Switch your landing lights on and find your way around the airfield. • Keep an eye on emergency calls and give priority landing to the planes that are running out of fuel. • Avoid cargo planes flying around your air space. • Land your planes in the middle of an alien invasion ! READY FOR A CHALLENGE? Earn new and different achievements in every level and challenge yourself to the limit. Please sit back, fasten your seatbelt and enjoy taking control of the sky – download Planes Control now! ⓘ For the latest inside information from Rarepixels: ► Like us at https://www.facebook.com/planesApp ► Visit us at http://rarepixels.com/games/planes-control/ ► Follow us at https://www.twitter.com/planes_control

Screenshots

Airfield Mania4 screens
Planes Control!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Planes Control! at 4.7 against Airfield Mania's 4.1. Planes Control! also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 44%) and ratings volume (6.8K vs 20). Airfield Mania's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. Planes Control! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Airfield Mania asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Planes Control! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planes Control! has 6.8K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Airfield Mania's written reviews are positive against 79% of Planes Control!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Airfield Mania ships an update every 10 days, Planes Control! monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Airfield Mania versus Planes Control!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirfield ManiaPlanes Control!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (20 ratings)4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews79.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings206.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSprakelsoft GmbHAntonio Calvino Esquer

Customer experience

Airfield Mania

All ratings20 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

Planes Control!

All ratings6,833 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews421 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative12.8%

Bugs and requests

Airfield Mania

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Planes Control!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes on iOS 14
  • High score not recorded correctly
  • Planes colliding off-screen
  • Notification bar interfering with gameplay

Requested features

5 requests
  • More level options and customization
  • Ability to pause and resume games
  • Improved tutorial and instructions
  • Difficulty settings for each level
  • Leaderboards and achievements

In-app purchases

None

Airfield Mania

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Planes Control!

One-time10
  • Pack of 5× Rescue Teams.$0.99
  • Unlock all HD Levels$0.99
  • Classic levels$0.99
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  • Unlock "Time Machine" levels!$0.99
  • Unlock "10th Anniversary" levels!$0.99
  • Three crashes per game.$1.99
  • Classic levels and no ads$2.99
  • Pack of 20× Rescue Teams.$2.99
  • No Ads.$2.99
  • Pack of 50× Rescue Teams.$4.99

Questions

Is Airfield Mania free?
Airfield Mania is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planes Control! free?
Planes Control! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Airfield Mania or Planes Control!?
Planes Control! is rated higher. Airfield Mania averages 4.1 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Planes Control! averages 4.7 from 6.8K ratings.
Do Airfield Mania or Planes Control! have ads?
Planes Control! shows ads; Airfield Mania does not.
Which is updated more often, Airfield Mania or Planes Control!?
Airfield Mania ships an update every 10 days, and Planes Control! monthly. Most recently, Airfield Mania was updated on June 11, 2026 and Planes Control! on September 30, 2026.

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