Plane Wars RTS vs Lanecraft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plane Wars RTS
Engage in intense air battles in a dystopian world, leading aviation forces to seize enemy bases and fight for freedom. Improve your skills, aircraft, and bases using collected energy for special abilities and strategic advantages.
- Air battles
- Base seizing
- Aircraft and base improvement
- Special abilities
- 48 levels
- 5 game modes
- RPG elements
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Enter on the warpath in the anti-utopian world, fight in air battles, struggle for freedom and equality . Become the leader of aviation, the legendary commander, seize enemy bases, improve your skills, bases, aircrafts, collect energy and use it for special abilities such as storm cloud, power gain, construction acceleration and the creation of zeppelins. Features: - 48 levels - 5 different game modes - RPG elements - flying airdromes - air defense bases - radars - unique aircrafts - high-quality graphics Plane Wars - is a strategy tower game (not a Tower Defense). Inspired by "1984" by George Orwell. Success of battles depends on characteristics of your aircrafts and bases, on your agility, flexibility of your mind. Note: it is possible to complete all levels - though it is difficult.
Lanecraft
Build bases, spawn armies, and battle for supremacy in this free real-time strategy game. Choose from 9 unique races, each with distinct units and abilities, and engage in multiplayer battles or face challenging AI opponents. Upgrade your units and manage resources to dominate the battlefield.
- 9 unique playable races
- Branching unit upgrade trees
- 1v1 to 4v4 multiplayer modes
- AI opponents with 4 difficulty levels
- Online multiplayer via party codes
- Status effects and unit combos
- Resource management (gold, wood, meat)
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Lanecraft is completely free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no paywalls, and nothing to buy. Build towers, train armies, and fight across lanes in real time. Each of the nine races has its own heroes, units, racial abilities and economy, and branching upgrade paths change how units fight and how they look. Nine campaigns, ninety missions. Every race has a full story: voiced briefings, events that fire mid-battle, and named villains who take the field as real heroes. Hunt them down or raze their keep, pick your loadout at the war table, and claim a victory plaque with your bonus objectives on it. Play online in co-op or PvP, create a lobby, and invite friends with a party code. You can also play the full game offline against AI with no internet connection. Features: • 9 races: Crown, Horde, Goblins, Oozlings, Demon, Deep, Wild, Geists, and Tenders • 9 campaigns, 90 missions, all of them voiced • 3 heroes and 21 units per race • 52 maps, from duels to six-team free-for-alls • Ground that fights back: clan halls, tunnels, river fords, curse obelisks, bunkers, powder barrels, meteor strikes and rising floods • Online co-op and PvP with lobbies and party codes • Full offline play against AI • 4 AI difficulties, Easy through Nightmare • Towers you can build and upgrade • Branching unit upgrades that change abilities and appearance • 21 status effects and 4 combos, each one explained in the gallery • Pings and quick chat for team coordination • Player profiles, stats, achievements, and unlockable avatars Lanecraft is a complete strategy game built for playing alone, with friends, or against other players.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lanecraft at none against Plane Wars RTS's 1. Lanecraft also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Plane Wars RTS's advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Plane Wars RTS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lanecraft asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lanecraft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | Plane Wars RTS | Lanecraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vladyslav Vikulov | Kenny Preston |
Customer experience
Plane Wars RTS
Lanecraft
In-app purchases
Plane Wars RTS
- Full Game Unlock$0.99
Lanecraft
No in-app purchases









