Comparison

Plane Troubles vs Ship Maneuvering Simulator

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

Head to head
About

Plane Troubles

Navigate a chaotic plane cabin to escape safely in this 2D arcade game. Swipe to avoid obstacles like smoke, fires, and unruly passengers. Test your survival skills in increasingly challenging evacuation scenarios.

Highlights
  • 2D arcade gameplay
  • Aircraft evacuation simulation
  • Swipe-based controls
  • Obstacle avoidance (smoke, fire, passengers)
  • Challenging survival scenarios
Features
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Plane Troubles is a unique 2D arcade game that turns aircraft evacuation into pure entertainment. Unfasten your seat belts and, with a swipe of your finger, manouvre through the plane cabin to reach the safest exit. Become an evacuation master avoiding maddening queues, unruly passengers, cabin smoke and merciless fires aboard the most unlucky airline of all time. No doubt about it: each of its flights ends up in evacuation! How many plane troubles can you survive?

About

Ship Maneuvering Simulator

Experience realistic ship handling with this simulator. It features advanced physics like astern propeller effects, drift during turns, and velocity-dependent rudder and bow thruster performance. Explore various environments with different ship types.

Highlights
  • Astern propeller effect
  • Drift during turns
  • Pivot point movement
  • Velocity-based rudder effectiveness
  • Bow thruster influenced by velocity
  • Sandbox environment
Features
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This simulator will give you a realistic experience of what it's like to handle a large ship. It includes some features which often seem to be missing in other simulators: - Astern effect of the propeller - Drift during turn - Pivot point movement - Rudder effectiveness based on propeller flow and ship's own velocity - Bow thruster effectiveness influenced by ship's velocity For the moment there are three ships (cargo ship, supply ship and battle ship). In the future more may be added. The game is played in a sandbox style with a sea, river and port environment and customisable current. I plan to also add wind effect. The simulation is based on the mathematical hydrodynamic MMG model which is also used in professional ship handling and mooring simulators.

Screenshots

Plane Troubles4 screens
Ship Maneuvering Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ship Maneuvering Simulator at every 6 days against Plane Troubles's every 32 months. Ship Maneuvering Simulator also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 69%). Plane Troubles's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Plane Troubles holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 104 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Plane Troubles's written reviews are positive against 86% of Ship Maneuvering Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plane Troubles ships an update every 32 months, Ship Maneuvering Simulator every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Plane Troubles versus Ship Maneuvering Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlane TroublesShip Maneuvering Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (35 ratings) — better4.3 (104 ratings)
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35104 — better
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB338 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - Universita' degli Studi di UdineWPC

Customer experience

Plane Troubles

All ratings33 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

Ship Maneuvering Simulator

All ratings101 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative11.0%

In-app purchases

None

Plane Troubles

No in-app purchases

None

Ship Maneuvering Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plane Troubles free?
Plane Troubles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ship Maneuvering Simulator free?
Ship Maneuvering Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plane Troubles or Ship Maneuvering Simulator?
Plane Troubles is rated higher. Plane Troubles averages 4.5 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Ship Maneuvering Simulator averages 4.3 from 104 ratings.
Do Plane Troubles or Ship Maneuvering Simulator have ads?
Both Plane Troubles and Ship Maneuvering Simulator show ads.
Which is updated more often, Plane Troubles or Ship Maneuvering Simulator?
Plane Troubles ships an update every 32 months, and Ship Maneuvering Simulator every 6 days. Most recently, Plane Troubles was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ship Maneuvering Simulator on October 24, 2026.

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