Verithiathe honest score on any app
Updated July 2026 · real, multi-region App Store reviews
Head-to-head

Airline Commander vs Airport City Manager Simulator

Airline Commander 4.6★ · Free + IAP 55
Winner Airport City Manager Simulator
Airport City Manager Simulator 4.6★ · Free + IAP 70

Choose Airport City Manager Simulator for a more balanced experience.

While both apps offer engaging gameplay, Airport City Manager Simulator edges out due to better user feedback on features and overall enjoyment. Airline Commander struggles with frequent crashes and ads, leading to a less favorable experience for many users.

Head to head

features edge: Airport City Manager SimulatorR1R10R22R61
Airline Commander Airline Commander has realistic flight simulations but has been criticized for bugs and a pay-to-win structure, with users mentioning issues like crashes and lost progress R1R10R22.
Airport City Manager Simulator Airport City Manager Simulator offers enjoyable city-building mechanics but has been noted for its slow progress and high costs for upgrades R61.
ease of use edge: Airport City Manager SimulatorR4R11R55R72
Airline Commander Users of Airline Commander frequently report crashes and bugs that hinder gameplay R4R11R55.
Airport City Manager Simulator Airport City Manager Simulator users mention some loading issues but generally find the game more stable R72.
reliability edge: Airport City Manager SimulatorR11R28R52R67
Airline Commander Airline Commander has numerous reports of data loss and crashes, making it unreliable for long-term play R11R28R52.
Airport City Manager Simulator Airport City Manager Simulator has fewer issues reported, though some users do mention glitches and slow progress R67.
price/value edge: Airport City Manager SimulatorR5R22R37R64
Airline Commander Airline Commander is criticized for its pay-to-win model, with many users feeling pressured to spend money to progress R5R22R37.
Airport City Manager Simulator Airport City Manager Simulator also has pay-to-win elements but users feel they can still enjoy the game without spending excessively R64.
support edge: Airport City Manager SimulatorR40R52R118R93
Airline Commander Airline Commander users report poor support, especially regarding bugs and lost data R40R52R118.
Airport City Manager Simulator Airport City Manager Simulator users have also expressed frustration with support but have not reported as many severe issues R93.
Pick Airline Commander if

you prefer a flight simulator experience and can tolerate bugs.

Pick Airport City Manager Simulator if

you want a more stable and enjoyable city-building game with less frustration.

Evidence note: Airline Commander has a higher number of negative reviews focused on bugs and crashes compared to Airport City Manager Simulator, which, while not perfect, has a more balanced set of feedback.

Frequently asked

Is there a cost to play these apps?
Both Airline Commander and Airport City Manager Simulator are free to download with in-app purchases available, but users report that both games can feel pay-to-win R5R64.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] Airline Commander 1/5 · US Crashing Overheating: Phone overheating and crashing will update review on next update, love the game feel like I can land a plan in real life now.
  2. [R10] Airline Commander 2/5 · US Fix it or I will not play: The game crashes every time I land or take off. I can’t even do a simple landing with out it crashing. I keep having to reload the game every time and I don’t like it. If you don’t fix the game I will never play again.
  3. [R22] Airline Commander 1/5 · US Tooo many ads and you have to pay to use!: There are way too many ads and it’s too hard to get any money. The game keeps crashing too. When I’m flying and I’m ready to get my new plane, I have to buy $8 worth of the currency just to get the license of a tiny plane. The ads on the other hand, tooooooo many! It’s like here’s an ad and now that its done here’s another and another and another. IF YOU
  4. [R61] Airport City Manager Simulator 2/5 · US End if an Era: I played this game for 10+ years and it’s time to hang it up. What was once a fun game to play and build has turned into a game that lacks creativity and meaningful reward. The ads are one thing but the recent switch from 3 stars per destination to 5 stars removed the sense of accomplishing something. I wish there was an upgrade that honored overflying these cities back when 3 stars
  5. [R4] Airline Commander 1/5 · US No: I didn’t even get to play the game. It kept bringing me to the home screen and then loading me it kept happening and I tried to restart my phone a log out of the app. Nothing worked. If you don’t want to waste your time, don’t get this game.
  6. [R11] Airline Commander 5/5 · US All data lost: I opened the game today and there was an error message that read that all my data was lost, 3 years of slow progress all gone. Now I have to start over and who knows how long it’ll take. Disappointed.
  7. [R55] Airline Commander 1/5 · US Too much crashes: Late loadings
  8. [R72] Airport City Manager Simulator 3/5 · US Airport city: I play every day but today game is not loading
  9. [R28] Airline Commander 1/5 · US A fun game for my son & I - till the last update: We have been playing this game for a few days. All has been going well, and then yesterday, there was an update and all our game data was lost. Game Center keeps saying there is a synchronization error and crashes the game. Update 6/8/2026 I’ve been facing bugs in the software for over a week, on both this and their other game. Playing on a 16pr
  10. [R52] Airline Commander 1/5 · US Do not Update!!!: I just updated this morning and I was a commander before the update. The update reset all my progress!!!! This is not the first time it has happened and the developers never contacted me. 869 days down the tubes…. Again… that is almost 3 years!! Here we are again. Another 4 years (now 2026) and can’t connect to server. I’m betting it crashes completely again and have to star
  11. [R67] Airport City Manager Simulator 1/5 · US Stressful.: This latest update is the final nail for me. Over the many years playing I found myself feeling accomplished fully completing a destination and earning the stars/rewards. The developers have now added two extra sets of stars, some flights requiring over 1,000 completed flights. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Just when I thought I was progressing; I find myself having to return to small or sold of
  12. [R5] Airline Commander 4/5 · US Too much pay to win: I’ve been playing game daily for 6 years and am still far from the top. Can we please get more credits per flight for those of us that don’t have thousands to spend on a phone game? Thanks! Great game. Great programming. But set up for paying players mainly.
  13. [R37] Airline Commander 2/5 · US Ads and purchases: Game has way too many ads. And if you don’t want to pay it will make you wait several hours to days between playing because there’s no money and no playable routes
  14. [R64] Airport City Manager Simulator 1/5 · US Pay to win: I am a some one with child settings and it sad I can’t play this game even though I’ve had it for 5 years that makes no sense so that means this it pay to win because like I sad if played this game before and it is child friendly but now it’s more pay to win
  15. [R40] Airline Commander 1/5 · US Don’t waste your time.: When I started this game a few years ago, it was a lot of fun. There were flight emergencies, points for performance, opportunities to increase in rank, landing competitions with other players. In the past 6 months, the software crashes ALL OF THE TIME. There are no opportunities to earn points for opening up new airports or ascertaining new planes or flight Emergency, or a
  16. [R118] Airport City Manager Simulator 1/5 · US No customer support: Planes disappeared 2 times and no customer support to help correct problem
  17. [R93] Airport City Manager Simulator 3/5 · US Ads are a time sump: Have been playing this game over 10 years and love it. I am downgrading to 2 stars though. The ad platform in the game is fecal. Spending 5 minutes of my life mashing the X or Done buttons to affirm I don’t want “Royal Match” or “Royal Kingdom” or Facebook (which I already have) is annoying. I’m happy to amend this assessment if/when it is fixed; but life is too short to s

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store