RFS vs Airplane Pro
Choose Airplane Pro for a free option with more user-friendly features.
Airplane Pro offers a free tier with in-app purchases, making it accessible for casual users, while RFS has a low-cost entry but faces criticism for its subscription model and limited free content. Users of Airplane Pro appreciate its fun gameplay despite some ads, whereas RFS users often express frustration over its monetization strategy and technical issues.
Head to head
you prefer a low-cost option and are committed to a more realistic flight simulator experience.
you want a free flight simulator with fun gameplay and don't mind some ads.
Evidence note: The evidence leans towards Airplane Pro, as many negative reviews for RFS focus on its monetization and technical issues, while Airplane Pro's criticisms are more about ads and gameplay mechanics.
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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.
- [R4] RFS Needs more updates: I’ve been playing Real Flight Simulator for about 4, 5 years, and overall I love the game. It’s one of the best mobile flight simulators out there, but there are a few major issues that have been frustrating me for a long time. My biggest complaint is multiplayer. Players can taxi straight through or into your aircraft with no collision avoidance. It completely ruins the realis
- [R12] RFS Fun but…..: I wish multiplayer was free and all the planes were free to get with in game money.i say that because multiplayer is most people’s favorite part and solo gets boring after some time. But overall it’s fun when I get bored of other games.
- [R75] Airplane Pro Almost there, airplane pro: I would have done 5 stars if the Tempest would be less scary. Also, the cars you can drive are not Toyota, or Audi. But, I love the creativity of the missions. Infinite flight may be more realistic, but airplane pro has planes that are easier to fly.
- [R78] Airplane Pro It’s alright: There’s definitely room for improvement. The space you fly in feels very small, I would love if there were more to explore. You also can barely get any altitude. The places on the ground are messy and glitched, and there are no npc pedestrians or cars, and rarely are there other planes to come across. More missions and overall things to do and explore would be great. The towns feel v
- [R9] RFS Subscription issues: Everytime I pay for a subscription it says something like “purchase failed please review payment details” even though it goes through on the card. So I have a subscription and I still only have the free planes
- [R22] RFS HEY DEVELOPERS: FIX OUR SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS OR GIVE US OUR MONEY BACK: I am extremely disappointed in this app, as it was the best iOS flight simulator available at one point in time. I bought a subscription expecting to have access to the same quality features as I had before. Instead, I ended up with a bunch of subscription error messages, no access to the pro version I paid for, and ZERO custom
- [R69] Airplane Pro Fun game but can’t start unless you watch a 1 to 2 minute add: I like the game but the ads are just too much!
- [R88] Airplane Pro almost too many ads: There are almost too many ads can you remove it so that there’s not too many pls
- [R15] RFS Not Working: Hey guys and ROTROS, I finally decided to download this game back 4 days ago and I just get stuck on the loading screen Pack #1491. I’ve reached out to apple support to see if they can do anything and they couldn’t do anything about it and just reach out to the developer of the game. I’ve emailed them on that day and as of today I haven’t gotten a response. so if the ROTROS Devs and a
- [R40] RFS Good/ bad: It keeps crashing
- [R111] Airplane Pro Checkpoint games need fixing: Fun enough but as other users have said the checkpoint rounds will randomly fail you despite flying through the green ring.
- [R117] Airplane Pro #not realistic: Ok I downloaded the game Im on my second mission and its not letting me take of every thing is perfect so I think I mean Im sure this is a bug and also this is not realistic at all like where is the thing that shows if the nose is pointing up or down etc and the graphics is horrific and the airplane movement is horribly unrealistic #not good game so far #does not deserve 4.8 stars
- [R21] RFS Requires RFS Pro too much: You have absolutely NO other planes unless you pay at least 6 Bucks.
- [R37] RFS This game sucks: You have to pay for literally everything, you only start with 3 planes and unless you buy more you’re only getting 3 planes. The chat is annoying bc people spam n word in it and the autopilot approach for landing always makes me land in some field, a mile from any airport. This game sucks
- [R64] Airplane Pro Add add add no good: Horrible imposible jugar sin tener que pagar. Sale un anuncio cada 1 min
- [R103] Airplane Pro Ads: Too many adds it’s absurd
- [R52] RFS error subscribtion: if u have this error - you lose your money. suppots never answer. dont waste your money and time
- [R71] Airplane Pro Great game! Just one suggestion…: This game is great! And super fun! Great for learning how to fly a plane, and has realistic controls. But there is one thing about the game, the characters that you can choose to fly the plane. You have both genders, but what about different nationalities? I don’t think only white people can be pilots. It would be great if you could add more diversity. Other than
- [R102] Airplane Pro Good concept great fun for free roaming BUT!! Issue!: The overall game is great BUT!! When it comes to the missions! Go through the green circle (goes through said green circle) nah bro you suck 🤣 now I know I literally cant complete the game it’s taken all the fun out of it? Shame really but otherwise fun to free roam fly around the map plus the use of cars to get to missions is also good thinkin
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store