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Head-to-head

Pilot vs Flight Simulator 2025

Pilot 4.8★ · Free to download 65
Winner Pilot
Flight Simulator 2025 4.6★ · Free + IAP 30

Pilot is the better choice for its utility and loyalty program, despite recent app stability issues, while Flight Simulator 2025 is heavily criticized for its aggressive monetization and poor graphics.

Full reviews: Pilot · Flight Simulator 2025

Pilot offers a loyalty program with discounts and services for travelers, though recent updates have introduced significant bugs and compatibility issues. Flight Simulator 2025 is a flight simulation game that users find to be heavily pay-to-play, with many features locked behind expensive in-app purchases and frequent ads.

Head to head

Features edge: PilotR4R5R6R13
Pilot Pilot offers mobile fueling, shower reservations, and discounts, which are highly valued by users R4R5. However, recent updates have removed or broken some features, such as navigation from point A to B and the ability to reserve showers reliably R6R13.
Flight Simulator 2025 Flight Simulator 2025 aims to provide a flight simulation experience, including multiplayer R61. Users desire more realistic features like flaps and spoilers, and a better interior view R61. Many core features, including most planes and multiplayer, are locked behind expensive VIP subscriptions or individual purchases R61R64R75.
Ease of Use edge: PilotR4R5R8R13
Pilot Pilot's user interface has a learning curve but is generally considered straightforward once understood R5. However, recent updates have made the app slow to load, difficult to navigate, and prone to logging users out R8R23. Some users also report issues with the app not recognizing their location, making features like mobile fueling and shower reservations unreliable R4R13R15R23.
Flight Simulator 2025 Flight Simulator 2025 is described as easy to control and fly . However, the game lacks clear instructions, making it difficult for new users to understand how to play . The constant push for in-app purchases also detracts from the user experience R76R85.
Reliability edge: PilotR3R4R9R13
Pilot Pilot has significant reliability issues, particularly after recent updates. Users report frequent crashes, inability to open the app, freezing, and problems with transactions not registering R3R9. GPS location services are also unreliable, preventing users from accessing key features R4R13R23.
Flight Simulator 2025 Flight Simulator 2025 suffers from glitches, such as planes becoming invisible, multiplayer codes not working, and rewards not being granted after completing challenges . Users also report lagging and poor performance R100.
Price/Value edge: PilotR1R3R5R7
Pilot Pilot is free to download and offers discounts on fuel and other services, which users find valuable R5. However, some users have experienced issues with discounts not applying or points not registering R3. Recent updates have also caused problems for users with older phones, effectively forcing them to upgrade their devices to continue using the app R1R7R19R22.
Flight Simulator 2025 Flight Simulator 2025 is free to download but is heavily criticized for its aggressive monetization. Most planes, levels, and multiplayer access require expensive in-app purchases or a VIP subscription, with some items costing up to $60 or even $100 R61R64R75R76. Users feel it's a 'pay to play' scam and that the value is very low given the high costs and poor quality R85.
Support edge: PilotR20R26R31R32
Pilot Pilot's customer service receives mixed reviews. Some users report positive experiences with helpful employees R20R26R31. However, others have had issues with customer service not resolving problems, such as incorrect account information or persistent app glitches R32.
Flight Simulator 2025 There is no direct feedback on Flight Simulator 2025's customer support in the provided reviews. Users primarily express frustration with the game's design and monetization rather than interactions with support.
Pick Pilot if

Pick Pilot if you are a frequent traveler who uses Pilot Flying J locations and values loyalty discounts, mobile fueling, and shower reservations, and are willing to tolerate occasional app glitches and slow loading times R5.

Pick Flight Simulator 2025 if

Pick Flight Simulator 2025 if you are looking for a very basic flight game and are prepared to spend significant money on in-app purchases for planes and features, or if you enjoy simple flight controls and can overlook poor graphics and aggressive monetization .

Evidence note: Reviews for Pilot are heavily skewed by recent negative updates, impacting its lifetime rating. Many positive reviews for Pilot focus on the physical locations and staff rather than the app itself, but the app's utility is still a key factor for users. Flight Simulator 2025's reviews are overwhelmingly negative regarding its monetization strategy.

Frequently asked

Does Pilot's app work reliably for mobile fueling and shower reservations?
Pilot's app frequently fails to recognize user location, making mobile fueling and shower reservations unreliable for many users R4R13R15R23.
Is Flight Simulator 2025 truly free to play?
No, Flight Simulator 2025 is not truly free to play, as most planes, levels, and multiplayer access require expensive in-app purchases or a VIP subscription, with some items costing up to $60 or $100 R61R64R75R76.
Are there issues with Pilot's app compatibility with older phones?
Yes, recent updates to Pilot's app require newer operating systems, preventing users with older phones from using the app and effectively forcing them to upgrade their devices R1R7R19R22.
What are the graphics like in Flight Simulator 2025?
The graphics in Flight Simulator 2025 are widely criticized by users as being very bad, low quality, and unrealistic, often not matching the advertised images R79R85R100R108.

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. [R4] Pilot 1/5 · US GPS: The GPS location in this app is terrible. It frequently fails to recognize that I’m at a Pilot truck stop, so I can’t use mobile fueling or purchase a shower through the app. These are the main reasons I use the app, and they simply don’t work reliably. Very disappointing. Please fix the GPS issue, it has been a major inconvenience.
  2. [R5] Pilot 5/5 · US Worth It: There’s a bit of a learning curve with the user interface, but once you get used to it, everything’s pretty cut and dry, and the discounts are better than Love’s
  3. [R6] Pilot 3/5 · US Navigation: Give us back our navigation from point a to b like the old app before the update
  4. [R13] Pilot 1/5 · US 👎: I'm at the parking lot, but the app won't let me book a shower. It says: "Head to a Nearby Pilot to Reserve a Shower."
  5. [R8] Pilot 4/5 · US Loading issue: Ever since the update it takes forever for the app to load , like while in the fuel isle it can take up to 3 minutes to fully load so you can choose the fuel option. Or while in store it can take up to 5 minutes just to be able to scan the barcode due to waiting on app to fully load. Otherwise the app is good.
  6. [R3] Pilot 3/5 · US DONT TOUCH IT!!!: Update 7/10/26! This finally works!!! PLEASE LEAVE IT ALONE!!! Don’t change anything else…for a change! This app has been getting worse and worse. It’s been a nightmare to get it to work for the last couple months but now is completely useless. Crashes every time after putting in my mileage. I quit counting at $50 but I guarantee I’ve lost over $100 worth of points in the last y
  7. [R9] Pilot 3/5 · US No registra las transacciones: Con mucha frecuencia no registra las transacciones y luego cuando uno intenta escanear te dice que se venció el número de escaneos.
  8. [R1] Pilot 1/5 · US App: My having an older phone the App won’t let me continue to keep/use the old version which I loved and used all the time! This stinks as I love your stations as I travel!!
  9. [R7] Pilot 2/5 · US Lousy update to the app not allowing one to run it on their current Apple OS’s…: Angry that they ‘fixed the app’ not to work with one’s current Apple device OS. To be able to open the app, it says I must update to a newer operating system on the phone. If I do that, then I have to update the operating system on my computer. And doing that my current two printers and two scanners may no longer work
  10. [R20] Pilot 5/5 · US Best service: Pilot as the best customer service… always treat everyone the same
  11. [R26] Pilot 5/5 · US Frank Pate: I really appreciate every time I go to the Pilot I receive Excellent Customer Service thank you Pilot
  12. [R31] Pilot 5/5 · US Pilot Gas: Employees are very helpful. And always pleasant!
  13. [R32] Pilot 1/5 · US WORTHLESS!!I: I have tried to load the fuel discount on this app for over a week with no success! I called customer service and they sent me an email that didn’t even have my correct name on it. Needless to say, their solution did not fix the problem. I have deleted this worthless app and will be filling up at Loves exclusively.
  14. [R15] Pilot 3/5 · US Pilot app: The app works @ some locations and others it doesn’t… especially with showers
  15. [R23] Pilot 4/5 · US Complicated update: Slow to open, update layout is no good, doesn’t know where I’m at, location settings always, can’t cancel showers, location accuracy is no good, other than that it’s convenient and good to have.
  16. [R61] Flight Simulator 2025 1/5 · US WORST GAME: I thought it was realistic I wish there was flaps and spoilers like realistic AND WHY DO YOU NEED PRO TO JUST PLAYING MULTIPLAYER THAT’S NOT EVEN FAIR
  17. [R64] Flight Simulator 2025 1/5 · US You have to buy everything with real money: you have to pay for everything?
  18. [R75] Flight Simulator 2025 3/5 · US Perfect but something bad: The game is cool and realistic but all the levels and the airplanes is so Expensive and the pro levels costs 60$ and that’s exaggerated for a game.
  19. [R76] Flight Simulator 2025 1/5 · US Horrible: So I downloaded this game cause I thought this looked fun but I was all wrong this game I thought when it was downloading that I might recommend this to my friend but I was wrong when I joined it just put this vip thingy in my face then I saw this cool aeroplane that was 14$ like what does this game think money grows on trees then I tried putting these thoughts away gave it a second ch
  20. [R19] Pilot 1/5 · US Latest Update: Since my system cannot go to the latest version required to use the application, I will have to go back to using the plastic card. This is the reason I have rated the new revised application as poor.
  21. [R22] Pilot 1/5 · US Older iPhone users unable to use app: Count on this app but can no longer use. Why am I being forced to pay $900 for new phone to use app. It’s ridiculous! I’ve used pilot app for years why can’t you offer updates for older iPhone users? Guess I’ll go to A different gas station, who isn’t so elite!
  22. [R79] Flight Simulator 2025 1/5 · US The graphics sucks: The graphics suck it’s only a 1 in a million I said this
  23. [R85] Flight Simulator 2025 1/5 · US What a scam: Ok so I thought this game would be cool but this was horrible,the graphics are nothing like the ones they show. And as I thought it could not get worse…BOY I WAS WRONG, then a bunch of really expensive offers popped up and one of them was 100 FREAKING DOLLARS. Do not download if you hate ads and offers.
  24. [R100] Flight Simulator 2025 1/5 · US Horrible: The game makes u watch 50 ads for a bad plane it lags and again why 2x speed looks nothing like the pictures so unrealistic.
  25. [R108] Flight Simulator 2025 3/5 · GB Is it me?: Graphics let’s talk about GRAPHICS Bad bad bad bad bad bad the graphics are LOW

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