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Head-to-head

Airlines Manager vs Airline Commander

Airlines Manager 4.6★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner Airlines Manager
Airline Commander 4.6★ · Free + IAP 65

Choose Airlines Manager for a more engaging management experience.

Airlines Manager offers a more detailed simulation experience with higher lifetime ratings, despite some user complaints about bugs and ads. Airline Commander, while popular, struggles with significant issues related to crashes and ads, making it less favorable overall.

Head to head

features edge: Airlines ManagerR5R17R65R70
Airlines Manager Users appreciate the detailed simulation aspects and realistic emergencies in Airlines Manager.
Airline Commander Airline Commander users enjoy the graphics and gameplay but mention it being pay-to-win and lacking depth.
ease of use tieR1R4R61R70
Airlines Manager Some users find Airlines Manager's interface complex and confusing.
Airline Commander Airline Commander users report frequent crashes and bugs that hinder gameplay.
reliability edge: Airlines ManagerR2R10R67R100
Airlines Manager Airlines Manager has bugs but users still find it playable and engaging.
Airline Commander Airline Commander has numerous reports of crashes and lost progress.
price/value edge: Airlines ManagerR9R25R82R105
Airlines Manager Airlines Manager offers a free tier with in-app purchases that some users find fair.
Airline Commander Airline Commander is criticized for being heavily pay-to-win, with many users feeling pressured to spend money.
support tieR54R72R88R102
Airlines Manager Support for Airlines Manager is noted as lacking in responsiveness to bugs.
Airline Commander Airline Commander users appreciate the kind and patient support but report unresolved issues.
Pick Airlines Manager if

you want a more complex and engaging airline management experience.

Pick Airline Commander if

you prefer a simpler, more casual flight simulation game with good graphics.

Evidence note: Airlines Manager has a higher lifetime rating and more positive feedback overall, despite some recent negative reviews. Airline Commander has a larger volume of reviews but many express dissatisfaction with crashes and ads.

Frequently asked

Is Airlines Manager free to play?
Yes, Airlines Manager is free to play with in-app purchases available for enhanced features and content.

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. [R5] Airlines Manager 5/5 · US Fun game, some suggestions: I love this game, as it actually simulates the details like emergencies and realistic supply/demand. I have some suggestions though. -More Soviet/ Russian aircraft, like how if you are trying to make a Soviet state based airline like Bek air for example it’d be nice to have some more russian airplanes -Detailed emergencies, like showing if the gear or engines failed or
  2. [R17] Airlines Manager 4/5 · US Read this!: Ok overall, I quite like this game. It’s fun, pretty fast-paced, and not impossible to accomplish anything in like some other tycoon games. I also really appreciate that it’s not P2W (Pay to win). But, BUT, some of the menus are VERY confusing. You can figure them out by tapping around for a while, but it would be awesome if there was a tutorial or something for every menu, because tha
  3. [R65] 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.
  4. [R70] 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.
  5. [R1] Airlines Manager 1/5 · US Absolutely terrible: I have played other manager games and this is by far the worst. Complex interface, poor tutorials.. pass it by
  6. [R4] Airlines Manager 1/5 · US Nope: Can’t log in securely and they want your email address. Not happening! Uninstalled!
  7. [R61] 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.
  8. [R2] Airlines Manager 4/5 · US Bugs: Every once in a while I’ll check in and just have zero profit made on a route I’ve had since the start or my demand amount glitches and has it as if I have no planes on the route it’s prevents me from knowing if anything is being ran properly and really ruins the experience.
  9. [R10] Airlines Manager 1/5 · US Error with no help: In the middle of a limited time event there is an error preventing me from collecting rewards. On top of this there is no way to get help. This after paying lots of money on content.
  10. [R67] Airline Commander 1/5 · US waste of time: i closed the game with my account on level 4 with six planes; this is months of time put into this. just went to play the game again, my progress is all deleted. not worth it, you also can not fly much.
  11. [R100] 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
  12. [R9] Airlines Manager 3/5 · US Needs no ads option: Fun game nut way too many ads to really do anything. You can buy an AM Gold membership, which is nice, but how about for a few dollars more per month tomhave no ads? Then you could really sit down and enjoy the game. Gets old really quick having to watch an ad every time you try to do something.
  13. [R25] Airlines Manager 2/5 · US It’s all about the money now: At first you could compete but, they’ve changed the game to now to be competitive you have to spend real money or your airline with slowly go bankrupt
  14. [R82] 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
  15. [R105] Airline Commander 3/5 · US Pay to win: This Game and Graphics is Cool and all but it’s literally pay to win They only give you one plane and 2 missions and the rest you literally can’t do nothing else unless you buy more credits 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️
  16. [R54] Airlines Manager 3/5 · US Fun game but a lot of glitches which take the fun out: Fun to play but the game glitches a lot and the support team won’t fix it even after I send them a bug report. The glitches take the fun out of the game, have to try and work around them.
  17. [R72] Airline Commander 3/5 · US Okay game: The first thing I want to say right away is that the service you will receive for bugs and issues is incredibly kind and patient. With that aside this game does make you watch thousands of adds in your career of playing this game. The shop I very confusing (It uses a lot of capitalism). But besides the adds this game is incredibly well built with incredible graphics for mobile users. It
  18. [R88] 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
  19. [R102] Airline Commander 3/5 · US Getting better: At least you as a developer have finally listened to some of users and started stabilizing the performance of the game. There’s still some work to be done. The game still crashes unexpectedly and some other improvements are needed to be made!
  20. [R36] Airlines Manager 3/5 · US Not a terrible game: It’s not a terrible game. Seems like you can progress without having to pay but it looks like there is a subscription service that would make it easier. They used to have a free daily reward in the shop that you didn’t have to watch an ad for but with the recent update it seems to have gone away. Now everything is behind an ad or pay to play. Maybe I’m missing it but I haven’t

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