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Head-to-head

Extreme Landings vs Airline Commander

Extreme Landings 4.5★ · Free + IAP 60
Winner Airline Commander
Airline Commander 4.6★ · Free + IAP 75

Choose Airline Commander for a more reliable and engaging experience.

Full reviews: Extreme Landings · Airline Commander

While both apps are popular flight simulators with free tiers, Airline Commander offers a more polished experience with better graphics and gameplay, despite some user complaints about ads and crashes. Extreme Landings faces significant criticism for its ad placements and paywall issues, making it less favorable overall.

Head to head

features edge: Airline CommanderR7R65R105
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings offers a variety of controls and missions but is criticized for locking much of its content behind paywalls.
Airline Commander Airline Commander has a broader range of planes and missions, but users note it also has a pay-to-win model and limited free content.
ease of use edge: Airline CommanderR9R70R72
Extreme Landings Users find Extreme Landings challenging due to its control scheme and frequent ads interrupting gameplay.
Airline Commander Airline Commander is generally seen as easier to navigate, though some users report issues with crashes and loading times.
reliability edge: Airline CommanderR37R100R67
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings has numerous reports of crashes and gameplay interruptions due to ads.
Airline Commander Airline Commander also faces reliability issues, particularly with crashes and data loss, but has a larger user base indicating a more stable experience overall.
price/value edge: Airline CommanderR7R82R114
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings is heavily criticized for its pricing model, with many features locked behind high paywalls.
Airline Commander Airline Commander is also noted for being pay-to-win, but offers more free content and opportunities to earn in-game currency.
support edge: Airline CommanderR88R72
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings users express frustration over lack of responsiveness to issues.
Airline Commander Airline Commander users appreciate the support received for bugs, though many still report unresolved issues.
Pick Extreme Landings if

you prefer a game with a unique control scheme and don't mind spending to unlock content.

Pick Airline Commander if

you want a more stable experience with a wider variety of planes and missions.

Evidence note: Both apps have free tiers, but Airline Commander's larger user base may indicate a more satisfying experience despite its own issues.

Frequently asked

Is Extreme Landings free to play?
Yes, Extreme Landings is free to download but has many features locked behind a paywall, with some users noting that the game is difficult to enjoy without spending money R7R13.

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. [R7] Extreme Landings 2/5 · US EVERYTHING IS LOCKED.: When I first got this game, I had high expectations. But after playing for a while, I realized one thing, LITERALLY EVERYTHING IS LOCKED!!! You literally only have one plane, six missions, and if you want to do more missions or get more planes or play the flight simulator, you have to BUY THE PRO VERSION OF THE GAME FOR 35$. WHO’S GUNNA PAY 35$ FOR A GAME.😠 but I like the am
  2. [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.
  3. [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 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️
  4. [R9] Extreme Landings 3/5 · US Ads: I have to start with giving props to the developer. Great graphics, control and gameplay. I don’t mind the ads BUT the timing is terrible…. As soon as the flight starts…so does the ads, I can’t control the plane due to it flying in the background during the ads. By the time the ad is over, my plane has already crashed. So I have to restart the mission and there goes another ad. But it also se
  5. [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.
  6. [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
  7. [R37] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US Ads: Ads start in the middle of playing a game or pop up when the game starts and by the time the ad allows you to skip, you’ve crash landed and have to restart just for another ad to begin
  8. [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
  9. [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.
  10. [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
  11. [R114] Airline Commander 3/5 · US Ok game: It’s very hard to play without money. You can only do about three flights then you have to wait for more to open up. If you want them to open up quicker, you have to pay money. Other than that, it’s a really good flight game.
  12. [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
  13. [R13] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US Flight simulator isn’t free: I hate that the flight sim is not free and I don’t have any money wtf

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