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Head-to-head

Extreme Landings vs F18 Carrier Landing Lite

Extreme Landings 4.5★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Extreme Landings
F18 Carrier Landing Lite 4.6★ · Free + IAP · ⚠ stale 60

Extreme Landings offers a more diverse flight experience with better crash physics, but both apps suffer from aggressive monetization and intrusive ads.

Full reviews: Extreme Landings · F18 Carrier Landing Lite

Both Extreme Landings and F18 Carrier Landing Lite are free-to-play flight simulators with in-app purchases, but users frequently complain about the amount of locked content and intrusive ads in both. Extreme Landings has an edge in crash physics and mission variety, while F18 Carrier Landing Lite is praised for its realism in carrier landings.

Head to head

Features and Content edge: Extreme LandingsR7R10R13R18
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings offers a variety of missions, different airports, and the ability to explore the world, with some users enjoying the first-person view R38. However, a significant complaint is that 'literally everything is locked' behind a paywall, including most planes, missions, and the flight simulator, with the 'Pro Version' costing $35 R7R10R13R18.
F18 Carrier Landing Lite F18 Carrier Landing Lite focuses on carrier landings and airbase operations, with users requesting more aircraft, weapons, and dogfighting capabilities . Similar to App A, users express frustration over having to pay for additional planes and maps R63.
Ease of Use and Controls tieR3R8R22R27
Extreme Landings Many users find Extreme Landings hard to control, especially with the tilt-based steering, and express a desire for joystick or stick controls R3R8R49. Some also find landings difficult and unrealistic R8R22R27.
F18 Carrier Landing Lite F18 Carrier Landing Lite also receives complaints about difficult controls, particularly the tilt steering, with users requesting joystick support . Some find the carrier landings unrealistically hard due to 'dumbed down' aircraft response .
Reliability and Performance edge: Extreme LandingsR21R29R34R36
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings users report issues with the game crashing during ads or not opening R21R34. Some also note bugs like the airbrake increasing speed or planes breaking apart easily R29R36.
F18 Carrier Landing Lite F18 Carrier Landing Lite users experience frequent stalls, planes spinning out of control, and crashes during specific training missions or when landing off-runway . Some also report the screen staying black or the game not updating .
Price and Value (Free vs. Paid) tieR7R10R13R15
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings is criticized heavily for its 'pay to win' model, with users feeling that 'literally everything is locked' and you have to pay $35 for the Pro Version or for individual planes and missions R7R10R13R15.
F18 Carrier Landing Lite F18 Carrier Landing Lite also faces significant complaints about its monetization, with users stating they have to pay for other planes and maps, and that the game is 'pay to win' R63.
Ads Experience edge: Extreme LandingsR1R9R16R19
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings users are extremely frustrated with the quantity and timing of ads, reporting that ads play during gameplay, causing crashes and forcing restarts, and that the game is 'unplayable' due to them R1R9R16R19. Some suggest turning off Wi-Fi to avoid ads .
F18 Carrier Landing Lite F18 Carrier Landing Lite also has numerous complaints about 'ad after ad' and 'too much spam between flights,' with users finding them annoying and sometimes unskippable .
Graphics and Realism edge: Extreme LandingsR14R20R32R38
Extreme Landings Extreme Landings receives mixed reviews on graphics, with some calling them 'pretty good' and 'very real,' while others note they are not the best compared to other games R14R20R32R38. The crash physics are often praised as realistic R14.
F18 Carrier Landing Lite F18 Carrier Landing Lite is described as having 'decent graphics' but needing work, with some finding it 'very real' and praising the simulation aspect . However, some physics, like stalling and landing, are criticized as unrealistic .
Pick Extreme Landings if

You prioritize realistic crash physics and a wider variety of missions and exploration, and are willing to either pay for the full experience or tolerate frequent, poorly timed ads R14.

Pick F18 Carrier Landing Lite if

You are specifically interested in carrier landing simulations and don't mind the focus on a single aircraft type, or are hopeful for future updates to add more features like weapons .

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant free-vs-paid asymmetry, with many negative reviews for both stemming from the limited free content and aggressive monetization strategies R7R18. The high lifetime ratings for both apps may not reflect the current user experience due to recent negative reviews about ads and locked content.

Frequently asked

Do Extreme Landings and F18 Carrier Landing Lite have free content?
Yes, both apps offer some free content, but users frequently complain that 'literally everything is locked' behind paywalls, including most planes, missions, and the flight simulator in Extreme Landings R7R13R43 and additional planes and maps in F18 Carrier Landing Lite R63.
Are there many ads in these games?
Yes, both games are heavily criticized for intrusive ads; Extreme Landings users report ads playing during missions, causing crashes and restarts R1R9R31R37, while F18 Carrier Landing Lite users also complain about 'ad after ad' and 'too much spam between flights' .
Can I use a joystick or external controller with these games?
Neither game appears to offer joystick or external controller support, with many users of both Extreme Landings and F18 Carrier Landing Lite expressing frustration with the tilt-based controls and requesting joystick functionality R3R49R52R54.

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. [R10] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US 1: You have to by every thing The only part I like is that they heard the Airbus a 340 but they should and stick control control and also A340 in real life it’s a really bad one. I don’t know simulate that because it in barely flies in real life so I am going to do not download this game unless you have money
  3. [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
  4. [R18] Extreme Landings 3/5 · US Y u make everything pay to win: This pay to win thing is STUPID. If ya want anything, PAY. If u wanna play the game, PAY. I will delete this unless you guys fix this but ur not because you guys only care about money not about the quality of ur games AT LEAST RFS ACTUALLY IS PLAYABLE WITHOUT PAYING
  5. [R3] Extreme Landings 3/5 · US Apples: I don’t tilting my phone
  6. [R8] Extreme Landings 4/5 · US I love the game, but why I gave it four stars: I love it. I like how it when you turn your phone. It turns a plane all in all, but I think you should make the landing easier or is it cause I’m a bad pilot I don’t know just please make the landing easier. And I feel like there is no landing. Tell me if you’re someone else and you know how to land if the owner doesn’t see this.🫪🫪
  7. [R22] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US I HATE THIS GAME: DONT PLAY THIS YOU CANT EVEN LAND BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE PLANE AND YOU CANT STEADY YOURSELF, SO UNREALISTIC COMPARED TO REAL LIFE. DEVELOPERS SHOULD DELETE THIS GARBAGE
  8. [R27] Extreme Landings 3/5 · US Terrible Flight Physics: yeah so i was landing my plane and in bounced so hard and crashed when i had a -100 fpm landing, everything else is fine
  9. [R21] Extreme Landings 3/5 · US great but……: Why I can’t open the game
  10. [R29] Extreme Landings 5/5 · US It’s good… but a couple of things: When you like try to clip the airplane wing, the whole plane just breaks and comes apart and I don’t like that, but if you update it so when you clip the wing off the plane stays intact I would love that but I’ll still read it five so the moderators can fix this well I guess it’s not a bug though. It’s just a thing that would make the game better and can you also
  11. [R34] Extreme Landings 2/5 · US Why?: I tried to enter the app and it logged me out unbelievable waste of storage 😡
  12. [R36] Extreme Landings 3/5 · US Broken airbrake: The airbrake give me more speed when I’m descending by 30 or more. But still a good game.
  13. [R15] Extreme Landings 3/5 · US OKAY: Can do I have to pay for most of the stuff at least no ads.
  14. [R1] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US Ads so long you crash: This game was amazing but with the addition of full sized ads while you can’t control your plane has made the game unplayable
  15. [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
  16. [R16] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US Ads: Way, way too many ads! Takes any fun out of it
  17. [R19] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US To much adsssss: Adssss
  18. [R14] Extreme Landings 5/5 · US Good game: This is a good game in physics there are cooler better looks games but when you crash in one of those it shows no crash just you crashed so this is good in physics and looks just not as good in looks as others
  19. [R20] Extreme Landings 5/5 · US Great game: Very real
  20. [R32] Extreme Landings 5/5 · US it’s too good: pretty good graphics
  21. [R38] Extreme Landings 5/5 · US ME ENCANTA ESTE JUEGO: Este juego no tiene muy buenos gráficos que digamos pero los aviones son muy buenos y las misiones también la movilidad me encanta y lo que más me gusto esque puedes poner te en primera persona me encanto <3
  22. [R43] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US Very good flight sim but a very big problem: This is the best simulation plane I played But one huge problem is that you have to pay a lot just to get badges and Free to play players can only fly the A340 over and over again so developers if your seeing this pls make them free and let us do quest to get them still good game!
  23. [R63] F18 Carrier Landing Lite 3/5 · US Hello?: Can you guys atleast add a way to get planes in this game? I don’t really care how hard it will be to get planes and maps.
  24. [R31] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US REMOVE THE DAMN ADS: Don’t you think it would be smart to wait until after allowing the player to finish a mission before starting a advertisement? I failed on of my timely challenges because the greedy stupid development thought it was a good idea to run ads right before the mission instead of after the mission. That’s just common sense.
  25. [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
  26. [R49] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US WORST GAME EVER: The reson why I don’t like this game it’s because I bought my iPad a long time agoo and there was a lot of bugs and there and my iPad dose not run on steering on iPad it’s like you turn the iPad developer, can you add a setting wehere you can change it to turn or yoke
  27. [R52] Extreme Landings 1/5 · US This is stupid: I have to pay just to play and have fun,I don't even get to change my controls to stick instead of just using my mobile devices tilt to control the plane.If you make everything free and add stick controls then i would consider downloading
  28. [R54] Extreme Landings 3/5 · GB Great just 1 thing: I normally prefer joystick controls but this only has tilt so pls add that otherwise really good👍

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