# Planes Control!

> Tower Air Traffic Controller

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1015114550](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1015114550)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1015114550`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Antonio Calvino Esquer
- **Category:** Casual
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (6,903 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29
- **First published:** 2015-08-08
- **Size:** 40 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/planes-control/id1015114550)
- **Website:** [https://www.rarepixels.com/games/planes-control/](https://www.rarepixels.com/games/planes-control/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://rarepixels.com/privacy-policy](http://rarepixels.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

Planes Control! is a fast-paced air-traffic control arcade puzzle. Draw lines with your finger to set flight paths for dozens of aircraft, guiding them safely to land while avoiding collisions.

With 60+ aircraft, 13 mobile levels and 6 tablet challenges, you’ll face storms, wildfires, alien invasions, and aerial battles. Earn achievements as you balance speed, strategy, and precision to master the skies.

## Rankings

- #21,841 — Overall

## Review summary

Players broadly praise Planes Control! for its addictive, challenging arcade-style play and nostalgic Flight Control feel, plus strong visuals and a variety of levels and difficulties. However, the experience is marred by intrusive ads, a tough difficulty curve, and flaky progress persistence (scores not saving, no resume feature). Occasional performance issues on certain devices and a cited zoom/UX limitation also appear. When ads and persistence issues are managed, it offers solid, nostalgic arcade fun.

### Pros

- Addictive, fun, and challenging gameplay that can keep you playing for hours.
- Flight Control–style gameplay with a wide variety of levels and gimmicks that sustain long-term interest.
- Nice visuals, art, and music with a polished presentation.
- Multiple difficulty options (easy, hard, really hard) and content that can be accessed without paying to unlock everything.

### Cons

- Intrusive or frequent ads that disrupt gameplay and, in some cases, crash the game.
- Difficulty can be too high even on easier modes, with many planes/birds making management frustrating.
- High scores or progress often don’t persist between sessions (scores not saving/updating).
- No resume/continue feature after exiting the app, leading to lost progress.
- Occasional device-specific issues (e.g., freezes on some iPhones) and UI/UX drawbacks like zoom level limitations.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1015114550)