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Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

  • Summary: From the creators of Tiny Tower comes Pocket Planes, a casual airline sim that fits right in your pocket!- Manage and grow your fleet of planes as they fly interesting people and cargo to over 250 cities around the map.- Unlock everything from tiny prop planes to jumbo jets and small town airports to mega cities.- Customize your planes with your own paint jobs and pilot uniforms.- Trade plane parts among your friends, and compete in worldwide group events.- See how you stack up against your friends with tons of stats and leader boards. Collapse
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Jul 8, 2012
    100
    There's a lot of fun to be had in the game without spending any money, since you can find bux floating around and you'll earn some with every level.
  2. Jun 20, 2012
    100
    Pocket Planes addresses the main concerns I had with Tiny Tower in the long-term: that there wasn't much of a point to the game, and little goal to attain. Pocket Planes is much more involved, with concrete goals, but still keeps the principles that make NimbleBit's social titles so fun and addictive. Even haters of 'social' games need to give this a shot.
  3. Jun 25, 2012
    80
    Pocket Planes is a free-to-play title, but the intake of both coins and cash come at a fairly consistent rate, allowing a player to progress without actually making an in-app purchase.
  4. Jul 24, 2012
    74
    Take away the freemium structure and the need to wait for ages between goes and we'd happily play it for hours at a time. [Sept 2012, p.110]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. 10
    I love this game and now I play it everyday! If you liked Tiny Tower, this game is twice as fun and addicting. Tycoon lovers must have this airline experience! Expand
  2. Pocket Planes is exactly what free-to-play games should be. There is of course the possibility of using real-life money to buy in-game currency, but this option is far from obligating players to pay. It matters much more on how you're building your airline than how many real life money you spend on the game; and creating your own airline is a lot of fun: you will have to think a lot on what kind of aircraft you have and where your airports are placed. Events are a brilliant idea of Nimblebit and a great way of earning bux and money without having to wait a lot or having to spend real money. I give this game a 9 only because I think it may be a bit boring to just wait for your flights to arrive and the leveling system may block you from growing faster due to its airport limitations per level, but as this game is free and a lot of fun, everyone with an iOS device should give it a try. Expand
  3. Tycoon-lovers, this is YOUR call! This game is really entertaining and definitely worth a play and just like Tiny Tower. And we still have the hilarious BitBook to look at! Expand
  4. I like trains