Last updated on December 17th, 2025 at 06:39 am
Hello Tower – Simulation Game Review
Hello Tower is a Simulation/Strategy game from Sascha Trachsel, first launched in 11th September 2021.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 57+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Hello Tower Stand Out
Airport ground maneuvering simulation of more than 40 different airports including
London Heathrow LHR, Philadelphia PHL, Miami Intl. MIA, Singapore, New York JFK, Las Vegas LAS, São Paulo GRU, Montreal YUL, Boston BOS, and many more.
Different versions of airports included:
- Play the simplified version, where the airport is scaled down to an easy playable experience.
- Play the real thing. Here the whole airport is in real size displayed, where all your skills are required.
Features
- Give pushback, taxi, holding and take-off clearances.
- Handle emergencies and try to release all flights on time in order to release the next level.
From an easy single-runway operation at the beginning to demanding hub airports with multiple active runways where all your skills are required.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Hello Tower is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd December 2025
Recent improvements include:
- Airports added
Download & Availability
Hello Tower is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Cant wait for more airports to be added.
The app is very detailed, any way we could designate a departure runway and arrival runway in future updates.
Very solid sim; great work devs. Definitely more complex than we anticipated, being used to playing UATC (Unmatched ATC). We must admit we were bummed out when we figured out that this app does not have AI voice recognition and comms (UATC has this feature). We've always been a stickler for realism, so to the devs, please incorporate this (imo) important feature into the game, we will definitely give 5 stars then.
We love this game, we really do. But its at a point where the smallest mistake causes the aircrafts to either get stuck, collide and get stuck, or simply wont even push back from the gate. It forces you to restart the entire game even after spending 10-20 minutes doing everything else right. Its a bummer because this game really has a lot of potential and its one of the only mobile games we still play. We never leave written reviews but we want the devs to see this and improve on the small bugs and annoyances that arent even the players fault. Again, love this game, just wish there was a way to get aircraft unstuck or have a ground crew function where we can move aircraft around if they get stuck.
Hope to add an "continue the game"botton option when each level finished that we can continue the game for a coherence and immersion and real game experience.
It took a few minutes to figure out the controls, but once we did have been really enjoying it. Definitely needs a tutorial / walk-through, but recommended if you like this type of game.
Once we got a hang of it, this game really turned out to be a lot of fun and very realistic, which we enjoy. We like that it has the timeslots for taking off along with the sequence to follow with the aircraft. We also like to fine tuned controls like pushing back the aircraft in certain directions and being able to select the taxiways. We do wish there was an endless mode. We also wish when you zoom in that the boxes for the aircraft got a little bit bigger instead of staying small and the same size as the info boxes can be hard to read. Maybe next you could expand it to be in the tower control and in charge of approach and landing the aircraft that are arriving. Its a great game and we highly recommend you buy it.
Great game, really wish we had a go around button for approaches.
We cant attest to whether the game is realistic or not but man do we enjoy it. This is our go to game on our phone. The controls take a little getting used to but once you understand it youre good to go. Ive played every map on hard several times through. Just hoping for updates with more maps and challenges to come. Highly recommend.
To keep it short. This is a true hidden gem.
This is a good simulation/game of being a combined tower and ground controller. The graphics are really good and the aircraft are real and accurate. Departure slot times with wake turbulence separation is realistic to real world. However a few fixes we would do to get a 5th star. Some airport orientations are off (unless that is intentional). Runway 15 for Warsaw is facing 090 degrees east. And Runway 11 for Warsaw is like 030 degrees north east. We are not sure if ground radars actually display like this, but being a real world airline pilot, most displays reference north as 360. Also for taxiing, there should be a continue taxi if you have to stop an aircraft. You shouldnt have to redraw the taxi if they are just stopping to yield to another aircraft. You could also add follow traffic ahead to make clearances abbreviated. Not sure we are a fan of the new arrows showing the direction of taxi. But all in all this is little stuff. This is a wonderful sim/game with lots of potential to be the best out there.
Getting kicked out after any tiny mistake is defeating. Makes it not fun.
Took us a while to get the hang of it. The countdown to take off timer really throws the game off. When you try and do a custom game it gets buggy and doesnt work. Please fix this. Cant believe we paid for this app. Has so much potential to be good please keep working on it.
We get penalized for our flights leaving too early. We have never, EVER, heard anyone complain about a flight that leaves too early. Add on top of that an unintuitive, poorly-thought-out user interface, no in-app help, no tutorial, locked levels, etc. Pass Response to Developer response: Booting us out to a browser for help is not what we call in-app help, hence the term in-app. Departure Slots are an interesting concept; maybe if there was a tutorial to teach us these things as we play, they wouldnt come as a surprise. And locked levels still choke – if we want to play JFK, we WANT TO PLAY JFK! Why is the game standing in our way.
This is a fun game but it could use some improvements. First, there should be a much smaller airport (with only a single runway and a few gates) to help new players out. This could be considered the tutorial airport. Also, it would be great to have an infinite mode where you can keep going as long as you want. Lastly, we dont know if this is already a thing, but it would be cool to have to deal with emergencies.
This is getting better! Keep it up.
Dont listen to those who are complaining about the graphics. The graphics are great, they are just being picky. We are hooked on this game.
A very good simulation game, but there are a few small suggestions we hope to adopt. 1. It is hoped that after unlocking the airport map, the endless mode of the map will be added, so that it will be more immersive and realistic. 2. We hope to optimize the sound effect and add more real information broadcasting and dialogue simulation. 3. Hope to optimize bugs, such as sometimes the repeated route of the aircraft will pass the mold without triggering accidents. 4. Hope to add Chinese. Thank you.
Needs music, sounds, better menu, endless option (no point goal), indication when flights actually depart, towing option, etc.
This game is fun and one of a kind. Considering how simple it is, its very addicting and fun. Itll be nice if we could get a little bit of upgraded graphics and better dynamics for the aircraft. For example slower taxiing speed. But overall its a really fun game for how simple it is.
Just so freaking realistic harrass our goddddddd only 3 bucks! Best atc game ever.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.04.088
- Size: 387.62 MB
- iOS: 18.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Sascha Trachsel
Last updated: 2nd December 2025 | Genre: Simulation, Strategy | Developer: Sascha Trachsel