Zibo 737 VS. LevelUp 737NG - Which is Better? 

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Thanks for your effort in making this comparison video. I have neither one presently, just a newbie trying to get oriented. Retired ATP IRL, but neophyte with home simulators and computers. I would prefer the Zibo if it flys more like realistically, but Threshold looks really good also. Probably start with Threshold, hoping I don't have many Xplane computer problems. Thanks again!

Enjoyed the video! One thing I might suggest though, when doing a sound comparison or trying to let viewer listen to the sound, maybe have a portion where you don't talk just so we can hear them clearly. Also playing the sounds back to back rather then at the same time like for trim for example just so its clear what plane is making what sound. But regardless good video :3

Loved this video. Hope all has been well.

Great video. Just made the switch from MSFS to Xplane so this helped me learn more about the two planes. Both great in their own ways with great things to come it seems. Nice to see devs working together also to better the hobby.

Great video Micah. Thank you. They are both amazing freeware aircraft. I will just take turns and fly both 😉

Thanks for the great video!

Nice - another 737! But compared to the PMDG 737 it seems to be lacking some for me personally very important cockpit customization features like: Analogue backup instruments available. These awesome panorama-view like rooftop windows can be opened (or to be more precise these roof-window covers can be removed). A STOL package and carbon brakes can be installed. Cargo plane variant available. You should make a comparison video with the PMDG 737, this would be interesting. The LevelUp 737 has a higher quality 3D model too, for example the Zibo has very angular low-polygon looking dome lights, the LevelUp has absolute round dome lights, and a lot of other details. Can the vertical awareness screen on the lower half of the navigation display be switched on?

I do enjoy the Levelup 737,i have done a couple of flights with it so far.Yes i do agree there are some bugs that require some attention,and addons to be implemented.But the essentials are working,and for me i enjoy the cockpit sounds more and not really too concerned about the pax sounds.Great job on this video 👍😎

great video man

Phenomenal comparison!!. Thanks.

The day where Zibo latest system version is implemented in the Level Up, by favorite will be the Level Up. I also aim at flight model and systems as higher priority! We're in XP after all, and such perspective is indeed to be expected by loyal XP users! Most of us may have chosen XP for such reasons :)

Zibo definitely flies better given years of maturing period with feedback from both real pilots and simmers. The drag, fuel burn and ground friction model has evolved through iterations and I've been flying it from day 1 to witness the changes. However, LU has done an outstanding work with visuals and variants, given a bit of time and ways to figure out the intricacies of Zibo code they can tune the flight and handling model to better represent each 737 variant.

nice video and honest😊 i do find the level up unstable when hand flying its hard to keep her steady, bit my love is still for the zibomod b738 with all the bells and whistles😊

In terms of washed out cockpit textures: did you try the version with 4k textures? On a 4k screen the textures are sharp in the zibo cockpit. Nothing to complain.

Do the pa announcements and the option to start the flight leg work yet?

Thank you! Is there any difference about impact on fps between the both?

By the book, it should be the same exact back-end. The Level-Up, from what I see, its the model LOD, and all "front-end" visual stuff. I do believe that the ZIBO should adopt the Level-Up as their default front-end model.

Nice job

Another fine video Micah. I'm a bit disappointed that there isn't a MAX version of the 737 for either of these models. I've been flying a 737 MAX 800 on FSX that is a custom made open source add on and it looks and flies beautifully. I have X-Plane 11 and agree that the Zibo Mod is outstanding but I prefer Microsoft's sims over the years over X-Plane, though I intend to get X-Plane 12 as well. I hope that a payed or freeware version of the MAX is on it's way for MSFS which I will get once a new computer can be built when availability and pricing for the components are in a better place then it is now. Thanks again for this side by side comparison as it really shows off both versions.

What to do if it's ias Disagree in the speed while in the air how to fix that and why it happened in the level up 737

Those LevelUp NG's are pretty nice, but the -900ER is pain in the arse on ILS. I had to fly it manually, the AP couldn't follow the GS properly. I'll stay with the Zibo, till this plane is fixed.

Hi, and thanks for the nice introduction :-) I tried the Zibo a couple of times, but for some reason I didn't like it … I just can't say, why.. So, now I'm trying out the Level Up- version. I had in my previous sim the PMDG's 737- whole series, and I'll tell you, they're really hard to beat, especially with custom sound sets.

in term of FPS which both of them had the best optimized frame?

Thanks for the explanation, it is very significant for me, where can I download the 737 NG? could you put the download link for this plane please?, thanks, regards.

I fly the LU 737-700 exclusively, it's quite brilliant and stable. Zibo is very good but you only get the -800 variant and is a constant moving target as far as development goes. The LU-700 is very forgiving flight wise, the -800 is OK. The -600 is a complete mess however, if you don't get the CG just right it's basically unflyable especially with few passengers but fully fueled for some extended range. I haven't tried the -900 however extended fuselage planes are not my thing. My only gripe with the LU737 is the tyre blowout setting. If left default one MLG tyre or the other will fail and drag the aircraft sidewise. Yeah, that's realistic but it happens 50% of the time. You can turn that setting off in the EFB configs. I also like the LU EFB much, much better. It's very clean unlike the Zibo, too cluttered with superfluous labels etc. As I said the sweet spot for LevelUp is the -700. I'm led to understand an XP12 version is on it's way as of August 2023, the devs evidently are waiting for XP12 to stabilise a bit first and frankly I don't blame them. That's not a slight on XP12, it's just early days and the risks of constant fixes for 3rd party devs are high. No published timelines yet, but it isn't dead as a project as some have reported. Nice video BTW, I like the side-by-side...

One thing that surely similar between the two, the cockpit, exteriors, and the engine all of them looks identical to Boeing 737 NG

I really enjoyed this video with a well balanced comparison between Zibo and LevelUp. There is no doubt, that us xplane users, are lucky to have such great freeware addons. Zibo is a prime example of excellence and have no doubt LevelUp will achieve this. It's setting the bar, specially with X-Plane 12 around the corner. I have a feeling Laminar Research new A330 will be modified like Zibo did to the default 737 in the future.

Bro will level up b737 work with x plane 11.41.

For some reason when I load both of these, they just don’t work, like none of the controls work and it’s not started up :(

can someone tell me why my switch sounds are so quiet on the levelup that i cant even hear them when the plane is powered up

Do you believe we will see level up in xplane 12?

Nice comparison. However, I found that the Zibo’s engine sounds during start up is much more realistic than the level up

I've tried the level up 737 and personally I don't see the point of using it, I totally prefer Zibo. Zibo is a more mature plane and also I'm not very fond of the experimental flight model, which levelup uses it. It makes the plane unstable.

I really like the sounds of the cfm56 in level up 737. Except for the engine start sound. It is pretty horrible. I like the flight model of zibo. But one thing I don’t like is the engine spool up sound when takeoff. Especially the engine fan sound. I still like the default 737 spool up sounds better than the zibo :(

когда есть выбор это всегда круто)))

When they get the levelup flight model to the standards of the the zibo, I will probably use them.

LevelUP is FPS friendly and Zibo is hard on FPS and it has dirty textures on the engines I think.Also LevelUP has a smaller file size than Zibo.

levelup removed the TCAS test from zibo

The level up 737 is free?

For me is the same airplane. But the Level Up is more detailed

Level up without hesitation

It's easy to explain, the Zibo MOD wins in terms of plugins, but the LU MOD wins in terms of textures and physics engines，even save your disk space

personally i prefer the level up

I mean, its is really, a LevelUp from Zibo 😏

LevelUp 737NG

in my opinion zibo is better

Literally paid actor

pmdg is better😂