SmartSoft Gaming: Games, Licences and Where to Play
JetX launched alongside Aviator and never went away. SmartSoft is Malta-licensed, football-sponsored and has fought Spribe on its own format for seven years. Here is what it makes and where it is worth playing.
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SmartSoft Gaming is the studio that proves Aviator's format was not a one-off. Founded in Tbilisi in 2015 and taken international in 2019, it released JetX within months of Spribe's plane: a retro jet, three bet slots and a progressive jackpot. Seven years later it is still the second crash game most bookmakers add.
What is SmartSoft Gaming
| Founded | 2015, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Licensed entity | Smartsoft Limited, Malta (MGA/B2B/925/2021) |
| Flagship | JetX (2019), 97% RTP, progressive jackpot |
| Catalogue | About 60 titles: crash, instant, slots, keno, bingo |
| Test labs | iTech Labs, eCOGRA, Gaming Associates |
| Markets | 70-plus countries; Malta, Romania, Greece, Ontario approvals |
| Free play | Demo toggle at most operators; no studio demo portal |
SmartSoft licences and awards
SmartSoft is licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority as a B2B supplier, MGA/B2B/925/2021. It also holds Romania's ONJN approval, certification from the Georgian Ministry of Finance and market approvals in Greece and Ontario, with games tested by iTech Labs, eCOGRA and Gaming Associates. The partner wall lists Playtech, 888 and bet365, and it is, improbably, the official crash game partner of the Argentine Football Association. The trophy cabinet is real: Debutant of the Year at the 2020 Login Casino Awards, Best Game Provider at SiGMA Europe 2023, Best Interactive Experience at SiGMA Europe 2024. For players the MGA licence means JetX's 97% is audited and consistent across operators, licensed or offshore.
SmartSoft games: JetX, Balloon and the X series
JetX is the flagship. Three bets per round rather than Aviator's two, a progressive jackpot that triggers on top of a normal cash-out, auto cash-out and a round-history graph we prefer to Spribe's coloured strip. RTP 97%. It is the only classic-format crash game that plays noticeably differently from Aviator, mainly because the jackpot changes how people bet.
Balloon is the other title we cover: pump a balloon, cash out before it pops. Rounds are much shorter than JetX and RTP is 96%, which makes it the quickest way on this site to run through a bankroll. We cover it because it is common, not because we rate it.
| Game | Format | RTP | Bets per round |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetX | shared-round crash, jackpot | 97% | 3 |
| JetX3 | three jets, one round | studio default, check the info panel | 3 |
| Cappadocia | slow-curve crash | studio default, check the info panel | 2 |
| Balloon | pump and pop | 96% | 1 |
| Helicopter X, Football X, Cricket X | JetX engine reskins | 97% (JetX maths) | 3 |
The rest of the crash range reuses the JetX engine with a new sprite; Cappadocia, a hot-air balloon with a slower curve, is the one with its own idea. Instant games: Plinko X, Mine Island, TowerX, RollX.
SmartSoft games free play
SmartSoft runs no public demo portal, which is one of the ways it trails Spribe. Most operators that carry JetX, including 1xBet, Betwinner and Parimatch, open it in fun mode before you log in, with the full three-slot layout and a play-money balance. The jackpot counter still ticks in demo but cannot pay. Twenty rounds in fun mode is enough to see how the third slot tempts you into riding past a sensible target, which is the whole point of the design.
SmartSoft jackpot, mobile and provably fair
The jackpot. JetX's progressive pool is the only one of its kind among the big crash titles, and it makes some players prefer the game outright. It also encourages riding past a sensible cash-out. The three-bet layout allows a safe-safe-ride pattern that Aviator's two panels cannot. Mathematically that changes nothing. Psychologically it changes a lot.
On a phone the games are HTML5, portrait-first, with the bet slots stacked under the jet; there is no SmartSoft app and no official JetX APK. Fairness is provably fair in the hash-first style, with the round's hash published before lift-off and checkable afterwards; less exposed than Stake's panel, audited by the labs above.
Where SmartSoft trails Spribe is reach: JetX's live feed is thinner, there is no official demo, and in East Africa and Bangladesh it is at fewer brands.
Where to play SmartSoft games
Licensed: Betway, Parimatch and most MGA-tier casinos in Europe. Offshore: 1xBet, Betwinner, Melbet, Mostbet and Pin-Up. In Kenya, SportPesa and Pepeta carry JetX next to Aviator. The JetX page lists the brands by country, and the Kenya hub covers the local payment routes.
SmartSoft verdict: pros and cons
If JetX and Aviator sit side by side, we open JetX; if you are new to crash games, start with Spribe because the community and the demo make the maths easier to learn.
Frequently asked questions
Is SmartSoft Gaming licensed?
Yes. Smartsoft Limited is licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority as a B2B supplier under MGA/B2B/925/2021, with Romanian ONJN approval, Georgian Ministry of Finance certification and market approvals in Greece and Ontario. Games are tested by iTech Labs, eCOGRA and Gaming Associates.
What is the RTP of JetX?
97%, the same as Aviator. SmartSoft publishes the figure and the jackpot layer is funded from the same return, not added on top. Balloon runs at 96% at the operators we checked, a point lower, which matters because its rounds are also much shorter.
What games does SmartSoft make?
About sixty titles. Crash: JetX, JetX3, Cappadocia, Balloon and the X reskins. Instant: Plinko X, Mine Island, TowerX, RollX, Cricket X. Then slots (Burning Ice, Multi Hot 5, Apollo 77), a keno, a bingo and a backgammon. JetX is why the studio has a page here; the rest is lobby filler of varying quality.
Which is better, JetX or Aviator?
Same RTP, so it comes down to features. JetX gives you three bet slots, a progressive jackpot and a history graph. Aviator gives you a bigger live community, more operators and an official free demo. We play JetX when both are there; we recommend Aviator to beginners because it is everywhere.
Can I play SmartSoft games on mobile?
Yes. Every SmartSoft title is HTML5 and runs in a phone browser or inside an operator's app; JetX in particular was built portrait-first with the three bet slots stacked under the jet. There is no SmartSoft app of its own and no official JetX APK, so anything in a third-party store under that name is not from the studio.
Daniel Reyes, Editor-in-chief
Daniel has written about online casino games since 2016 and has been playing crash games since the first Bustabit era. He owns the editorial standards on this site and signs off every global page. More from Daniel.