# Aircraft Altimeter — user reviews > 23 indexed App Store user reviews of Aircraft Altimeter by iAware, rated 2.80/5 from 5 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aircraft-altimeter/id300399956/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aircraft-altimeter/id300399956.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (3 of 23) ### 2/5 — Doesn't stay on the home screen *2011-12-04* Great idea - need an update. ### 4/5 — Nice *2009-01-23* Looks nice, works nice ### 4/5 — Works great *2009-01-23* A great little gadget, giving pretty accurate readings. No problems or disappointments. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App appearance change *2022-11-24, version 3.15* This was a good app but lately it changed its appearance. It doesn’t seem to know how high above sea level it is. I might be missing something but tried it today and you had to have a local altimeter setting to tell you the hight above sea level. I would compare the gps hight against a pressure altimeter to see the difference. I hope this is fixed or you might as well scrap the app. ### 1/5 — Altimeter *2016-06-15* The visual quality is Cr-- looks like a paper cut out. ### 1/5 — Acft alt not good *2015-01-17* 1) Help has misspelled words - shows lack to pay attention to detail. 2) The Adjustment covers up the 3) what should be is a working Kohlmanns window. 3) Cannot fine tune the adjustment easily. 4) Since attempting to emulate an aircraft's altimeter, should have a "knots" unit for Speed (groundspeed since GPS derived). Without a working Kohlmann's window, the app is virtually useless as a trainer/emualtor. ### 1/5 — Horrible Display *2014-10-26* Made the mistake of putting this on iPad Air2. It has a horrible fuzzy, crude display. Nothing like the APP picture. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2013-09-28, version 3.11* Looks nice but doesn't work because it can't find a GPS satellite. ### 1/5 — Works OK, BUT!!! *2012-01-07* Couple of days ago I was standing on the Ocean Beach Pier in San Diego. I pulled out the iPhone and tapped on Altimeter just for fun. There I was, about 25 feet above the ocean water and Altimeter was saying that my altitude was over 700 feet! I waited, and then Altimeter asked if it could use my current location. Well, Duh! Why would I want the altitude at some other location? So I tapped OK. It then recalculated and told me I was at 274 feet altitude. OK, closer, but still 250 feet off my actual altitude. So what is going on here? I waited a few more minutes, but Altimeter still insisted that I was 250 above my own head! But I did not feel like I was flying. ### 1/5 — Kills your battery since the upgrade to v 2.0 *2010-08-30* The only way I could stop the clicking and stop it running in the background was to UNINSTALL the app. I loved it before, now they ruined it! Bye Bye Aircraft Altimeter... ### 1/5 — Aircraft Altimeter *2010-08-16* Installed and upon start would never find a GPS signal. I am a pilot and was looking forward to the application. Finally uninstalled. ### 1/5 — DLT2 *2010-05-08* Yes, it's true. The app fully discloses all of it's inadeqacies in the description so I don't feel cheated that I bought it. It still doesn't change the fact though that it's a waste of a dollar. The whole point of a measuring device is to provide accuaracy, right?! This is inaccurate so frequently, what's the point? Cool idea but the technology isn't there. Save your money ### 2/5 — Aircraft Airspeed IOS 12.1 Compatible? *2018-10-31* Is there any chance that the Aircraft Airspeed app can be made compatible for iOS 12.1? These are by far the nicest aircraft gages out there. I own the other three, but it would sure be nice to have this one as well. Can it be converted to 64 bit? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Thanks for the update! *2017-09-21* I never deleted this app as I had been hoping for a compatible iOS update. Thanks for finally releasing one. Nicely done. Cheers! ### 5/5 — Aviator *2014-09-17* Great app for us aviators. ### 5/5 — Great App! *2013-01-13* I love this app. It's as good as your iPhone's gps. Doesn't need cellular or wifi connection to work. It just won't work in airplane mode. I also have the Aircraft Speed and Aircraft Heading apps. They all work fine in the car. But this altimeter works well when whether moving or stationary. 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Works great. *2011-09-14* Having the altitude on the icon is awesome! Thanks. The default settings of click while in background and run in the background are a little annoying. Good thing both can be turned off in the settings. Also, to stop the app from running in the background, you need to read the help. Hopefully a future update will make this clearer. Looks and works much like the real thing. Good for training. I have my IPhone in a dock in my car and like to see my altitude. At times the readings can be a ways off, but that is not the fault of this program. The iPhone GPS chip is kind of lame. In one rare case it was 3 thousand feet off, but after restarting the phone, it was good, and has been reasonably accurate ever since. ### 5/5 — Very nice- but read the description before buying! *2009-05-24* Interesting "Boooo" review. BCREZ knocks an app that fully discloses all of it's inadequacies in the description, something that can be viewed prior to hitting the button. I totally agree that BCREZ is- "dumber for buying it." BTW- Cool App! :) ### 5/5 — Cool app *2009-05-19* Looks like the real one and works great. ### 5/5 — Great *2009-04-27* Works great. Reasonably accurate. Looks like the real thing. Thanks for the good updates. ### 5/5 — Love it *2009-01-23* Great in the car. Large and easy to read. Nice update too by the way. ### 4/5 — Great app *2009-04-21* Worked well as descibed looks great, and was really useful on a recent 150 mile cross country bike ride. ### 4/5 — Works great *2009-02-06* Agreed with altitude signs --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*