Altimeter for Aviators User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience76.2% of reviews
Neutral7.1% of reviews
Negative experience16.7% of reviews

~ Based on 42 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Altimeter for Aviators Safe?

Altimeter for Aviators appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Altimeter for Aviators is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 572 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 572 App Store ratings for Altimeter for Aviators.

Is Altimeter for Aviators Legit?

Altimeter for Aviators appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Altimeter for Aviators is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Not useful locked out

Needs to cancel auto lock feature on phone to be useful

Simple and precise

Brilliant app, I downloaded it and was worried it worked off gps altitude, but with my phone in flight mode it was still working continuously and accurately.
I need to find out how to disable the screen going dark after about 30 seconds, but I’m sure that’s me not knowing my own phone settings as opposed to the app.
Fantastic!
Show more

10 foot purchase breaks it

I purchased the 10 foot altitude increment to see if it gives any more resolution. It breaks the app. Don’t taste the $2.

Response from developer

Thanks for the heads up and for reaching out. I think you meant “waste” rather than “taste”. Are you able to explain what you mean by “breaks”? I am not aware of any problems…

Excellent, almost

This is by far the nicest altimeter App I’ve tested in the App Store. Easy operation and very clear aviation style guages. However it’s missing one key feature, Apple CarPlay integration. In today’s world our phones are not hanging on our dashboards anymore. We have huge LCD dashboards that support CarPlay Widgits. This App is a natural for use as a Widgit. PLEASE cosider updating it. Thanks !!
Show more

Response from developer

Thank you for the very kind feedback and for this great idea. Thank you also for suggesting this idea through my website. I agree that it would be nice to get more on the large Car Play screen. Unfortunately Car Play Apps are restricted to only a few specific categories. There are 7 categories and an Altimeter does not fit any of them or the templates that Apps must conform to. So for the moment I’m not able to oblige. Safe driving. Marcus

Great App!

Super simple to use. Also great for student pilots learning how the altimeter works. While it’s not so much designed for this, it has helped me understand how flying into different pressure systems impacts altimeter readings simply by adjusting the pressure settings. Thanks!

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind feedback. Particularly nice to hear it’s a good aid for students (which is what I was when I built the App). Safe flying. Marcus

Restore Purchase Option Doesn’t Work

The title says it all. Attempted to contact the developer but their that function only returns an error message, even when I enter the word, altimeter, to prove I’m not a bot. So I guess I’ll agree with the reviewer who said app support not so good.

Response from developer

Dear Roberto, Thank you for getting in touch. Apologies for the very slow reply and for the frustrations. The ‘bot test’ was too strict and wanted a capital A. I’ve fixed that now (thank you again for the heads-up”), so it also accepts lower-case. For restoring purchases, you shouldn’t have to do it, but deleting the app on both phone and watch and then reinstalling it will get the restore purchase working. Changing phone or changing watch seems to sometimes mess up the stored settings with automatically transferred data not quite working. Is this the scenario you’re in? Fully deleting the app seems to reset the data enough to get it working again (after reinstalling obviously).

This app would be great as a widget

This app would be great as a widget on the iPhone iPad, and would be great as a CarPlay app and widget which is what I am needing. Sadly it isn’t. I will wait till widget and CarPlay is supported to download again.

Works with Watch SE, doesn’t work with Watch 8

It works with my Watch SE but doesn’t work with my Watch 8. It just asks me to allow on install. When I click “allow” it hangs on “reading pressure”. Strange.

The App needs night mode

I love this app, works great especially VSI on highest resolution scale. I find this extremely useful when driving through mountainous terrain.

When I turn on the app it is red because of old data, this needs to be a night vision option, red is preferred but blue or green might work at night as well also the header and footer need to be black at night.

The white text and screen destroy my night vision.

Also the deadband on the altitude flag needs to be tightened up. Zero meter screen and 1000 meter screen are the same on highest resolution screen (1m), Flag needs to transition between 995 m and 999 meter with flag half visible during transition.
Show more

Response from developer

Thank you very much for this valuable feedback and the good ideas. Thank you also for sharing these directly on the Altimeter for Aviators website. Safe driving. It sounds very exciting :)

Remain open

Guys, is there away to keep to app open and active while I’m flying so I don’t have to open it when my screen locks?
Thanks

Response from developer

Yes, for an iPhone, under the SHOW section of options screen switch on “Keep screen on”. The watch is not so easy, but there are details in the tips screen of the watch app. Thank you for your interest. Safe flying, Marcus

Brilliant !

I had to contact the app maker to have an option to keep the screen on, and within 3 days they had fixed it. That’s excellent customer focused service !! 5 STAR !!

Response from developer

Thank you again for all your communication and for caring about this App. Your suggestion was a really good one and perfectly timed (I’m not normally able to be that responsive). Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your kind review too. Safe flying 👍🏻😀

Good.

Works exactly as I would expect.

TAP TO BUY upsell & blurry graphics

Screenshots are missing the big “TAP TO BUY VSI” callout on iPhone app. Watch app doesn’t have it, but watch graphics are quite fuzzy (as if the resolution is wrong). Other than that, seems to work as advertised.

Good, simple. Needs Motion and Fitness

This app used to work without any permission. Now, ios 17.4 requires Motion and Fitness data. I guess it's Apple's fault.

Response from developer

Update: this is now fixed (in version 2.5). It was confirmed to be an iOS bug but a work-around was found. See our support page for details. Thank you again for caring about this App and for taking the time to get in touch.

Back to greatness!

After fixing the OS issues its back to its great state. Simple, aeronautical and easy.
Be advised that the altitude in a plane is taken from carefully positioned ports. Cabin altitude may differ a little from the plane altimeter, being affected by speed.
Also great is its privacy. In a pressurized plane you can check the pressurization (obviously: not the real barometric altitude).
Show more

Response from developer

Update: this is now fixed (in version 2.5). It was confirmed to be an iOS bug but a work-around was found. See our support page for details. Thank you again for caring about this App and for taking the time to get in touch.

Real pilot Altimeter

As I pilot I was looking for an Altimeter app that is the same as my aircraft altimeter. This app is simple and effective.

I hope they add the choice of “drum pointer altimeter” display. This I would pay for!

Response from developer

Thank you for your review and suggestion, both here and on the support page 👍🏻 Safe flying. Marcus

Quit Working

My apologies to the developer for being too quick to criticize the app.

It is up and running again as well as it did before the iOS update caused it to quit working.

Response from developer

Thank you for updating your review 😀 Thank you also for caring about this App and for helping to alert me to the iOS problem. All appreciated. I understood and shared your frustration 👍🏻

Quit working

This was a fine app until March 10, 2024. That was the first time I noticed that it quit working on both my Series 8 Apple watch and on my iPhone 14 Pro. Both units are updated regularly to the latest software. I am unable to get any response from the developer when I attempt to send feedback. All I get is an error message. What’s going on here? It seems like the developer left town without a forwarding address.

I would prefer to critique this app directly with the developer rather than in the App Store. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.
Show more

Response from developer

Update: It now appears to be a recognised iOS bug that cannot be fixed within the App. There will hopefully be an iOS update soon to fix this and all the other barometer based Apps. For more details, please see the Altimeter for Aviators support page. I’m still puzzled about the error you encountered trying to contact me. I have had several feedback messages come in over the last few days (very understandably given the problems generated by iOS17.4). Anyway, thank you for caring about this App. I’m as upset as you about it no longer working. Let’s hope it’s back soon. Thank you also for taking the time to persevere with getting in touch to share your frustration and alert me to this catastrophe!

Quit working

This was a fine app until March 10, 2024. That was the first time I noticed that it quit working on both my Series 8 Apple watch and on my iPhone 14 Pro. Both units are updated regularly to the latest software.

I am unable to get any response from the developer when I attempt to send feedback. All I get is an error message.

What’s going on here? It seems like the developer left town without a forwarding address.
Show more

Doesn't work with IOS 17.4

It used to be great, but IOS upgraded to 17.4 and this app stopped showing altitude.
This feedback may very well be a defect os the IOS than a problem with the app, but anyway doesn't work now.

Response from developer

Update: this is now fixed (in version 2.5). It was confirmed to be an iOS bug but a work-around was found. See our support page for details. Thank you again for caring about this App and for taking the time to get in touch.