From a serious cockpit tool to an unreliable mess
I’ve used Garmin Pilot extensively as a professional pilot and CFII, and I fly behind Garmin avionics. Unfortunately, the app has deteriorated badly.
Features that previously worked reliably have disappeared or become unreliable. Amended ATC clearances no longer consistently populate as they once did, syncing between devices is problematic, and the Flights section has become frustratingly unreliable. There are also bizarre flight-planning issues, such as baggage being interpreted as additional occupants when filing IFR.
These aren’t requests for fancy new features. Basic functionality that professional pilots depend on has regressed.
Garmin makes outstanding aviation hardware. Garmin Pilot should be held to the same standard. Right now, it isn’t.
Features that previously worked reliably have disappeared or become unreliable. Amended ATC clearances no longer consistently populate as they once did, syncing between devices is problematic, and the Flights section has become frustratingly unreliable. There are also bizarre flight-planning issues, such as baggage being interpreted as additional occupants when filing IFR.
These aren’t requests for fancy new features. Basic functionality that professional pilots depend on has regressed.
Garmin makes outstanding aviation hardware. Garmin Pilot should be held to the same standard. Right now, it isn’t.
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Muito bom
Poderiam apenas inclui o satellite view e calculo de TOD
Here are some things
When I file a IFR plan if my airport doesn’t stars with a K then it just says ZZZZZ on my flight plans and if at doesn’t catch it in the details they can reject the flight plans. Also getting my exact aircraft type and performance data has been hard and still now rite I have a Cessna P210N and I wish there were one I could just import the data from and make minor changes. My plane burns 20 gph and I still don’t think I have the default fuel burn set rite
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Amazing product
I flew in the days without EFBs, and using Garmin Pilot is a game changer. It’s easy to use and helps simplify flying in coordination with the built-in Garmin avionics.
Used to LOVE… not anymore
Absolutely riddled with bugs. This has become a flight risk. In the wrong circumstances, this app could kill you.
In—app purchase is broken
Absolute junk, non intuitive flight plan filing, freeze randomly or become very slow
Never going back to ForeFlight
Phenomenal all around. I was a longtime ForeFlight user, but for the price and features list, GarminPilot is my forever go to. The only feature I notice GP does not have, that ff does is Takeoff and landing performance calculations. That would be nice to have.
10/10
10/10
Latest Revision
The latest revision causes the app to freeze making it unusable. Used to be a great app, not it can’t be used
Need more vfr features for helicopter
Be careful, premium subscription don’t give you VFR chart and you need to connect on website to subscribe vfr chart
I hope satellite map can be use soon ( available on every other app )
No custom map import
We can’t see power lines
Open street map still freeze sometimes when scroll on different iPads
I actually can’t full work with this app in helicopter and I do my best to stay on garmin app
This app could be a 5 easy, please do update
I hope satellite map can be use soon ( available on every other app )
No custom map import
We can’t see power lines
Open street map still freeze sometimes when scroll on different iPads
I actually can’t full work with this app in helicopter and I do my best to stay on garmin app
This app could be a 5 easy, please do update
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Everybody want the satellite view option , add that quickly !
Really good visual
Like all things Garmin, a fail JUST GET FOREFLIGHT
After all the inputs and effort you put in it falls at the most important point... The briefing. Some mysterious error message about IFR not being a valid aircraft type.
Great app, logbook is a failure
I was sick of ForeFlights tactics so I switched to Garmin. The app is great if not using the logbook. The log books big failure is not printing out. You can only export which does not include CFI signature. Reluctantly I went back to ForeFlight. It’s only a convenience, next year when I finish my training and signatures are no longer important I will more than likely be back.
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Crashes and hangs recently
Not useful anymore for productive flying. Crashes and hangs regularly, not only for me but also others. I recommended it before, but like this I cannot anymore. Tip: If it hangs try reinstalling the NAV database.
Great but still difficult for planning
Great tool especially for sync with g1000 nxi, but for routing is really bad compared to foreflight.
Database concierge
You spend tens of thousands of dollars on equipment, thousands on databases, a couple thousand on an SD card (flightstream 510) and they still want a yearly subscription for this app to be able to use all the above mentioned products correctly.
Database concierge should easily be included in the free plan. The only people using it have already given garmin, and continue to give garmin, an insane amount of money.
Database concierge should easily be included in the free plan. The only people using it have already given garmin, and continue to give garmin, an insane amount of money.
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Latest update breaks stored flight plans sync on iPad
Only my 9 most recent flight plans are shown on iPad. The Android app still shows all my flight plans. I tried logging out and back in, no change. Garmin, please fix this!
Better than ForeFlight
As a CFI I really appreciate the %50 discount. The pricing is very reasonable and I like that there are only 2 pricing tiers, which makes things simple. With ForeFlight pricing going up and up it’s nice to have a solid alternative, as there have been many improvements to Garmin Pilot since I last used it. All of my new students will be using GP. Keep up the good work. The only thing I miss from ForeFlight is the Takeoff and Landing distance feature, so it would be nice to have this in the future.
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tech dept. cannot solve issue
it could be a very nice software, but unfortunately during the briefing package for a flight it keeps giving error and not producing the proper documents.
It's a few months I'm going on with a technical department, but nobody solved the issue.
ForeFlight it's still the best app at the moment. And if you have any problem within 24 hours it's solved.
It's a few months I'm going on with a technical department, but nobody solved the issue.
ForeFlight it's still the best app at the moment. And if you have any problem within 24 hours it's solved.
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Getting worse not better
I have used Pilot for years. It is a great platform except for the sync issues which are numerous. I don’t understand why my charts don’t simply update in the background, when I go to the downloads tab it tells me my charts are up to date and then after a few seconds of thinking about it then it tells me they are expired. The W&B is horrible at syncing especially from the Pilotweb site which uses a totally different format and has multiple unintuitive ways of entering the data. It’s almost like they built this thing and never tried it for themselves. Most pilots are results based, we don’t need the flashy graphics as much as we need solid performance, work on making it work before you work on making it pretty.
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One of the worse nav apps possible
Tried and paid subscription but was a bad experience
