# PilotPal: Flight Planner EFB — user reviews > 20 indexed App Store user reviews of PilotPal by Tinybyte Apps LLC, rated 4.72/5 from 663 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pilotpal-flight-planner-efb/id1060952159/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pilotpal-flight-planner-efb/id1060952159.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 541 · 4★ 73 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 15 ## What do users think of PilotPal? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Clean and simple user interface - 🚀 Quick access to airport information - 📱 Effective airport directory functionality - ⭐ Excellent customer support - 🎯 Minimalist design with focused mission - ✈️ Useful for pilots and flight simulation **Cons** - 💰 Paywall-locked features behind subscription - 🔒 Subscription access issues and bugs - 📊 Incomplete airport chart coverage - ❌ Missing chart supplement sections - 🚫 Difficult to unsubscribe - ⚠️ Misleading about free vs paid content **Commonly reported bugs** - Subscription verification loop - shows already subscribed but denies access - Airport diagrams not displaying despite active subscription - App stopped working after February update - General app functionality failures - Missing settings/preferences menu **Most requested features** - Airport diagram printing functionality - Ability to sort favorites tab - Front and back page information inclusion - Improved search functionality for VOR locations - Legend/index documentation - Comprehensive chart supplement data (VFR corridors, visual reporting points, VOR test locations) ## Newest reviews (1 of 20) ### 4/5 — Nice! *2016-04-30, version 1.0.2* Very clean and easy to use A/F app. I tried out FJS (a VOR in North CA) and could only find it via the name of the nearby airport with that name (Fort Jones) - please fix that. Other than that, this app is a keeper. Thanks! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Airport maps *2023-09-29, version 2.0* It dosnt have the airport maps for most Ryanair flights not sure about other airline routes ### 1/5 — That isn’t a chart supplement. *2020-09-25, version 1.0.7* This app is only an Airport facilities directory. The chart supplement has more than just the airport facility directory. It has sections on vfr corridors. Visual reporting points. VOR test locations. Important phone numbers...etc. ### 1/5 — Why? *2020-04-28, version 1.0.7* Instead of allowing people to install the app, install all of the airport charts and trying to get access to them only to find out that the only reason anyone would download the app is locked behind a monthly paywall; you should probably just charge money for the app in the first place. ### 1/5 — Can’t unsubscribe *2018-03-13, version 1.0.7* I can’t find anywhere to unsubscribe. There are no settings in the app. How do I unsubscribe? ### 1/5 — Worthless *2017-06-21, version 1.0.6* Worst aviation app I have ever seen. A pilot would be far better off to have the paper bound copy of the airport facility directory. I get charged for a recurring subscription every month and cannot find a way to cancel it. Completely worthless. ### 1/5 — Please fix *2016-06-04, version 1.0.2* Doesn't work at all. ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2016-02-06, version 1.0.2* Stopped working with the Feb update. ### 2/5 — Would really like this app... *2019-01-08, version 1.0.7* If it would let me see all the airport diagrams. When it tells me to subscribe, which I already am, it responds with “you are already a subscriber”. Well, I still can’t view the airport diagram. Also, there should be a print function. I guess since a paid subscriber can’t view ant diagrams, I’ll just cancel and photo copy out of the old things you call a book. Thanks for taking my money without fulfilling your end of the deal. ### 3/5 — Not free *2017-02-12, version 1.0.6* Misleading. They want &0.99/month. Information looks good but I decided not to continue it. This should be free to pilots anyway. ### 4/5 — Subscribed but still locked out *2019-05-11, version 1.0.7* I subscribed to airport diagrams but am locked out. It keeps telling me I need to subscribe to open them. When select the subscribe the subscribe option it tells me already am subscribed yet I remain locked out. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Clean app that does the job well *2023-12-15, version 2.0* It does exactly what it says without being overly complicated. ### 5/5 — Good *2021-07-14, version 1.0.7* It’s helps get the mission accomplished. ### 5/5 — Subscribed: Won’t allow me to see Airport Diagrams *2019-06-30, version 1.0.7* I subscribed; the app won’t allow me to see the airport diagrams I purchased. I see others are having the same problem. I emailed the company rep who responded to one of the others having this problem, but so far have received no response. I’ll give it a few more days to see if they get in touch. But it will remain one star until they do. Update: The company contacted me and had me uninstall and reinstall the app. This solved the problem. The app itself is very useful to me for quickly accessing airport information. ### 5/5 — Suitable App *2019-04-07, version 1.0.7* Works great for X-Plane! ### 5/5 — “Minimalist” — and that's a good thing *2017-04-30, version 1.0.6* In a field of “one stop shopping” apps, every so often an app with a targeted mission shows up — and this is one of those apps. This app affords users quick access to airfield data, and displays it in a clear, known and familiar format. Of course, accessing web data and downloading the .pdf files accomplishes pretty-much the same thing, but you could say that about most other apps as well — like weather and charts. My only suggestion would be to allow the user to “sort” the entries in the favorites tab. ... and for those of us in the “pro” end of this business, twelve bucks a year isn't asking too much. ### 5/5 — Nice app; excellent support *2016-11-14, version 1.0.5* I really like this app. I was paying a subscription fee for a different A/FD app, but I found its interface klutzy. This one is much better. I have had problems twice, and both times have gotten very prompt responses and resolutions. Absolutely top notch support! One suggestion is to have the front and back page information included. ### 5/5 — Nice features *2016-09-20, version 1.0.5* Very simple and easy to use airport directory. No extra BS. ### 5/5 — Works great! Recommended for pilots! *2016-05-23, version 1.0.2* I'm just surprised why it's not as popular since it is the whole AFD in an app, what more could you want? ### 4/5 — Index *2019-01-11, version 1.0.7* Good app, but it seriously needs the legend! --- *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 2026-09-08.*