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SkyBrief - Preflight Tool

by Rohith Velmurugan

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  • Released
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  • February 16, 2026
  • August 19, 2026

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Rohith Velmurugan
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This app provides comprehensive preflight weather briefings, route planning, and weight & balance calculations for general aviation pilots. It summarizes conditions, highlights hazards, and assesses flight risks to ensure safe departures. Supports custom aircraft profiles and personal minimums.

✓Weather briefings with AI summaries
✓Route planning with hazard highlighting
✓Weight & balance calculations
✓Personal minimums and alerts
✓Flight risk assessment (FRAT)
✓Regional weather charts and NOTAMs
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What's New in SkyBrief

1.13.2

August 19, 2026

Fixes and improvements: • Fixed two stray items appearing in the navigation bar • The app now checks for the latest improvements on launch, so new installs always start current • Endorsement Advisor for flight instructors — describe the scenario, get every required endorsement grouped by training stage, backed by a plain-English library of all 96 current endorsements • SkyBrief worldwide — 28,000+ airports and training content matched to your aviation authority (FAA, EASA, Transport Canada, CASA, CAA NZ) • Offer codes — redeem member and promo codes right from the subscribe screen, or during setup

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Subscription plans

SkyBrief Pro Monthly

Full weather briefings, route planning & safety tools

$4.991 Month
7 Days trial
How to cancel SkyBrief subscription ⁉️
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In-App Purchases

$4.99

SkyBrief Pro Monthly

Full weather briefings, route planning & safety tools

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Last updated on August 29, 2026.

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Not accurate

I downloaded and tried this app for about 14 hours. Its layout is clunky but not terrible and once you learn where things are… it’s kinda ok. My biggest issue is I tried a flight plan to see if it would give me accurate weather.. it showed VFR and it’s actually storming outside with a ceiling at 1200’. I had high hopes based on the other reviews but… it’s not with downloading much less $40 a year.
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Pilot8251wPilot8251w

Response from developer

Fair critique and it changed something on our end METARs are issued hourly, so weather arriving at :20 past isn't in the data until the next report. We do pull SPECIs & Convective sigmets the moment a station files one, but not every field files them and either way we showed the observation's age far too quietly. Sadly we do not have the ability yet to receive minute by minute weather from specific areas so if AWC does not report it the app wont either until a SPECI/Convective sigmet is issued or the next observation takes into effect. What we added: past 45 minutes the app says "conditions may have changed" right beside the flight category, and flags when the next report is overdue. For fields without their own station, it now names which station the reading came from and how far away. Layout note taken. Tell us which screens felt clunky and we'll use it.

Needs bugs squashed

Seems like a pretty good app and I see why it’s a subscription as there’s backend that needs to be paid for. But there is an issue with the custom settings not “sticking” and there is no “save” button on it. For example I put in my personal minimums and aircraft and when I come back in it’s defaulted to a different aircraft and my minimums are back to default as well.
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SkydiveguySkydiveguy

Response from developer

Hey there, Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it! I have just pushed an update a few minutes ago that addresses the bugs you have pointed out, if it still isn’t working try hard closing the app twice and it should be fixed. There also is a button in the settings to report additions/bugs like this in the future! Thank you!

Comprehensive, yet still needs work.

There’s no option to provide feedback the app. The font color choices are very hard to read, with white text on super light blue background. Switching to dark mode and there are some spots with dark blue text on black, same problem. There’s also no option to increase font size. It would be nice to have the option on making everything bigger and more contrast in color. Looking forward to seeing this app improve. Glad we can use it without popup ads to pay, this is refreshing.
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stag97stag97

Response from developer

Hey, thanks for the feedback! I’ve been working on an area to send feedback in the app and should be out with the next update. I’ll go ahead and see what I can do about the contrast and font size as well, I agree. I aim to make this app something different than everything else in aviation (cheap and easy to use) Thanks!

PIREP

This app saved me over 30 minutes in preflighting I really recommend for student pilots and GA pilots
SamF2022SamF2022

FAQ

What is SkyBrief?

SkyBrief is a free preflight tool for general aviation pilots. It provides weather briefings, route planning, weight and balance calculations, and flight risk assessments to help ensure safe departures.

Is SkyBrief free to use?

Yes, SkyBrief is completely free to use. It does not have any advertisements or in-app purchases, and it does not track user data.

What kind of weather information does SkyBrief provide?

SkyBrief offers instant METAR and TAF data, flight category (VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR), wind components, cloud layers, visibility, and temperature. It also includes an AI-powered summary of conditions and a go/no-go recommendation.

Can SkyBrief help with route planning?

Yes, SkyBrief allows you to enter departure, destination, and waypoints. It checks weather along your route, highlights hazards, and generates a NavLog with details like ground speeds, leg times, and fuel burn.

Does SkyBrief support custom aircraft profiles?

Yes, SkyBrief supports multiple aircraft types and allows for custom profiles for your own airplane, including weight and balance calculations with a visual CG envelope plot.

How does SkyBrief help pilots manage personal minimums?

You can set your personal minimums for ceiling, visibility, wind, and gusts within SkyBrief. The app then checks every briefing against these minimums and flags any violations with color-coded alerts.

What devices is SkyBrief available on?

SkyBrief is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It also features a dark mode called "Midnight Cockpit" for night operations.

How often is SkyBrief updated?

The latest version of SkyBrief is 1.1.0, which was last updated on February 28, 2026. The app is designed to pull data directly from aviationweather.gov and the National Weather Service.