Comparison

EXOSPACE B55 vs xWind

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

EXOSPACE B55

Enhance your connected chronograph's functionality with this companion app. It allows for easy adjustment of watch settings, saving and analyzing measurement data, and configuring various chronograph functions. Receive smartphone notifications directly on your watch and update its software seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Verify and adjust chronograph settings
  • Save and analyze time series measurements
  • Configure chronograph functions
  • Access and save flight times
  • Receive smartphone notifications on watch
  • Personalize watch display
  • Update watch software
Features
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In creating its first connected chronograph, Breitling applied a new philosophy that places the smartphone at the service of the watch, in order to increase its functionality and user-friendliness. Two-way communication makes the two instruments a perfectly complementary tandem in which each one is used for that which it does best. The EXOSPACE application allows the user to verify and adjust the main settings of the EXOSPACE B55 chronograph at a glance, but also to have rapid access to its different functions. The smartphone memory allows the different measurements of the EXOSPACE B55 chronograph to be saved so that they can be viewed, compared or even transferred to other applications. The smartphone screen offers unparalleled reading comfort, thus giving stored data a new dimension. • Verify the state of your chronograph at just a glance and adjust your settings (UTC time, timezones, date, 7 alarms, synchronization of the hands, display. • Store different time series (Lap Timer / Chrono Add) to compare them on your smartphone. View your different times and simply export them. Use the watch tachymeter to measure your average speed. • Configure the different chronograph functions such as Timer, Countdown/Countup, Chrono Add, Chrono Flight. • Access flight times (Chrono Flight), view the relevant information at a glance and save them for further consultation. • Enter easily the take-off and landing airports for your flight times. • Export your flight times to another application or to your personal computer. • Configure your watch to receive notifications from your smartphone; the watch can vibrate and/or ring when a call, message, email or appointment alert is received. • Personalize the display on the watch according to your profile (Sport / Pilot). • Update the software of your watch directly from the application.

About

xWind

This tool helps pilots quickly assess wind conditions relative to aircraft limitations. It displays essential wind data, including headwind, crosswind, and tailwind components, along with runway course and wind limits on a single screen for easy reference during flight.

Highlights
  • Headwind, crosswind, and tailwind calculation
  • Displays current wind direction and speed
  • Shows runway course
  • Indicates applied wind limits
  • Identifies 'forbidden' wind angles
  • Provides maximum wind speed table
  • Adjustable wind and runway settings
Features
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xWind is an easy to use tool to assist pilots in evaluating wind conditions with respect to head, cross and tailwind limitations. Once setup, the xWind app provides all information in one single screen, requiring minimal user interaction during high workload phases of flight, displaying: - Current wind direction and speed - Runway course - Cross and head or tailwind components - Currently applied wind limits - 'Forbidden' wind angles based on the current wind speed - Maximum wind speed table based on current wind limits ​ Reference wind, runway course, as well as wind limits, can all be adjusted on the main screen by either dragging the wind arrow, course rose or wind limit lines. A settings button at the bottom presents a popup screen where both the units for wind speed (Kts or Mps) and the default values for wind limits can be specified. In addition to the general setting for wind speed units, the user can select the alternative units for only the current wind, wind components and maximum winds table by double tapping the wind display at the top of the main screen. When operating from a Kts country into Mps territory, this option allows to set the current wind and see the maximum allowed winds in Mps, based on limits that are still set in Kts. Or vice versa.... xWinds supports iOS darkmode.

Screenshots

EXOSPACE B554 screens
xWind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: xWind at 75% against EXOSPACE B55's 14%. xWind also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). EXOSPACE B55's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

EXOSPACE B55 is free to download; xWind costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

xWind holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: xWind has 550 ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of EXOSPACE B55's written reviews are positive against 75% of xWind's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EXOSPACE B55 ships an update every 2 months, xWind fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
EXOSPACE B55 versus xWind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEXOSPACE B55xWind
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating1.6 (64 ratings)4.6 (550 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.1% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64550 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBreitling SAJan Bloemendaal

Customer experience

EXOSPACE B55

All ratings64 ratings
Positive10.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative82.8%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive14.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative81.7%

xWind

All ratings550 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

EXOSPACE B55

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

xWind

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Speed toggle doesn't work, always shows MPS

Requested features

3 requests
  • Incorporate gust factors
  • 3 customizable buttons for quick limit settings
  • Different colored concentric rings inside the red limit ring

In-app purchases

None

EXOSPACE B55

No in-app purchases

None

xWind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EXOSPACE B55 free?
EXOSPACE B55 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is xWind free?
xWind costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EXOSPACE B55 or xWind?
xWind is rated higher. EXOSPACE B55 averages 1.6 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while xWind averages 4.6 from 550 ratings.
Do EXOSPACE B55 or xWind have ads?
Neither EXOSPACE B55 nor xWind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EXOSPACE B55 or xWind?
EXOSPACE B55 ships an update every 2 months, and xWind fortnightly. Most recently, EXOSPACE B55 was updated on September 1, 2026 and xWind on September 20, 2026.

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