EXOSPACE B55 vs xWind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
EXOSPACE B55 ships an update every 2 months, xWind fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EXOSPACE B55 | xWind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.6 (64 ratings) | 4.6 (550 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.1% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 | 550 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Breitling SA | Jan Bloemendaal |
Customer experience
EXOSPACE B55
xWind
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
EXOSPACE B55
No in-app purchases
xWind
No in-app purchases









