Comparison

Ultramagic FlightPack vs SkyBound Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

Ultramagic FlightPack

This navigation app provides hot air balloon pilots with real-time flight tracking, offline maps, and essential tools like a load calculator and weather forecasts. It helps pilots monitor wind layers, share their progress, and log flights efficiently.

Highlights
  • GPS track with altitude-based color coding
  • Real-time pilot and crew tracking
  • Offline worldwide maps (OSM & Google)
  • Auto landing detection
  • KML overlay support
  • Integrated flight logbook
  • Load calculator
Features
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FlightPack is a complete easy-to-use solution designed for hot air balloon pilots. FlightPack is a flight tracking app with offline maps, overlays, load calculator, weather forecast, logbook and other unique features. The track color changes at different altitudes showing the winds layers and your crew will see your track in real-time in a webpage! Main Features: • GPS track with different colors depending on the altitude. This helps identify the winds layers. • Your crew will see your track in real-time in the webpage www.flightpacktracker.com • See other pilots tracks in real-time while you fly. Their tracks colors will indicate their winds. • Free maps worldwide (OSM) for offline use during flight. Google Maps is also available. • Optimized for low power. You can turn off your screen while your flight is being recorded (the last screen shown needs to be the app). • Auto landing detection if you forget to stop the track. • Start recording before you start flying. Track can be automatically trimmed to obtain reliable flight duration data. • KML overlays can be used to map out electric lines, Prohibited Zones (PZs), targets... You can create them with Google Earth. • Vertical velocity and precise altitude for devices with barometer. • Weather map with forecast and wind status at different altitudes. • Share your track easily in Facebook, Twitter... • Load calculator with user defined balloons. • All integrated in a flight logbook with search capabilities. Database can be exported in Excel compatible format. All your data can be transferred and backed up. *Requires iOS 14 or higher and GPS capable devices. *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Please report any issues and suggestions to flightpack@ultramagic.com. Have a good flight!

About

SkyBound Dashboard

This platform helps hot air balloon pilots and crew track flights in real time, coordinate with each other, and plan routes with integrated weather data. It also offers tools for business management, competition support, and flight logging.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS flight tracking
  • Crew coordination with shared maps
  • Integrated weather forecasts
  • Flight planning with KML/GPX import
  • Competition task extraction via AI
  • Automatic flight logging
  • Commercial pilot business tools
Features
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SkyBound is the all-in-one platform for hot air balloon pilots and crew. Track flights in real time with precision GPS, coordinate with your crew, plan flights with integrated weather, and manage your ballooning business — all from one app. FLIGHT TRACKING Track every flight with live GPS including altitude, speed, heading, and vertical rate. Your crew sees your position in real time and gets navigation to your landing spot. Background tracking keeps working even when the app is minimized. Pair an external GPS or Balloon Live Sensor (BLS) for competition-grade position — or use your phone's GPS, which takes over automatically if a sensor drops. CREW COORDINATION Create teams with your pilots and crew. Everyone sees live positions on a shared map during flights. No more constant calls and texts — your crew knows exactly where you are and where you're headed. Talk to crew and spotters with push-to-talk voice, and let a spotter mark your map with a laser pointer to call out targets and hazards. CARPLAY CHASE Plug into Apple CarPlay and your crewed pilots load automatically — no need to unlock your phone. Follow each pilot's color-coded live track and drift projection on your car's display, with directions to the landing spot. WEATHER INTELLIGENCE Get flight-specific weather forecasts right at your launch coordinates. View wind speed and direction at multiple altitudes, hourly breakdowns, and sunrise/sunset times. Pick the forecast model that fits your flight — ECMWF, GFS, HRRR, NBM, or RAP. Check active TFRs and NOTAMs with an interactive map. SKYCAST WIND SIMULATOR Drop a takeoff, dial in a wind profile by altitude, and fly the app manually before you ever leave the ground. SkyCast uses the real flight HUD — gauges, target cards, drift cones — so you can see how altitude choices steer you across the map. Perfect for practicing competition tasks or briefing new crew. FLIGHT PLANNING Plan routes on an interactive map with zone overlays. Import KML and GPX files for competition targets, restricted areas, and custom boundaries. Set altitude floors and ceilings with color-coded rules. COMPETITION SUPPORT Snap a photo of your task sheet and let AI extract targets, coordinates, and scoring rules. Import task sheets directly from WatchMeFly. See task overlays on your flight map in real time. Share any target with another pilot — it lands in their pre-flight, in their own UTM zone. FLIGHT LOG Every flight is automatically logged with full GPS tracks, altitude profiles, duration, and distance. Replay any flight on the map. FOR COMMERCIAL PILOTS List your business in our nationwide pilot directory. Manage bookings, track your customer pipeline, send invoices with Stripe payments, and view revenue analytics. SUBSCRIPTIONS All features require an active subscription. Flight Plan — $9.99/month or $109.99/year (auto-renewable subscription) Includes: Flight tracking, weather briefings (ECMWF / GFS / HRRR / NBM / RAP), TFR/NOTAM alerts, flight logging, crew coordination, pilot-to-pilot connections, flight groups, pilot directory access, SkyBound AI Assistant, competition task sheet analysis, SkyCast wind simulator, lift calculator, and drift planning tools. Commercial Plan — $34.99/month or $379.99/year (auto-renewable subscription) Includes everything in Flight Plan, plus: Public pilot profile on skybounddashboard.com, online booking system, customer management, invoicing with Stripe payments, revenue analytics, and priority support. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.skybounddashboard.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.skybounddashboard.com/privacy

Screenshots

Ultramagic FlightPack3 screens
SkyBound Dashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SkyBound Dashboard at Free against Ultramagic FlightPack's $9.99. SkyBound Dashboard also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Ultramagic FlightPack's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

SkyBound Dashboard is free to download; Ultramagic FlightPack costs $9.99 up front. SkyBound Dashboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Ultramagic FlightPack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ultramagic FlightPack against 5.0 for SkyBound Dashboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultramagic FlightPack ships an update every 5 weeks, SkyBound Dashboard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ultramagic FlightPack versus SkyBound Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltramagic FlightPackSkyBound Dashboard
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUltramagic BalloonsLuke Thompson

Customer experience

Ultramagic FlightPack

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SkyBound Dashboard

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ultramagic FlightPack

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

SkyBound Dashboard

Subscriptions4
  • Flight Plan Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Commercial Plan Monthly$34.991 Month
  • Flight Plan Yearly$109.991 Year
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  • Commercial Plan Yearly$379.991 Year

Questions

Is Ultramagic FlightPack free?
Ultramagic FlightPack costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkyBound Dashboard free?
SkyBound Dashboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ultramagic FlightPack or SkyBound Dashboard?
Ultramagic FlightPack and SkyBound Dashboard are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Ultramagic FlightPack or SkyBound Dashboard have ads?
Neither Ultramagic FlightPack nor SkyBound Dashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultramagic FlightPack or SkyBound Dashboard?
Ultramagic FlightPack ships an update every 5 weeks, and SkyBound Dashboard weekly. Most recently, Ultramagic FlightPack was updated on October 24, 2026 and SkyBound Dashboard on October 12, 2026.

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