flyNav Flight Navigation vs iEFIS Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
flyNav Flight Navigation
This app provides VFR flight navigation with a moving map, detailed airspace information for multiple regions, and a database of thousands of airfields worldwide. It offers on-route weather, NOTAMs, and flight logging capabilities for pilots.
- Moving map flight navigation
- USA & Europe airspaces
- 20,000+ airfields worldwide
- On-route weather & NOTAMs
- Offline map data
- Flight logging
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flyNav is a flight navigation app for VFR. Overview Features: - Moving map flight navigation with vector based maps - Airspaces for USA & Europe included - About 20.000 airfields & airports worldwide - Navaids VOR, DME, NDB for Europe - Supported devices: Apple iPhone, Apple iPad and Apple Watch - Easy-to-read Navigation Display - On-route weather & NOTAM information Detailed Feature: - Waypoints database with about 20.000 airfields & airports worldwide - Airspaces for USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Swiss, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Finnland,... - Moving map with vector based data (offline available!) - Navigation display with course and bearing indicator incl. waypoint distance and ETA - Altimeter with flight level support (using barometric sensor) - Plan a route directly in map via touch & drag - Automatic link of map orientation to airplane course - 5 minutes indicator - Manual route planner with ICAO & city search - Load & save routes - Automatic detection of take off time and touch down time - Track your flights via GPX - Emergency function: find nearest airfield and check if it's reachable - Import additional airspaces via openair format, e.g. traffic circuits - On-route NOTAM - On-route weather - Flight-log in PDF-format (printable & exportable) The handbook can be downloaded at http://www.flynav-app.com
iEFIS Pro
This app simulates a modern glass cockpit for general aviation, displaying flight data from your device's sensors or external GPS. The Pro version offers an airport database with navigation aids.
- iOS sensor data display
- External GPS connection
- Course rose and track display
- Airport database (Pro version)
- Runway orientation and length
- Full-screen mode
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i-EFIS simulates a modern glass cockpit for general aviation and provides the following features: 1. Display iOS iPhone and iPad sensor data: The attitude indicator is driven by the 3D MEMS chip, speed and altitude come from the internal or external GPS (only iOS devices with cellular connection have the integrated GPS!) 2. Or connect the iPhone to a iLEVIL „SW“, „AW“ or „Sport“ device (available at the LEVIL company or in many pilot shops) by WIFI device to get precise attitude and GPS data. 3. A 80 or 360 degree course rose (change with tap on airplane symbol) 4. Magnetic and True GPS track (display in white with with track line) 5. Magnetic or True Heading, heading data is provided by internal compass and is not always reliable. 6. iEFIS Pro version (simple upgrade via inapp purchase!) displays a worldwide airport database and always shows the bearing to the nearest airport from your position with distance, elevation and runway orientation of the main runway of that airport. How to use i-EFIS 1. Tap the speed window to toggle speed units: km/h - mph - knots. Speed displayed is a GPS ground speed 2. Tap on the altitude window to switch from feet MSL to Meters MSL 3. Tap the course window to select the course mode: Magnetic Heading - True Heading - Magnetic Track - True Track. All GPS track modes are displayed in white, heading modes are yellow 4. Tap the airplane symbol to display either the full 360 degree course rose or a 80 degree segment Pro version features 1. Tap on Runway orientation info to see runway length 2. Tap course window and slide up to hide attitude indicator and to switch to full screen mode 3. To calibrate magnetic heading tap course window to show "HDG" (Magnetic Heading), and slide finger left or right to set correct heading. Use airplane's compass as reference 4. To select a different airport than the nearest one simply tap on the airport symbol and the app will display the data for this airport 5. To go back to the nearest airport simply tap the empty space between the airports Airport database in Pro version: 1. Switch Airport database on or off in settings. 2. Use the two finger pinch gesture to zoom airport map in/out More cool Features coming! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iEFIS Pro at Free against flyNav Flight Navigation's $29.99. iEFIS Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). flyNav Flight Navigation's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On ratings volume and ads 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
iEFIS Pro is free to download; flyNav Flight Navigation costs $29.99 up front. iEFIS Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. flyNav Flight Navigation asks for nothing beyond the download.
iEFIS Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of flyNav Flight Navigation's written reviews are positive against 100% of iEFIS Pro's.
flyNav Flight Navigation ships an update every 4 months, iEFIS Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | flyNav Flight Navigation | iEFIS Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walter Greger | airWORK aviation media UG |
Customer experience
flyNav Flight Navigation
iEFIS Pro
In-app purchases
flyNav Flight Navigation
No in-app purchases
iEFIS Pro
- Maps + Weather Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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