Comparison

flyNav Flight Navigation vs Nearest Airport

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Moving map flight navigation
  • USA & Europe airspaces
  • 20,000+ airfields worldwide
  • On-route weather & NOTAMs
  • Offline map data
  • Flight logging
Features
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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

About

Nearest Airport

This standalone watch application helps general aviation pilots quickly find nearby airports during flight. It displays crucial details like distance, heading, elevation, runway specs, and communication frequencies. The interface uses color-coded backgrounds to differentiate airport types and offers a "Map It" feature for visualizing your position relative to an airport.

Highlights
  • Locate nearby airports
  • Display distance and heading
  • Show field elevation and runway info
  • Provide communication frequencies
  • Color-coded airport type backgrounds
  • Map view with airport details
  • Search airports by identifier
Features
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This standalone watch app allows GA pilots to locate quickly, nearby airports while in flight. Intuitive user interface provides the current distance from, the magnetic heading to, field elevation, runway information (lengths, widths, directions, pattern, and lighting), communication frequencies, and published remarks for nearby airports.  Backgrounds are color coded to match sectional charts as to identify towered and non-towered airports. A slightly different shade is used for private airports. View current location relative to a selected airport with "Map It" feature. Click on the airport identifier while viewing the map to have important information read aloud. (text-to-speech) Requires Watch OS version 10.0 or higher. Includes a search feature that allows searching for airports by identifier, or partial match (limited to 100 results for performance). Does not require data connection to operate. Includes all airports registered with the FAA as of the current version release date.

Screenshots

flyNav Flight Navigation3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nearest Airport at $0.99 against flyNav Flight Navigation's $29.99. Nearest Airport also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). flyNav Flight Navigation's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 50%) and device support (4 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

flyNav Flight Navigation costs $29.99 and Nearest Airport $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nearest Airport holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of flyNav Flight Navigation's written reviews are positive against 50% of Nearest Airport's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

flyNav Flight Navigation ships an update every 4 months, Nearest Airport every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
flyNav Flight Navigation versus Nearest Airport: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterflyNav Flight NavigationNearest Airport
Price$29.99$0.99 — better
Rating1.5 (2 ratings)3.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWalter GregerJONOTHON CONE

Customer experience

flyNav Flight Navigation

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%

Nearest Airport

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

flyNav Flight Navigation

No in-app purchases

None

Nearest Airport

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is flyNav Flight Navigation free?
flyNav Flight Navigation costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nearest Airport free?
Nearest Airport costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, flyNav Flight Navigation or Nearest Airport?
Nearest Airport is rated higher. flyNav Flight Navigation averages 1.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Nearest Airport averages 3.0 from 6 ratings.
Do flyNav Flight Navigation or Nearest Airport have ads?
Neither flyNav Flight Navigation nor Nearest Airport shows ads.
Which is updated more often, flyNav Flight Navigation or Nearest Airport?
flyNav Flight Navigation ships an update every 4 months, and Nearest Airport every 3 months. Most recently, flyNav Flight Navigation was updated on November 6, 2026 and Nearest Airport on November 3, 2026.

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