Comparison

Flight Ops vs ARINCDirect Mini

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

Head to head
About

Flight Ops

Calculate flight parameters like distance, time, and fuel. Manage aircraft profiles, find alternate airports, and plot routes on a map. Includes a fuel uplift module and SNOWTAM decoding.

Highlights
  • Distance, flight time, and fuel computation
  • Aircraft profile management
  • Alternate airport finder
  • Route plotting on map
  • Airport database search
  • Fuel uplift calculation
  • SNOWTAM decoding
Features
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Main functions: • Distance, flight time and estimated fuel used computation It will be based on the following parameters: - Mach number or TAS - ISA deviation - Distance factor to compensate great circle distance - Manual Wind component (Flight Ops Standard) - Automatic Historical average wind component (Flight Ops Pro) • Aircraft Profiles You can easily create and manage your aircraft profiles, setting the following: - Fuel used depending on distance flown. It can be set for as many distance values as you wish. The more you indicate, the more accurate will be your result! Of course, it can be done for any Mach or TAS - Structural weight limitations - ACN/PCN values In a single tap, you can even share these profiles via Airdrop, email, WhatsApp, Wechat, Dropbox... An example of aircraft profile with full instructions is provided in the app • Alternate airports finder It’s based on the following parameters: - Distance from destination - Minimum runway length - Paved runways or not - Airports of entry or not - Including military airports or not They will be automatically sorted by ascending distance from destination airport • Plotting map On this map you can plot: - Great circle routes between airports - ETP circles based on a specific radius - By a long push on the map you can display all airports around, making easy and fast the selection of ETP airports. As for alternates search, this selection is based on same parameters (see above) • Airports database - You can search in the database and retrieve any airport(s) based on the following parameters: ICAO code, IATA code, airport name or city name - Database can be updated (Flight Ops Pro) • Fuel uplift module You can use your aircraft limitations or use the "Free mode". If you fly different birds, your aircrafts limitations can be stored in the database. Therefore, no need to remember the max fuel weight or volume nor your maximum ramp weight! Based on your aircraft limitations, you can easily compute the fuel quantity required. Just enter desired uplift fuel volume, fuel weight or your desired aircraft ramp weight and Flight Ops will compute other numbers at once! It considers all common units: - Weight: Lbs and Kg - Volume: Liters, US Gal, Imp Gal - Density: Kg/L, Kg/US Gal, Kg/Imp Gal, Lbs/L, Lbs/US Gal, Lbs/Imp Gal You cannot get the fuel density from the fueler? Now you can retrieve it from the fuel temperature and can even select the type of fuel (Jet or Gasoline). • ACN / PCN Based on a PCN number, Flight Ops will decode and display a full description. If you have at least 1 aircraft in your database, it will provide your limitation(s) if any: - Aircraft weight - Main Landing Gear tire pressure - Nose Landing gear tire pressure If you indicate your aircraft weight, Flight Ops will compute your ACN. Of course, all these ACN values can be set through your aircraft profiles. • SNOWTAM decoding (METAR format) Just make a copy paste of any SNOWTAM or simply use the wheel. You will then get: - Full decoding - Wind components based on the related runway • Weather and airports information - You can build your own favorite airports list to check weather status at a glance - For any airport, you can get the latest METAR and/or TAF (if available) - Based on current wind speed and direction, Flight Ops will display all runways with corresponding wind components • Distance calculator To calculate the distance and True bearing between 2 latitudes/longitudes waypoints. • Last Minute Change Based on the Weight & Balance Load Sheet computed for your flight, grab your iPhone/iPad and compute your Last Minute Change data if necessary. Indicate your new payload, adding or removing pax & cargo and update your fuel values if required. Flight Ops will then calculate revised weights and centers of gravity for ZFW, TOW and LDW. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy : https://www.flight-office.com/flightops.pdf

About

ARINCDirect Mini

This app provides pilots with essential flight information on the go. Access flight plans, weather data like METARs and TAFs, and track aircraft status. It's a portable subset of desktop features for convenient mobile use.

Highlights
  • List company trips
  • Access trips by city pair, tail number, date
  • View and recompute flight plans
  • View METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, winds aloft
  • Track aircraft
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For use by pilots who are customers of ARINCDirect Flight Services and have an ARINCDirect login, there is now a better way to check flight conditions and data while on the go: an app designed for your phone that we call ARINCDirect Mini (ADMini for short). ARINCDirect Mini provides a portable subset of the features offered by ARINCDirect that fits comfortably on a phone-sized screen: Text WX, NOTAMS, and Flight Plans you can look up via Leg. ARINCDirect Mini offers these capabilities: - List all of your company's trips - Access any trip by city pair, tail number, and departure date - View flight-plans - Recompute a flight plan with current or new departure date/time - View METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, and winds aloft for departure, arrival, and alternate airports - Track aircraft

Screenshots

Flight Ops4 screens
ARINCDirect Mini4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight Ops at 77% against ARINCDirect Mini's 25%. Flight Ops also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). ARINCDirect Mini's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flight Ops sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. ARINCDirect Mini asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flight Ops holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Flight Ops's written reviews are positive against 25% of ARINCDirect Mini's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Ops ships an update weekly, ARINCDirect Mini every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Flight Ops versus ARINCDirect Mini: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight OpsARINCDirect Mini
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings) — better3.7 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better15
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHubert GIRAUDARINCDirect

Customer experience

Flight Ops

All ratings27 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

ARINCDirect Mini

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flight Ops

Subscriptions1
  • Pro$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Flight Ops Pro$8.99
None

ARINCDirect Mini

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flight Ops free?
Flight Ops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ARINCDirect Mini free?
ARINCDirect Mini is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flight Ops or ARINCDirect Mini?
Flight Ops is rated higher. Flight Ops averages 4.3 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while ARINCDirect Mini averages 3.7 from 15 ratings.
Do Flight Ops or ARINCDirect Mini have ads?
Neither Flight Ops nor ARINCDirect Mini shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Ops or ARINCDirect Mini?
Flight Ops ships an update weekly, and ARINCDirect Mini every 5 months. Most recently, Flight Ops was updated on September 17, 2026 and ARINCDirect Mini on September 8, 2026.

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