Comparison

Flight Ops vs Ballito Buzz

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

Ballito Buzz

Features
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Welcome to the beautifull Hive we call a Home. Ballito is not only a popular holiday town located North of Kwazulu-natal Coast line, but it is also home to many locals who were born and raised here. We are so blessed to be living on the coast, neighbouring with our ever so common Bottlenosed Dolphines, hence the nickname Dolphin Coast.

Screenshots

Flight Ops4 screens
Ballito Buzz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ballito Buzz at none against Flight Ops's 2. Ballito Buzz also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Flight Ops's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 27 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Ops ships an update weekly, Ballito Buzz every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flight Ops versus Ballito Buzz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight OpsBallito Buzz
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHubert GIRAUDCustom Apps SA

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flight Ops

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

Ballito Buzz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flight Ops free?
Flight Ops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ballito Buzz free?
Ballito Buzz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flight Ops or Ballito Buzz have ads?
Neither Flight Ops nor Ballito Buzz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Ops or Ballito Buzz?
Flight Ops ships an update weekly, and Ballito Buzz every 27 months. Most recently, Flight Ops was updated on September 17, 2026 and Ballito Buzz on June 10, 2026.

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