Flight Navigation for Pilots vs FlightSight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flight Navigation for Pilots
This app provides simple and efficient GPS air navigation tools for pilots. It offers essential features like airport data, compass, and navigation aids, with a focus on ease of use over complex programs. A full version with unlimited access is available via in-app purchase.
- World airports database
- Compass and map views
- Heading, track, and bearing navigation
- Distance, ETA, and speed calculations
- Unit selection for calculations
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A quick and simple app for the safe air navigation. This flight GPS offers simplicity and shortcut solutions instead of difficult, expensive and complicated programs. What we offer: - Airports of the world - Compass + nav pointer & Map views - Heading - track - bearing navigation aids - Distance (DME), time en route (ETA) and speed calculations with free selection of units Basic version: One airport can be selected from each counties. Full version is unlimited, it's available by in-app purchase.
FlightSight
This aviation app helps pilots determine if their flight path is above or below distant objects. Position the sight target on clouds, mountains, or other aircraft to get degree-based altitude information. It functions as a low-budget Heads-Up Display for iPhones and iPads.
- Determine flight path altitude relative to objects
- Position sight target on clouds, mountains, or aircraft
- Displays altitude in degrees
- Low-budget Heads-Up Display functionality
- Four selectable display modes
- Supports portrait and landscape orientations
- Zoom functionality via finger gestures
- Save images with embossed flight information
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FlightSight is an aviation sight level app. Its purpose is to help pilots determine whether their flight path is above or below distant objects. Position the sight target on cloud tops or bottoms, mountain passes or other aircraft and FlightSight will tell you if the object is higher or lower, and by how many degrees. FlightSight is a low budget HUD (Heads Up Display)! The FlightSight app can be used by holding the iPhone or iPad by hand. Or it can be mounted on the top of the instrument panel. Four display modes can be selected when using FlightSight. Fixed target grid, fixed target grid and fixed level line, floating target grid and floating level line (shown here) or floating target grid only. FlightSight can be used on devices in either vertical (portrait) or horizontal (landscape) positions. Finger gestures can be used to zoom the FlightSight view in or out. FlightSight also has a camera option. When you press the camera button the current image will be saved with all FlightSight information embossed on it. Stop guessing, safe fuel, be safer … use FlightSight! Use of FlightSight is not an FAA approved method or flight path navigation decisions. FlighSight does not replace good pilot judgement and accurate weather reports. FlightSight is simply a tool for helping pilots confirm their flight path decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FlightSight at 100% against Flight Navigation for Pilots's 40%. FlightSight also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Flight Navigation for Pilots's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Flight Navigation for Pilots is free to download; FlightSight costs $1.99 up front. Flight Navigation for Pilots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlightSight asks for nothing beyond the download.
FlightSight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Flight Navigation for Pilots's written reviews are positive against 100% of FlightSight's.
Flight Navigation for Pilots ships an update every 6 months, FlightSight every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight Navigation for Pilots | FlightSight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Free-Flight-Aviation Ltd. | Timothy Kelley |
Customer experience
Flight Navigation for Pilots
FlightSight
In-app purchases
Flight Navigation for Pilots
- Flight Navigation for Pilots$9.99
FlightSight
No in-app purchases
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