Flight Navigation for Pilots vs Aviation GPS
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.
Aviation GPS
This app transforms your device into a professional aviation navigation tool. It provides real-time bearing, distance, and timing data to airports and navaids globally with aviation-standard precision. Ideal for pilots and aviation enthusiasts, it offers a clean interface with customizable data fields.
- Real-time GPS navigation to 55,000+ airports
- Professional 6-panel data display
- Multiple compass modes
- Comprehensive destination information
- Magnetic declination correction
- Aviation-standard data fields
- Smart airport and navaid search
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Aviation GPS turns your iOS device into a professional-grade navigation instrument for pilots, flight training, and aviation enthusiasts — real-time bearing, distance, course deviation, and a full moving map with worldwide airport, navaid, and airspace data. Modeled on the panel-mount GPS navigators pilots already know, it pairs a clean FMC-style data display with a genuine moving map: pan, zoom, and declutter it like the unit in the panel, with HSI/CDI guidance, multi-waypoint flight planning, and a Visual Approach mode giving a 3° glidepath reference where there's no ILS. KEY FEATURES: • Moving map with 23-step zoom range, pan, continuous pinch-zoom, and multiple declutter levels • Optional traffic display with ForeFlight-style symbology — trend vectors, threat colors, relative altitude, tap for detail (advisory only; needs an internet connection) • Own-ship breadcrumb trail of your recent ground track • Worldwide airspace boundaries (Class B/C/D, Restricted/Danger/Prohibited, Military/MOA, and more) — tap any boundary for its name, class, and floor/ceiling • Airspace proximity alarms that flag boundaries before you enter them • To-scale runway rendering at close-in ranges, including parallel runways, colored by surface type • Visual Approach mode: lateral and vertical glidepath guidance to any runway, no ILS required • OBS mode for flying a selected course or radial to any waypoint • HSI/CDI course deviation indicator with auto-scaling sensitivity • Real-time navigation to 55,000+ airports and 10,000+ navaids (VOR, NDB, TACAN, DME) worldwide • Barometric altitude and vertical speed, blended with GPS for drift-free readings that respond instantly • Selectable GPS track smoothing (OFF/LOW/MED/HIGH) for a settled position, ground track, and groundspeed • Nearest (NRST) search for airports, navaids, and airspace • 6-panel data display with configurable layouts (2x2 to 2x4) and a customizable button bar • Compass modes: Track, Heading, or Auto-switching, plus RMI and HSI styles • Destination info with runway diagrams, elevations, and radio frequencies • Magnetic declination correction for magnetic bearings • Background layers: coastlines, rivers, roads, and cities, independently configurable • AutoZoom tightens map range automatically on approach to your destination • Smart search with autocomplete for airports and navaids • Optional downloadable database updates — no custom server, and the database still works fully offline • X-Plane simulator integration via XGPS, plus a demo/playback mode with a hand-flown, KAP 140-style simulated autopilot • Professional aviation typeface, portrait-optimized for cockpit and handheld use FLIGHT PLANNING: • Build routes with unlimited waypoints — airports, navaids, or custom coordinates • Automatic waypoint sequencing as you pass each fix, with turn-anticipation arcs • Per-leg and total distance and ETE, with cumulative distance per waypoint • DIRECT TO any waypoint at any time, with automatic return to the active plan • Coordinate waypoints with custom names for off-airway fixes, saved and reusable • Activate, suspend, or clear your plan at any time PROFESSIONAL FEATURES: • Great-circle bearing and distance, with true-to-magnetic conversion • ETA with timezone detection and local time display • Configurable auto-switching between track and heading modes • Barometric vertical speed monitoring with precision filtering • Vertical glidepath deviation gauge for Visual Approach mode • GPS coordinate display • Instant-response touch interface with visual feedback • Aviation-standard color coding and typography Includes a full worldwide aviation database on-device — no internet connection required for navigation, with optional data updates when you want them. The optional traffic display is the one feature that needs a live connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Aviation GPS at 100% against Flight Navigation for Pilots's 40%. Aviation GPS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). Flight Navigation for Pilots's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Flight Navigation for Pilots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Aviation GPS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Aviation GPS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Flight Navigation for Pilots's written reviews are positive against 100% of Aviation GPS's.
Flight Navigation for Pilots ships an update every 6 months, Aviation GPS weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight Navigation for Pilots | Aviation GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Free-Flight-Aviation Ltd. | Marian Fujara |
Customer experience
Flight Navigation for Pilots
Aviation GPS
In-app purchases
Flight Navigation for Pilots
- Flight Navigation for Pilots$9.99
Aviation GPS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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