Use Before Flight vs Ninox Drone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Use Before Flight
This app offers interactive pilot training for professional pilots, focusing on ECAM handling and emergency scenarios for Airbus aircraft. Prepare for simulator checks and enhance system knowledge with hundreds of drills, videos, and documents, available offline.
- Interactive ECAM handling drills
- Simulated glass cockpit screens
- Over 250 abnormal/emergency scenarios
- Offline use for all drills
- Cross-referenced content (blogs, videos)
- Intuitive multi-functional menu
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THE AWARD-WINNING APP FOR PROFESSIONAL PILOTS Use Before Flight is the essential training app for the professional pilot, helping you prepare quicker and better for your sim check with interactive, immersive training, anywhere and at any time. **SUBSCRIPTION TO USE BEFORE FLIGHT REQUIRED** AVAILABLE FOR A320 & A330 AIRCRAFT ECAM handling and -discipline is key to operating Airbus aircraft. It is crucial, not only in real life, but also at least twice a year when the next simulator check is approaching. All Airbus pilots have experienced this: being in the flight simulator for a check is not the right time to start practicing ECAM handling, quite the contrary. You are expected to know what you are doing, and getting confused can really spoil the day. During line flying and daily operations, however, luckily failures and malfunctions are rare, so proper preparation with just the manuals can be challenging. This is where Use Before Flight steps in. Prepare yourself without the pressure of a simulator detail, wherever you are in your own time. Don’t let those unexpected ECAM lines surprise you! Being prepared will take the stress away and free up capacity you can spend on flying the aircraft and proper decision making. Albeit being the most confusing, it is not just the ECAM handling that matters. Training with literally hundreds of drills, supported by videos, blog posts and documents, will greatly improve not just your system knowledge, but expand your overall abilities as an Airbus pilot! Key features: - Visualise and interact with immersive scenarios with all glass cockpit screens fully simulated - Find content quickly and easily through an intuitive multi-functional menu system - Practice over 250 interactive abnormal and emergency scenarios anywhere and at any time - all drills embedded for instant offline use - Enhance your training experience further with our unique iconic guidance and by discovering fully cross-referenced related content, such as blogs, videos documents & case studies
Ninox Drone
This app provides essential information for drone pilots regarding airspace regulations and potential hazards. It allows users to request and receive flight clearances for controlled airspace at Norwegian airports, ensuring safe and compliant drone operations.
- View controlled airspace and potential hazards
- Request pre-flight and take-off clearance
- Receive dynamic Air Traffic Control instructions
- Declare emergency status
- Location-based airspace information
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The Ninox Drone app supports recreational and professional drone flying by letting you know where and when it is permissible to fly and how to obtain permission to fly in areas where there may be restrictions. Brought to you by Avinor Air Navigation Services in partnership with Altitude Angel and Frequentis, the app enables drone pilots to request and obtain pre-flight and take-off clearance to operate in controlled airspace at multiple airports across Norway. Whether you are a professional drone operator or a hobbyist, Ninox Drone provides location-based information on areas of airspace to avoid or in which extreme caution should be exercised. The app also provides information on ground hazards that may pose safety, security or privacy risks. A convenient tool to assist you in flying your drone whilst protecting your safety and the safety of other airspace users. Features • View areas of controlled airspace, such as airfields and airports, where flying a drone could be hazardous or prohibited. • View ground hazards where flying in the vicinity may raise security, privacy or safety concerns. • Submit and obtain digital pre-flight clearance to operate in controlled airspace at multiple airports across Norway. • Submit and obtain digital take-off clearance at those same facilities. • Receive dynamic, in-flight instructions from Air Traffic Control. • Declare an emergency status (i.e. loss of control) to Air Traffic Control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ninox Drone at 100% against Use Before Flight's 30%. Ninox Drone also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and monetization model (free vs subscription). Use Before Flight's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ninox Drone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Use Before Flight has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Use Before Flight's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ninox Drone's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Use Before Flight | Ninox Drone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 286 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Use Before Flight UK Ltd | Altitude Angel Ltd |
Customer experience
Use Before Flight
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In-app purchases
Use Before Flight
No in-app purchases
Ninox Drone
No in-app purchases
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