Comparison

AIRDAT VISA vs FirstLoad

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

Head to head
About

AIRDAT VISA

Features
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The AIRDAT VISA app provides mobile access to all of your training, booking, points and eLearning information. Linked to the AIRDAT Passport Training Management system, users can utilise their existing credentials to login and manage their profiles. For Airport users, auditing whilst out and about becomes effortless. Open the secure QR scanner and scan a candidate's phone or training card to review their up to date training information, update their profile, or issue new penalties. Want to audit vehicles too? No problem, just scan the permit QR code to check the validity and, if required, record/report defects too.

About

FirstLoad

This app streamlines aircraft loading and ramp clearance for ground handlers. It automates the feed of requirements and load plans directly at the cargo door, reducing errors and processing time. It integrates with baggage reconciliation systems for end-to-end tracking.

Highlights
  • Real-time feed of requirements and load plans
  • Automates aircraft loading and ramp clearance
  • Reduces manual intervention and errors
  • End-to-end baggage tracking integration
  • Load supervisor role management
  • Flight load status monitoring
  • Cargo and bag count adjustments
Features
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FirstLoad is a tablet-based app that enables real-time feed of requirements and load plans to the ground handler. FirstLoad helps automate aircraft loading and ramp clearance activities directly at the cargo door. It reduces the need for manual intervention, thereby eliminating errors and cutting down processing time. As such, combining FirstLoad with FirstBag, Zafire’s baggage reconciliation system, provides a complete end-to-end baggage tracking solution. FirstLoad Light will: • Allow load supervisors to be created within a back office environment with passwords, security roles, and airline restrictions. • Allow load supervisors to log in and be presented with a list of flights and flight details • Allow load supervisors to see the load status of all flights and to initiate load activities against a flight, assuming they have the necessary privileges. • Allow load supervisors to confirm aircraft registration details before being able to start operations. Failure to match registration details with the information from Load Control will require a call to Load Control to issue a new LIR. • Allow load supervisors to see the offload instructions for the flight if available • Allow load supervisors to see the current Load Instruction Report, automatically retrieved from Load Control, and its edition number. • Allow load supervisors to adjust and confirm the bag counts whilst the flight is being loaded. • Allow load supervisors to add bags to a non-empty compartment within agreed tolerance limits. • Allow load supervisors to confirm that the correct cargo has been loaded. • Restrict load supervisors from adjusting cargo weight or adding cargo. • Allow cargo for certain airlines to be relocated to another compartment. • Allow compartments for certain airlines to be individually ramp cleared. • Allow the operator to finalise the flight. • Capture the name, staff number and signature of the load supervisor that is finalising the flight.

Screenshots

AIRDAT VISA4 screens
FirstLoad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FirstLoad at 9.0 against AIRDAT VISA's 15.1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
AIRDAT VISA versus FirstLoad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAIRDAT VISAFirstLoad
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.19.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAIRDAT LtdZafire Limited

In-app purchases

None

AIRDAT VISA

No in-app purchases

None

FirstLoad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AIRDAT VISA free?
AIRDAT VISA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FirstLoad free?
FirstLoad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AIRDAT VISA or FirstLoad have ads?
Neither AIRDAT VISA nor FirstLoad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AIRDAT VISA or FirstLoad?
AIRDAT VISA ships an update every 2 months, and FirstLoad every 2 months. Most recently, AIRDAT VISA was updated on October 5, 2026 and FirstLoad on October 9, 2026.

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