Comparison

LookAround vs AirEFB

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

Head to head
About

LookAround

Enhance your flight simulator experience by using your iOS device for head tracking in X-Plane. This app allows you to look around the virtual cockpit hands-free, improving immersion and situational awareness. Basic roll tracking is free, with yaw and pitch tracking available via a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Hands-free head tracking for X-Plane
  • Uses iOS device camera for face tracking
  • Automatic X-Plane discovery
  • Roll tracking included for free
  • Yaw and pitch tracking via in-app purchase
  • Simple setup over Wi-Fi
Features
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Experience virtual reality in X-Plane without any additional hardware! Prop your iOS device running LookAround - Sim under your monitor and your head movements are magically reflected in X-Plane. Want help lining up the runway when turning to final? Simply rotate your head towards to the runway! Want to look at the beautiful mountain range on your right? Just rotate your head to the right! LookAround - Sim uses face tracking to let you look around in X-Plane simulator hands-free. Extremely simple setup: - Download LookAround - Sim on your iOS device. - Run X-Plane on your computer and start a new flight. - Verify your iOS device is connected to Wifi and on the same network as your computer running X-Plane. - Launch LookAround - Sim and it will auto-magically discover X-Plane! No need to figure out IP addresses and ports! LookAround - Sim is free to to download to try Roll tracking - tilt you head sideways and watch it reflected on your simulator. Yaw and pitch tracking can be enabled through a simple one time In-App purchase. LookAround - Sim requires X-Plane 10.40 and above. Head Roll tracking is only supported with X-Plane 11 and above. For optimal setup, try to place the iOS device and your Wifi router as close as possible. Additional, having a wired connection from your Wifi router to the X-Plane computer also helps with minimizing latency and delays.

About

AirEFB

This app centralizes flight charts, technical manuals, and checklists for pilots. It integrates with a flight simulator to provide real-time airport maps, traffic data, and weather information for easier navigation and ground operations.

Highlights
  • Centralized chart and manual storage
  • Interactive flight checklists
  • Airport data and ground taxi maps
  • Real-time traffic and weather display
  • X-Plane flight simulator integration
  • Document manager for PDF files
Features
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Whether you want to keep all your charts and technical manuals in one single place, have a concise way of performing flight checklists or want to know your way around the airport while on the ground and taxiing, AirEFB allows you to do just that in one single iPad app. Designed to integrate with the X-Plane flight simulator, AirEFB provides an interface layer to all the documents you need to carry onboard and an absolute must have to find your way to holding point X or runway Y while on the ground. Using our next generation communications protocol you can connect AirEFB to X-Plane seamlessly and effortlessly. Install a simple plugin and it all happens automatically, on the fly and over the Air; no need to configure anything. AirEFB is compatible with iPad devices running iOS 9 or later, in all its screen sizes, and connects to X-Plane versions 9, 10 and 11. CHARTS allows you to access your own synched PFD approach plates, your Air Account uploaded charts, and over 4GB of US airport charts as published by the FAA. A DOCUMENTS manager allows you to load and query your own aircraft specifications and technical documents in PDF format. With CHEKLISTS you can create your own aircraft checklists and go through them, as well as load any lists in XChecklist (clist.txt) format or beam them down from X-Plane automatically. Plus the PLANE INTERFACE feature allows items to be preemptively marked completed by looking at their corresponding datarefs before you set them as done. And last (for now) but certainly not least, the AIRPORT DATA & MAP section allows you lookup your favourite airport and display it, together with your plane and all surrounding traffic with beautiful graphics and animations. Know where you are in an airport, its ATC frequencies in use, the current weather and real-time, wind and altimeter settings as well as seeing all surrounding traffic moving as they do. Taxing will never be the same again. AirEFB currently supports X-Plane native ATC traffic as well as JAR design's X-Life traffic.

Screenshots

LookAround2 screens
AirEFB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LookAround at Free against AirEFB's $17.99. LookAround also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). AirEFB's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

LookAround is free to download; AirEFB costs $17.99 up front. LookAround sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AirEFB asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AirEFB holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of LookAround's written reviews are positive against 0% of AirEFB's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LookAround ships an update every 5 weeks, AirEFB every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
LookAround versus AirEFB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLookAroundAirEFB
PriceFree — better$17.99
Rating3.6 (8 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS10.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB354 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMutual Image LLC.Joao Cabral

Customer experience

LookAround

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

AirEFB

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LookAround

One-time1
  • XPlane Yaw & Pitch$9.99
None

AirEFB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LookAround free?
LookAround is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AirEFB free?
AirEFB costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LookAround or AirEFB?
AirEFB is rated higher. LookAround averages 3.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while AirEFB averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do LookAround or AirEFB have ads?
Neither LookAround nor AirEFB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LookAround or AirEFB?
LookAround ships an update every 5 weeks, and AirEFB every 4 months. Most recently, LookAround was updated on October 24, 2026 and AirEFB on October 24, 2026.

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