LookAround vs Sim Checklists
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Sim Checklists
This app provides interactive checklists for popular flight simulators, allowing users to manage cockpit procedures directly on their mobile device. It offers a challenge-and-response format, progress tracking, and works offline, enhancing the flight simulation experience.
- Interactive challenge-and-response checklists
- Progress tracking with visual indicators
- Offline functionality
- Aircraft-specific checklists
- Haptic feedback
- Dark mode and VoiceOver support
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Flight Sim Checklists keeps the cockpit flow in your hand while you fly on the sim. Pick your aircraft, work the checklist challenge-and-response style, and tap each line as it's called — no scrolling a PDF on a second monitor, no losing your place halfway down the approach. Built for desktop simmers who fly with a phone or tablet propped up next to the yoke. AIRCRAFT INCLUDED • Airbus A320 / A330 — 11 sections, Cockpit Preparation through Securing the Aircraft • Airbus A300 — 9 sections, Before Start through Securing Aircraft • Boeing 737 NG — 10 sections, Preflight through Secure 158 items in total, written in the ACTION → RESPONSE layout used on the flight deck, so what you read matches what you'd hear. RUN A CHECKLIST • Tap any line to check it off — it dims so your eye lands on what's left • Mark a whole section complete in one tap, or unmark it to run it again • Move between sections with buttons labelled with the actual next and previous section names • Haptic feedback on every check, with a distinct confirmation when a section completes SEE WHERE YOU ARE • A progress ring on each aircraft card shows how far through the flight you are • The section menu colour-codes every section: not started, in progress, or complete • Reopen an aircraft and it drops you straight back at the first section you haven't finished • Aircraft with a flight in progress sort to the top of the home screen • Reset a single section or the whole aircraft whenever you want a clean start • Progress clears itself after a day of inactivity, so the next flight never starts half-checked BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • iPad runs a two-column layout — section list on the left, live checklist on the right • iPhone keeps the checklist full-screen with the section list one tap away • Portrait and landscape, so it works flat on the desk or clipped to a stand • Dark mode, Dynamic Type, and full VoiceOver labelling on every item NO STRINGS • Works completely offline — every checklist ships inside the app • No account, no sign-in, no subscription • No ads, no analytics, no tracking, nothing collected about you For flight simulation and training-familiarisation use only. Not for use in real-world aviation. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Airbus, Boeing, Microsoft, or any aircraft manufacturer or simulator publisher. Always fly the real aircraft by its official, current documentation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LookAround at 3.6 against Sim Checklists's 3.0. LookAround also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). Sim Checklists's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, 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. LookAround sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sim Checklists asks for nothing beyond the download.
LookAround holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LookAround has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of LookAround's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sim Checklists's.
LookAround ships an update every 5 weeks, Sim Checklists every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | LookAround | Sim Checklists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (8 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mutual Image LLC. | Leon Nwankwo |
Customer experience
LookAround
Sim Checklists
In-app purchases
LookAround
- XPlane Yaw & Pitch$9.99
Sim Checklists
No in-app purchases
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