Baron Performance vs Land
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baron Performance
This app calculates essential flight performance data for Beechcraft Baron aircraft, covering takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, and emergency procedures. It also features an interactive hold calculator, risk analysis, and a glide distance tool.
- Flight performance calculations
- Takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent
- Emergency procedures
- Interactive hold calculator
- Risk analysis tool
- Glide distance calculator
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Baron Performance computes all the useful performance numbers for flight planning for Beechcraft Baron aircraft. It includes calculations for takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, instrument procedures as well as emergencies. It also includes an interactive hold calculator, a risk analysis tool, one engine inoperative page, radar page, and a glide distance calculator that handles head and tailwinds. Baron Performance is also available as a WebApp (an App that runs in a browser) that runs on a variety of platforms (PC, Mac, tablets, phones). The Cloud Sync feature allows flight planning profiles entered on any device to be synchronized with your other devices when connected. Baron Performance is a free, published-source development effort and has Apps and WebApps for other aircraft. See http://pohperformance.com for complete details.
Land
This aviation tool provides real-time audio callouts of your distance to the ground during descent. It functions as a configuration tool for compatible hardware, utilizing Bluetooth Low Energy for seamless connection without pairing.
- Real-time distance-to-ground callouts
- Audio output through aircraft system
- Configuration tool for Land-DAR equipment
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication
- No pairing or bonding required
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Note: Usage of this app requires a connection to Land-DAR equipment. See landdar.com for more information. Land-DAR is an aviation landing assistant. As you are descending, Land-DAR will call out the distance to the ground through the audio system of your aircraft. This app is a configuration tool for Land-DAR equipment. Land-DAR uses BLE to communicate; no pairing or bonding is required, simply open the app and you're ready to go! See it in action: https://youtu.be/KmJZjY8uXBU
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Baron Performance at 19 against Land's 1. Baron Performance also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Land's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Baron Performance against 5.0 for Land. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baron Performance has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Baron Performance ships an update every 2 months, Land every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baron Performance | Land |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POH Performance L.L.C. | Send Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
Baron Performance
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In-app purchases
Baron Performance
No in-app purchases
Land
No in-app purchases
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