Baron Performance vs TBMProFlight
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.
TBMProFlight
This app helps TBM aircraft owners with weight and balance calculations and performance estimations. It provides takeoff and landing distances based on weather data and assists with fuel planning for flights.
- Weight and balance calculations
- Takeoff and landing performance
- Weather condition integration
- Fuel planning assistance
- TBM model aircraft specific
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TBMFlight is a weight & balance and performance iPhone/iPad app for TBM model aircraft. A performance section gives takeoff and landing distances based on current or manually entered weather conditions. A fuel section assists in fuel planning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Baron Performance at 18 against TBMProFlight's 1. TBMProFlight's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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 TBMProFlight. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baron Performance has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Baron Performance ships an update every 2 months, TBMProFlight monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baron Performance | TBMProFlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POH Performance L.L.C. | Tremont Air, LLC |
Customer experience
Baron Performance
TBMProFlight
In-app purchases
Baron Performance
No in-app purchases
TBMProFlight
No in-app purchases
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