Baron Performance vs Flight Bag
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.
Flight Bag
This app offers a suite of essential tools for pilots to perform quick and practical calculations. It includes calculators for crew rest, night time, and log time, along with helpful reference guides and conversion tables. Designed for ease of use, it aims to assist pilots with common aviation-related tasks.
- Crew Rest Calculator
- Night Time Calculator
- Cold Temperature Altitude Correction
- Log Time Calculator
- NOTAM Abbreviations
- Approach Path Calculator
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Flight Bag is a complimentary, ad-free, simple and user-friendly application including following tools which are intended to help pilots make practical calculations when needed. Crew Rest Calculator Night Time Calculator Cold Temperature Altitude Correction Drill Codes Emergency Response Guidance Log Time Calculator Abbreviations Stick Time Calculator Metric-Feet Conversion Table (PRC) Approach Path Calculator For any comments, please feel free to contact us via flightbagapp@gmail.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flight Bag at every 3 weeks against Baron Performance's every 2 months. Flight Bag also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Baron Performance's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and 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
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 Flight Bag. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baron Performance has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Baron Performance ships an update every 2 months, Flight Bag every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Baron Performance | Flight Bag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | POH Performance L.L.C. | Ugur Sola |
Customer experience
Baron Performance
Flight Bag
In-app purchases
Baron Performance
No in-app purchases
Flight Bag
No in-app purchases
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