VatScope vs Plane Checklist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VatScope
This application provides real-time information for the VATSIM network, allowing users to view pilot and controller data, track friends, and access airport weather. It also integrates flight plan routes and VATSIM events.
- Real-time pilot and controller information
- Friend tracking
- Airport weather and weather map
- Flight plan route display
- VATSIM events integration
- VATSIM member certificate details
- Dark mode support
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VatScope is a third-party app to view online information of VATSIM network. Features: - Provide the latest pilots, controllers and airports information on VATSIM - Track yourself and your friends - Airport weather and weather map - Flight plan route display - VATSIM events integration - Certificate details for VATSIM members - Dark mode support - Fully ad-free Privacy Policy: vatscope.com End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Plane Checklist
This app provides comprehensive checklists for flight simulation enthusiasts. It covers pre-start to shutdown procedures for various aircraft, enhancing realism and safety in virtual flights. Regular updates ensure current data for popular simulators.
- Comprehensive checklists
- Pre-start to shutdown procedures
- Supports popular flight simulators
- Includes major aircraft types
- Regular data updates
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The application is developed as a collection of checklists for flying in flight simulators, such as X-plane, MFS and others. We try to always update existing data and add new ones. At the moment, there are main aircraft, for example, Boeing, Airbus, Cessna, etc. Checklists contain complete information from Pre-Start Checklist to Approach, Landing and Shutdown checklists. In aviation, a preflight checklist is a list of tasks that should be performed by pilots and aircrew prior to takeoff. Its purpose is to improve flight safety by ensuring that no important tasks are forgotten. Failure to correctly conduct a preflight check using a checklist is a major contributing factor to aircraft accidents. FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY Term Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VatScope at 85% against Plane Checklist's 0%. VatScope also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 39 months). Plane Checklist's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. VatScope sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and Plane Checklist sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VatScope holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VatScope has 1.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of VatScope's written reviews are positive against 0% of Plane Checklist's.
VatScope ships an update every 5 weeks, Plane Checklist every 39 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | VatScope | Plane Checklist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文俊 周 | Aleksandr Dreval |
Customer experience
VatScope
Plane Checklist
Bugs and requests
VatScope
Reported bugs
5 issues- Aircraft labels and route lines disappearing on zoom
- Search functionality for airports and callsigns removed
- App not opening on iPad after recent update
- Frequent refresh errors and data not updating
- ATIS/controller info display issues with line breaks
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to filter by aircraft type
- Bring back busiest airports feature
- Option to set custom refresh rate
- Compatibility with new Mac devices
- Notifications for new ATC sectors coming online
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- Display ATC sector boundaries on the map
Plane Checklist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VatScope
- VatScope Extension - Yearly$3.991 Year
- Extension$4.99
- VatScope Extension - Lifetime$14.99
Plane Checklist
- Full Version$0.991 Month
Questions
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