MinChili vs Vindrose
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MinChili
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Du som Chilimobil-kunde kan bruke appen MinChili for å administrere ditt kundeforhold. Med appen får du en enklere oversikt over ditt mobilabonnement. Du kan når som helst sjekke forbruket ditt, fakturaene dine, få PIN- og PUK-kode eller endre mobilabonnement. Appen er under kontinuerlig videreutvikling og nye funksjoner vil komme fortløpende. Vi anbefaler deg å holde appen oppdatert, slik at du til enhver tid har de nyeste funksjonene tilgjengelig.
Vindrose
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Vindrose puts everything you have to check before take-off in one place: restriction zones, the wind where you are standing, and the rules that apply to your particular drone. ZONES 4,383 zones from the Norwegian CAA's dataset ship inside the app. The zone check runs on the phone and works without a connection. Tap anywhere on the map to check somewhere other than where you are standing. The authorities' own wording is shown verbatim, never paraphrased. WEATHER Hour-by-hour wind and gusts from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, judged against your drone's own wind limit. It turns amber before you reach that limit, because the forecast is for ground level and it is windier at altitude. YOUR DRONE Add your drone from a list with checked specifications, or enter the figures yourself for home-built and older aircraft. The app works out the subcategory (A1, A2, A3), whether you must register as an operator, which proficiency certificate is required, and whether insurance applies. ALSO INCLUDED - Pre-flight checklist - Flight logging with CSV export - Norwegian and English IMPORTANT Vindrose is a planning aid, not an authorisation. It does not give you permission to fly. NOTAM are not in the dataset — you must check those yourself at ippc.no. Nine security areas are published without map geometry and cannot be checked automatically; the app names them. Zone data from the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority via dronesoner.no. Weather from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Maps from Kartverket. Vindrose is not affiliated with any of them. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your drones stay on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vindrose at daily against MinChili's every 3 months. MinChili's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MinChili ships an update every 3 months, Vindrose daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MinChili | Vindrose |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chili Mobil AS | Emre Sanden |
In-app purchases
MinChili
No in-app purchases
Vindrose
No in-app purchases









