Comparison

AirEFB vs X

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AirEFB

This app centralizes flight charts, technical manuals, and checklists for pilots. It integrates with a flight simulator to provide real-time airport maps, traffic data, and weather information for easier navigation and ground operations.

Highlights
  • Centralized chart and manual storage
  • Interactive flight checklists
  • Airport data and ground taxi maps
  • Real-time traffic and weather display
  • X-Plane flight simulator integration
  • Document manager for PDF files
Features
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Whether you want to keep all your charts and technical manuals in one single place, have a concise way of performing flight checklists or want to know your way around the airport while on the ground and taxiing, AirEFB allows you to do just that in one single iPad app. Designed to integrate with the X-Plane flight simulator, AirEFB provides an interface layer to all the documents you need to carry onboard and an absolute must have to find your way to holding point X or runway Y while on the ground. Using our next generation communications protocol you can connect AirEFB to X-Plane seamlessly and effortlessly. Install a simple plugin and it all happens automatically, on the fly and over the Air; no need to configure anything. AirEFB is compatible with iPad devices running iOS 9 or later, in all its screen sizes, and connects to X-Plane versions 9, 10 and 11. CHARTS allows you to access your own synched PFD approach plates, your Air Account uploaded charts, and over 4GB of US airport charts as published by the FAA. A DOCUMENTS manager allows you to load and query your own aircraft specifications and technical documents in PDF format. With CHEKLISTS you can create your own aircraft checklists and go through them, as well as load any lists in XChecklist (clist.txt) format or beam them down from X-Plane automatically. Plus the PLANE INTERFACE feature allows items to be preemptively marked completed by looking at their corresponding datarefs before you set them as done. And last (for now) but certainly not least, the AIRPORT DATA & MAP section allows you lookup your favourite airport and display it, together with your plane and all surrounding traffic with beautiful graphics and animations. Know where you are in an airport, its ATC frequencies in use, the current weather and real-time, wind and altimeter settings as well as seeing all surrounding traffic moving as they do. Taxing will never be the same again. AirEFB currently supports X-Plane native ATC traffic as well as JAR design's X-Life traffic.

About

X

This app displays your X-Plane simulator flight data on a map in real-time. Connect your device to the same network to view speeds, altitudes, and flight plans from Simbrief.

Highlights
  • Real-time flight data display
  • Connects to X-Plane 11/12
  • View speeds and altitudes
  • Download Simbrief flight plans
  • Automatic network discovery
Features
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iPhone and iPad app to run in parallel with your X-Plane simulator (it supports both X-Plane 11 and X-Plane 12). Make sure your device is connected to the same network as the machine where X-Plane is running and the app will automatically find it and will link to it. Once linked, your flight data will start arriving to the app and therefore displayed in the map. On the Menu you can see flight information like your speeds and altitudes. You can also connect and download your current flight plan from Simbrief to get some extra flight information like arrival, destination, flight time, distance traveled, etc. Enjoy!

Screenshots

AirEFB4 screens
X3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: X at 100% against AirEFB's 0%. X also leads on price (Free vs $17.99) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

X is free to download; AirEFB costs $17.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AirEFB ships an update every 4 months, X every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AirEFB versus X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirEFBX
Price$17.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size354 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoao CabralXavier Ramos Oliver

Customer experience

AirEFB

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

X

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AirEFB

No in-app purchases

None

X

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AirEFB free?
AirEFB costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is X free?
X is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AirEFB or X have ads?
Neither AirEFB nor X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AirEFB or X?
AirEFB ships an update every 4 months, and X every 5 weeks. Most recently, AirEFB was updated on September 16, 2026 and X on September 8, 2026.

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