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

Control your desktop flight simulator from your mobile device. Connect wirelessly over your local network to manage X-Plane 12 with pro-level precision. Experience a new way to interact with your flight simulation.

Highlights
  • Local LAN control
  • X-Plane 12 integration
  • Pro-level precision
  • Mobile device interface
  • Wireless connectivity
Features
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Run X-Plane 12 for desktop Mac, Windows or Linux on your local LAN. Run this App on your iPad or iPhone on the same LAN! Choose the copy of X-Plane you want to control on the opening screen and viola: You've got Pro-Level control of X-Plane 12!

Screenshots

AirEFB4 screens
X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: X at Free against AirEFB's $17.99. X also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 0%) and ratings volume (23 vs 2). AirEFB's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.6). On update cadence, 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

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AirEFB holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: X has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of AirEFB's written reviews are positive against 37% of X's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AirEFB ships an update every 4 months, X every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AirEFB versus X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirEFBX
Price$17.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better3.6 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews36.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings223 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size354 MB3.0 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoao CabralLaminar Research

Customer experience

AirEFB

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

X

All ratings23 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative56.7%

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.
Which has better reviews, AirEFB or X?
AirEFB is rated higher. AirEFB averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while X averages 3.6 from 23 ratings.
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 months. Most recently, AirEFB was updated on October 24, 2026 and X on October 24, 2026.

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