AeroNavMap vs XpRemotePanel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AeroNavMap
This application provides a detailed aeronautical moving map for flight simulators, displaying live aircraft positions and various navigational data. It offers multiple map styles, chart types, and weather overlays for enhanced situational awareness. Users can also interact with simulator frequencies and live air traffic control audio.
- X-Plane live position tracking
- Detailed aeronautical maps
- Multiple map styles
- VFR and IFR charts
- Weather overlays
- Live PilotEdge traffic and ATC audio
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AeroNavMap is a moving map for X-Plane and PilotEdge. Features - X-Plane live position on the map - Display many data from X-Plane - Detailed aeronautical maps with updated nav cycles - Different map styles (dark, light, terrain, satellite, aeronautical) - FAA D-TTP Procedures - Sectional VFR charts - IFR high/low enroute charts - Weather overlays - Live PilotEdge traffic - Live PilotEdge ATC audio - Set the nav radio frequencies X-Plane by selecting them on the map - ATIS
XpRemotePanel
Enhance your flight simulation experience with an intuitive touch interface for frequently used aircraft instruments. Directly interact with gauges and avionics, and customize layouts across multiple devices for deeper immersion. Requires X-Plane 11 or 12.
- Intuitive touch interface for instruments
- Direct interaction with gauges
- Primary Flight Display (PFD)
- Directional Giro and Altimeter
- COM Stack and Autopilot controls
- FMS with CDU touch display
- Optional Navigation Pack for advanced features
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Pilot your aircraft with a finger tip - This app provides an intuitive touch interface to frequently used gauges and avionics in X-Plane. Instead of mimicking the turning of dials you can directly interact with the instruments, for example by dragging the heading bug to the desired direction on the compass rose. It has the following instruments for general aviation as well as airliner use: - Primary Flight Display (PFD) with attitude, speed, altimeter, vertical speed, directional giro, frequencies and autopilot buttons - Directional Giro with heading bug, drift indication and syncing - Altimeter with autopilot buttons, altitude preselection bug and barometer setting - Airspeed indicator with speed bug, v-speed indication and true airspeed display - COM Stack with Active / Standby switch and frequency entry keypad - KFC 200 style Autopilot with push and hold up/down buttons - FMS with CDU touch display (for default X-Plane FMS (B737/A330) and B737-800X Zibo Mod) The following functions are available after purchasing the optional Navigation Pack: - NAV Stack with Active / Standby switch and frequency entry keypad (also on PFD) - CDI gauge with course selection and locator/glide path indication - HSI gauge with heading bug, course selection and autopilot buttons (also on PFD) - Glideslope indicator and bearing pointers with distances on PFD - GCU 478 style keypad for G1000. Allows easy flightplan entry for all planes with default G1000 - CDU alphanumeric keys Multiple layouts are available based on the size of your screen. You can also show different instruments on different devices to increase the immersion. This app requires Laminar Research X-Plane 11 or 12 and uses its standard network data interface. For the CDU display, a plugin for X-Plane must be installed. Instructions inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AeroNavMap at 4.5 against XpRemotePanel's 3.7. AeroNavMap also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (20 vs 6). XpRemotePanel's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. XpRemotePanel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AeroNavMap asks for nothing beyond the download.
AeroNavMap holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of AeroNavMap's written reviews are positive against 100% of XpRemotePanel's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AeroNavMap ships an update every 6 weeks, XpRemotePanel every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AeroNavMap | XpRemotePanel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Chaloupecky | Martin Gernss |
Customer experience
AeroNavMap
XpRemotePanel
In-app purchases
AeroNavMap
No in-app purchases
XpRemotePanel
- Navigation Pack$6.99






