NAVAIR 6.8.5 Smart Tabs vs Army IDES
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NAVAIR 6.8.5 Smart Tabs
This reference app provides visual aids for Navy/Marine Aviation professionals on Product Data/Technical Data and Intellectual Property rights. It simplifies complex concepts related to management, acquisition, and marking of data, offering decisional tools and best practices.
- Visual aids for aviation data rights
- Best practices for PD/TD IP
- Decisional logic trees
- Conformal assertion markings samples
- References and links for practitioners
- Supplementation to DR SAVE toolset
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The SmartTabs mobile app is a Navy/Marine Aviation's "Best Practices" and "Lessons Learned" desktop reference set of visual aids constructed using the Department of Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements for participants dealing with Product Data/Technical Data (PD/TD) and their associated Intellectual Property (IP) (commonly known as "Data Rights"). These Best Practices graphically represent a compendium of most commonly encountered PD/TD IP related planning, acquisition, marking, reporting, and alternatives mitigation situations (so it fits most- but not all- situations). SMART TABS illustrates simplified concepts and decisional tools treating PD/TD related IP's: (i) management planning, assessment, and alternatives reporting, (ii) decisional logic trees associated with most commonly encountered IP pathways as part of creation, acquisition, usage rules and issues (including potential mitigation alternatives), (iii) conformal assertion markings samples (AKA "Stickers") using "Best Practices" treatment, and (iv) references and links for practitioners, including its supplementation to the Data & Rights Sustainment & Acquisition Validation Engine (DR SAVE) toolset.
Army IDES
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*** This has been branded as an official U.S. Army app *** The Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) is a joint DoD and VA disability evaluation process. Under this system, VA helps DoD determine if wounded, ill, or injured Service members are fit for continued Military service and provide disability benefits to Service members and Veterans, if appropriate. IDES allows VA and DoD to share information and to complete each agency’s respective process simultaneously, without the need for duplicative exams and ratings This app answers FAQs and offers important resource information to Soldiers guiding them through the Disability Evaluation System process.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NAVAIR 6.8.5 Smart Tabs at every 4 months against Army IDES's every 10 months. 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.
NAVAIR 6.8.5 Smart Tabs ships an update every 4 months, Army IDES every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NAVAIR 6.8.5 Smart Tabs | Army IDES |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Naval Air Systems Command | TRADOC Mobile |
In-app purchases
NAVAIR 6.8.5 Smart Tabs
No in-app purchases
Army IDES
No in-app purchases







