Comparison

Tools For Pilots vs Cavokator

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

Head to head
About

Tools For Pilots

This app provides essential tools for pilots, including wind component calculations, runway report decoding, cold temperature altitude correction, climb gradient analysis, and ICAO delay code lookup. It also offers airport time zone information and METAR/TAF report retrieval.

Highlights
  • Wind component calculations
  • RWY report decoding
  • Cold temperature altitude correction
  • Climb gradient analysis
  • ICAO delay codes
  • Airport time zones
  • METAR and TAF reports
Features
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Tools For Pilots is a small collection of tools. It is designed as an universal app with different iPhone and iPad interfaces. On the iPad landscape and portrait orientation are supported in split views. Wind Components - are displayed in a nice graphical layout - touch the runway designator to change the runway direction - touch the wind arrow to change the wind - main wind and gusts are shown absolute, as head/tail wind and as cross wind by wind arrows relativ to the runway RWY Report Decoding - the code is analyzed while typing, the keyboard will only allow exisiting codes - you can switch to Russian friction coefficients by touching the flag Cold Temperature Altitude Correction - save multiple pages for reusing - share your pages via airdrop, e-mail or saved files Climb Gradients - enter gradient, angle or feet per nm - create a list with distance and altitude and/or - create a list with groundspeed and vertical speed ICAO Delay Codes - the standard ICAO Delay Codes Airport Time Zones - coordinates, time zone, daylight saving time, day length, sunset and sunrise are shown - a map with the location of the airport can be displayed - time zone, sunrise and sunset are calculated by the app for any date - calculation is done off-line using a build-in database Metar and TAF Reports - can be requested for an editable airport list - 3 letter IATA or 4 letter ICAO code - requires online connection - time zone, sunrise and sunset are calculated by the app

About

Cavokator

This app provides pilots with quick access to essential flight planning tools. It offers weather decoding, runway condition assessment, and low-temperature correction calculations. Users can also manage favorite locations and customize app themes.

Highlights
  • METAR and TAFOR weather decoding
  • Runway condition (MOTNE) decoding
  • Low temperature corrections
  • Favorites list for locations
  • Dark and light themes
  • Share weather information
Features
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Cavokator is a new iOS application made by pilots, for pilots, with the goal of allowing a quick and easy access to relevant information necessary for flight planning (weather decoding, runway condition assessment, low temperature corrections, etc.). ## All features ## # Show weather information (METARS and TAFORS) efficiently: - Accept IATA or ICAO codes - Show the elapsed time since publication - Show up to 24 hours worth of METARS - Highlight good/poor weather conditions - Expand TAFORS for better readability - Share weather information with other applications # Decode runway condition (MOTNE) - Accept several decoding formats - Click directly on the METAR string to begin decoding - Dedicated app section for runway condition decoding # Low temperature corrections - Based on ICAO 8168, even for airports above sea level - Predefined list of altitudes every 500 feet for better usability - Correct altitudes directly, instead of heights - Round low temperature corrections in increments of 10, 50 and 100 feet! # Favourites list - Create a favourites list, so that it's easier to group your destinations, alternates, areas or routes and get the information without typing again all of them. Also, you can backup and share your list with a friend or import one! # App themes - Dark and light themes for better visualisation

Screenshots

Tools For Pilots4 screens
Cavokator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cavokator at Free against Tools For Pilots's $0.99. Tools For Pilots's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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

Cavokator is free to download; Tools For Pilots costs $0.99 up front. Cavokator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tools For Pilots asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tools For Pilots ships an update every 2 months, Cavokator monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tools For Pilots versus Cavokator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTools For PilotsCavokator
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRalf KeberManuel Ortega

Customer experience

Tools For Pilots

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Cavokator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tools For Pilots

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Cavokator

Subscriptions2
  • NOTAM Pro$1.991 Month
  • NOTAM Pro Annual$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99

Questions

Is Tools For Pilots free?
Tools For Pilots costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cavokator free?
Cavokator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tools For Pilots or Cavokator have ads?
Cavokator shows ads; Tools For Pilots does not.
Which is updated more often, Tools For Pilots or Cavokator?
Tools For Pilots ships an update every 2 months, and Cavokator monthly. Most recently, Tools For Pilots was updated on September 10, 2026 and Cavokator on August 29, 2026.

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