Comparison

Tools For Pilots vs Crosswind Calculator

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

Crosswind Calculator

Calculate crosswind, headwind, and tailwind components for aviation takeoffs and landings. Features an intuitive interface with drag and pinch controls, and alerts for exceeding wind limits.

Highlights
  • Calculate crosswind, headwind, tailwind
  • Fast and easy to use
  • Intuitive drag and pinch interface
  • Wind limitation warnings
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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Quickly and easily calculate crosswind, headwind and tailwind components for take-off and landing. Features: - Fast and easy to use - Intuitive user interface - simply drag and pinch - Warnings when user-defined wind limitations are exceeded

Screenshots

Tools For Pilots4 screens
Crosswind Calculator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crosswind Calculator at 100% against Tools For Pilots's 0%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Tools For Pilots costs $0.99 and Crosswind Calculator $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tools For Pilots versus Crosswind Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTools For PilotsCrosswind Calculator
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating—4.9 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRalf KeberElectronic Alchemy

Customer experience

Tools For Pilots

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

Crosswind Calculator

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tools For Pilots

No in-app purchases

None

Crosswind Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tools For Pilots free?
Tools For Pilots costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crosswind Calculator free?
Crosswind Calculator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tools For Pilots or Crosswind Calculator have ads?
Neither Tools For Pilots nor Crosswind Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tools For Pilots or Crosswind Calculator?
Tools For Pilots ships an update every 2 months, and Crosswind Calculator every 2 months. Most recently, Tools For Pilots was updated on October 14, 2026 and Crosswind Calculator on October 24, 2026.

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