Follow for X vs X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Follow for X
Track your simulated aircraft's location and heading on a real-world map while flying in X-Plane on your computer. View altitude and flight path history. Connect multiple devices simultaneously.
- Real-world map tracking
- Animated plane on map
- Flight path tracking
- Altitude display
- Multi-device connection
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What is Follow for X-Plane? “Follow for X-Plane” works combined with the computer version of X-Plane flight simulator. It offers a simple but useful functionality to the simulator: tracking the location and the heading of the simulated aircraft in the real-world map. - Animated Plane on the map. - Tracks the flight path flown - Ask the copilot anything about your flight - Displays the altitude HOW TO USE Launch X-Plane on a computer and enter your IP-Address of your Desktop PC in the App. MULTI-DEVICE CONNECTION You can connect up to four iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch devices running multiple X-Plane Follows at the same time. Download and install X-Plane Follow for each device. This application requires full or demo version of X-Plane 11 (for Mac/Windows/Linux). CANNOT be used with X-Plane Mobile X-Plane is a registered trademark owned by Laminar Research.
X
This app displays your X-Plane simulator flight data on a map in real-time. Connect your device to the same network to view speeds, altitudes, and flight plans from Simbrief.
- Real-time flight data display
- Connects to X-Plane 11/12
- View speeds and altitudes
- Download Simbrief flight plans
- Automatic network discovery
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iPhone and iPad app to run in parallel with your X-Plane simulator (it supports both X-Plane 11 and X-Plane 12). Make sure your device is connected to the same network as the machine where X-Plane is running and the app will automatically find it and will link to it. Once linked, your flight data will start arriving to the app and therefore displayed in the map. On the Menu you can see flight information like your speeds and altitudes. You can also connect and download your current flight plan from Simbrief to get some extra flight information like arrival, destination, flight time, distance traveled, etc. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: X at 100% against Follow for X's 0%. X also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.8 vs 3.7). Follow for X's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On 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
X is free to download; Follow for X costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
X holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Follow for X's written reviews are positive against 100% of X's.
Follow for X ships an update every 20 months, X every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Follow for X | X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (15 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Position Games Limited | Xavier Ramos Oliver |
Customer experience
Follow for X
X
In-app purchases
Follow for X
No in-app purchases
X
No in-app purchases
