ARINCDirect Mini vs HCrew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARINCDirect Mini
This app provides pilots with essential flight information on the go. Access flight plans, weather data like METARs and TAFs, and track aircraft status. It's a portable subset of desktop features for convenient mobile use.
- List company trips
- Access trips by city pair, tail number, date
- View and recompute flight plans
- View METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, winds aloft
- Track aircraft
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For use by pilots who are customers of ARINCDirect Flight Services and have an ARINCDirect login, there is now a better way to check flight conditions and data while on the go: an app designed for your phone that we call ARINCDirect Mini (ADMini for short). ARINCDirect Mini provides a portable subset of the features offered by ARINCDirect that fits comfortably on a phone-sized screen: Text WX, NOTAMS, and Flight Plans you can look up via Leg. ARINCDirect Mini offers these capabilities: - List all of your company's trips - Access any trip by city pair, tail number, and departure date - View flight-plans - Recompute a flight plan with current or new departure date/time - View METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, and winds aloft for departure, arrival, and alternate airports - Track aircraft
HCrew
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HCrew application is the first certified tool used to consult digital aircrew manuals (FLM, MMEL, QRH, FCOM and linked to the “H160 Flight Perfo” app). This tool allows operating on-ground and in-flight, paperless.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ARINCDirect Mini at every 5 months against HCrew's every 26 months. ARINCDirect Mini also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ARINCDirect Mini ships an update every 5 months, HCrew every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARINCDirect Mini | HCrew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ARINC Incorporated | AIRBUS HELICOPTERS |
In-app purchases
ARINCDirect Mini
No in-app purchases
HCrew
No in-app purchases
