Comparison

ARINCDirect Mini vs StackTrack

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

StackTrack

This app calculates the optimal exit point for CRW jumps using real-time winds aloft data. It provides an interactive map with flight paths and altitude markers, allowing users to fine-tune their jump run and plan ahead with forecast mode.

Highlights
  • Real-time winds aloft data
  • Interactive satellite map
  • Flight path and exit point visualization
  • Lateral and along-track offset sliders
  • Winds aloft table
  • Forecast mode
  • Unit and speed unit support
Features
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StackTrack takes the guesswork out of spotting for CRW jumps. Enter your drop zone, exit altitude, and canopy performance numbers, and StackTrack calculates your optimal exit point using real-time winds aloft data - so your canopy arrives at the target, not half a mile downwind. How it works StackTrack fetches a live upper-air wind profile for your drop zone from Open-Meteo and runs a simulation from exit altitude down to breakoff. It accounts for wind speed and direction at every 1,000 feet, your canopy's forward speed, and your descent rate to place the exit point exactly where it needs to be. Features • Real-time winds aloft - automatically fetched for any location worldwide • Interactive satellite map with flight path, jump run line, exit point, and altitude markers every 2,000 ft • Lateral and along-track offset sliders to fine-tune the exit relative to the jump run • Winds aloft table showing direction, speed, and temperature at each altitude • Forecast mode - step forward or backward in 1-hour increments to plan ahead • Supports imperial and metric units, multiple speed units (mph, knots, km/h, m/s) • Weather screen with full forecast for your drop zone • Draw generator for 2-way and 4-way sequential

Screenshots

ARINCDirect Mini4 screens
StackTrack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: StackTrack at 5.0 against ARINCDirect Mini's 3.7. StackTrack also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). ARINCDirect Mini's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StackTrack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARINCDirect Mini has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARINCDirect Mini ships an update every 5 months, StackTrack every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ARINCDirect Mini versus StackTrack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARINCDirect MiniStackTrack
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (15 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARINC IncorporatedPeter Fetros

Customer experience

ARINCDirect Mini

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

StackTrack

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ARINCDirect Mini

No in-app purchases

None

StackTrack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARINCDirect Mini free?
ARINCDirect Mini is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StackTrack free?
StackTrack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ARINCDirect Mini or StackTrack?
StackTrack is rated higher. ARINCDirect Mini averages 3.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while StackTrack averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ARINCDirect Mini or StackTrack have ads?
Neither ARINCDirect Mini nor StackTrack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARINCDirect Mini or StackTrack?
ARINCDirect Mini ships an update every 5 months, and StackTrack every 3 weeks. Most recently, ARINCDirect Mini was updated on September 24, 2026 and StackTrack on October 5, 2026.

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