Comparison

AHI PICS vs DHC

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

Head to head
About

AHI PICS

Features
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Use this application for pharmaceutical management of animals in collaboration with Animal Health International's platform.

About

DHC

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To enroll to use the DHC-Mobile Maintenance app please contact: De Havilland Customer Service by email dehavillandcustomerservice@gilmore.ca or phone 1-800-795-6661. Bringing Paperless¹ Efficiency to Line Maintenance! This application requires a subscription to De Havilland Technical Publications. Using the DeHavilland Mobile Maintenance© application, line and heavy maintenance crews can enjoy the benefits of going paperless¹ by being able to store and access publication data instantly from their iPad© – without WiFi. This solution combines automatic publications and Temporary Revision (TR) updates in one application. De Havilland Mobile Maintenance© enables maintenance facilities to achieve paperless¹ operations simply and efficiently. Accessible Instruction for Continued Airworthiness (ICAs). Up to date. All in one place. Fast and easy, iPad© users simply enter their license code, then ‘sync’ the iPad© app to De Havilland Online Technical Publications. Updated publications are automatically downloaded, indexed and ready to use.in minutes, aircraft maintenance engineers can add text, add signatures to tasks and email them to the fleet maintenance personnel. Automatic revision updates. No more manually inserting revisions and Temporary Revisions (TRs) into De Havilland maintenance manuals. These are automatically inserted into the correct sections and distributed across every iPad© in the operator’s fleet by De Havilland Technical Publications. Valuable time is saved, and maintenance crews are always ready with the latest publications. ¹ Paperless refers to the process identified in the relevant aviation industry requirements pertaining to paperless operations. Use of the De Havilland Mobile Maintenance© application does not relieve operators and their maintenance control or engineering crews of their responsibility to comply with applicable airworthiness authority approved documents.

Screenshots

AHI PICS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AHI PICS at every 3 months against DHC's every 12 months. AHI PICS also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AHI PICS ships an update every 3 months, DHC every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
AHI PICS versus DHC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAHI PICSDHC
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTurnkey Computer Systems, INCDe Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada Limited

In-app purchases

None

AHI PICS

No in-app purchases

None

DHC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AHI PICS free?
AHI PICS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DHC free?
DHC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AHI PICS or DHC have ads?
Neither AHI PICS nor DHC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AHI PICS or DHC?
AHI PICS ships an update every 3 months, and DHC every 12 months. Most recently, AHI PICS was updated on October 26, 2026 and DHC on November 7, 2026.

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