O.R.I.O.N. vs Heliwise4Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
O.R.I.O.N.
Access Airbus Helicopters technical documentation online and offline. Download publications and receive alerts for new versions. Requires a Keycopter account for online access.
- Online and offline publication consultation
- Downloadable publications
- New version availability checks
- Email alerts for new publications
- Requires Keycopter account
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O.R.I.O.N. is an online publishing service for Airbus Helicopters technical documentation. O.R.I.O.N. allows you to: - Consult publications online and offline - Download publications - Check the availability of newer versions of downloaded publications Access to online publications requires an account on Keycopter, the Airbus Helicopters customer portal. To request a subscription contract for one of our publications, please contact your Airbus Helicopters TechPub commercial representative. If you wish to be informed by email when a new publication is available online, select « My Alerts » on Keycopter. The ORION® application is published by Airbus Helicopters, a French company with a share capital of 581 614 047 Euros registered in the Aix-en-Provence R.C.S under n°352 383 715 7 and whose Head Office is located at: Aéroport International Marseille-Provence – 13725 Marignane Cedex – France
Heliwise4Mobile
This app offers essential line maintenance functions for helicopter operations, enabling data download and debriefing via Wi-Fi connection to the Helicopter's Data Transfer Device. It optimizes on-field performance for daily tasks.
- Wi-Fi connection to Data Transfer Device
- Data download
- Data debriefing
- FDM data conversion to CSV
- Optimizes on-field operations
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Heliwise4Mobile is a Leonardo Helicopters app that provides a selection of fundamental Heliwise line maintenance functionalities, available in a portable solution to optimize the performance of the daily on-field operations. Within this application release, the Operator will have the opportunity to exploit the following features: § Wi-Fi connection to the Helicopter’s Data Transfer Device (DTD) § Data Download § Data Debrief Specifically, the Wi-Fi download capability is available exclusively for helicopters equipped with the HUMS LH Family system. As an additional feature, for all helicopters with HUMS LH Family system integrated in the avionics suite (i.e. AW169 and AW189/149), Heliwise4Mobile apps are able to download and convert FDM data into CSV format in order to make them available to the Operator for detailed analysis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Heliwise4Mobile at 3.3 against O.R.I.O.N.'s 2.9. Heliwise4Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). O.R.I.O.N.'s advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Heliwise4Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of O.R.I.O.N.'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Heliwise4Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
O.R.I.O.N. ships an update every 6 weeks, Heliwise4Mobile every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | O.R.I.O.N. | Heliwise4Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (7 ratings) | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 424 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AIRBUS HELICOPTERS | AgustaWestland S.p.A. |
Customer experience
O.R.I.O.N.
Heliwise4Mobile
In-app purchases
O.R.I.O.N.
No in-app purchases
Heliwise4Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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