Comparison

E6BX E6B Flight Computer vs IFR Holds

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

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About

E6BX E6B Flight Computer

This app provides pilots with essential aviation calculations and tools. It features a visual E6B calculator, interactive weather reports with METAR/TAF decoders, and a NavLog calculator for flight planning. It also includes a holding pattern calculator and unit converters.

Highlights
  • Visual E6B Calculator
  • Interactive Weather Reports
  • METAR and TAF Decoders
  • NavLog Calculator
  • Holding Pattern Calculator
  • Aviation Unit Converter
Features
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E6BX is an essential app for pilots of all experience levels, offering a wide range of aviation tools designed to help you get comfortable with the reports and calculations required to fly safely. Included in this app are a visual E6B Calculator, interactive Weather Reports with METAR and TAF decoders, a NavLog Calculator, and many other tools to assist you with aviation calculations. E6B Calculator This is the world’s most popular E6B aviation calculator, already used online by hundreds of thousands of pilots. The calculations are visually illustrated to aid in understanding, showing wind speed and direction, wind correction angle, course, heading, ground speed, and true air speed. E6B is also known as CR, CRP-5 or in German, as the Dreieckrechner. E6B Simulator E6B Simulator offers a manual E6B with step by step instructions and highlights. This brings the same functionality on the website to the app. Weather Reports Search for any airport using the Weather Reports tool, and find the relevant METAR and TAF reports, taken live from aviationweather.gov. Need help understanding METAR or TAF? Tap on any segment to instantly see what it means, or tap the Decode button to reveal the entire report at once. Weather Reports can also display airport data for US airports, including runway directions and lengths, heliports, radio frequencies, and charts. NavLog Calculator Use the NavLog Calculator for either VFR or IFR flight planning. Enter numbers into the table to perform instant calculations. You can add as many lines as you need, and the table can be easily cleared with a single button. Holding Pattern Calculator The Holding Pattern Calculator uses a detailed and informative graphic to help you determine your entry into a holding pattern, and then to maintain that pattern with wind corrections. Simply enter a few basic values to see them instantly reflected in the graphic, then follow the detailed entry and hold instructions. Metar and Taf Decoder With E6BX Metar Decoder, almost everything in any given Metar or Taf is decodable, including elevation, wind direction and speed, wind components, pressure altitude, density altitude, air pressure, dew point, and all sorts of weather conditions. Snowtam & Motne Decoder Paste any Snowtam or Motne report into this tool to decode it. Almost everything in any given Snowtam or Motne is decodable, including type, depth, location, and extent of contamination. Aviation Unit Converter This tool includes all units commonly used in aviation. When you enter a value, it will instantly be converted to all other units of the same type. Convert units of time, distance, speed, pressure, temperature, volume, weight, and mass. Our GPS Coordinate Converter can convert between Decimal Degrees (DD), Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM), and Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS). Aviation Unit Converters include: Time Converter Temperature Converter Fuel-Weight Converter Reciprocal-Heading Converter VOR Radial-Bearing Converter Distance Converter Speed Converter Pressure Converter Area Converter Weight Converter Volume Converter GPS Coordinate Converter Additional Tools: Visual Wind Components Calculator Pressure Altitude Calculator Density Altitude Calculator Cloud Base Altitude Calculator Aviation Unit Converter Mach Speed/Speed of Sound Calculator True Air Speed Calculator Indicated Air Speed Calculator Airport Data NavLog Calculator Airport Lists by Country/State Weight and Balance Calculator METAR Decoder TAF Decoder SNOWTAM Decoder MOTNE Decoder Holding Pattern Calculator

About

IFR Holds

This educational app helps student and rated pilots learn and practice IFR holding patterns. It offers clear lessons, interactive quizzes, and a checkride mode to test proficiency. All content is available offline without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Short, clear lessons
  • Diagrams for concepts
  • Realistic ATC scenarios
  • Progress tracking
  • Checkride mode
  • Offline access
Features
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Most holding pattern apps I tried were either paid, full of ads, or way more complicated than they needed to be. So I built this one — for student pilots like I was, and for rated pilots who want a quick brush-up. I'm a Flight Instructor, and these are the lessons and drills I wish I'd had when I was figuring this stuff out. No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases. No account to sign up for. Just open it and start. LEARN - Short lessons, from the basics to wind correction - Clear diagrams for every concept - Read at your own pace QUIZ - New questions every time - Realistic ATC clearances and scenarios - Pick the entry, see the geometry, move on CHECKRIDE MODE - Tests your ability to plot a holding pattern and determine the correct entry. - Inbound course, hold side, entry — all three have to be right - Built for improving your ability to receive an ATC clearance, picture the hold, and pick the right entry PROGRESS - Tracks your accuracy as you go - Everything stays on your phone

Screenshots

E6BX E6B Flight Computer4 screens
IFR Holds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: IFR Holds at Free against E6BX E6B Flight Computer's $8.99. IFR Holds also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). E6BX E6B Flight Computer's advantage is chart position (#61 vs unranked) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

IFR Holds is free to download; E6BX E6B Flight Computer costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IFR Holds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
E6BX E6B Flight Computer versus IFR Holds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterE6BX E6B Flight ComputerIFR Holds
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#61 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMehmet Cebeilker tasci

Customer experience

E6BX E6B Flight Computer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

IFR Holds

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

E6BX E6B Flight Computer

No in-app purchases

None

IFR Holds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is E6BX E6B Flight Computer free?
E6BX E6B Flight Computer costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is IFR Holds free?
IFR Holds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, E6BX E6B Flight Computer or IFR Holds?
IFR Holds is rated higher. E6BX E6B Flight Computer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while IFR Holds averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do E6BX E6B Flight Computer or IFR Holds have ads?
Neither E6BX E6B Flight Computer nor IFR Holds shows ads.

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