Comparison

Fly Forecast vs Lyon Compass

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

Head to head
About

Fly Forecast

Get real-time turbulence data reported by pilots and access hundreds of aviation and weather maps. Visualize turbulence overlays on a map and filter by time and altitude for safer travels.

Highlights
  • Pilot-reported turbulence data
  • High-resolution turbulence overlays
  • Access to 600+ aviation/weather maps
  • Filter turbulence by time and altitude
  • Share turbulence map views
Features
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Fly Forecast shows you the sky the way pilots see it — live turbulence and icing reports, official FAA aeronautical charts, aviation hazard areas, and the weather charts professionals use, all in one beautifully simple app. Whether you're a nervous flyer wondering how bumpy tonight's flight will be, a frequent traveler picking the smoothest departure, or a pilot building weather awareness before a briefing, Fly Forecast puts real aviation weather in your pocket. LIVE TURBULENCE MAP • Real pilot reports (PIREPs) from the last few hours, drawn with standard aviation symbols and color-coded by severity — from smooth to extreme • Every report shows its altitude at a glance and opens into full details: aircraft type, altitude, turbulence intensity and frequency, icing, sky conditions, temperature and wind • FAA aeronautical charts under it all: VFR Sectional, IFR Low and IFR High enroute charts with full US coverage at every zoom level • Graphical AIRMET hazard areas: turbulence, icing, IFR conditions, mountain obscuration, surface winds, wind shear and freezing level • Domestic and international SIGMETs, Center Weather Advisories, TFRs (temporary flight restrictions), the graphical convective forecast (TCF) and Alaska AIRMETs • Surface analysis fronts and High/Low pressure centers • Live NWS radar and GOES satellite imagery overlays • Switch regions to see AIREPs — automated aircraft reports — over Europe, Asia & the Pacific and the North Atlantic • Filter by severity, report age, altitude band and report type • Optional GPS overlay with your speed, altitude and coordinates • Turbulence Meter: estimate the bumps you're actually feeling from your device's motion sensors, with a live trace and a record of the roughest moments of your flight • Track any flight by number: see its live position and planned route drawn right over the turbulence map — know before it does whether it's headed into the bumps • Share a snapshot of your map view with one tap WINDS ALOFT & AIRPORTS • Winds and temperatures aloft (FD forecasts) shown as wind barbs by region and flight level, from 3,000 ft to the flight levels • Search 7,600+ airports by code, name or city • Decoded current conditions (METAR) with VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR flight category • Terminal forecasts (TAF), runway details, frequencies and nearby airports • NOTAMs, live FAA delay and ground-stop status, and the local NWS forecast discussion for US airports WEATHER CHARTS • G-AIRMET graphics, Graphical Forecasts for Aviation (surface and clouds), SIGMET charts, WPC surface analysis and precipitation, low-level significant weather, and SPC convective and fire-weather outlooks with current watches • Active tropical storms: live National Hurricane Center positions and advisories • National forecast charts for every element — temperature, feels-like, dew point, humidity, sky cover, wind, gusts, chance of precipitation, snow and ice • GOES-East and West satellite: GeoColor, visible, infrared, water vapor, air mass and lightning • International high-level significant weather charts for the Americas, Atlantic, Japan & Asia, Australia and polar routes • Pinch to zoom, swipe between forecast hours, and share, copy or save any image DESIGNED FOR TODAY • Fast, native SwiftUI app for iPhone and iPad with full dark mode • Built-in UTC time converter and a searchable offline FAA aviation glossary • No account, no ads, no tracking — just weather • Data from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, National Weather Service, Weather Prediction Center, Storm Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center, FAA flight-information services and NESDIS/STAR satellites, with live flight positions from the adsb.lol and adsb.fi community networks Fly Forecast is an informational tool and not a substitute for an official preflight weather briefing. Take off with confidence — download Fly Forecast today.

About

Lyon Compass

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Get around Lyon like a local! Need a quick pit stop? Craving a true Lyonnais bouchon? Wondering where Mont Blanc is hiding on the horizon? With this app, you’ll always have the city in your pocket.

Screenshots

Fly Forecast4 screens
Lyon Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fly Forecast and Lyon Compass are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fly Forecast versus Lyon Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly ForecastLyon Compass
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris CarceranoRyan Chingway

In-app purchases

None

Fly Forecast

No in-app purchases

None

Lyon Compass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fly Forecast free?
Fly Forecast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lyon Compass free?
Lyon Compass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fly Forecast or Lyon Compass have ads?
Neither Fly Forecast nor Lyon Compass shows ads.

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