Comparison

Fly Forecast vs Inflight Score

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

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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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See turbulence before you feel it. Fly Forecast puts the weather pilots fly by on one live map — real pilot reports of turbulence and icing, hazard areas, radar, satellite and official FAA charts — and briefs your flight: set a route and an altitude, and it tells you what the line flies through. For a pilot planning a leg, a frequent flyer picking the smoothest departure, or a nervous passenger wondering how tonight's flight will feel, Fly Forecast answers in plain words. BRIEF YOUR FLIGHT • Set a departure, destination, cruise altitude and time, and the route draws on the map • The briefing lists what lies along it: pilot reports near your altitude, the hazard areas the line crosses and whether they reach cruise, the freezing level, and the winds aloft as a headwind or tailwind • Takeoff and landing in plain words: gusts, crosswind, wind shear and storms • Compare Days: your route's turbulence and jet-stream forecast, eight days ahead • Check both ends against your personal minimums • Start a plan from a flight number, save plans by name, share any as a pilot's or passenger's PDF with map, terrain and NOTAMs, kept in Files LIVE TURBULENCE MAP • Pilot reports (PIREPs) in standard symbols, colored by severity, each with its altitude; tap one for the full report in plain words, aircraft type included • Presets for Turbulence, Icing, VFR Local, IFR Cruise and Convective • An altitude band and a time bar: hazards at your level, hours ahead or two days back • G-AIRMETs, SIGMETs, Center Weather Advisories, TFRs, the convective forecast, storm outlooks and watches, volcanic ash and fronts • A worldwide turbulence forecast, the jet stream, forecast gusts, station winds and the Atlantic tracks • Radar with echo tops and a loop, Canada's radar, satellite, and hurricanes with NHC cones and tracks • FAA VFR Sectional, IFR Low and IFR High charts underneath • Press and hold for a point briefing • Opens on saved data if you lose signal FOR PASSENGERS • Track a flight by number, today or a week ahead, with a reminder that morning, and see what lies along its route • Save the outlook before you board and read it in airplane mode • The Turbulence Meter measures the bumps you feel and keeps every flight, by the minute and on the map, to share or export • The Turbulence Guide explains what each level feels like and the sounds of a flight, with a breathing exercise A PREFLIGHT PAGE FOR EVERY AIRPORT • Almost 11,000 airports, with favorites, a home airport and the fields near you • Decoded METAR and TAF with flight categories, a six-hour trend and density altitude • Headwind and crosswind for every runway • Sunrise, sunset and twilight • NOTAMs, airport diagrams, FAA delays, the forecast discussion, and AWOS and ASOS with tap-to-call WINDS ALOFT & CHARTS • Winds and temperatures aloft for the US, Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific, with each station's freezing level, or as barbs on the map • 1,900 charts: Graphical Forecasts for Aviation, the jet stream, turbulence (GTG) and icing (CIP/FIP) guidance, significant weather, GOES satellite and space weather MADE FOR THE COCKPIT • iCloud keeps your plans, meter sessions, favorites and settings the same on all your devices • Zulu time and a navy dark mode • VoiceOver for every marker on the map, and text that grows with your settings • Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight airport search, and side panels on iPad • No sign-up, no ads, no tracking Data from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, National Weather Service, Weather, Storm and Space Weather Prediction Centers, National Hurricane Center, the FAA, the USGS and NESDIS/STAR satellites, with international imagery from EUMETSAT, the German Weather Service (DWD) and the Japan Meteorological Agency, forecast winds from Environment and Climate Change Canada, flight positions from the adsb.lol and adsb.fi community networks and routes from adsbdb and adsb.im. Fly Forecast is an informational tool and not a substitute for an official preflight weather briefing.

About

Inflight Score

Get a science-based turbulence forecast for your flights. Enter flight details to receive an instant score and see expected minutes of different turbulence levels. View forecasts on an interactive map that updates with new weather data.

Highlights
  • Turbulence forecast for flights
  • Science-based scoring (0-100)
  • Expected turbulence minutes
  • Interactive map with overlays
  • Automatic forecast updates
Features
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InflightScore gives you a clear, science-based turbulence forecast for your upcoming flight. How it works: - Enter your flight details or search by airline and route - Get an instant turbulence score from 0-100 based on live weather model data - See exactly how many minutes of smooth, light, moderate, or severe turbulence to expect - View your forecast on an interactive map with color-coded turbulence overlays - Forecasts automatically refresh as new weather data becomes available

Screenshots

Fly Forecast4 screens
Inflight Score4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fly Forecast at none against Inflight Score's shown. Fly Forecast also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). Inflight Score's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fly Forecast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Fly Forecast's written reviews are positive against 50% of Inflight Score's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fly Forecast ships an update weekly, Inflight Score every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Fly Forecast versus Inflight Score: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly ForecastInflight Score
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.6 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings311 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB38 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperChris CarceranoHarris Designs, LLC

Customer experience

Fly Forecast

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Inflight Score

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fly Forecast

No in-app purchases

None

Inflight Score

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fly Forecast free?
Fly Forecast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inflight Score free?
Inflight Score is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fly Forecast or Inflight Score?
Fly Forecast is rated higher. Fly Forecast averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Inflight Score averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do Fly Forecast or Inflight Score have ads?
Inflight Score shows ads; Fly Forecast does not.
Which is updated more often, Fly Forecast or Inflight Score?
Fly Forecast ships an update weekly, and Inflight Score every 3 days. Most recently, Fly Forecast was updated on November 6, 2026 and Inflight Score on November 5, 2026.

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