Comparison

Fly Forecast vs Laguna Gloria

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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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

Laguna Gloria

Explore the rich history and ecology of Laguna Gloria with a self-guided audio tour. Discover individuals who shaped the land, its significance in Austin's past, and the connection between nature, art, and history. Personalize your experience to your interests and timeframe.

Highlights
  • Self-guided audio tour
  • Explore history and ecology
  • Discover individuals and their stories
  • Reflect on nature, art, and history
  • Personalize your experience
  • App-based flexibility
Features
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Discover the deep history and fascinating ecology of Laguna Gloria in this self-guided tour. You’ll meet some of the individuals who have made this land their home over the years, explore its significance within the context of Austin’s past, and reflect on the complex relationship between nature, art, and history – then and now. This flexible, app-based tour offers multiple opportunities to personalize the experience and adapt it to your interests, needs, and timeframe. Come listen to the land – it has many stories to tell. – The Contemporary Austin invites you to discover contemporary art in settings that provoke thought and joy. Programs join art with place in pursuit of a deeper experience, a bigger conversation, and a closer community. The Contemporary Austin comprises two locations: the historic Jones Center on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin, and Laguna Gloria, a unique, fourteen-acre art-in-nature site that includes the landmark Driscoll Villa, the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park, the Art School at Laguna Gloria, and the Moody Pavilions. The Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria presents exhibitions and permanent outdoor art installations on a site of great natural beauty on Lake Austin. With diverse ecology—including woodlands, meadows, gardens, and waterfront and a rich array of flora and fauna—Austin’s historic Laguna Gloria is a precious reserve of natural beauty, and a welcoming art-in-nature site, in the heart of the city.

Screenshots

Fly Forecast4 screens
Laguna Gloria3 screens

Verdict

The call

Fly Forecast and Laguna Gloria both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Laguna Gloria's written reviews are positive against 75% of Fly Forecast's. Laguna Gloria also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fly Forecast against 5.0 for Laguna Gloria. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Fly Forecast's written reviews are positive against 100% of Laguna Gloria's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fly Forecast versus Laguna Gloria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly ForecastLaguna Gloria
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB264 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris CarceranoThe Contemporary Austin

Customer experience

Fly Forecast

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

Laguna Gloria

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fly Forecast

No in-app purchases

None

Laguna Gloria

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fly Forecast free?
Fly Forecast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Laguna Gloria free?
Laguna Gloria is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fly Forecast or Laguna Gloria?
Fly Forecast and Laguna Gloria are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Fly Forecast or Laguna Gloria have ads?
Neither Fly Forecast nor Laguna Gloria shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fly Forecast or Laguna Gloria?
Fly Forecast ships an update weekly, and Laguna Gloria weekly. Most recently, Fly Forecast was updated on November 3, 2026 and Laguna Gloria on October 31, 2026.

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