Vulture vs Aufwind

Vulture is a soaring planning and analysis app built for glider, paragliding, and hang gliding pilots. Plan a task on the day, fly it with live airspace and weather, then replay every thermal back on the airfield — on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Plan * Build a task from waypoints, or import one from a CUP file, WeGlide, or SoaringSpot. * Scan a task from a QR code, as shared by XCTrack and the other gliding tools. * Edit any task to fit the weather of the day, with custom observation zones per turnpoint. * Check the day with dozens of SkySight weather layers — thermals, cloud cover, storms, rain, wind, and wave — before you commit to a task. * Export a task as a CUP file or a FLARM declaration for your IGC-approved device. * Share a task through iCloud with the pilots you fly with. * Import OpenAir, CUB, and openAIP airspace files, pull sets from XCSoar, or show openAIP airspace live on the map. Fly * See airspace and optimized flight information in the air, and navigate to any waypoint. * Start recording from Control Center or the Action button, and follow the flight on the Lock Screen and Apple Watch. * Look up the nearest airfield and its frequency, provided by OurAirports. * Long-press the map to see the airspace above that point as a vertical profile, with your own altitude marked in flight. * Your sport is detected automatically, or set by you, with matching thresholds for thermals, takeoff, and landing. Analyze * Browse your logbook as a gallery, each flight and task drawn on a map. * Replay one or more flights with a barograph and detailed statistics as you scrub through them. * Overlay satellite cloud imagery and scrub the barograph to see the clouds at each moment of a flight (requires SkySight). * Drag the graph handle for a calculated wind estimate at any point in a flight. * Take a thermal apart — the climb over time, from above, and from the side — with a score for how well you centred it. * Debrief rates a flight out of 1000 and answers the questions pilots ask of it, each shown on the map. * Add searchable remarks to saved flights, mark contests, and keep your favorites. * Compare flights against a pinned one, with leader/leecher analysis — who found the thermals first, and who followed. * Browse Soaring Spot, WeGlide, Charron, and SkyLines in the app, and upload your flights to them. Everywhere * Sync flights, tasks, waypoints, airspace, and all settings across your devices with iCloud. * Hand a flight, a task, or the map over to another device with Handoff. * Import flights by drag and drop, from Files, or straight from the share sheet. * Open flights and tasks directly in Vulture from SoaringSpot and Charron using the Chrome extension. * Share a Soaring Spot results link and it opens even without Vulture — that day's scoreboard, and every pilot's flight on a map. * Preview flight, waypoint, and airspace files in Files before you import them. * Find flights and tasks from Spotlight on your home screen. * Widgets for the wind at your home base, tomorrow's launch window, and a flight from your logbook — on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, and in StandBy. * Windows of their own for flights and tasks on iPad, keyboard shortcuts, pointer support, and dark mode. Vulture is free to download: keep your logbook, replay a flight and follow competitions. Vulture Pro adds the analysis, the planning and the flying, with a free trial to start. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Tell us how we can make Vulture better. Terms of use: https://vulture.aero/terms

Aufwind: (noun, German) an upward current of air, updraft. A good preparation is crucial for a safe, relaxed, fun, successful cross-country flight. Overlay all relevant information like airspaces, NOTAMs, waypoints and weather on the map and plan your task for the day with the easy to use visual task planner.  Export the task as a CUP file to an SD-card or mail it to yourself and load it up into your flight computer (LX, Oudie and others) or XCSoar. Soaring Weather: Aufwind comes with most crucial soaring forecasts already built-in: - Thermal strength - Cumulus cloudbase - Rain - Wind To get even more detailed soaring forecasts, you can login with your SkySight account in the app. Task Planner: Plan your task for the day interactively on the map overlaid with the weather forecast, airspaces and other relevant information. Thousands of waypoints are already built into Aufwind but you can import your own as well. You can export the planned task to an SD-card or email to use with your on-board flight computer or XCSoar. Airspaces & NOTAMs: Keep on top of local airspaces and NOTAMs and increase flight safety. Airspaces for many countries are already built into Aufwind but you can also import your own airspace files in OpenAir format into the app. ------------------- Aufwind is free to download and free to use. Some features do require a valid subscription. If you choose to upgrade to Aufwind Pro Subscription, your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase or at the end of the free trial period, if offered. Your Aufwind Pro Subscription automatically renews unless unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. The subscription is offered in yearly period. The price per period will be shown for all subscription options in the app before you confirm purchase or start your free trial, if offered. Aufwind Pro Subscription enables you to overlay weather data on the map for both built-in weather and SkySight forecast (with SkySight account login). You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store any time after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://aufwind.app/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://aufwind.app/terms