Lightspeed App vs PA28 Performance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightspeed App
Enhance your flight experience with real-time CO sensor monitoring and personalized audio. Record and archive radio conversations for review and training.
- Real-time CO sensor tracking
- Smart CO alerts
- Personalized audio equalization (HearingEQity™)
- Record radio conversations
- Archive flight recordings
- Draw flight diagrams
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A companion app to the Lightspeed Delta Zulu ANR headset, the Lightspeed app for iOS features an array of integrated features to keep pilots and passengers safer during flight. Track CO Sensors for Safer Flying The Lightspeed app allows pilots to check the CO levels in the aircraft during flight, using a CO sensor built right into the Lightspeed Delta Zulu headset. The sensor provides real-time smart alerts via the proprietary Kanari™ smart alert technology. Historical data can be stored, reviewed, and analyzed after use and during the flight(s). Personalize Audio with HearingEQity™ The Lightspeed app introduces a built-in audio equalization system called HearingEQity™ designed to compensate for individual hearing loss. Through an automated 12-frequency hearing test taken through the app, HearingEQity sets the hearing level in each ear in a variety of frequency bands of the Lightspeed Delta Zulu headset to create an individual hearing profile and compensate for any hearing variations between ears. Record Conversations, Archive Flight Recordings, and More... The Lightspeed App allows pilots to record radio conversations, playback transmissions, draw diagrams, and archive flight recordings for post-flight briefings and training.
PA28 Performance
This app calculates essential performance data for Piper PA-28 aircraft flight planning. It covers takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, and emergency procedures, along with an interactive hold calculator and risk analysis tool. Cloud sync ensures your flight plans are accessible across all your devices.
- Flight performance calculations
- Takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent
- Emergency procedures
- Interactive hold calculator
- Risk analysis tool
- Emergency glide distance calculator
- Cloud sync across devices
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PA28 Performance computes all the useful performance numbers for flight planning for Piper model PA28 Aircraft. It includes calculations for takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, instrument procedures as well as emergencies. It also includes an interactive hold calculator, a risk analysis tool, and an emergency glide distance calculator that handles head and tailwinds. PA28 Performance is also available as a WebApp (an App that runs in a browser) that runs on a variety of platforms (PC, Mac, tablets, phones). The Cloud Sync feature allows flight planning profiles entered on any device to be synchronized with your other devices when connected. PA28 Performance is a free, published-source development effort and has Apps and WebApps for other aircraft. See http://pohperformance.com for complete details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PA28 Performance at 75% against Lightspeed App's 12%. PA28 Performance also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Lightspeed App's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PA28 Performance holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Lightspeed App's written reviews are positive against 75% of PA28 Performance's.
Lightspeed App ships an update every 6 months, PA28 Performance every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightspeed App | PA28 Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (49 ratings) | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.8% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lightspeed Aviation | POH Performance L.L.C. |
Customer experience
Lightspeed App
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In-app purchases
Lightspeed App
No in-app purchases
PA28 Performance
No in-app purchases
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