Aufwind vs XCMania

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

Turn the world’s most powerful mobile phone into a flight computer with FAI Triangle assistant and real time rain cloud radar. Certified flight record for most online contest and FAI system. The definition of computer here is to utilize massive computing power but not limit it to show a few nav-boxes. If you look deep inside today’s flight instruments, too often you will find a single core CPU with tiny memory, even slower than a 2005 Nokia phone. Here is XCMania: - Certified flight record for most online contest web site - Realtime doppler weather radar with global coverage. A must have for long distance XC. - True Wind, it does not require two perfect circles, in fact with complicated wind algorithm in XCMania even a simple turn is enough to calculate wind. Yes, this can be done with a phone thanks to multi core CPU power. - Live Tracking with automatic SOS, shall an impact landing be detected and the pilot is not responsive or moving, an emergency SOS message will be sent. - The first flight computer shows real time 3D thermal shape. Yes, you do have a powerful GPU in hand. - Mania Circle helps you to visualize thermal hunting range. - Thermal meter helps you lock down the core, is this circle better than the last one or is it faded out. - Intuitive design, this is 2020, try not to be an old kinky black box with 196 pages of manual. - Flight Planner create flight plans - Global 30 meter high resolution elevation map And many more. What XCMania does here is make as much computing and visualization as possible to save your brain power for important flight decisions. - FAI Triangle assistant - Worldwide map, elevation and airspace automatic match and download. - Global airspace and obstacles in the Alps area, and scheduled hot update. - Support Airdrop/download WPT, CUP to import waypoints. - Support Airdrop/download any IGC to replay. - Support external Bluetooth 4 (BLE) varios for top class accuracy - Support Bluetooth FLARM devices - OLED screen protection technology - What you see is what you get, by just browsing the map, everything relevant would be automatically downloaded. - OLC 3 turn point / Free triangle / FAI triangle - Thermal efficiency - XContest.org integration, one button submit. - CloudLink makes backup automatically, restore settings, waypoints, plans to a new phone couldn't be easier. - Export plans to .WPT - Thermal hotspots - Support Airdrop IGC files for 3D track review and flight analysis. - Speedbar indicator, show you when and how much bar you should push for best glide angle. - Custom HUD. - Ground proximity warning system - throw reserve alert - With full HUD customization support, you could add, remove, resize on-screen items. - Quadrant thermal core guide - Livetrack24 support - Wind Layers by altitude