Comparison

FlySafe paragliding vs Parakiter

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

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FlySafe paragliding

Features
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Shows a map of known paragliding sites. Sites that you have already visited are marked as green Mark sites as favorite and recieve push notifications for new flights from this site See live tracking and current weather stations Push notifications for new flights, comments and likes IGC and GPX files preview and uploading to FlySafe personal flightbook Your personal flight statistics - hours of flying, kilometers, glider hours Friend system with private location sharing. Fully featured chat system with groups, photo and location sharing. Contact local pilots for questions about a site Filter latest flights from friends, latest liked or commented likes

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Parakiter

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Parakiter walks with you through every stage of a flying day — from the first sign that conditions are coming good, to keeping in touch with the pilots you met when you packed up. Built by pilots, for pilots. TAILORED FORECASTS Generic regional forecasts tell you it's "10–15 knots and westerly". Useless. Parakiter takes your wing, your weight and your personal wind window, then crunches live RASP, Open-Meteo and tidal data against YOUR setup at YOUR site. The answer it gives you is the one you actually need: today's a fly, or today's a write-off. WING SETTINGS Pick your wing, set your all-up weight, and that's it. Every forecast from then on is calibrated to your personal wind range — no mental maths at the trail head, no second-guessing whether today's a small-wing day or a big-wing day. CUSTOM ALERTS Don't want to keep checking? Tell Parakiter the conditions you want and the sites you care about, then get on with your week. When the forecast lines up, your phone buzzes — Wednesday afternoon is going to fire at your local, take the day off. Never miss a great day again. SITE FINDER Coastal dunes, ridge sites and soaring spots across the UK — with the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Portugal and Spain rolling out now. Find new sites within range of where you already go. Coastal sites have tide gates baked in, so you won't drive an hour to find your launch underwater. SESSION CHATS Who else is going? Lift to share? Where's everyone meeting? Session chats put you in a thread with every pilot planning to fly the same site that day. Pull up to the site already knowing who's there. WIND FLOW See where the lift is. See where the rotor is hiding. Our wind flow system overlays animated streamlines on satellite imagery of your site, calibrated to today's forecast wind direction and speed — a highly accurate picture of what the wind will be doing right at launch. Pick your launch point, spot the danger zones, fly with confidence. BUDDY SYSTEM First on site and don't want to wait for the others to land before you launch? Pick a buddy in the app before you go up. If you don't confirm a safe landing within 5 minutes, they get an alert with your last GPS location, your what3words address, and emergency-services guidance. Solo flying, with someone watching your back. FLIGHT LOGS You flew. The barometer noticed. By the time you've packed up, today's flight is in your logbook — takeoff, landing, full track on a map, personal bests, and a running total of your airtime. That airtime total matters: it's how you know when your wing is due a service. Your career, logging itself in the background. MEDIA GALLERIES Every shot from every site, in one place. Drop your photos and clips into the day's session chat — share with the exact pilots who were there with you. Look back on a season and remember why you do this. PILOT COMMUNITY The session ends, but the chats don't have to. Stay in touch with the pilots you met today through site groups, regional threads, or private chats with your usual crew. Build a network of pilots wherever you fly. COMING SOON Kit reviews, tutorials, classified ads, and more. Parakiter is shaped by what pilots actually ask for — so tell us what's missing. WHO IT'S FOR Every Parakite pilot, from your first flight onwards. Built by pilots, for pilots. PRIVACY AND DATA Your wind window, AUW, sessions and chats stay yours. We don't sell your data. Forecasts are computed on our infrastructure; chat is private to your group. SUBSCRIPTION 3 months free, then £2.49 / month for full access to site forecasts, custom wind alerts, wind flow, flight tracking, buddy safety, pilot logbook, pilot chat and coastal tide gates. Auto-renews monthly until cancelled. Cancel any time from your device's Subscriptions settings. Get in touch via the in-app chat — we read every message. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FlySafe paragliding4 screens
Parakiter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlySafe paragliding at none against Parakiter's 1. Parakiter's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Parakiter sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. FlySafe paragliding asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlySafe paragliding ships an update every 8 days, Parakiter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
FlySafe paragliding versus Parakiter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlySafe paraglidingParakiter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZan KafolMatt Gough

In-app purchases

None

FlySafe paragliding

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Parakiter

Subscriptions1
  • Parakiter Pro3 Months trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is FlySafe paragliding free?
FlySafe paragliding is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parakiter free?
Parakiter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FlySafe paragliding or Parakiter have ads?
Neither FlySafe paragliding nor Parakiter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlySafe paragliding or Parakiter?
FlySafe paragliding ships an update every 8 days, and Parakiter every 4 days. Most recently, FlySafe paragliding was updated on October 23, 2026 and Parakiter on October 28, 2026.

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