SeeYou Navigator vs xcNav
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SeeYou Navigator
This app provides navigation for soaring pilots, recording flights and offering safety features like glide assistance. It displays live weather and traffic data, connects to cockpit instruments, and allows direct uploads to online contest platforms.
- Flight recording
- Safe landing glide assistance
- Live weather and traffic data
- Bluetooth instrument connection
- Direct upload to online contests
- Task navigation
- Airspace warnings
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Want to fly light-weight? Just going for a quick flight or two and don’t want all the heavy equipment? Install SeeYou Navigator on your iPhone and let it record the flight for you. Simple to use – Works just like other apps that you know Safety first – Helps maintain safe final glide to landing places nearby Live data – complements your other flight electronics with live weather and traffic data Connect to external instruments via Bluetooth - share and use data with your instruments in the cockpit Upload to OLC, WeGlide, XContest - claim your flight right after you land directly from the app Fly a Task - Full support for gliding, paragliding and hang-gliding tasks Main features: - Personalize screen layout - Navigate to target or around a task - Airspace warnings - Full-suite of Navboxes for cross country flights - Thermal assistant - Rain Radar layer - Live Open Glider Network traffic layer - SeeYou Logbook - Support for Bluetooth LE flight instruments - Integration with TopMeteo weather forecasts - Integration with SkySight forecasts - Upload to online contests
xcNav
This app provides essential navigation tools for paramotor pilots, including waypoints, ETAs, and live location sharing. It also offers group chat, airspace charts, weather information, and proximity warnings with external hardware.
- Navigation tools (waypoints, ETAs)
- Live location sharing
- Group chat
- Airspace sectional charts
- Weather tools
- ADSB-in proximity warnings
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- Navigation tools (waypoints, ETAs, etc) - Live location sharing - Live shared waypoints - Group chat - Airspace sectional charts - Weather tools - ADSB-in with proximity warnings (requires external hardware)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: xcNav at none against SeeYou Navigator's 2. SeeYou Navigator's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 20%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. SeeYou Navigator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. xcNav asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for SeeYou Navigator against 4.0 for xcNav. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SeeYou Navigator has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of SeeYou Navigator's written reviews are positive against 20% of xcNav's.
SeeYou Navigator ships an update weekly, xcNav every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SeeYou Navigator | xcNav |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (27 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naviter | Caleb Johnson |
Customer experience
SeeYou Navigator
xcNav
In-app purchases
SeeYou Navigator
- SeeYou Subscription - 1 month$14.991 Month
- SeeYou Subscription - 1 year14 Days trial$54.991 Year
xcNav
No in-app purchases
Questions
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