Comparison

XCMania vs Wingover

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

Head to head
About

XCMania

This app transforms your mobile device into a sophisticated flight computer, offering advanced features like real-time weather radar, 3D thermal visualization, and automated SOS alerts. It provides certified flight records and integrates with online contests, aiming to enhance pilot decision-making and safety.

Highlights
  • Real-time Doppler weather radar
  • 3D thermal visualization
  • Live Tracking with automatic SOS
  • Certified flight record for online contests
  • Flight Planner
  • Global elevation and airspace maps
  • Support for external varios and FLARM devices
Features
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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

About

Wingover

Features
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Wingover helps you plan and record your paramotor flights. No ads. No analytics. No account necessary. Open source software. Privacy first: Your flights stay on your device unless you turn on sync. One tap starts recording. GPS track, altitude, climb rate, and groundspeed are captured every second and survive screen-off, backgrounding, and even an app crash. Recording outranks everything. IN FLIGHT • Live instruments: groundspeed, altitude, climb rate, heading, flight timer, distance from launch • Records with the screen off; speaks waypoint callouts aloud • Sunlight-readable, gloves-first design LOGBOOK • Every flight with its stats: duration, distance, max and average speed, altitude, launch and landing points • Cumulative airtime and flight count • Replay any flight on the map • GPX export and import: your data, in open formats, forever PLANNING • Drop pins for launches, LZs, fuel stops, and hazards • Satellite and street maps SYNC (OPTIONAL) Subscribe to back your flights up and see them on any device at wingover.app. Prefer full control? Point the app at your own free sync server instead; both work identically. A lapsed subscription never locks you out: everything you synced stays readable and exportable. Open source (AGPL). Built by a pilot, for pilots. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

XCMania4 screens
Wingover4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wingover at daily against XCMania's every 3 weeks. XCMania's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. XCMania sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Wingover sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XCMania ships an update every 3 weeks, Wingover daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
XCMania versus Wingover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXCManiaWingover
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer刚 刘Alexander Harding

In-app purchases

2 purchases

XCMania

Subscriptions2
  • Competition - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Competition - Annual$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Wingover

Subscriptions2
  • Wingover Sync1 Year trial$2.991 Month
  • Wingover Sync1 Year trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is XCMania free?
XCMania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wingover free?
Wingover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do XCMania or Wingover have ads?
Neither XCMania nor Wingover shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XCMania or Wingover?
XCMania ships an update every 3 weeks, and Wingover daily. Most recently, XCMania was updated on October 13, 2026 and Wingover on October 6, 2026.

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