SwitcheOn vs Virtual PAPI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwitcheOn
Control your power outlets and thermostat remotely. Features include multi-channel power control with temperature sensing and automations. It also offers advanced thermostat functionality for various HVAC systems.
- Remote power control (2 or 4 channels)
- Temperature sensor and OLED display
- Time and temperature automations
- Thermostat for HVAC systems
- Multi-stage fan and heat source control
- Easy programming for schedules
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Remote power control and thermostat that Just Works Power Control: *2 or 4 channels and up to 15 amps (1800 watts) *Temperature sensor *Bright OLED display *Local and ZULU time *Automations (Time,temperature minimum/maximum) for each channel Thermostat: * Works with most residential, commercial and RV HVAC systems * 6 outputs to control multi-stage fans, compressors and multiple heat sources * Easy programming for day, time, or day of week
Virtual PAPI
This app offers adjustable visual descent guidance for any runway, allowing pilots to select airports and runways, then customize descent angles and aiming points. It provides accurate vertical guidance for various approach types and works offline with an extensive runway database.
- Adjustable visual descent guidance
- Select airport and runway
- Customize descent angle and aiming point
- Accurate vertical guidance
- Works offline
- 30,000+ runway database
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Pilots love runways with visual descent guidance, such as PAPI or VASI, but unfortunately they don't exist everywhere. This app provides an adjustable visual descent guidance for every runway on the planet. The pilot can select an airport, a runway, adjust the desired descent angle and the aiming point, then Virtual PAPI will create a glide slope indicator style. The glide slope will provide accurate vertical guidance to the aiming point from any direction, 360 degrees, providing a valuable guidance for any type of approach, like base entries, short approaches, straight-ins, etc. The app comes with over 30 thousand runways in its offline database, and more will be added as they are discovered. The app works completely offline and never tries to use the internet. All it needs is access to your location. Virtual PAPI is and free and open source, with all the code available on GitHub.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Virtual PAPI at 5.0 against SwitcheOn's 4.5. Virtual PAPI also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). SwitcheOn's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual PAPI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SwitcheOn has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of SwitcheOn's written reviews are positive against 100% of Virtual PAPI's.
SwitcheOn ships an update every 2 months, Virtual PAPI every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwitcheOn | Virtual PAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Malmoset, LLC | Marlon Dutra |
Customer experience
SwitcheOn
Virtual PAPI
In-app purchases
SwitcheOn
No in-app purchases
Virtual PAPI
No in-app purchases
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