Aviation Dictionary vs FlightDeck EFB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aviation Dictionary
This app provides a comprehensive offline dictionary and reference for aviation terminology, including over 6000 words and abbreviations. It's designed for pilots, technicians, and aviation specialists to quickly access definitions, phonetic alphabets, Q-codes, and more. Features include search, bookmarking, and text-to-speech pronunciation.
- Offline access
- 6000+ aviation words & abbreviations
- Search functionality
- Bookmarking
- Text-to-speech pronunciation
- Phonetic alphabet & Q-codes
- Airline & airport information
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Aviation Dictionary is an educational and reference application created to collect and store all the most commonly used words and abbreviations in the aviation industry. It is designed to give pilots (both students and graduates), technicians, ATC , engineers and other related aviation specialist a quick reference to learn and remember all the vocabulary used in their day-to-day aviation life. FEATURES: -Works offline -Over 6000 words and abbreviations -Word/Abbreviation searching -Bookmarking -Font adjustment -Speak - Press the speak button to hear how the words sound (uses phones text-to-speech engine) -Share - You can share your favourite words & abbreviations with your friends -Find meanings of Abbreviations -Get more information on words via web search -Contribute - Send contributions straight to the developer. -Edit - Edit any incorrect information and send the edits to the developer EXTRA FEATURES: -Phonetic Alphabet - A list of all the NATO phonic characters and their respective Morse codes -Q-Codes - All the aeronautical service Q-codes and what they mean -Standard Phraseology - The standard words used in radio communications and what they mean -Aircraft Registration Prefixes - The registration prefixes painted on all aircraft for their respective country -Airlines - Information on over 100 international airlines -Airports - Information on over 2000 airports around the world -International Dialling Codes - List of countries with their cellphone country codes -Measures/Conversion Factors - The most commonly used measures in aviation with conversions to other units -V Speeds - Compilation of all V Speeds and their descriptions -Links - Links to aviation organisations, news, weather and discussion forums
FlightDeck EFB
This app digitizes the pilot's kneeboard, offering digital checklists, simple flight logging, and an intuitive notepad. It also provides a traffic screen for enhanced situational awareness when used with compatible receivers.
- Digital checklists
- Customizable checklist templates
- Simple flight logging
- Intuitive notepad
- Apple Pencil support
- Traffic screen with GDL90 receivers
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FlightDeck EFB – Your ally in the cockpit FlightDeck is the EFB app built for every pilot. It brings the workflows you've traditionally managed on paper into one clean, capable app that works just as well as an electronic kneeboard on an iPhone or iPad mini as it does mounted to the panel or yoke. Get started with these features today, with an exciting roadmap of new features on the way: Digital Checklists Simple yet powerful. Build and customise your own checklists from scratch, or start from one of our free templates. Flights A quick, simple way to log your flight details and reduce your workload in the cockpit. Record times with a single tap and jot down other vital details, making it easy to transfer to your logbook later. Weather Check the METAR and TAF for your chosen airfields at a glance, with decoded conditions or the raw reports, whichever you prefer. Notepad Write down frequencies and clearances with our simple, intuitive notepad. Apple Pencil supported. Documents Keep your own PDFs such as your POH, plates and licences to hand in the cockpit. Your documents stay on your device. Reminders Never miss a date. Track rating expiries, medical renewals and anything else with a deadline, and get notified before it's due. Traffic A traffic display for use with GDL90 receivers, as an aid to help improve your situational awareness. EFIS A EFIS screen giving attitude, ground speed, altitude and traffic data that draws from AHRS enabled GDL90 traffic receivers or simulator connectors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FlightDeck EFB at 98% against Aviation Dictionary's 40%. FlightDeck EFB also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Aviation Dictionary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. FlightDeck EFB asks for nothing beyond the download.
FlightDeck EFB holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Aviation Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 98% of FlightDeck EFB's.
Aviation Dictionary ships an update every 4 months, FlightDeck EFB every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aviation Dictionary | FlightDeck EFB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) | 4.9 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 97.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evans Mauta | GNK Softworks Ltd |
Customer experience
Aviation Dictionary
FlightDeck EFB
In-app purchases
Aviation Dictionary
- AvDic Pro - 1 Week$0.997 Days
- AvDic Pro - 1 Month$2.991 Month
- AvDic Pro - 1 Year$19.991 Year
FlightDeck EFB
No in-app purchases
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