Constant WX Brief vs PilotAWOS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Constant WX Brief
Plan your flights with instant weather summaries and personal minimums. Quickly view icing and turbulence forecasts to find optimal departure times and altitudes. Access up to 48 hours of hourly forecasts and 72 hours of downloaded data for offline use.
- Instant weather summaries
- Personal minimums support
- Icing and turbulence viewer
- Hourly forecasts up to 48 hours
- Offline functionality
- Supports phones and tablets
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Instant weather planning with support for your personal minimums. Weather is summarized using simple icons to make decision making easier. Find the best time and altitude for departure with the fastest and easiest icing and turbulence viewer available. See hourly forecasts for up to 48 hours. Makes finding the best departure time easier. Full support on both phones and tablets. Whatever device you have handy is all you need to brief weather instantly. Once data is downloaded (for up to 72 hours) all functionality is implemented right on your device. No big brother watching and no need for internet connectivity. We take airplane mode seriously.
PilotAWOS
This app provides pilots with instant, real-time weather data from nearby automated observation stations. It focuses on critical information like wind direction, barometer readings, and VFR status for immediate flight planning. Available as both a phone and watch app, it offers customizable complications and widgets.
- Instant AWOS station readings
- Nearby station locator
- Watch face complications
- Phone home screen widgets
- Direct National Weather Service data
- Location-based station selection
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As a pilot, the weather a few days from now doesn't matter as much as the weather Right Now. You need the current wind direction, at the nearest airfield, for the best runway. You need the current barometer reading for your altimeter. You need to know if the field is still VFR. And you need it fast. PilotAWOS puts the National Weather Service's automated observation stations on your wrist or your home screen. Instantly see the most recent reading from a nearby AWOS station. A Phone app if you use your phone on your panel, and a Watch app if you don't Has watch-face complications and phone widgets, settable to specific stations Works wherever you have data connectivity Data is fetched directly from the National Weather Service, without any intermediate backends or analytics collection. Your location is used only to locate nearby AWOS stations, and isn't tracked or recorded.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Constant WX Brief at none against PilotAWOS's 4. Constant WX Brief also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (110 vs 8). PilotAWOS's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). 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. PilotAWOS sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Constant WX Brief asks for nothing beyond the download.
Constant WX Brief holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Constant WX Brief has 110 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Constant WX Brief's written reviews are positive against 100% of PilotAWOS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Constant WX Brief ships an update every 2 weeks, PilotAWOS every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Constant WX Brief | PilotAWOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (110 ratings) — better | 4.6 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Lederman | Rogers George |
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In-app purchases
Constant WX Brief
No in-app purchases
PilotAWOS
- Start 30-day Free TrialFree
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- Tip$0.99
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