Comparison

PA28 Performance vs iamSafer

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

Head to head
About

PA28 Performance

This app calculates essential performance data for Piper PA-28 aircraft flight planning. It covers takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, and emergency procedures, along with an interactive hold calculator and risk analysis tool. Cloud sync ensures your flight plans are accessible across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Flight performance calculations
  • Takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent
  • Emergency procedures
  • Interactive hold calculator
  • Risk analysis tool
  • Emergency glide distance calculator
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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PA28 Performance computes all the useful performance numbers for flight planning for Piper model PA28 Aircraft. It includes calculations for takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, instrument procedures as well as emergencies. It also includes an interactive hold calculator, a risk analysis tool, and an emergency glide distance calculator that handles head and tailwinds. PA28 Performance is also available as a WebApp (an App that runs in a browser) that runs on a variety of platforms (PC, Mac, tablets, phones). The Cloud Sync feature allows flight planning profiles entered on any device to be synchronized with your other devices when connected. PA28 Performance is a free, published-source development effort and has Apps and WebApps for other aircraft. See http://pohperformance.com for complete details.

About

iamSafer

Features
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Every flight makes the next one safer. IamSafe is a preflight risk assessment app for general aviation pilots. It brings the structured briefing conversation a flight instructor has with a student into every flight you plan — whether you're a student pilot or a 1,000-hour instrument pilot. Most GA accidents come down to decision-making under pressure: get-there-itis, fatigue, and marginal weather that looks "probably fine." IamSafe walks you through the same structured process an instructor would, surfaces the risks honestly, and makes the safe decision the easy one. A LOGBOOK THAT KNOWS YOU The logbook is at the core of iamSafer. Import from the major logbook providers and see your story come alive — your flights on a map, totals and breakdowns, and currency tracking for your ratings, flight review, and medical. Your logbook isn't just a record, it's your story: IamSafe understands your hours in type and recency, and briefs you for the pilot you actually are. AI FLIGHT BRIEFER Plan your flight in a conversation, not a form. Tell the briefer where you're flying, in what aircraft, and when — it fetches real-time weather and NOTAMs, checks conditions against your personal minimums, and asks the questions an instructor would: How did you sleep? Why this flight? Any pressure to go? Then it delivers a clear risk narrative built on the PAVE and IMSAFE frameworks. YOUR MINIMUMS, NOT JUST LEGAL MINIMUMS Set personal weather minimums for ceiling, visibility, crosswind, and total wind — separately for day and night. IamSafe applies the right set based on civil twilight at your departure and destination, and flags every violation with the actual value next to your limit. WEATHER AND NOTAMS, DECODED Current METARs and TAFs aligned to your departure and arrival times, flight categories, crosswind and headwind components for every runway, and active NOTAMs and TFRs — interpreted, not just dumped on the screen. YOUR HANGAR Keep your aircraft on file, with FAA registry lookup by N-number, so every briefing starts with the right airplane. FREE AND SUBSCRIPTION FEATURES Logbook analysis is free. A subscription unlocks personal minimums and full logbook editing (Logbook plan) or adds flight planning and the AI flight briefer (Pilot plan). BUILT BY PILOTS, FOR PILOTS IamSafe will never tell you to go. The go/no-go decision is yours alone, as pilot in command. What IamSafe does is make every risk visible — so when you decide, you decide with the full picture. IamSafe is a planning and decision-support tool. It does not replace an official weather briefing or your preflight responsibilities under applicable regulations.

Screenshots

PA28 Performance4 screens
iamSafer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iamSafer at 5.0 against PA28 Performance's 4.5. PA28 Performance's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iamSafer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PA28 Performance asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iamSafer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PA28 Performance has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PA28 Performance ships an update every 6 weeks, iamSafer monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PA28 Performance versus iamSafer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPA28 PerformanceiamSafer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPOH Performance L.L.C.Runway 31, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

PA28 Performance

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

iamSafer

Subscriptions4
  • Logbook14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pilot14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Logbook14 Days trial$49.001 Year
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  • Pilot14 Days trial$149.001 Year

Questions

Is PA28 Performance free?
PA28 Performance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iamSafer free?
iamSafer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PA28 Performance or iamSafer?
iamSafer is rated higher. PA28 Performance averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while iamSafer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PA28 Performance or iamSafer have ads?
Neither PA28 Performance nor iamSafer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PA28 Performance or iamSafer?
PA28 Performance ships an update every 6 weeks, and iamSafer monthly. Most recently, PA28 Performance was updated on October 24, 2026 and iamSafer on October 24, 2026.

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