Comparison

FlightView EFIS vs Flight Display

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

Head to head
About

FlightView EFIS

This app transforms your iPad into a comprehensive flight display and navigator for experimental and light sport aircraft. It offers a full suite of flight and engine instruments, VFR navigation tools, and advanced situational awareness features. Requires compatible hardware for aircraft operation.

Highlights
  • Primary Flight Display (PFD)
  • Engine Monitoring System (EMS)
  • Moving Map Navigation
  • Situational Awareness Alerts
  • VHF Communications
  • Autopilot Integration
  • Transponder Control
Features
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FlightView is a revolutionary new Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS) for experimental and light sport aircraft. The FlightView app turns your iPad into a comprehensive flight display and touch-screen navigator, providing a full suite of modern flight and engine instruments, VFR navigation tools, and situational awareness. Please Note: The FlightView app works with the FlightView line of hardware components from Falken Avionics. You can test out FlightView without a FlightBox, but the hardware is required to operate an aircraft. Flight Instruments The Primary Flight Display (PFD) includes: - Attitude Indicator - Altimeter - Airspeed Indicator - Vertical Speed Indicator - Slip / Skid Indicator - G Meter - HSI (Heading Indicator) - Outside Air Temperature (OAT) - True Airspeed - Density Altitude - GPS Course - GPS Ground Track - GPS Ground Speed - GPS Altitude - Flight duration - Local, and Zulu time - Altitude, Airspeed, VSI and heading bugs Engine Instruments The Engine Monitoring System (EMS) bar displays: - RPM - Manifold Pressure - Oil Pressure - Oil Temperature - Cylinder Head Temperature (CHT) - Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT) - Voltage - Amperage - Fuel Level (Left / Right) - Fuel Pressure - Fuel Flow Navigation Tools The Multifunction Display (MFD) includes: - Moving Map - Nearest airport finder - Direct-To navigation - Multi-point Flight Plan - Airport Diagrams - Instrument Approach Plates - Instrument Approach Procedures - Visual flight planning (drag / tap) - US controlled and special use airspace - Database of US airports, nav-aids, and fixes - Detailed base maps - Street Map mode - ETA / ETE Situational Awareness - ADS-B NEXRAD radar - ADS-B METAR / flight category display - ADS-B traffic - Traffic alerts - Airspace alerts - Terrain alerts - Terrain profile view - Engine anomaly alerts - Fuel tank switch reminder - Waypoint and destination briefing - Runway monitor - Obstacle monitor VHF Communications - Nearby airport frequencies - Flight plan airport frequencies - Recent frequencies - One-touch frequency set for active airport - Supports two radios (COM1, COM2) Autopilot Integration - Lateral control of most digital autopilots (NMEA) - Navigation output with SmartTurn overshoot prevention - Full remote control of TruTrak Vizion / BendixKing xCruze Transponder Integration - Remote control of Trig TT21 / TT22 transponders - IDENT, mode, and squawk configuration Other Cool Features - Automatically sets altimeter based on closest METAR - Day and night mode for better visibility - Integrated music player - iOS sensor backup mode - Multi-display (use multiple iPads) - Full screen PFD, full screen MFD, or split screen - FlightBar integration, for tactile controls in rough air - iPad thermal monitor and alert

About

Flight Display

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The Flight Display provides you with main flight instruments in digital format. Your iPhone or Cellular iPad already has all required sensors inside – just install the app and it is ready for flight. The Flight Display’s fusion algorithms use internal device GNSS module and sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer) to calculate all parameters. NOTE: Device internal GNSS module does not provide required stability and precision? Just connect an external GNSS sensor (receiver) to your device and it is ready for more! The Flight Display app is simple and flexible, offering you to: - Create multiple profiles for different aircrafts or conditions. One profile – one unique set of settings; - Setup units and ranges of displayed parameters. Enable alarms for parameters and adjust alarm intervals; - Customize appearance of indicators; - Select portrait or landscape interface orientation; - Mount the device in any position inside the cabin – the app is smart enough to perform correct calculation of attitude and all other parameters even if the device axes are not aligned with the aircraft axes. Just run app’s built-in device orientation adjustment mode and fix the device in any convenient position. List of indicators: - Primary Display indicator; - Ground speed indicator; - Altitude indicator; - Heading indicator; - Turn coordinator/Turn indicator; - Chronometer (with multiple time display modes); - Flight info indicator; - GNSS info indicator; - Device status info indicator; - Destination point info indicator. Result fusion parameters / calculated parameters: - Heading (based on GNSS course/magnetic heading/true magnetic heading); - Ground speed; - Altitude; - Attitude angles (pitch and roll); - Coordinates; - Heading rate; - Flight parameters (time, passed distance, average speed, distance to start point); - Destination point parameters (distance, azimuth, course, reach time).

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FlightView EFIS at Free against Flight Display's $12.99. FlightView EFIS also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Flight Display's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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

FlightView EFIS is free to download; Flight Display costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FlightView EFIS versus Flight Display: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightView EFISFlight Display
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFalken Avionics, LLCNAVSTEP, TOO

In-app purchases

None

FlightView EFIS

No in-app purchases

None

Flight Display

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlightView EFIS free?
FlightView EFIS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flight Display free?
Flight Display costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlightView EFIS or Flight Display have ads?
Neither FlightView EFIS nor Flight Display shows ads.

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