Kodiak Performance vs VerticalWB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kodiak Performance
This app provides essential flight performance calculations for Daher Kodiak aircraft, covering takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, and emergency procedures. It features a flexible weight and balance calculator with custom arrangements and database storage for weights, plus an interactive hold calculator and risk analysis tool.
- Flight performance calculations
- Weight and Balance calculator
- Custom seating and cargo arrangements
- Interactive hold calculator
- Risk analysis tool
- Emergency glide distance calculator
- Cloud sync across devices
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Kodiak Performance computes all the useful performance numbers for flight planning for Daher Kodiak aircraft. It includes calculations for takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, instrument procedures as well as emergencies. It has a flexible Weight and Balance calculator that allows custom seating and cabin cargo arrangements. The W&B calculator also allows storing common crew and passenger weights in a database for quick reuse. The app also includes an interactive hold calculator, a risk analysis tool, and an emergency glide distance calculator that handles head and tailwinds. Kodiak Performance is also available on other mobile devices and 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 to the Internet. Kodiak Performance is a free, open-source development effort and has Apps and WebApps for other aircraft. See http://pohperformance.com for complete details.
VerticalWB
A streamlined weight and balance calculator for Robinson helicopter pilots. It offers offline functionality and a clean interface for easily calculating fuel, gross weight, and CG projections. Supports custom helicopter profiles for quick preflight calculations.
- Offline weight and balance calculation
- Supports R22, R44, R66 models
- Calculates max fuel, recommended fuel, gross weight, CG
- In-flight CG projections
- Unlimited custom helicopter profiles
- Clean and simple user interface
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The most streamlined Weight and balance calculator for Robinson Pilots. Works 100% Offline. VerticalWB is a modern helicopter weight and balance calculator designed for pilots flying Robinson Helicopters. This app's User Interface is modern, simple, clean, and effective. So that any pilot or flight school can easily use it. This app is not affiliated with the Robinson Helicopter Company. Easily calculate your: Max Fuel Recommended Fuel Total Gross Weight Longitudinal CG Lateral CG In-Flight CG projections and see all the calculation numbers yourself! VerticalWB allows you to add an unlimited amount of custom helicopter profiles to use at anytime. Just enter in the weights of the pilots, passengers, and cargo, and watch VerticalWB do the rest! Speed up your preflight with VerticalWB! R22 Weight and Balance, R44 Weight and Balance, R66 Weight and Balance! --Disclaimer-- This weight & balance and CG calculator app is built using data strictly from the Robinson POH's. This application's logic has been extensively verified to ensure accurate reliability. That being said, this app has no affiliation with Robinson Helicopters. The calculations this app produces are subject to coding errors and inaccuracy. Remember 14 CFR § 91.3(a): "The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft." ---- Contact us or Report Bugs to: Verticalweightbalance@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kodiak Performance at Free against VerticalWB's $1.99. Kodiak Performance also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). VerticalWB's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Kodiak Performance is free to download; VerticalWB costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kodiak Performance against 5.0 for VerticalWB. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.
Kodiak Performance ships an update every 2 months, VerticalWB every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kodiak Performance | VerticalWB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | POH Performance L.L.C. | Sean Heiken |
Customer experience
Kodiak Performance
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In-app purchases
Kodiak Performance
No in-app purchases
VerticalWB
No in-app purchases
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