Pilot Brief vs FlightSpan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pilot Brief
This app provides essential weather information and calculations for airline pilots. It offers airport and route weather data, decoding capabilities, and unit conversions to aid in flight planning and operations.
- Airport and route weather data
- Weather decoding
- Calculation tools
- Unit conversions
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PilotBrief App includes: Airport and Route Weather Decoding and Calculation Conversions of units
FlightSpan
This app offers comprehensive flight operations tools for remote aviation. It includes flight planning, logging, performance calculations, and real-time tracking with communication capabilities. Users can access company charts, weather information, and hazard tracking for enhanced safety and efficiency.
- Flight planning tools
- Daily flight logs
- Weight and balance calculations
- Takeoff and landing performance
- Flight tracking and communication
- Moving map with custom charts
- NOTAM and hazard tracking
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A complete flight operations software solution specifically designed for remote contexts. FlightSpan provides flight crews with tools for flight planning, daily flight logs/journey logs, weight and balance, takeoff and landing performance, departure and arrival briefings with company runway charts, flight tracking and two way communications (when paired with a v2 Tracker), moving map with capability to use custom/company navigation charts, Notam and hazard identification tracking and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FlightSpan at 100% against Pilot Brief's 0%. FlightSpan also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
FlightSpan is free to download; Pilot Brief costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FlightSpan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FlightSpan has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pilot Brief's written reviews are positive against 100% of FlightSpan's.
Pilot Brief ships an update every 3 weeks, FlightSpan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pilot Brief | FlightSpan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zlatko Blagus | JAARS, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pilot Brief
FlightSpan
In-app purchases
Pilot Brief
No in-app purchases
FlightSpan
No in-app purchases
