Comparison

FlightDeck EFB vs Sim Flights Tracker

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

Head to head
About

FlightDeck EFB

This app digitizes the pilot's kneeboard, offering digital checklists, simple flight logging, and an intuitive notepad. It also provides a traffic screen for enhanced situational awareness when used with compatible receivers.

Highlights
  • Digital checklists
  • Customizable checklist templates
  • Simple flight logging
  • Intuitive notepad
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Traffic screen with GDL90 receivers
Features
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FlightDeck EFB – Your ally in the cockpit FlightDeck is the EFB app built for every pilot. It brings the workflows you've traditionally managed on paper into one clean, capable app that works just as well as an electronic kneeboard on an iPhone or iPad mini as it does mounted to the panel or yoke. Get started with these features today, with an exciting roadmap of new features on the way: Digital Checklists Simple yet powerful. Build and customise your own checklists from scratch, or start from one of our free templates. Flights A quick, simple way to log your flight details and reduce your workload in the cockpit. Record times with a single tap and jot down other vital details, making it easy to transfer to your logbook later. Weather Check the METAR and TAF for your chosen airfields at a glance, with decoded conditions or the raw reports, whichever you prefer. Notepad Write down frequencies and clearances with our simple, intuitive notepad. Apple Pencil supported. Documents Keep your own PDFs such as your POH, plates and licences to hand in the cockpit. Your documents stay on your device. Reminders Never miss a date. Track rating expiries, medical renewals and anything else with a deadline, and get notified before it's due. Traffic A traffic display for use with GDL90 receivers, as an aid to help improve your situational awareness. EFIS A EFIS screen giving attitude, ground speed, altitude and traffic data that draws from AHRS enabled GDL90 traffic receivers or simulator connectors.

About

Sim Flights Tracker

Track live aircraft on the Vatsim and Ivao networks. View detailed flight information, network statistics, and an interactive map showing aircraft positions in real-time.

Highlights
  • Live aircraft tracking
  • Vatsim and Ivao network data
  • Flight information display
  • Network flight statistics
  • Custom interactive map
Features
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Sim Flights Tracker is an app that tracks aircraft that are live on the Vatsim and Ivao network. With this app you can see flight information, number of flights on the Vatsim and Ivao network, and a lot of other flight related data. There is also a custom map that shows exactly where the aircraft are at any given time in their flight.

Screenshots

FlightDeck EFB4 screens
Sim Flights Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FlightDeck EFB at none against Sim Flights Tracker's shown. FlightDeck EFB also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (28 vs 3). Sim Flights Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for FlightDeck EFB against 5.0 for Sim Flights Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FlightDeck EFB has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FlightDeck EFB versus Sim Flights Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightDeck EFBSim Flights Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (28 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGNK Softworks LtdDonald Sepeng

Customer experience

FlightDeck EFB

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive97.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative0.0%

Sim Flights Tracker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlightDeck EFB

No in-app purchases

None

Sim Flights Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlightDeck EFB free?
FlightDeck EFB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sim Flights Tracker free?
Sim Flights Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FlightDeck EFB or Sim Flights Tracker?
Sim Flights Tracker is rated higher. FlightDeck EFB averages 4.9 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Sim Flights Tracker averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do FlightDeck EFB or Sim Flights Tracker have ads?
Sim Flights Tracker shows ads; FlightDeck EFB does not.
Which is updated more often, FlightDeck EFB or Sim Flights Tracker?
FlightDeck EFB ships an update every 2 months, and Sim Flights Tracker every 2 months. Most recently, FlightDeck EFB was updated on September 23, 2026 and Sim Flights Tracker on June 5, 2026.

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