Plane Checklist vs SimFly Pad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plane Checklist
This app provides comprehensive checklists for flight simulation enthusiasts. It covers pre-start to shutdown procedures for various aircraft, enhancing realism and safety in virtual flights. Regular updates ensure current data for popular simulators.
- Comprehensive checklists
- Pre-start to shutdown procedures
- Supports popular flight simulators
- Includes major aircraft types
- Regular data updates
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The application is developed as a collection of checklists for flying in flight simulators, such as X-plane, MFS and others. We try to always update existing data and add new ones. At the moment, there are main aircraft, for example, Boeing, Airbus, Cessna, etc. Checklists contain complete information from Pre-Start Checklist to Approach, Landing and Shutdown checklists. In aviation, a preflight checklist is a list of tasks that should be performed by pilots and aircrew prior to takeoff. Its purpose is to improve flight safety by ensuring that no important tasks are forgotten. Failure to correctly conduct a preflight check using a checklist is a major contributing factor to aircraft accidents. FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY Term Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SimFly Pad
Enhance your flight simulation experience with interactive checklists, in-game camera recording, and direct cockpit control. Manage flight records and sync media to the cloud for permanent storage.
- Interactive flight checklists
- In-game virtual camera
- Cockpit instrument control
- Flight record management
- Cloud synchronization for media
- Voice interaction for checklists (Beta)
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SimFly Pad is an app focused on enhancing your flight simulation game experience. In SimFly Pad, you can quickly find a sophisticated flight checklist to help you complete each stage of your flight with precision. SimFly Pad is also the first App that comes with a built-in "Camera" allowing you to capture and record every moment of your flight through your phone. All photos and videos are supported for syncing to the cloud for permanent storage. Through the built-in Cockpit page of SimFly Pad, you can directly manipulate the simulated aircraft in your game, such as turning on or off landing lights, adjusting NAV frequencies, and other operations. (Note: The camera function requires an application installed on your PC to work) All Features: * Interactable checklist * Over ten elaborate build-in checklists. * Supports voice interaction (Beta version) * Supports importing custom checklists. * Virtual Camera * Capture and record your in-game footage in real-time. (requires SimFly Linker) * All photos/videos support lossless synchronization to the cloud. * Your flight data is also carried in your photos and videos. * Support real-time view of in-flight data. (barometric pressure, wind, altitude, etc.) * Support exporting videos with beautiful flight data charts. * All exported videos/photos would carry geographic metadata. (meaning you can view the geographic location in your system album). * Cockpit Instrument Control * Direct control of various panels during flight (autopilot, lighting, switches, flaps, etc.) * Supports A320/A330//A340/A350/A380/B737/B757/B777/B787/C250/G1000/C172/CRJ/GA/TBM930/SR22/B777CDU/StreamingScreen. * All components are implemented natively, offering higher performance and lower latency. * Flight Records * Manage all your flight records by tags. * Supports analysis and display of FDR data. * Support for reviewing the flight path. * Support generating and exporting flight path maps. The checklists currently included in the app are: * Douglas DC6A/6B * Airbus A320NX * Airbus A310 * Boeing 737 * Boeing 777 * Carenado M20R * Bombardier CRJ-500/700 * DATER TMB930 * Bae 146 * Cessna 310R * Beech King Air 350 * McDonnell Douglas 82 * Cessna 172SP * Comanche 250 More checklists and features are arriving. If you have any suggestions, please let us know via email at ethantoken@gmail.com or in the comments. NOTE: !!! Please DO NOT use this App in real flight. This App should ONLY be used for simulation games!!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimFly Pad at 60% against Plane Checklist's 0%. SimFly Pad also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 39 months). Plane Checklist's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Plane Checklist sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and SimFly Pad sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SimFly Pad holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimFly Pad has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Plane Checklist's written reviews are positive against 60% of SimFly Pad's.
Plane Checklist ships an update every 39 months, SimFly Pad every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plane Checklist | SimFly Pad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksandr Dreval | SeeingSky Inc. |
Customer experience
Plane Checklist
SimFly Pad
In-app purchases
Plane Checklist
- Full Version$0.991 Month
SimFly Pad
- SimFly Pad Premium Panel - B767$19.99
- SimFly Pad B757 Premium Panel$19.99
- Premium Panel - B737 Ng/Max$24.99
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- Premium Panel - A320$24.99
- Premium Panel - B787$24.99
- SimFlyPad Premium Panel C250$24.99
- Premium Panel - B777$24.99
- Premium Panel - A330$24.99
- Premium Panel - A380$24.99
- SimFly Pad A350 Premium Panel$24.99
- SimFly Pad A340 Premium Panel$24.99
- SimFly Pad Panel - CRJ$24.99
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