xcNav vs pgpilot flight companion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
xcNav
This app provides essential navigation tools for paramotor pilots, including waypoints, ETAs, and live location sharing. It also offers group chat, airspace charts, weather information, and proximity warnings with external hardware.
- Navigation tools (waypoints, ETAs)
- Live location sharing
- Group chat
- Airspace sectional charts
- Weather tools
- ADSB-in proximity warnings
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- Navigation tools (waypoints, ETAs, etc) - Live location sharing - Live shared waypoints - Group chat - Airspace sectional charts - Weather tools - ADSB-in with proximity warnings (requires external hardware)
pgpilot flight companion
This app provides paragliding pilots with essential flight tools, including navigation, thermal assist, and instrument panels. It features voice chat, group creation for task sharing, and visualization of landing spots with glide range. Beta users are encouraged to provide feedback.
- Thermal assist
- Navigation
- Instrument panels
- External vario + PTT button
- Voice chat
- Group creation and private chats
- Glide range visualization
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Simply the most awesome flight companion for paragliding. Just log in and fly! Features: - All the standard stuff: thermal assist, navigation, instrument panels etc. - External vario + PTT button over bluetooth. - Voice chat directly in the app (!) - Create groups with private chats, share tasks, etc. - Visualize potential landing spots with glide range layer on the map. - Takeoffs, landings, live wind, thermal hotspots, ++ We are in beta, expect some hard edges and give feedback! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pgpilot.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: pgpilot flight companion at 100% against xcNav's 20%. pgpilot flight companion also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). xcNav's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. pgpilot flight companion sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. xcNav asks for nothing beyond the download.
pgpilot flight companion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of xcNav's written reviews are positive against 100% of pgpilot flight companion's.
xcNav ships an update every 6 weeks, pgpilot flight companion every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | xcNav | pgpilot flight companion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Caleb Johnson | eide.ai |
Customer experience
xcNav
pgpilot flight companion
In-app purchases
xcNav
No in-app purchases
pgpilot flight companion
- Supporter$1.991 Month
- pgpilot Supporter$6.001 Month
- pgpilot Early Supporter14 Days trial$29.001 Year
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- pgpilot Supporter Year$39.001 Year
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