Comparison

Fly With Greg vs Skybase

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

Head to head
About

Fly With Greg

Learn paragliding from a seasoned instructor with over 150 hours of lessons, tutorials, and livestreams. This app offers a structured training system from beginner to advanced levels, complemented by a private community chatroom for support and advice.

Highlights
  • Structured paragliding lessons
  • Beginner to advanced training
  • Over 150 hours of content
  • Private community chatroom
  • On-demand video access
  • Professional coaching
Features
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Wing control, how to thermal, active flying. Launching, landing, ground handlilng. Mountain flying, weather, cross country, competitions. Learn about everything and build your skills! Greg is a qualified Chief Instructor with 30 years of experience. He developed this app to complement your flight school training and help you to level up with professional coaching. Access the structured training system that takes you from beginner level to cross-country pilot and beyond, with over 150 hours of paragliding lessons, livestreams, tutorials and flight debriefs. Ask questions in the private chatroom. Surround yourself with a friendly community of informed pilots, who can help you fly! It's easy to become a good pilot when you have the right examples to watch. I share all my best practices and explain why they work so you can develop safe habits. Access on-demand videos on your favorite device anytime, anywhere. Start watching free paragliding lessons, or sign up to access the full academy features. FLY WITH GREG https://flywithgreg.com/pages/terms-of-service https://flywithgreg.com/pages/privacy-policy

About

Skybase

This paragliding app provides pre-flight decision support with site-specific go/no-go scores, wind forecasts, and thermal predictions. In the air, it offers a GPS vario, topo maps, and airspace warnings. Post-flight, it features a detailed logbook with 3D replay and gear tracking.

Highlights
  • Pre-flight go/no-go scoring
  • Wind reports and thermal forecasts
  • GPS + barometer vario with audio
  • In-flight topo map and airspace warnings
  • Logbook with 3D terrain replay
  • Per-wing gear tracking
  • In-flight SOS and overdue-landing alert
Features
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Skybase is a paragliding companion that helps you decide if, when, and where to fly — then flies with you. PRE-FLIGHT • Per-site go/no-go score tuned to your skill level • Wind report + 18-hour trend and nearby live wind stations • Thermal forecast: when lift switches on, peaks, and off • Wind-aloft sounding + thermal-trigger hints from terrain & sun IN THE AIR • GPS + barometer vario with audio, sun-readable display • Background IGC recording, in-flight topo map, airspace warnings • Final-glide reach cone, live wind from your turns, XC scoring AFTER • Logbook with track playback, 3D terrain replay, stats & achievements • Per-wing gear tracking — flights, airtime and distance on each wing • One-tap upload to your XC league, IGC sharing, per-wing glide polar SAFETY — always free • In-flight SOS and an overdue-landing alert that can text or call your emergency contact with your last position COMING SOON — SKYBASE PRO • "Watch me fly" live tracking for family, seeing pilots nearby, and the automatic no-check-in alert Offline-first and private — your data stays on your device; your position is shared only when you turn it on. Decision support only, never a clearance — always make your own go/no-go call and carry current charts.

Screenshots

Fly With Greg3 screens
Skybase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skybase at none against Fly With Greg's 2. Fly With Greg's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Fly With Greg sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month. Skybase asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fly With Greg against 5.0 for Skybase. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fly With Greg has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fly With Greg ships an update monthly, Skybase every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fly With Greg versus Skybase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly With GregSkybase
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (24 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreg HamertonKarel Plevac

Customer experience

Fly With Greg

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Skybase

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fly With Greg

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$34.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$349.991 Year
None

Skybase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fly With Greg free?
Fly With Greg is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skybase free?
Skybase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fly With Greg or Skybase?
Fly With Greg and Skybase are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 24 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Fly With Greg or Skybase have ads?
Neither Fly With Greg nor Skybase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fly With Greg or Skybase?
Fly With Greg ships an update monthly, and Skybase every 3 weeks. Most recently, Fly With Greg was updated on October 8, 2026 and Skybase on October 11, 2026.

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