Comparison

Pilot Weather DATIS vs AvWx

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

Head to head
About

Pilot Weather DATIS

This app provides at-a-glance weather information for iOS devices, including Lock Screen widgets and a fully functional watch app. It displays local weather, DATIS data, and real-time Metar reports, with support for global locations and saved favorites.

Highlights
  • Local weather at a glance
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Fully functional watch app
  • DATIS and Metar data
  • Global location dataset
  • Airport favorites and search
Features
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Pilot Weather is a at glance weather app for all your iOS devices. Pilot Weather offers: - Local weather at a glance, multiple widgets in Lock Screen - Fully functional watch app - DATIS data if present for the location, with handy widgets as needed - Real time Metar if DATIS is not present, also 1 min weather if available - Mac, Phone widgets. Add to Notification Center, Home Screen or Lock Screen. - Watch complication works best with modular watch face, multiple circular accessories as well - Global location dataset - Favorites can be added with a simple slide, go live with multiple airports - Search on watch, phone and Mac. (just type in the icao code) Disclaimer: Do not use as sole weather source, Use FAA approved sources for flight.

About

AvWx

Provides pilots and dispatchers with fast, reliable aviation weather information. It integrates data from official sources into an intuitive interface for operational decision-making, offering features like METAR/TAF analysis and advisory highlights.

Highlights
  • METAR & TAF runway wind components
  • FAA Advisories integration
  • Unlimited airport tracking (Pro)
  • Extended Apple Weather forecasts (Pro)
  • Sun & moon events visualization (Pro)
  • Alternate requirements highlighting (Pro)
  • Offline-aware operation
Features
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Situational awareness for pilots and dispatchers — every airport you care about, on one screen. AvWx pulls AviationWeather.gov, NOAA radar, FAA advisories, Digital ATIS, NWS alerts and Apple Weather into a single operational picture, so you can read a whole day of flying without opening five apps. THE TAF TIMELINE Every TAF drawn on one time axis, instead of read as a wall of code. • Overlapping conditional groups made obvious — TEMPO and PROB sit in their own band beneath the prevailing periods, so you can see at a glance exactly which hours they cut across • Runway wind components for every forecast period, not just for the current METAR — head and crosswind for each end as the wind shifts through the day • Apple Weather's hourly precipitation overlaid on the same axis — type, intensity and chance, hour by hour, so a second independent forecast reads directly against the TAF's own periods • Flight category, visibility, ceiling and present weather as coloured bars you can read in a second • The current METAR and the current time overlaid, anchoring the forecast to what is actually happening • Day, night and twilight bands with moon visibility behind the whole timeline • Alternate requirements and likely runway configuration changes flagged as they arrive WHAT SETS IT APART • Every airport side by side — METAR, TAF, radar and advisories for all of them at once, no switching back and forth • Live radar on every airport tile, plus the nearest cell's distance and bearing • Advisories that actually reach you — SIGMETs, CWAs and NWS alerts matched to your airport's position, not just its region • See when another airport's Ground Stop or Ground Delay Program is holding your departure, with the ARTCC centers it covers shaded on a map FREE • Up to five airports • METAR and TAF, decoded and clearly formatted • The full TAF timeline, in airport local time or UTC • FAA advisories and SIGMET/CWA alerts, with live countdowns PREMIUM Unlimited airports and everything below. One-week free trial, and it removes ads. MAPS & RADAR • Radar reflectivity, echo tops and precipitation type, with an animated loop • Nationwide NWS alert regions, colour-coded by product, with storm motion vectors • Airspace overlays — tap any boundary to identify it • Wildfire smoke in two layers — satellite-observed plumes, which include smoke aloft, and a separate near-surface forecast • Satellite imagery, including a zoom straight to any runway end WEATHER DEPTH • Extended Apple Weather forecasts, hourly and daily • Minute-by-minute next-hour precipitation with a rising, steady or falling trend • Density altitude, heat index, and forecast against historical normals • Sun and moon events, twilight bands, moon phase and visibility OPERATIONS • Favored runways and wind components for the current METAR, with short-runway filtering • Decoded D-ATIS beside the raw broadcast — approaches and runways in use, wind shear, PRM, CAT II/III • Saved locations beyond airports — home, layover cities, anywhere — with full forecasts • Cloud-synced airport lists, offline-aware, with connection status and last-sync time BUILT FOR Pilots working tight turns. Dispatchers watching many stations at once. International crews managing alternates, ETOPS, driftdown and redispatch. Anyone who needs to see evolving weather across a lot of airports, quickly. An in-app Guide and symbol Legend explain every bar, glyph and colour, so nothing on screen is a mystery. AvWx is a professional supplement, not a replacement for certified flight-planning tools. Optimized for iPad. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://avwxllc.github.io/privacy-policy.md

Screenshots

Pilot Weather DATIS4 screens
AvWx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pilot Weather DATIS at none against AvWx's 2. Pilot Weather DATIS also leads on ads (none vs shown). AvWx's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. AvWx sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Pilot Weather DATIS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pilot Weather DATIS ships an update every 6 months, AvWx every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pilot Weather DATIS versus AvWx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilot Weather DATISAvWx
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJapjit TulsiAvWx, LLC

Customer experience

Pilot Weather DATIS

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

AvWx

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Pilot Weather DATIS

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AvWx

Subscriptions2
  • All Access7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • All Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Pilot Weather DATIS free?
Pilot Weather DATIS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AvWx free?
AvWx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pilot Weather DATIS or AvWx have ads?
AvWx shows ads; Pilot Weather DATIS does not.
Which is updated more often, Pilot Weather DATIS or AvWx?
Pilot Weather DATIS ships an update every 6 months, and AvWx every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pilot Weather DATIS was updated on September 6, 2026 and AvWx on September 21, 2026.

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