FAAwait vs WinBid Pairings 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FAAwait
Get real-time updates on air traffic delays at all U.S. airports. Monitor departure and arrival delays, ground stops, and ground delays to anticipate potential travel disruptions.
- Real-time U.S. airport delay data
- Tracks departure and arrival delays
- Monitors ground stops
- Monitors ground delays
- Utilizes FAA data feed
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FAAwait provides real-time access to current air traffic delays at all U.S. airports. It utilizes a data feed maintained by the FAA that tracks departure and arrival delays, ground stops, and ground delays. To access this information, an active internet connection (WiFi or cellular) is required. FAAwait does NOT provide status information for specific flights. But by monitoring airport traffic conditions, you can often anticipate delays that may impact your travel, sometimes before the airlines themselves officially update their schedules. For more information on FAAwait, refer to the links below. Note: This application is not provided or endorsed by the FAA.
WinBid Pairings 2
Organize airline crew schedules and manage flight logs. Features include local time display, offline pairing downloads, and logbook integration with recency tracking.
- Local time pairing display
- Offline pairing package downloads
- Save custom pairing details
- Apple Watch display
- Logbook with recency tracking
- Import logbook data
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WinBid Pairings 2 is the all-around trip organizer for airline crews. ** Supports ONLY the following airlines **: - AA Pilots and flight attendants - all crew bases, aircraft Contact developer to add support for your airline • All pairing times are in crew base local time. No need to calculate timezones. • Download entire pairing packages for your aircraft and crew base in seconds • Select pairings as your pairings, where crew names, notes, etc. can be permanently saved • Display your pairings on your Apple Watch • Filter pairings that match your parameters • Logbook feature to maintain a legal logbook with instant totals for recency (includes FAR 117 reporting) • Seed logbook legs with your pairings (only make minor changes for actual time etc.) • Import logbook from Little Red Book from WinBid (Windows) • Import personal and split pairings from WinBid (Mac/Windows) • Easy setup – nothing else needed (stand-alone, WinBid desktop not required) • Using iTunes file sharing, import pairings, crew names, notes from the desktop version of WinBid (Windows, Mac) • Redesigned interface for quick and easy access to all features • New table format for viewing all pairings, with optional theme colors (or select traditional text format) • Scheduled pairings shared with WinBid Mac, and WinBid Schedule (iPad and Windows) • Logbook shared with WinBid Logbook on Mac as well as WinBid Logbook iPhone, and Windows • No charge for monthly downloads. No recurring fees.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FAAwait at $0.99 against WinBid Pairings 2's $29.99. WinBid Pairings 2's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (65% vs 56%). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
FAAwait costs $0.99 and WinBid Pairings 2 $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FAAwait holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of FAAwait's written reviews are positive against 65% of WinBid Pairings 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FAAwait ships an update every 10 months, WinBid Pairings 2 every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | FAAwait | WinBid Pairings 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $29.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (37 ratings) — better | 3.9 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews | 64.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | #140 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Figler | SafiSoft |
Customer experience
FAAwait
WinBid Pairings 2
Bugs and requests
FAAwait
Reported bugs
21 issues- Some functions aren’t working
- FAA OIS Board not working
- No map displayed after updating to iPadOS17
- Map has disappeared after iPadOS 17
- APP was great until iPadOS 17 then the map basically has disappeared
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- App cannot communicate with FAA servers
- Crashes immediately after last update
- New update makes app unusable
- App crashes every time I open
- Latest update crashes
- Will not open
- Shows daylight time instead of standard time
- Does not switch to UTC when selected
- No connect issues
- Broken App
- Constantly gives a Connection error message
- Connection error
- App is broken
- Worthless
- App no longer works
- App closed unexpectedly
Requested features
8 requests- Needs to be updated
- Proper updates to bring app into 2026
- iPad version needed
- iPad App needed
- Search airport function
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- Scope of delay programs indicated
- Legend colors match map colors
- Access to airline delays
WinBid Pairings 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FAAwait
No in-app purchases
WinBid Pairings 2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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