Comparison

Air Navigation Pro vs Sailmate

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

Head to head
About

Air Navigation Pro

Plan and navigate flights globally with an interactive moving map featuring aeronautical charts, real-time weather, and traffic awareness. Get visual and audio alerts for nearby aircraft and access detailed weather layers for enhanced flight planning and safety.

Highlights
  • Interactive moving map with aeronautical charts
  • Real-time traffic awareness with alerts
  • Advanced weather layers (radar, wind, clouds)
  • NOTAM display on map
  • SmartChart for detailed terrain and airport info
  • Elevation profile and synthetic view
Features
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Discover our flight planning & real-time navigation app for free for 28 days! - Everything you need to fly around the world - Plan your flight in a few minutes - Fly relaxed with up-to-date information Air Navigation Pro is a high-quality flight assistant app for pilots worldwide. Benefit from the following main features: MOVING MAP Plan and navigate using our interactive moving map. Choose between aeronautical charts, satellite or our vector map as a background. On top of that, the moving map displays waypoints, NOTAM, obstacles and airspaces from our comprehensive, always up-to-date worldwide aeronautical database. Tap on any waypoint directly on the map to easily create a route. Personalize the values shown on the navbar to have exactly the information you need: altitude, vertical speed, bearing, distance to the next waypoint, ETA calculations, etc. Choose the airport departure and arrival procedures for your route to have them also displayed on top of the moving map. ENHANCED TRAFFIC AWARENESS Get visual and audio alerts in all languages for nearby conflicting traffic. Choose your preferred traffic icon between generic, aircraft or TCAS symbols. Your safety is important to us, which is why we partnered with SafeSky to ensure our users have live traffic data during their flight. Benefit from the native integration with SafeSky included in our new Smart Lite, Smart Classic and Smart Advanced subscriptions—a two-in-one package! ADVANCED WEATHER LAYERS In addition to the basic weather reports & forecast of winds, TAF and METAR for your flight, subscribers of the Smart Advanced plan can activate see-through weather layers on top of the moving map. Available layers include rain radar, wind, pressure, clouds and rain, visibility, gust and for Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Balkans, we also have GAFOR. Tap on any point on the map to see the weather information for that area. Review the weather forecast for up to three days ahead. NOTAM After creating your route, set the departure time in the future to have the moving map display the NOTAM active for that specific time. NOTAM on the map change color dynamically based on their status. SMARTCHART Our cutting-edge SmartChart is a highly detailed and intelligent vector-based map that adapts to your needs, providing you with adequate information at any zoom level. The SmartChart optimizes the display of shadows to easily distinguish between valleys and mountains, and the text remains perfectly aligned, guaranteeing optimal readability. Including the latest significant improvements with forests and detailed airport information. ELEVATION PROFILE & SYNTHETIC VIEW Enable the profile view below the navbar for enhanced situational awareness of the elevation ahead of you or along your route. Choose the corridor width between 0 to 5 NM and overlay options: airspaces, NOTAM, obstacles, wind components, populated places, etc. Switch to the synthetic view for additional terrain information, plus an artificial horizon with altitude and vertical speed indicators. This function can also be used to pan around while preparing for your flight. Activate TAWS on the moving map as well as on the synthetic view. AERONAUTICAL CHARTS & APPROACH CHARTS We offer the most extensive worldwide catalog of aeronautical charts, including the ICAO charts. Have the georeferenced approach charts displayed on top of the moving map or the 3D view. BRIEFING Prepare your flight with our briefing section by creating documents with NOTAM and weather charts & stations relevant to your planned route. Optimize time by creating an aircraft profile which will be used in the Briefing section to pre-fill for you the ATC Flight Plan and calculate the W&B. AND SO MUCH MORE! Please note that WiFi-only devices do not include an internal GPS receptor, an external sensor is required. Refer to our user manual on our website: www.airnavigation.aero Terms of use: https://www.airnavigation.aero/en/terms-of-use.html

About

Sailmate

This app offers worldwide charts, weather forecasts, and route planning for sailors and boaters. Connect with a community to share locations, rate marinas, and view events. It also includes a signal code identifier and country flags.

Highlights
  • Worldwide nautical charts
  • Offline chart downloads
  • 5-day wind and weather predictions
  • Route planning and ETA
  • Trip recording and sharing
  • Community marina ratings and events
  • International signal code identifier
Features
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Sailmate is a free and easy to use app for sailors and boaters. It provides charts worldwide showing thousands of harbours and marinas and their characteristics, along with numerous buoys, beacons and lights. A directory conveniently sort harbours per countries and regions. In addition to Sailmate own charts, thousands of nautical charts from various authorities could be downloaded and viewed offline, in the USA, Alaska and Hawai (NOAA), France (Shom), Finland, Norway. A comprehensive weather menu gives instant access to weather data, including wind 5-day predictions, actual and forecast weather at thousand of locations, satellite charts. A moving map provides route planning, ETA, heading to waypoint and more. You could create an unlimited number of personal waypoints. Sailmate records performed trips and allow to review later boat paths or share them with friends. You could take pictures during trips, and view them at their location on the map. This social app allows sailors and boaters to exchange together, rate marinas and suppliers, view events, share good anchorage locations... An helpful annex is provided to quickly identify any signal from the international signal code and any country flag.

Screenshots

Air Navigation Pro4 screens
Sailmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Air Navigation Pro at 4.6 against Sailmate's 3.0. Air Navigation Pro also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 17%) and ratings volume (639 vs 1). Sailmate's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Air Navigation Pro sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per year and Sailmate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Air Navigation Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Air Navigation Pro has 639 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Air Navigation Pro's written reviews are positive against 17% of Sailmate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Air Navigation Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Sailmate every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Air Navigation Pro versus Sailmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAir Navigation ProSailmate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (639 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings639 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB144 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperXample SarlMyriel Aviation SA

Customer experience

Air Navigation Pro

All ratings639 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews894 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative32.3%

Sailmate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Air Navigation Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Maps fail to download or display properly
  • Incorrect or outdated airspace and airport data
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Frequent crashes and freezes

Requested features

6 requests
  • Improved flight planning tools
  • Integration with external devices (AHRS, ADS-B)
  • Synthetic vision and terrain awareness
  • Automatic NOTAM and weather updates
  • Geo-referenced approach plates and airport diagrams
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  • Customizable instrument layouts

Sailmate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Air Navigation Pro

Subscriptions8
  • Aeronautical database$69.991 Year
  • Essential worldwide14 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • SMART14 Days trial$79.991 Year
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  • Smart Plus - Middle East14 Days trial$86.991 Year
  • Smart Lite14 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Smart Advanced14 Days trial$134.991 Year
  • Premium - United States14 Days trial$139.991 Year
  • Premium - Argentina14 Days trial$144.991 Year
One-time7
  • US Sectional to 02.2011 Los Angeles$0.99
  • US Sectional to 02.2011 Miami$0.99
  • US Sectional to 02.2011 New York$0.99
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  • USA VFR Terminal Area Raster Charts 2012$3.99
  • USA Sectional charts 2011-2012$9.99
  • Brazil WAC 2011$9.99
  • Venezuela 3D data$19.99
1 purchases

Sailmate

One-time1
  • France SHOM chart subscription$54.99

Questions

Is Air Navigation Pro free?
Air Navigation Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sailmate free?
Sailmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Air Navigation Pro or Sailmate?
Air Navigation Pro is rated higher. Air Navigation Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 639 ratings, while Sailmate averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Air Navigation Pro or Sailmate have ads?
Neither Air Navigation Pro nor Sailmate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Air Navigation Pro or Sailmate?
Air Navigation Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sailmate every 6 weeks. Most recently, Air Navigation Pro was updated on October 15, 2026 and Sailmate on October 7, 2026.

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