Air Navigation Pro vs VUELA DRONES
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
VUELA DRONES
This app is a comprehensive tool for drone pilots, offering a collaborative map of legal flying spots, weather forecasts, and cloud storage for essential documents. It also includes flight logs, equipment management, and pre-flight checklists to simplify drone operations and planning.
- Collaborative drone spot map
- Restricted flight zone map (Spain)
- Drone-specific weather forecasts
- Cloud storage for pilot documents
- Digital flight and maintenance logs
- Equipment registry
- Pre-flight checklists
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VUELA DRONES es una App multi herramienta imprescindible para los pilotos de drones que ofrece diversas utilidades necesarias para cualquier persona que posea un dron. Entre sus principales funciones y herramientas: 1. Mapa mundial colaborativo de spots en los que se puede volar drones de forma legal sin necesidad de permisos y con descripciones detalladas de los spots: fotos, panorámica, vídeo, ubicación, tipo de dron aconsejado, mejor época para volar ahí, obstáculos o precauciones, posibles riesgos, cómo llegar, características, entorno, punto de despegue ideal...etc. 2. Mapa oficial de ENAIRE para ver las zonas restringidas de vuelo en España y los contactos administrativos para solicitar los permisos. 3. Herramienta de meteorología enfocada al vuelo de drones con predicciones de hasta 15 días con datos cómo: Clima, temperatura, viento y dirección del viento en cotas de altura, ráfagas de viento, visibilidad, % de precipitación, % de nubosidad, índice KP, satélites visibles...etc. 4. Espacio en la nube para almacenar y tener a mano documentos necesarios para los pilotos de drones cómo: Registro de operador de drones; Titulaciones de piloto; Seguro RC de drones; Declaraciones; EAROs; Solicitudes MI...etc. 5. Libros de Registro de VUELO: Libro de vuelos rellenable en la APP y descargable en PDF y Libro de mantenimiento del dron. 6. Libro de Registro de EQUIPOS: Listado de drones, números de serie, peso, año; Listado de Radio controles, baterías y accesorios asociados a cada dron. 7. Checklist prevuelo marcables desde la APP. y otras funciones como ranking de spots, ranking de pilotos, formación y tutoriales, quedadas grupales para volar drones... VUELA DRONES es un App que facilita la vida de los pilotos de drones y que de forma colaborativa invita a los propios pilotos a participar subiendo spots que ellos conocen, ganar puntos con esos spots que generan y poder recibir recompensas conforme van acumulando puntos. De esta forma además de ayudar y aportar a la comunidad de pilotos de drones y al sector, cualquier piloto puedes saber donde puede volar su dron y que tipo de escenario va a poder grabar cuando se desplace a dicho spot. Nos permite planificar nuestras operativas con drones, elegir el mejor spot según la época del año o la hora del día así como según el tipo de material audiovisual que nos guste grabar o fotografiar con nuestro dron. VUELA DRONES es una APP para ayudarte y para que ayudes y aportes tu experiencia al resto de pilotos. Vuela alto, vuela lejos, pero nunca dejes de soñar. ¡Te esperamos!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VUELA DRONES at none against Air Navigation Pro's 15. VUELA DRONES also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Air Navigation Pro's advantage is ratings volume (636 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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. Air Navigation Pro sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per year. VUELA DRONES asks for nothing beyond the download.
VUELA DRONES holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Air Navigation Pro has 636 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 66% of VUELA DRONES's.
Air Navigation Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, VUELA DRONES every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Air Navigation Pro | VUELA DRONES |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (636 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 636 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xample Sarl | Droneguru Servicios Aereos Sociedad Limitada |
Customer experience
Air Navigation Pro
VUELA DRONES
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
VUELA DRONES
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Air Navigation Pro
- 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
- 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
VUELA DRONES
No in-app purchases
Questions
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