Comparison

Air Navigation Pro vs Airmate

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

Airmate

This app provides pilots with comprehensive flight planning tools, including weather forecasts, airport data, and navigation charts. It enhances situational awareness with a moving map, traffic displays, and terrain elevation views. Pilots can also file flight plans and record their flights.

Highlights
  • Flight planning and weather forecasts
  • Airport data and aviation maps
  • Moving map with aircraft location
  • Traffic and terrain elevation display
  • Flight plan filing and management
  • Flight recording and replay
  • ADS-B traffic and weather reception
Features
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Airmate is a free and easy to use flight planning and weather app for pilots, improving situational awareness and providing instant access to airport data and aviation maps, up to date weather and NOTAMs, traffic around. IFR and VFR airport plates are freely available in US (FAA charts), Europe, and more than 200 other countries. Many of them are georeferenced and could be overlaid on the aviation chart. A powerful Plate Manager allows to download in advance all airport plates in a country, they could be easily printed and viewed. During the flight, the moving map will display the aircraft location along the route, show airports and aeronautical data details and traffic around, warn you if your planned route is crossing restricted areas. A profile view is available to display terrain elevation, crossed areas and forecasted weather across the route. Airmate can also display a backup aircraft attitude indicator and flight parameters in an EFIS-like view. In the whole world, Synthetic Vision displaying in the EFIS-like view the ups and downs of rolling terrain ahead is available. In selected countries, Airmate can display scenery if this option is purchased. Airmate includes a worldwide aeronautical database updated free of charge with airports, navigation beacons, waypoints, airways, obstacles, regulated and restricted areas. Topographic maps and elevation data for most countries may be downloaded free of charge, as well as additional aviation map overlays such US Sectionals. A procedure database provide details of departure (SID), arrival (STAR) and instrument approaches in the USA, and you could add those procedures to your planned flight route (the procedure database includes all US airports, we are workding to add airports in other countries). Once loaded, the procedure path is displayed on the aeronautical map, including curved paths and racetracks. When coupled with a supported external ADS-B received, Airmate will display nearby traffic on the moving map, and receive FIS-B weather and NOTAM during the flight. To improve safety, Airmate can display neighbouring traffic received over mobile network. Such traffic include commercial airlines and transponder-equiped aircrafts, FLARM gliders, aircrafts whose pilots are using Airmate and other users using other safety broadcasting equipment. Airmate is able to transmit the flight plan data to supported avionics such Dynon SkyView. Thanks to the Auto Route feature, you could search and select the best route for your flight, and then file your VFR or IFR flight plan. Once filed, your flight plan could easily be managed, delayed or cancelled. Airmate will also record your flights and allow to replay them later or export the flight path in gpx format, you could take pictures from the app during flights. Pilot log entries are automatically computed from flown flights. A Satellite map display mode in flight planning or replay mode allows to familiarize with significant landmarks. Airmate will save planned and flown flights, user waypoints and user aircrafts in the cloud and sync them between your devices and Airmate web flight planning. Airmate brings numerous social features to the community. Pilots may leave ratings, tips and comments to share their experience with fellow pilots, and report fuel prices and landing fees. They could find friends, instructors, flight schools, aviation events and aircraft to rent near their home airport or any visited airport. Airmate may be connected to most flight simulators to keep flying skills sharp, and will manage also AHRS and simulated traffic data transmitted by the flight simulator. Planned flights and personal waypoints may be imported and exported. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Air Navigation Pro4 screens
Airmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

Air Navigation Pro and Airmate both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Airmate's written reviews are positive against 58% of Air Navigation Pro's. Air Navigation Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Airmate sells 21 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Air Navigation Pro against 4.5 for Airmate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 636 and 545 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Air Navigation Pro's written reviews are positive against 75% of Airmate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Air Navigation Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Airmate every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Air Navigation Pro versus Airmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAir Navigation ProAirmate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (636 ratings) — better4.5 (545 ratings)
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings636 — better545
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 iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB220 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperXample SarlMyriel Aviation SA

Customer experience

Air Navigation Pro

All ratings636 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews894 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative32.3%

Airmate

All ratings545 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews412 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative15.5%

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

Airmate

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
21 purchases

Airmate

Subscriptions2
  • Airmate Premium$24.991 Year
  • Photorealistic terrain display$47.991 Year
One-time19
  • Flight plan filing token$1.99
  • Token for 1 year chart access$3.99
  • Support Airmate development!$4.99
Show 16 more
  • Argentina Center VFR 2022$4.99
  • Chile North VFR chart 2022$4.99
  • Chile Santiago VFR chart 2022$4.99
  • Argentina/Chile South VFR 2022$4.99
  • Support Airmate development!$8.99
  • Chart download token$8.99
  • Italy North Avioportolano 2022$11.99
  • Support Airmate development!$17.99
  • Airmate Pro version$22.99
  • Tunisia VFR Air Million 2024$24.99
  • Skyguide Swiss VFR Airport Plates (with one year updates)$36.99
  • Airmate Dispatcher$44.99
  • Avioportolano VFR Airfield Plates for Italy (one year subscription)$46.99
  • Airport Plates premium browser$54.99
  • UAE 2023 Rogers Data$79.99
  • UAE 2025 Rogers Data$89.99

Questions

Is Air Navigation Pro free?
Air Navigation Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Airmate free?
Airmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Air Navigation Pro or Airmate?
Air Navigation Pro is rated higher. Air Navigation Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 636 ratings, while Airmate averages 4.5 from 545 ratings.
Do Air Navigation Pro or Airmate have ads?
Neither Air Navigation Pro nor Airmate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Air Navigation Pro or Airmate?
Air Navigation Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Airmate every 6 weeks. Most recently, Air Navigation Pro was updated on September 24, 2026 and Airmate on September 24, 2026.

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