Comparison

ForeFlight Mobile EFB vs Windsock

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

Head to head
About

ForeFlight Mobile EFB

This app simplifies flight planning, briefing, and filing for pilots. It offers interactive weather layers, detailed charts, and hazard awareness tools for enhanced situational awareness. Logbook features track flight hours and currency.

Highlights
  • Touch Planning on Map
  • Interactive Weather Layers
  • Geo-referenced Plates & Charts
  • Global Hazard Awareness
  • Digital Logbook
  • Synthetic Vision
Features
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Download for a 30-day free trial of our top subscription plan! Visit our website for more information on available plans and add-ons. ForeFlight is the leading flight app for VFR and IFR pilots everywhere, making flight planning and flying easier, safer, and more enjoyable. FLIGHT PLANNING, BRIEFING, & FILING Plan flights with Touch Planning on the Map or full-featured form-based Flights view. Tap out a route in seconds and quickly see if flights will be affected by weather or TFRs. Helpful Route, Altitude, and Procedure Advisors make planning easy and accurate. Generate a graphical preflight briefing and file your flight plan directly from the app. Print a professional-grade Navlog for inflight reference. WEATHER Interactive weather layers include animated radar, global satellite and winds aloft, global icing, turbulence, and surface analysis, graphical AIR/SIGMETs, flight category, visibility, and more. View decoded METARs, TAFs, and MOS forecasts. Thoughtfully organized Imagery view puts a full range of forecast tools at your fingertips. PLATES, CHARTS, & MAPS Both VFR and IFR operations are covered with all of the essentials required for planning and navigation: data-driven Aeronautical Maps, VFR Sectionals, High/Low Enroute charts, SIDs, STARs, approach and taxi charts, and terrain, satellite, and street map views. GEO-REFERENCED APPROACHES & TAXI CHARTS Plates and taxi charts enable the real time display of your GPS location on the chart. They can also be overlaid on the Maps view along with weather and hazards for the ultimate situational awareness. GLOBAL HAZARD AWARENESS TECHNOLOGY Plan and fly with more confidence in all conditions and terrain. Top-down-view Hazard Advisor map layer, Terrain Profile View, and 3D Synthetic Vision seamlessly integrate into the map display to depict a clear picture of terrain and obstacle hazards anywhere in the world. When paired with an AHRS source, Synthetic Vision provides a backup attitude display. LOGBOOK Logbook makes it easy to log and share flights, track hours, review currency, record certificates and ratings, receive electronic instructor endorsements, and create experience reports. Your data is automatically synced across all your devices and protected in secure cloud storage. ADDITIONAL FEATURES INCLUDE: Built-in documents catalog with FAR/AIM, charts supplements, and more Airport, FBO, and fuel price information for thousands of locations Dynamic data-driven Aeronautical Maps Weight & Balance Glide Advisor Automatic chart and data data updates Chart color inversion for better night flying experience Access to web planner

About

Windsock

This advanced weather application provides comprehensive flight condition reports for drone pilots. It uses satellite, radar, and local data to offer detailed forecasts up to 10 days in advance, helping users find optimal flying windows.

Highlights
  • 17 forecast metrics
  • Hourly high-resolution forecasts
  • Audible condition reports
  • Daylight remaining indicator
  • Flight requirement rules
  • Printable wind graphs
Features
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PLEASE NOTE: THIS APP REQUIRES A SUBSCRIPTION. ENJOY A FREE TRIAL BEFORE YOU COMMIT! -- WHY WINDSOCK? Windsock is an advanced weather app for professional fliers of drones and other UAVs. As a pro perhaps you've already found that packing the flight gear and driving down to the flying location only to find it's too windy to fly can be frustrating. Instead, use these tools get comprehensive reports on the latest flight conditions for a nearby location so you can feel confident that it's great weather at sunset for flying or even if it's great right now - find those perfect flying weather windows and fly smarter! PREMIUM DATA Get access to premium data that uses the power of satellites, radar and local weather stations all over the world to deliver advanced wind and condition forecasts for your favourite drone flying sites. Let's be clear, this isn't one of those basic freebie weather apps! Windsock tracks over 17 forecast metrics from multiple aggregated data sources. Forecasts are up to 10 days in advance with high-resolution forecasts every hour on demand for almost anywhere in the world. ===== POWERFUL YET EASY TO USE 17 forecast metrics - displayed in 5 easy to understand data panels - summary, visibility, air, precipitation and satellite. LOCAL SITES Grab forecasts for your current location without even having to add it as a site. ADVANCED AUDIBLE REPORTS Generate a full audible report of the current conditions and have it read out to you hands-free, just shake your device if you have location enabled. DAYLIGHT REMAINING Quickly find out when sunset is so you know exactly how much daylight you have remaining. FLIGHT REQUIREMENT RULES Create flight condition rules and get tick marks next to flight conditions that match. Great for visual scanning! RANGE AND DISTANCE MAPPING TOOLS Quickly work out ranges and distances BATTERY CALCULATOR Get estimates of theoretical charging times and limits PRINTABLE GRAPHS Wind graphs are just a touch away and can even be printed using AirPrint. 1 WEEK FREE TRIAL Not sure Windsock covers your area? Try it for a week for free. See inside the app for details. Terms of use: https://windsock-app.com/terms

Screenshots

ForeFlight Mobile EFB4 screens
Windsock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ForeFlight Mobile EFB at 68% against Windsock's 0%. ForeFlight Mobile EFB also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months). Windsock's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ForeFlight Mobile EFB sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Windsock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Windsock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ForeFlight Mobile EFB has 3.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of ForeFlight Mobile EFB's written reviews are positive against 0% of Windsock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ForeFlight Mobile EFB ships an update every 2 weeks, Windsock every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
ForeFlight Mobile EFB versus Windsock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForeFlight Mobile EFBWindsock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (3.3K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.3K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#10 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size592 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForeFlightRichard Warrender

Customer experience

ForeFlight Mobile EFB

All ratings3,259 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews443 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative22.8%

Windsock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

ForeFlight Mobile EFB

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Weather data not updating correctly
  • Issues with syncing user waypoints and annotations
  • Incompatibility with certain iOS versions and device models

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add multiple landing legs in a single flight plan
  • Improved map annotations and drawing tools
  • Customizable logbook and flight data export options
  • Better support for Apple Watch and other wearables
  • More comprehensive coverage of international airports and charts

Windsock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

ForeFlight Mobile EFB

One-time14
  • Basic Plus US - 3 months$70.00
  • Starter LATAM - 1 Year$129.99
  • Starter US - 1 Year$129.99
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  • Starter CA - 1 Year$129.99
  • Starter EUR - 1 Year$129.99
  • Starter APAC - 1 Year$129.99
  • Starter ME & SA - 1 Year$129.99
  • Essential APAC - 1 Year$259.99
  • Essential ME & SA - 1 Year$259.99
  • Essential US - 1 Year$259.99
  • Essential CA - 1 Year$259.99
  • Premium LATAM$390.00
  • Premium ME & SA$390.00
  • Premium US - 1 Year2 variants$390.00
2 purchases

Windsock

Subscriptions2
  • Weather Data (1 Month)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Weather Data (1 Year)7 Days trial$101.991 Year

Questions

Is ForeFlight Mobile EFB free?
ForeFlight Mobile EFB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Windsock free?
Windsock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ForeFlight Mobile EFB or Windsock?
Windsock is rated higher. ForeFlight Mobile EFB averages 4.4 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Windsock averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ForeFlight Mobile EFB or Windsock have ads?
Neither ForeFlight Mobile EFB nor Windsock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ForeFlight Mobile EFB or Windsock?
ForeFlight Mobile EFB ships an update every 2 weeks, and Windsock every 14 months. Most recently, ForeFlight Mobile EFB was updated on October 12, 2026 and Windsock on October 10, 2026.

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