Comparison

ForeFlight Mobile EFB vs AeroWeather Pro

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

AeroWeather Pro

Access current and precise weather conditions (METAR) and forecasts (TAF) for airports worldwide. View data in raw or decoded formats, with offline access and customizable alerts for critical weather changes.

Highlights
  • METAR and TAF weather data
  • Raw and decoded weather formats
  • Offline weather data caching
  • METAR alert notifications
  • Airport NOTAMs and webcam images
  • Airport database with detailed info
  • Apple Watch app and complications
Features
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*** AeroWeather: for pilots, aviation enthusiasts, and everyone who is serious about the weather! *** Current and precise weather conditions (METAR) and forecasts (TAF). AeroWeather Pro provides quick and intuitive access to METAR and TAF for airports worldwide. Data can be shown in its original (raw) format or as fully decoded and easy understandable texts. AeroWeather Pro is helpful for weather preflight-briefings, but also to just get very precise weather. All weather data is cached for offline access. In addition to weather data, AeroWeather Pro integrates also airport NOTAMs (provided by US FAA), webcam images around airports (provided by windy.com), FlightService access (US only), and US ATC delay information (provided by US FAA). AeroWeather Pro also offers built-in groups for earthquakes, nearby stations, and today widget (pre iOS14), which can be individually enabled on the top level view. Besides creating user groups it’s also possible to put stations on the same level user groups (e.g. home base). Depending on your needs, groups can be shown or hidden in the main list view. User groups can also be synchronized via Cloud Kit*. The app features a built-in airport database, which includes airport data like runways, sunrise/sunset, twilight times, moon times, timezones etc. METAR alert notifications** is another new and helpful feature to stay up-to-date. Define multiple alerts for each station with criteria like: flight rule (US NOAA), wind speed, temperature, pressure, present weather, visibility etc. Notifications will be sent to your device if the criteria is met (e.g., when flight rule becomes IFR). Dedicated METAR/TAF** access is optionally available. METAR/TAF data will come primarily from a certified ANSP (air navigation service provider) and is provided reliably and fast from our dedicated, redundant servers (indicated by blue checkmark underneath METAR/TAF). AeroWeather Pro comes with an Apple Watch app, which shows either a list of stations as defined in the Apple Watch group or all nearby stations based on the current location. METAR and TAF are displayed for each station. In addition, you can put AeroWeather as a complication in your watch face to stay up-to-date. Please consult our web-site for a full description of all features. * Additional functionality which needs to be unlocked (one-time purchase). These purchases are not transferable between Lite, Pro, and Mac. ** SUBSCRIPTIONS Additional features which generate recurring operation costs for us will be offered within a subscription. The following features are enabled while 'First' subscription is active: - Dedicated METAR/TAF data source - Meteograms - Alert push notifications - D-ATIS (bigger US airports only) - Area Forecast Discussions (currently US only) - RVR data (US and Germany only) - Home Screen Widgets for METAR, Plot, Meteogram - Imagery and Charts (requires 'Captain' subscription) - SIGMETs (requires 'Captain' subscription) Additional features are also enabled when using AeroWeather Lite. The subscription varies in time periods (1 month, 12 months). The subscription is valid in both AeroWeather Lite and Pro. Cross app subscription support is only available if iCloud (with the same Apple ID) is enabled. Previously purchased unlock features are not affected and will work with or without subscription. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your account settings. A payment will be charged to your iTunes account at the end of the free trial period. Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. No commitment - you can cancel any time. Pleas read the full “Subscription Terms of Use” at: https://www.lakehorn.com/subscription-terms-of-use/

Screenshots

ForeFlight Mobile EFB4 screens
AeroWeather Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ForeFlight Mobile EFB at Free against AeroWeather Pro's $4.79. ForeFlight Mobile EFB also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (68% vs 51%). AeroWeather Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, 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

ForeFlight Mobile EFB is free to download; AeroWeather Pro costs $4.79 up front. ForeFlight Mobile EFB sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and AeroWeather Pro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ForeFlight Mobile EFB holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ForeFlight Mobile EFB has 3.3K ratings behind it against 356, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of ForeFlight Mobile EFB's written reviews are positive against 51% of AeroWeather Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ForeFlight Mobile EFB ships an update every 2 weeks, AeroWeather Pro every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
ForeFlight Mobile EFB versus AeroWeather Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForeFlight Mobile EFBAeroWeather Pro
PriceFree — better$4.79
Rating4.4 (3.3K ratings) — better3.7 (356 ratings)
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews — better51.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3.3K — better356
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#19 — better#32
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size592 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForeFlightLakehorn AG

Customer experience

ForeFlight Mobile EFB

All ratings3,265 ratings
Positive83.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews443 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative22.8%

AeroWeather Pro

All ratings356 ratings
Positive62.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative27.8%
Written reviews423 reviews
Positive51.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative37.8%

User reviews

ForeFlight Mobile EFB

From 3.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent flight planning and navigation tool
  • 🔒 Enhances safety and situational awareness
  • 👍 Comprehensive and user-friendly features
  • 👍 Seamless integration with avionics
  • 👍 Responsive and helpful customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and stability issues
  • 🔋 High battery consumption on mobile devices
  • 🚫 Limited functionality for non-US/Canada users
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model for some users

AeroWeather Pro

From 356 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic app for pilots
  • 🔍 Excellent weather data and forecasts
  • 🧭 Convenient airport grouping and organization
  • 👨‍💻 Responsive and helpful developer support
  • 💰 Reasonable subscription pricing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches after updates
  • 🔒 Subscription required for key features
  • 🇦🇺 Limited coverage for Australian airports
  • ⌚️ Unreliable Apple Watch integration
  • 🔄 Slow or inconsistent data refreshes

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

AeroWeather Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing saved airports and stations
  • Crashes when searching for airports
  • METAR history no longer available
  • Subscription issues and lost purchases
  • Unreliable data sync across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more Australian airport coverage
  • Improve Apple Watch app functionality
  • Enhance NOTAM and SNOWTAM reporting
  • Provide more weather data visualization options
  • Allow customization of widget and complication

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
5 purchases

AeroWeather Pro

Subscriptions4
  • First (Monthly)14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Captain (Monthly)14 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • First (Yearly)14 Days trial$5.491 Year
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  • Captain (Yearly)14 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cloud Synchronization$2.29

Questions

Is ForeFlight Mobile EFB free?
ForeFlight Mobile EFB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AeroWeather Pro free?
AeroWeather Pro costs $4.79, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ForeFlight Mobile EFB or AeroWeather Pro?
ForeFlight Mobile EFB is rated higher. ForeFlight Mobile EFB averages 4.4 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while AeroWeather Pro averages 3.7 from 356 ratings.
Do ForeFlight Mobile EFB or AeroWeather Pro have ads?
Neither ForeFlight Mobile EFB nor AeroWeather Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ForeFlight Mobile EFB or AeroWeather Pro?
ForeFlight Mobile EFB ships an update every 2 weeks, and AeroWeather Pro every 3 weeks. Most recently, ForeFlight Mobile EFB was updated on October 24, 2026 and AeroWeather Pro on October 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, ForeFlight Mobile EFB or AeroWeather Pro?
ForeFlight Mobile EFB currently peaks at #19 in the App Store charts, and AeroWeather Pro at #32. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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