ForeFlight Mobile EFB vs xPilot Sky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Touch Planning on Map
- Interactive Weather Layers
- Geo-referenced Plates & Charts
- Global Hazard Awareness
- Digital Logbook
- Synthetic Vision
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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
xPilot Sky
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Can I fly right now? xPilot Sky gives you the answer in seconds. xPilot Sky is the weather app made for drone pilots. It checks the conditions at your location and turns them into one clear flight status, so you can focus on flying, not on reading weather charts. TRAFFIC-LIGHT FLIGHT STATUS Wind, gusts, visibility, rain, icing and thunderstorms, all checked at once and summed up as Ready to fly, Caution or Do not fly. If something is off, xPilot Sky tells you why, for example "Gusts over limit". AI BRIEFING POWERED BY APPLE INTELLIGENCE Get a personal weather briefing in plain words, generated directly on your device. It explains what the numbers mean for your flight, including wind at flight altitude, and recommends when to take off. BEST FLIGHT WINDOW xPilot Sky finds the best time to fly today and in the coming days: calm wind, dry conditions and daylight. 48-HOUR WIND FORECAST See wind and gusts for the next 48 hours in a clear chart, with your wind limit marked, plus an hourly outlook with flight status for every hour. YOUR FLIGHT SPOTS Save your favorite spots and check their status anytime. SIRI & SHORTCUTS Just ask "Can I fly right now?" without opening the app. DESIGNED FOR PILOTS A clean, dark cockpit-style design that is easy to read, even outdoors. Built in Switzerland by a drone pilot, for drone pilots. Weather data: Open-Meteo. The AI briefing requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence. Note: xPilot Sky is a planning tool. As the pilot, you are always responsible for checking local regulations, airspace restrictions and the actual conditions on site before you fly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: xPilot Sky at none against ForeFlight Mobile EFB's 18. ForeFlight Mobile EFB's advantage is chart position (#13 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. ForeFlight Mobile EFB sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. xPilot Sky asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ForeFlight Mobile EFB | xPilot Sky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #13 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 592 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ForeFlight | Philipp Reto Gruber |
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
xPilot Sky
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ForeFlight Mobile EFB
- 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
xPilot Sky
No in-app purchases
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