Comparison

Sky vs FSWidgets QuickPlan

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

Head to head
About

Sky

This app provides a moving map display for aviation charts, enabling flight planning, route management, and calculation of flight parameters. It includes features like airspace warnings, terrain overlay, and a logbook function for automatic flight recording. Additional charts and weather data may require separate purchases.

Highlights
  • Moving map display on aviation charts
  • Flight planning and route management
  • Distance, flight time, and fuel calculations
  • Airspace and terrain warnings
  • Automatic logbook and track recording
  • Approach and airport chart display
Features
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Sky-Map is a Moving Map navigation and flight planning system. Like the Sky-Map Versions for other platforms it contains the following functionality: - Moving Map: Displays the actual position on digital aviation charts, like ICAO chart from DFS (Maps not included) - Fast move and zoom of the map - Flightplanning: Flights can be planned direct on the map or using the waypoint database. - Routes can be saved, loaded or modified - Calculation of distances, flighttimes, wind influence, fuelconsumption - Automatic display of approach/airport charts (if AIP is installed) - Airspace warnings - Terrain overlay and altitude warning - "Direct to" function - "Nearest Airports" function - AIP Browser: displays of approach/airport charts as well as text information (if AIP is installed) - PCMet Browser: Quick access to weather information (additional costs for pc_met access apply) - Displays precipitation radar and GAFOR directly on the map (additional costs for pc_met access apply) - Logbook function: automatic logging of Starttime/Position, Landingtime/Position und Flighttime - Checklist function - Infopanels (configurable) for Speed, Altitude, Distance, Time aso.. - Logbook and track recording in Background when in motion Please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life The software contains an worldwide basemap (not for navigation), additional charts from the Flight Planner/Sky-Map selection have to be installed.

About

FSWidgets QuickPlan

Visually create flight plans for flight simulators by tapping on a map. Supports multiple simulator formats and offers easy file sharing via Dropbox or iTunes. Includes extensive navigation data and chart overlays.

Highlights
  • Visual flight plan generation
  • Supports FSX, FS2004, X-Plane formats
  • Dropbox and iTunes file sharing
  • Worldwide Nav Data icons
  • Aero chart overlays
  • Airport search by ICAO
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QuickPlan for iPad is a visual touch enabled flight planner that makes it easy to generate flight plans in native FSX, FS2004 or X-Plane formats. It makes a great companion for our moving map app - FSWidgets Navigator. The entire route is generated visually, by tapping the map to add the departure airport, intermediate waypoints and arrival airport in the same order that you intend flying the plan. During plan creation and after adding the final arrival waypoint you also have the opportunity to remove any of the intermediate waypoints before saving the plan in your preferred format. Flight plans are saved to the apps Documents folder, accessible on macOS via the Finder window, or on Windows PC using the iTunes File Sharing feature. For a more convenient file export solution you can use the built-in Dropbox support to easily transfer flight plans to your Mac or PC. Now includes 40 Aero Chart overlays and Worldwide Nav Data icons (airport, ILS, VOR, NDB, fix). FEATURE LIST: - Generates native FSX (.pln), FS2004 (.pln) and X-Plane (.fms) format flight plans - Saves flight plans to the Documents folder, can be exported/imported - macOS - Flight plans are accessible on macOS via the Finder window - Windows PC - Flight plans can be exported via iTunes File Sharing feature - Includes optional Dropbox support for easy transfer of flight plans to Mac or PC - Dropbox feature syncs to the folder "Dropbox/Apps/FSWidgets - QuickPlan" on your Mac or PC - Search for airport by ICAO identifier - Map powered by Leaflet API (using OpenStreetMap & custom data) - Includes many world-wide maps styles - Includes 40 aero chart overlays - Worldwide Nav Data icons (airport, ILS, VOR, NDB, fix) - World-wide Metar and TAF Data icons - US Nexrad (Next-Gen Radar) Data REQUIREMENTS: - iPad with iOS 12.0 or later. - MSFS, FSX, FS2004 or X-Plane. - Free (or Pro) Dropbox account (if using that feature) - Dropbox must be installed on Mac or Windows PC - Wi-Fi network required - Internet access required, to download map data

Screenshots

Sky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sky at Free against FSWidgets QuickPlan's $24.99. Sky also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 60%). FSWidgets QuickPlan's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 12). On 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

Sky is free to download; FSWidgets QuickPlan costs $24.99 up front. Sky sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. FSWidgets QuickPlan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FSWidgets QuickPlan holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Sky's written reviews are positive against 60% of FSWidgets QuickPlan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sky ships an update monthly, FSWidgets QuickPlan every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Sky versus FSWidgets QuickPlan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkyFSWidgets QuickPlan
PriceFree — better$24.99
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRS-DatentechnikFermin Fernandez

Customer experience

Sky

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative11.5%

FSWidgets QuickPlan

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Sky

One-time12
  • ICAO Chart Austria 2020$49.99
  • ICAO Chart France 2020$79.99
  • ICAO Chart Poland 2020$79.99
Show 9 more
  • ICAO Chart Germany 2024$99.00
  • ICAO Karte Deutschland 2025$99.00
  • ICAO Chart Germany 2023$99.99
  • ICAO Chart Germany 2020$119.99
  • ICAO Chart Great Britain 2020$119.99
  • ICAO Chart Norway 2020$119.99
  • ICAO Chart Sweden 2020$119.99
  • ICAO Chart Germany 2021$119.99
  • ICAO Karte Deutschland 2022$119.99
None

FSWidgets QuickPlan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sky free?
Sky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FSWidgets QuickPlan free?
FSWidgets QuickPlan costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sky or FSWidgets QuickPlan?
FSWidgets QuickPlan is rated higher. Sky averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while FSWidgets QuickPlan averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Sky or FSWidgets QuickPlan have ads?
Neither Sky nor FSWidgets QuickPlan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sky or FSWidgets QuickPlan?
Sky ships an update monthly, and FSWidgets QuickPlan every 9 months. Most recently, Sky was updated on October 1, 2026 and FSWidgets QuickPlan on September 16, 2026.

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