WingX® vs Levil Aviation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WingX®
This aviation app provides a GPS-enabled moving map with VFR and IFR charts, weather overlays, and advanced navigation features. It offers subscription options for enhanced functionality, including instrument approach procedures and routing.
- GPS-enabled moving map
- VFR and IFR charts
- Animated weather overlays
- Instrument approach procedure display
- Minimum Vectoring Altitude overlays
- Flight recording and playback
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WingX® Pro7's simple subscription model: ● VFR Free! and MilitaryFree! - only VFR flying or Active or Retired Military? Subscription is free. ● $74.95 annual subscription (or $199.95 for 3 years) ● $74.95 for Advanced IFR Subscription ● Free: 30-day Free Period ● Free: Synthetic Vision and Fuel Prices (with current subscription) Annual Subscription Includes VFR Sectionals, IFR Enroute Low and High, TACs, Flyway, Helicopter, Grand Canyon, and IFR Area charts plus APDs (geo-referenced), IAPs, etc Advanced IFR Subscription IAP geo-referencing, IAP Routing and ChartTouch New! Features: ● Display Instrument Approach Procedures on the Moving Map. ● Minimum Vectoring Altitude Overlays on the Moving Map. ● New Advanced Moving Map with significant performance and stability improvements ● Visual region-based moving map data download selection. Faster downloads by downloading only what you need. ● Improved weather display - better animation, faster downloading, and vastly less network bandwidth usage ● Reworked data dissemination process to enable earlier release of cycle data, improved dual-cycle data management, dynamic real-time system configuration. ● Winner of many awards including multiple Stevie Awards, Appy Awards, and Aviation Consumer. GPS-Enabled Moving Map ● VFR Sectionals, IFR Enroute Low and High, TACs, Flyways, Helicopter, Grand Canyon, and IFR Area charts ● Wx Overlays including NEXRAD composite and many other weather overlay types with animation, transparency, and low-bandwidth option (e.g. hotel rooms) ● DP, STAR, and IAP Routing (iPad only) ● North Up or Track Up ● Split Screen ● Business locations on Airport Diagrams ● ADS-B In-Flight Weather and Traffic ● X-Plane and MS Flight Sim compatible ● Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) - terrain and obstacles ● SmartTaxi™ - advanced taxi warning system ● FlightShare™ - share routes on the ground or in the air! ● traca™ Technology - simply draw the route ● WingX Rewind™ - record and playback flights including GPS, AHRS, and Pitot-Static. ● Auto switch to Airport Diagram ● Class B Transitions ● Search And Rescue Grids and Patterns (old/new) - Parallel, Square, Sector, and Auto Fill Grid - supports MGRS ● Overlay terrain and obstacles (terrain up to 60N) ● State Lines ● Airspace overlays ● Airspace Notifications ● Passive RADAR Altimeter - Terrain Elevation or AGL ● Terrain Profile View - with climb angle and 500fpm descent lines ● AHRS-driven Attitude Indicator ● Built-in Simulator ● Extra dimming for night operations ● Rubber-Banding ● User-Defined Waypoints ● Multi-Page Notepad with Undo ● Runway Extensions and Traffic Patterns ● Easy GPS Calibration - tap on moving map's altitude ● Count-Up/Down timers ● Numerous aircraft icons ● Stadium TFRs Approach Charts ● Print charts wirelessly ● Rotate DPs and STARs ● Draw on approach charts Wx Text ● Color-coded and decoded METARs, TAFs, winds/temps aloft ● METAR Density Altitude and Freezing Levels Route Planning ● Victor Airways, Jetways, DPs, STARs, and even IAPs! ● Total and Longer Than Direct distances ● Flight Log shows Headings, GS, ETE, Fuel Burn using winds aloft ● Optimize Altitude for winds aloft Flight Service ● Flight Plans and Weather Briefings with Leidos. Can be reused for fast filing ● File, Close, and Cancel flight plans ● Route and Area Weather Briefings ● Aircraft Manager for auto-fill E6B ● TAS ● Conversions ● Distance-Speed-Time ● Pressure/Density Altitude ● Winds Aloft ● Runway Winds ● IFR Climb ● Descent Rate Documents ● ACS and PTS ● Parts of the AIM ● AC61-65H - Including Endorsements ● AC61-67C - Stall and Spin Awarenes ● Pilot/Controller Glossary ● Aeronautical Contractions ● User-Documents Integrated Help System ● Built-in mini-manual Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Follow Us! Twitter: @hiltonsoftware Facebook: @hiltonsoftware Instagram: @hilton.software
Levil Aviation
This app creates a customizable digital instrument panel for aircraft, bridging the gap between wireless avionics and navigation apps. It displays data from various wireless devices alongside your preferred navigation application, utilizing iOS multitasking features.
- Customizable digital instrument panel
- Wireless avionics integration
- Display traffic avoidance data
- Engine monitoring interface
- EFIS display
- Angle of attack monitoring
- Autopilot interface
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The new Levil Aviation App is a customizable digital instrument panel that aims to breach the gap between emerging wireless avionics and limited compatibility with Advanced Navigation Apps. Display information from wireless devices such as iLevil3, B.O.M or other GDL90 devices, simultaneously, while using your preferred navigation app. The Levil Aviation App utilizes iOS multi-tasking features to work side-by-side, full screen, or slide-over, where modules can be shown on top of your navigation app of choice. The current version includes interfaces for traffic avoidance, engine monitoring, EFIS, angle of attack monitoring, autopilot interface, and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Levil Aviation at 4.7 against WingX®'s 3.6. Levil Aviation also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (82% vs 47%). WingX®'s advantage is chart position (#162 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. WingX® sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Levil Aviation asks for nothing beyond the download.
Levil Aviation holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 185 and 382 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of WingX®'s written reviews are positive against 82% of Levil Aviation's.
WingX® ships an update every 2 months, Levil Aviation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WingX® | Levil Aviation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (185 ratings) | 4.7 (382 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 | 382 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #162 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hilton Software LLC | Levil Technology |
Customer experience
WingX®
Levil Aviation
User reviews
WingX®
From 185 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Affordable pricing
- 🌟 Split screen feature
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- ✈️ Great for VFR pilots
- 💡 Free CFI option (historically)
Room to improve
- 😞 Lacking customer support
- 💸 Expensive compared to some
- 📉 Development has fallen behind
- 🚫 No Canadian coverage
- 🐛 Buggy interface
Levil Aviation
From 382 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Incredibly useful app
- 🚀 Great value
- 👍 Easy to work with
- 🔒 Reliable for primary instruments
Room to improve
- 🔋 Battery life is short (approx. 2 hours)
- 🐛 Connection issues (sometimes connects, sometimes not)
- 🐛 Autopilot nose dives without pitot/static data
- 🐛 Version 2.0 does not display pitot and static data
Bugs and requests
WingX®
Reported bugs
25 issues- Password reset nightmare
- ADSB traffic shows up as double
- Terrain profile button missing on iPhone
- Fuel price option stopped working in free version
- GEO referencing down
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- Weather feed down (TAF/METAR not updating)
- Map moves off screen with OS 16 update
- Error message after purchase, no account creation
- Confusing login screen, no login button
- FAA weather info (lightning, icing, airmets) not shown
- Map redraws constantly, makes app unusable
- Weather doesn't download at all
- Prog charts not working
- Heading indicator off by 13 degrees
- Consistent GPS off every 3 seconds
- App constantly crashes during flight
- Split screen not supported on older iPad
- Airport map open in route causes system crash
- High resolution map loading issue
- Stratux AHRS synthetic vision not working
- No traffic since update
- Maps slow and sluggish
- Non-functioning maps on older machines
- Chart background not showing
- ADS-B radar has zero transparency
Requested features
13 requests- Add terrain profile button to iPhone app
- Add fuel prices to paid version
- Add MOS (Model Output Statistics)
- Add runway extension feature
- Add 'direct to' feature
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- Add TERPS alternate mins and takeoff mins to be scrollable documents
- Add breadcrumb trails feature
- Add W&B feature
- Add DOD flip data for Korea
- Add AHRS / HUD / synth vision for aero app
- Add DOD setting / database for military users
- Add traffic pattern altitude feature
- Add weather radar transparency adjustment
Levil Aviation
Reported bugs
3 issues- App will not start, crashes after sign-in/skip screen
- Version 2.0 does not display pitot and static data
- Autopilot nose dives without pitot/static data
Requested features
5 requests- Attitude indicator without EFIS for classic 6 pack
- Ability to choose different flap settings for AOA
- AOA gauge with standard blue ring
- Android phone support
- Fix Rotax 912/914 CHT cylinder assignment issue
In-app purchases
WingX®
- Fuel Prices (One Year Subscription)$0.99
- Synthetic Vision (One Year Subscription)$0.99
- VFR Free!$0.99
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- One Year Subscription$74.99
- Advanced IFR (One Year Subscription)$74.99
Levil Aviation
No in-app purchases








