Comparison

WingX® vs FlightChecked

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

FlightChecked

Features
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FlightChecked streamlines your preflight briefing, helping you manage the volume of operational data before you head to the aircraft. Instead of wading through blocks of cryptic NOTAM text and raw forecast strings, you get clean, decoded, and easily scannable information for every airport and FIR on your route. Built for pilots, by pilots. — FLIGHT OVERVIEW — All your upcoming flights in one place, each with a quick snapshot of departure and destination weather and NOTAM status. Spot deteriorating conditions or new restrictions before you open the full briefing. — TAF AS A TIMELINE — Visibility, ceiling, and weather phenomena are parsed from each TAF and presented cleanly. Wind components are resolved against the runway diagram and corrected for local magnetic variation. The full forecast is shown as a color-coded timeline for rapid VFR/MVFR/IFR assessment. — NOTAM DECODE & MAP — Hundreds of NOTAMs, instantly readable. We translate raw NOTAMs into structured, plain language and plot spatially relevant obstacles and restrictions on an interactive map — instead of burying them in cryptic text. — ENROUTE OVERVIEW — See your departure, destination, and enroute alternates together. Smart ERA suggestions surface suitable enroute alternates for your route, with relevant NOTAMs and weather appearing exactly where they matter along the way. — FIR NOTAM MAP — Every FIR your route crosses, visualized with airspace restrictions, obstacles, and hazards plotted where they are. Smart filters surface only NOTAMs relevant to your flight — close to your route, at your cruising altitudes, and active during your crossing time — sorted by aircraft-aware severity. — WEATHER & NOTAM ALERTS — Proactive notifications in the hours before departure. Alerts are scoped to airports on your active route and filtered by severity and time relevance, so you hear about the fog, wind, or new restriction that actually affects you. — COMING SOON — AI-generated briefing notes tailored to flight phase and timing, runway and taxiway closures on airport layouts, and weather-aware fuel tracking. WHY FLIGHTCHECKED  • 1,000+ NOTAMs decoded daily  • 200+ airports supported  • 200+ FIRs supported Less time decoding. More time understanding the big picture. Download FlightChecked now and fly with clearer context. FlightChecked is a supplementary aid that aims to enhance a pilot's situational awareness and does not replace official briefing sources or pilot-in-command judgment. Always consult authoritative aeronautical data for your flight. Questions? support@daelead.co Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WingX®4 screens
FlightChecked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FlightChecked at 15.1 against WingX®'s 17.0. 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. WingX® sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and FlightChecked sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
WingX® versus FlightChecked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWingX®FlightChecked
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (181 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings181 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHilton Software LLCDAELead Limited

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

FlightChecked

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

WingX®

One-time5
  • 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
2 purchases

FlightChecked

Subscriptions2
  • FlightChecked Premium (Monthly)14 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • FlightChecked Premium (Yearly)14 Days trial$110.991 Year

Questions

Is WingX® free?
WingX® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlightChecked free?
FlightChecked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WingX® or FlightChecked have ads?
Neither WingX® nor FlightChecked shows ads.

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