Comparison

Controller vs FlyAutoPilot

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

Head to head
About

Controller

Find and sell new and used aircraft, including jets, helicopters, and drones. Browse detailed listings, contact sellers directly, and manage your inventory. Connect with buyers and sellers in the aviation industry.

Highlights
  • Thousands of aircraft listings
  • Personalized search filters
  • Detailed photos and videos
  • Direct seller contact
  • Watch List for favorites
  • Consign inventory for sale
Features
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Discover the ultimate platform to find and sell new and used aircraft, including jets, helicopters, turboprops, piston planes, military and ag aircraft, floatplanes, drones, avionics, and components. Whether you’re a buyer, private seller, or an aircraft dealer, Controller makes connecting with buyers and sellers in the aviation industry fast, easy, and secure. EXPLORE THOUSANDS OF AIRCRAFT LISTINGS WITH PERSONALIZED SEARCH Browse thousands of listings for new and used jets, helicopters, turboprops, and other aircraft. Plus, find avionics, components, and parts to keep your aircraft in top condition. Once you’ve narrowed your search, dive into detailed photos and videos of your desired aircraft and its specifications. Contact sellers directly to secure the best price and explore financing options through CurrencyAir, Controller’s trusted aircraft financing partner. The Controller app features advanced search tools, allowing you to filter listings by type, make, model, location, condition, and specifications like range, engine type, and year of manufacture. Save time and find exactly what you need. EASILY TRACK AIRCRAFT, AVIONICS, AND PARTS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING Create a private Watch List to save your favorite aircraft, or post a “Want-to-Buy” ad to let sellers know what you’re seeking. Stay updated with new listings and personalized alerts via email, and monitor category pages updated daily with fresh inventory. CONSIGN YOUR INVENTORY FAST If you’re a dealer or an independent seller, Controller connects you with thousands of qualified buyers actively searching for aircraft and aviation equipment. Consign your inventory with Controller to reach a global audience. Click the "My Inventory" button in your Controller app and get transferred to the Sandhills Inventory Management app, your trusted, easy, and cost-effective way to track and manage inventory. Add listings, set prices, upload photos and videos, edit descriptions, and update your listings on the go-right from your iOS device. CHOOSE THE CONTROLLER APP FOR ALL YOUR AIRCRAFT NEEDS Whether you’re upgrading your fleet or selling aircraft, Controller connects you to a vast inventory of jets, helicopters, other aircraft, avionics, and components, and a large buyer audience. As part of Sandhills Global, Controller links you to a network that includes TractorHouse, Truck Paper, Machinery Trader, RVUniverse, MotorSportsUniverse, AuctionTime, and other trusted platforms. Access listings from top manufacturers such as Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft, Bombardier, Gulfstream, Robinson, Airbus, and more. GET THE CONTROLLER APP NOW Thousands of aviation enthusiasts, commercial pilots, aircraft dealers, operators, and individual sellers trust Controller to manage their operations. Download the app today to find your next aircraft or sell with confidence!

About

FlyAutoPilot

Features
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AutoPilot is the mobile side of the flight school you already fly with. Your school runs its scheduling, dispatch, maintenance and student records on AutoPilot. This app carries the parts you reach for away from a desk — standing at the airplane, walking the line, or halfway to the runway. You sign in with the email your school already has for you. AutoPilot is not a self-serve product: if your school does not use it yet, there is nothing here for you to set up on your own. WHAT YOU SEE DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU DO One app with four faces, and it picks yours from the seat your school gave you. Nobody scrolls past six tabs of somebody else's job. FOR STUDENTS • Today is your whole schedule. Swipe day to day through the week. • Your next flight sits at the top: the airplane, the instructor, the time you brief and the time you are due back. • Account keeps the things that ground you — account balance, medical certificate expiry — where you can find them before somebody asks. FOR INSTRUCTORS • The day as one clean column, headed by the number of flights in it. • The full school schedule, a week at a time, and a booking flow that expects you to make three in a row rather than one. • Check an airplane out and back in with hobbs and tach, at the airplane, instead of on a clipboard that reaches the office on Friday. • Approve or turn down schedule requests without opening a laptop. FOR THE FRONT DESK • The dispatch board: who is out, who is due back, and which airplane is where. • Move and make bookings across the whole fleet. • Every open squawk on every airframe, and which of them grounds an airplane. FOR MAINTENANCE • The squawk queue in one list, with the fleet behind it. • File what you find, close what you fixed. BUILT FOR THE RAMP, NOT THE DESK • Your day is on the screen before the network answers, and it stays there when the network stops answering. A hangar with two bars is the normal case, not the edge case. • It does not sign you out. The session lives in the iPhone keychain and renews itself. Nobody should have to type a password while standing on a wing. • Times are your school's times. Take the fleet to another state for the weekend and the schedule still reads in the clock the school runs on. • Face ID, if you want it, on a phone that gets handed around a flight line. ONE SET OF BOOKS There is no separate mobile database. This is the same schedule, the same fleet and the same squawks your school's web console shows. A booking made at the desk appears on the instructor's phone without anyone refreshing anything, and a squawk filed at the airplane is on the maintenance board before whoever filed it walks back inside. ACCOUNT REQUIRED Flight schools: flywithautopilot.com

Screenshots

Controller4 screens
FlyAutoPilot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Controller at 3 against FlyAutoPilot's 1. Controller also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Controller versus FlyAutoPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControllerFlyAutoPilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSandhills Global, Inc.Jack Post

Bugs and requests

Controller

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes after iOS updates
  • Broken search and filtering
  • Inconsistent user experience across updates
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Separate single engine turbine category
  • Landscape mode support
  • Customizable search preferences
  • Ability to save notes on watchlist
  • Dark mode option

FlyAutoPilot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Controller

No in-app purchases

None

FlyAutoPilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Controller free?
Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlyAutoPilot free?
FlyAutoPilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Controller or FlyAutoPilot have ads?
Neither Controller nor FlyAutoPilot shows ads.

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