Comparison

Read My Brain vs Flight Deck FMS

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

Head to head
About

Read My Brain

This entertainment app allows users to focus on an animal, and it will reveal which animal it was. It features beautiful graphics and animations, optimized for tablet use. It's a fun way to impress friends and explore how the mind-reading trick might work.

Highlights
  • Animal guessing game
  • Impress friends
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Animation
  • Optimized for iPad
Features
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Focus on an animal and this app will tell you which it was. Impress your friends and maybe you figure out how it works. Comes with beautiful graphics and animation and is optimized for the iPad.

About

Flight Deck FMS

This app transforms your iPad or iPhone into a realistic, touch-ready Flight Management System for X-Plane. It offers seamless real-time connection and detailed avionics mirroring, enhancing flight simulation accuracy and immersion.

Highlights
  • Real-time X-Plane connection
  • Full FMC, MCDU, and INS functionality
  • Realistic tactile key response
  • Automatic aircraft detection
  • Modern and legacy layout options
  • Optimized for cockpit visuals
Features
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Step into the heart of your aircraft. Flight Deck FMS brings a full-featured Flight Management System (FMC, MCDU and INS) to your iPad and iPhone, connected in real time to X-Plane. Designed for realism and precision, it mirrors the avionics logic and tactile workflow of real-world flight decks. Built on the same technology as Flight Deck ONE, it turns your iPad or iPhone into a live, touch-ready FMS — with zero setup. Features • Seamless UDP auto-connection to X-Plane • Single, dual and triple CDU mode (Pilot, Copilot, Engineer) • Supports INS systems including Delco Carousel CIVA and Litton LTN-92 • Modern and legacy layouts faithfully matching each aircraft’s avionics generation • Realistic tactile response with EXEC, CLR, MENU, and line-select keys • Automatic aircraft detection and layout selection • Optimized for cockpit use — crisp, high-contrast visuals • Works across the Flight Deck ecosystem Integration • Compatible with X-Plane 11 & 12 Aircraft and Plugins supported • Laminar Boeing 737-800 • Laminar Airbus A330-300 • Laminar Citation X • Laminar MD-82 • Zibo/Level Up Boing 737 • ToLiss Airbus A3xx • Flight Factor Boing 777-200ER • Hot Start Challenger 650 • Rotate MD-11 • Rotate MD-80 • Sparky Boeing 747-400 • Felis Boeing 747-200 (CIVA INS, LTN-92 INS, FMC) • FlyJSim Dash-8 • Torquesim Citation 525 • AirfoilLabs KingAir 350 (FMS) • xCIVA INS • and more to come very soon Pricing • Free to download with limited functionality • Unlock Flight Deck FMS Plus for complete functionality on the Laminar Default FMC • Unlock Flight Deck FMS PRO for complete functionality on all the current and future Modules Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flight Deck FMS2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight Deck FMS at 100% against Read My Brain's 55%. Flight Deck FMS also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 31 months). Read My Brain's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Flight Deck FMS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Read My Brain asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Read My Brain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Read My Brain's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flight Deck FMS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read My Brain ships an update every 31 months, Flight Deck FMS every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Read My Brain versus Flight Deck FMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead My BrainFlight Deck FMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB142 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter SchornVisuality srl

Customer experience

Read My Brain

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

Flight Deck FMS

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Read My Brain

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Flight Deck FMS

One-time2
  • Flight Deck FMS Standard$8.99
  • Flight FMS Plus$17.99

Questions

Is Read My Brain free?
Read My Brain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flight Deck FMS free?
Flight Deck FMS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Read My Brain or Flight Deck FMS?
Read My Brain is rated higher. Read My Brain averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Flight Deck FMS averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Read My Brain or Flight Deck FMS have ads?
Neither Read My Brain nor Flight Deck FMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read My Brain or Flight Deck FMS?
Read My Brain ships an update every 31 months, and Flight Deck FMS every 5 days. Most recently, Read My Brain was updated on October 23, 2026 and Flight Deck FMS on October 28, 2026.

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