Flight Instruments vs iEFIS Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flight Instruments
Simulates essential flight instruments like attitude indicators and primary flight displays on your mobile device. It uses your device's sensors to show speed, altitude, heading, and more, offering a configurable reference for pilots. This tool is for informational purposes only and is not FAA approved.
- Attitude Indicator with extreme attitude chevrons
- Primary Flight Display with digital tapes
- Position relative to nearest airport
- Configurable display with aviation or metric units
- Continuous auto-calibration
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Attitude Indicator and other key flight instruments on your iPhone or iPad, using built-in gyros and GPS. Key features: -Attitude Indicator using solid state gyros in your iPhone with extreme attitude chevrons to guide you back to a safety if you find yourself in an unusual attitude -"Glass cockpit" Primary Flight Display using digital tapes for Speed, Altitude, Heading, Vertical Speed, Rate of Turn and slip indicator -Position relative to nearest airport in plain English (convenient for ATC position reports), with communication frequency where available -Fully configurable display, with landscape mode and choice of aviation or metric units -Continuous auto-calibration feature adapts to different airplane environments and flying conditions This app is not FAA approved and should not be used for navigation. All information is presented for reference only, and BBFlight is not responsible for any damage, injury or death resulting from the use of this application: you assume total responsibility and risk associated with this application
iEFIS Pro
This app simulates a modern glass cockpit for general aviation, displaying flight data from your device's sensors or external GPS. The Pro version offers an airport database with navigation aids.
- iOS sensor data display
- External GPS connection
- Course rose and track display
- Airport database (Pro version)
- Runway orientation and length
- Full-screen mode
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i-EFIS simulates a modern glass cockpit for general aviation and provides the following features: 1. Display iOS iPhone and iPad sensor data: The attitude indicator is driven by the 3D MEMS chip, speed and altitude come from the internal or external GPS (only iOS devices with cellular connection have the integrated GPS!) 2. Or connect the iPhone to a iLEVIL „SW“, „AW“ or „Sport“ device (available at the LEVIL company or in many pilot shops) by WIFI device to get precise attitude and GPS data. 3. A 80 or 360 degree course rose (change with tap on airplane symbol) 4. Magnetic and True GPS track (display in white with with track line) 5. Magnetic or True Heading, heading data is provided by internal compass and is not always reliable. 6. iEFIS Pro version (simple upgrade via inapp purchase!) displays a worldwide airport database and always shows the bearing to the nearest airport from your position with distance, elevation and runway orientation of the main runway of that airport. How to use i-EFIS 1. Tap the speed window to toggle speed units: km/h - mph - knots. Speed displayed is a GPS ground speed 2. Tap on the altitude window to switch from feet MSL to Meters MSL 3. Tap the course window to select the course mode: Magnetic Heading - True Heading - Magnetic Track - True Track. All GPS track modes are displayed in white, heading modes are yellow 4. Tap the airplane symbol to display either the full 360 degree course rose or a 80 degree segment Pro version features 1. Tap on Runway orientation info to see runway length 2. Tap course window and slide up to hide attitude indicator and to switch to full screen mode 3. To calibrate magnetic heading tap course window to show "HDG" (Magnetic Heading), and slide finger left or right to set correct heading. Use airplane's compass as reference 4. To select a different airport than the nearest one simply tap on the airport symbol and the app will display the data for this airport 5. To go back to the nearest airport simply tap the empty space between the airports Airport database in Pro version: 1. Switch Airport database on or off in settings. 2. Use the two finger pinch gesture to zoom airport map in/out More cool Features coming! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iEFIS Pro at 100% against Flight Instruments's 43%. iEFIS Pro also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.6). Flight Instruments's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On 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
iEFIS Pro is free to download; Flight Instruments costs $1.99 up front. iEFIS Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Flight Instruments asks for nothing beyond the download.
iEFIS Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Flight Instruments's written reviews are positive against 100% of iEFIS Pro's.
Flight Instruments ships an update every 3 months, iEFIS Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight Instruments | iEFIS Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Candidus LLC | airWORK aviation media UG |
Customer experience
Flight Instruments
iEFIS Pro
In-app purchases
Flight Instruments
No in-app purchases
iEFIS Pro
- Maps + Weather Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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