iGlide Advanced vs igc Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iGlide Advanced
This advanced navigation application assists glider pilots with competition, cross-country, and recreational flights. It offers detailed terrain maps, airspace warnings, and flight logging. Route planning and wind calculation are enhanced for more precise navigation.
- Route planning over multiple waypoints
- High-resolution terrain map
- Airspace warnings
- Flight logging (IGC and KML)
- Live METAR weather data
- Accurate wind calculation
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NaviLogic iGlide - the Soaring Navigation app for iOS iGlide is a soaring navigation App with advanced functionality that is amazingly easy to use. iGlide supports glider pilots during a competition, a cross-country flight, or just during short recreational flights. iGlide comes in three editions at three price-points. Starting with "iGlide lite" and "iGlide advanced" up to "iGlide pro". All apps can be upgraded later-on by paying the price difference in an in-app-purchase. Features of iGlide lite: - Simple and easy to use Direct-To function to a single waypoint. - Easy to read, high-resolution terrain map with detailed topographical features. - Free daily updates for aviation data such as airspaces, airfields, and navaids. - Final glide calculator with Ballast, Bugs, MacCready, and aircraft polar data. - Profile view showing terrain and airspace en route. - Vertical airspace overview and airspace warnings - Free airport and airspace-database with free updates - Flight-statistics with logbook - Traffic is displayed on the map if an appropriate data source is connected (FLARM, AIR TRAFFIC or similar). - Visual and voice traffic warnings, if an appropriate data source is connected. - Many display options individually configurable. - Flight-logging (IGC and KML format). - Live tracking on different servers (livetrack24, skylines, sky-mobile). - Track-Line showing the preceding flightpath on the map. - Data import for all common data formats (CUP/DAT/OpenAir/PLR etc.) - Live METAR weather data for selected airports. Additional features in iGlide advanced: - Route planning over any number of waypoints. - Directly upload flight logs to OLC (www.onlinecontest.org) or send via eMail. - Rubberband function for quick and easy route manipulation. - Accurate wind calculation. Additional features in iGlide pro: - Calculation and optimization of the current OLC scoring distance. - Extensive route planning with turn areas, assigned areas and implementation of FAI Rules (e.g. finish circle). - FAI triangle optimization. - Comprehensive in-flight statistics functions. - Final glide calculation over terrain. - Live and super-easy AAT optimization. - Thermal Climb Optimizer. IMPORTANT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: iOS 13 or newer. Devices running older versions are not supported.
igc Viewer
Easily view flight data from .igc files. Simply open the file through your device's File App or share it directly to the application. It handles various file sizes, displaying your flight information efficiently.
- Open .igc files
- File App integration
- Share to app functionality
- Handles various file sizes
- Displays flight information
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How to use. - Open File App. (Alternatively, click the share button and open with 'copy to igc viewer') - Select [.igc] file. - The app will open igc file (it might take a few seconds depending on the file size).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: igc Viewer at Free against iGlide Advanced's $99.99. igc Viewer also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.0) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15.6). iGlide Advanced's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 50%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
igc Viewer is free to download; iGlide Advanced costs $99.99 up front. iGlide Advanced sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and igc Viewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
igc Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of iGlide Advanced's written reviews are positive against 50% of igc Viewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iGlide Advanced ships an update every 5 months, igc Viewer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iGlide Advanced | igc Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Logic-Design | Hiroki Kijima |
Customer experience
iGlide Advanced
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In-app purchases
iGlide Advanced
- iGlide Pro Features$99.99
igc Viewer
- Flight Computer Mode$4.99
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