AvPlan EFB vs FP5000 AUS PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AvPlan EFB
This app provides comprehensive flight planning and electronic flight bag capabilities for pilots. It offers advanced features like terrain warning, airspace status, and graphical replanning to enhance situational awareness and streamline flight preparation and execution.
- VFR & IFR Flight Planning
- Terrain Warning & Alerting
- Graphical Flight Replanning
- Weight and Balance
- Geo-referenced Airport Diagrams
- GPS Moving Map
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Get flying faster with AvPlan EFB - the premier lifetime Electronic Flight Bag that grows with you. Continuing to lead the market with unparalleled innovation and functionality, AvPlan features multiple firsts with terrain warning, touch to display restricted airspace status, automatic IFR airway planning and geo-referenced airport taxi & instrument approach diagrams to arm you with superior situational awareness. Envisioned, developed and rigorously tested over a two year period by pilots for pilots, AvPlan EFB integrates everything you need to prepare, plan and execute your flight - whether it be in a recreational aircraft, corporate jet or something in between. Your AvPlan EFB comes packed with the following features: • Comprehensive VFR & IFR Flight Planning • Complete official FAA airport/waypoint database • All necessary documentation • Advanced aircraft flight model setup • Automatic TOC, TOD, PNR and optimum altitude calculation • Full DUATS integration (WX, NOTAMS, flight plan submission) • All US VFR & IFR aeronautical charts (with pan, zoom and rotation) • Touch and drag (rubber band) graphical flight replanning/diversion • Weight and balance (with loadsheet and passenger manifest) • Graphical WX overlays on any chart (WX Radar, Lightning, METAR, SIGMET) • GPS moving map with display data labels • Touch-to-display TFR status • Terrain map overlay and in-flight terrain alerting • Geo-referenced airport diagrams (auto displays aircraft position on landing) • Geo-referenced instrument approach plates which support route editing and more • FAA Documentation (including full text search and bookmark functions) • Aircraft pilot operating handbook import • Send a briefing pack to PDF file, email & Apple AirPrint compatible printers • Extensive integration with external flight planning systems/panel GPS/FMS’s (Including Garmin G1000) • Ability to sync flight plans between Apple IOS devices • Easy to access support from a team of committed professionals • And much more we can’t list here The Perfect Co-pilot Intuitive, reliable and responsive, AvPlan’s inbuilt context awareness engine ensures it’s always up to date and ready to provide you with the right information at the right time, whether you’re preparing for your flight or already airborne. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. AvPlan EFB – Plan faster, fly sooner
FP5000 AUS PRO
This app provides comprehensive flight planning for Australia and globally, catering to private pilots and airline operators. It features an extensive airport database, VFR/IFR planning, weather briefings, and graphical weight & balance calculations.
- Extensive airport and NAVAID database
- VFR and IFR flight planning
- Australian NAIPS weather briefing
- Graphical weight & balance
- Google Earth route display
- Printable flight plan and weather reports
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Flight Planner 5000 is our premium flight planning product for Australia where comprehensive and accurate flight planning is required. It is used extensively by private pilots thru to airline operators. Versions of the software offer coverage for Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and a WORLD version has coverage for the pacific region, Africa , India, Europe, Scandinavia, the UK, USA, Canada, Alaska, Russia and all international airports across the globe - over 40,000 airports/waypoints. Features: * Extensive waypoint/airfield database including all NAVAIDS. * VFR and IFR planning, including IFR routes and LSALTS. * Flight plans up to 50 waypoints in length. * Unlimited saved flight plans. * Australian NAIPS interface for weather briefing and flight plan submission. * Ability to print the NAIPS Weather & Notams, and the Flight Plan, the Flight Plan Summary and the Enroute Information Sheet. * Aviation Weather decode. * Graphical Weight & Balance. * Google Earth route map display. * Grid lowest safe altitudes for most of the world. * Over 280 sample aircraft included. Its companion product, Flight Planner 3000, is available for Windows based PC's and is well established as a premium flight planning solution. Product Support: If you purchase our software you deserve and should expect it to do what it states. We encourage everyone to download our FP5000 Lite iPad app to see first hand how simple it is to use and what it does....... If it does not perform to your expectations please let us know and we will do what we can to rectify the issue. Subscription: This app will auto-renew (Aus$69.99) with user confirmation after 12 months via your iTunes account. Auto-renewal may be turned off via user account settings. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Link to Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: http://www.champagnepcservices.com.au/about.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AvPlan EFB at 86% against FP5000 AUS PRO's 25%. AvPlan EFB also leads on price (Free vs $44.99) and device support (3 vs 1). FP5000 AUS PRO's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On 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
AvPlan EFB is free to download; FP5000 AUS PRO costs $44.99 up front. AvPlan EFB sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and FP5000 AUS PRO sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $44.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AvPlan EFB ships an update monthly, FP5000 AUS PRO every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AvPlan EFB | FP5000 AUS PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $44.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (94 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.6% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BJA Consulting Pty Ltd | Rob Slater |
Customer experience
AvPlan EFB
FP5000 AUS PRO
Bugs and requests
AvPlan EFB
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes during flight planning
- Wind data fails to download
- Registration process causes app to close
- Performance data not recognized during planning
- Georeference errors on NZ IFR charts (NZKK RNAV, NZNS STARs)
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- Inconsistent syncing with external devices
- Occasional freezing during data interruptions
- UI elements layering on top of each other
- Continued crashes despite updates
Requested features
12 requests- Fixed range rings around airports
- Better STARS and APPROACH plate access like JeppFD
- Larger heads-up display options for better readability
- Ability to sort flight plans in list view
- Dark mode option
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- Better bookmark organization for AIP documents
- Flight log to logbook conversion with endorsements
- Dropbox synchronization for document libraries
- Canadian mapping support
- Vector-based boundary layers for UAV operations
- Weather overlay restoration
- Webcam integration for airport conditions
FP5000 AUS PRO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AvPlan EFB
- AvPlan VFR - 1 Month Subscription$12.00
- AvPlan EFB USA IFR Upgrade 1 Year Subscription$49.99
- AvPlan USA VFR 1 Year Subscription$59.99
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- AvPlan EFB Velocity Weather Upgrade 1 Year Subscription$59.99
- AvPlan NZ IFR Upgrade - 1 year subscription$79.00
- AvPlan Worldwide 1 Year Subscription$89.99
- AvPlan VFR - 1 Year Subscription$129.00
- AvPlan NZ VFR 1 year subscription$149.00
- AvPlan EFB VFR Plus$149.99
- AvPlan EFB Premium Bundle - United States$169.99
- AvPlan EFB Premium Bundle - Australia$249.00
FP5000 AUS PRO
- FP5000 Pro Australia$44.991 Year






