Comparison

iGlide Pro vs igc Viewer

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

Head to head
About

iGlide Pro

This advanced navigation app provides glider pilots with sophisticated tools for competition, cross-country, and recreational flights. It offers detailed maps, airspace warnings, final glide calculations, and live tracking, with features escalating through lite, advanced, and pro versions.

Highlights
  • Advanced soaring navigation
  • Competition and cross-country flight support
  • Detailed terrain maps
  • Final glide calculator
  • Live tracking and traffic warnings
  • Route planning with turn areas
  • FAI triangle optimization
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Open .igc files
  • File App integration
  • Share to app functionality
  • Handles various file sizes
  • Displays flight information
Features
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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).

Screenshots

iGlide Pro4 screens
igc Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: igc Viewer at Free against iGlide Pro's $189.99. igc Viewer also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5). iGlide Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

igc Viewer is free to download; iGlide Pro costs $189.99 up front. igc Viewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iGlide Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

igc Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of iGlide Pro'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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iGlide Pro versus igc Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriGlide Proigc Viewer
Price$189.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLogic-DesignHiroki Kijima

Customer experience

iGlide Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

igc Viewer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

iGlide Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

igc Viewer

One-time1
  • Flight Computer Mode$4.99

Questions

Is iGlide Pro free?
iGlide Pro costs $189.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is igc Viewer free?
igc Viewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iGlide Pro or igc Viewer?
igc Viewer is rated higher. iGlide Pro averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while igc Viewer averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do iGlide Pro or igc Viewer have ads?
Neither iGlide Pro nor igc Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iGlide Pro or igc Viewer?
iGlide Pro ships an update every 4 months, and igc Viewer every 4 months. Most recently, iGlide Pro was updated on October 18, 2026 and igc Viewer on October 8, 2026.

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