iGlide Pro vs WeGlide Copilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
WeGlide Copilot
Enhance your gliding flights with real-time air mass data, thermal maps, and satellite imagery. This app provides crucial information for strategic decision-making and performance improvement, even with limited cockpit connectivity.
- Real-time air mass data
- Live thermal maps and updraft detection
- High-frequency satellite imagery
- Flight recording and backup
- Offline mode with worldwide terrain maps
- XC-Speed and wave forecast integration
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WeGlide Copilot: Real-time Data for Gliding Make better strategic decisions and boost your flight performance with WeGlide Copilot. Access real-time air mass data, thermal maps, and satellite imagery. Specifically engineered for the challenges of cockpit connectivity. Key Features: Record Flights: The first valid flight logger app for national competitions. Great as backup. Live Vertical Airspeed: Visualize air mass climb rates along your route. Identify the best lines based on the real-time movement of all gliders in the area from OGN. Live Thermal Height: Monitor current thermal ceilings and detect weather boundaries long before you reach them. Real-Time Thermals: See active updrafts the second a glider starts circling. Tap for detailed info on altitude, strength, and age of the lift. High-Frequency Satellite: Stay ahead of the weather with images updating every 10 minutes, including rain radar and loop functions. SkySight Integration: Seamlessly view XC-Speed and wave forecasts directly on your moving map. Built for the Cockpit: Optimized to ensure data updates even with spotty LTE reception. Features a robust offline mode with worldwide terrain maps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WeGlide Copilot at Free against iGlide Pro's $189.99. WeGlide Copilot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). iGlide Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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
WeGlide Copilot is free to download; iGlide Pro costs $189.99 up front. WeGlide Copilot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $149.99 per year. iGlide Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
WeGlide Copilot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
iGlide Pro ships an update every 4 months, WeGlide Copilot every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iGlide Pro | WeGlide Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $189.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Logic-Design | WeGlide UG |
Customer experience
iGlide Pro
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In-app purchases
iGlide Pro
No in-app purchases
WeGlide Copilot
- WeGlide Premium$149.991 Year







