FlyBy Nav vs Pilot Brief
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlyBy Nav
This app simplifies flight planning by allowing users to input departure and arrival points, along with wind data. It provides a comprehensive overview of flight details including track, heading, distance, speed, ETA, and fuel burn. Users can access a vast database of airports and navaids, plot routes on a map, and utilize weather information.
- One-screen flight detail display
- Fast waypoint database search
- Great circle route plotting on map
- Offline airport and navaid database
- METAR and TAF weather access
- User-defined waypoint saving
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Flight planning is as easy as tapping in your point of departure, arrival and winds! In one screen, FlyBy Nav displays track, heading, distance, ground speed, time enroute, ETA, and fuel burn. - Fast database search and lookup of waypoints. - Search function lets you search for an airport using its identifier, name or city name. - Stores your favorite aircraft cruise performance numbers. - Plots your great circle route on map. - Quick Charter Quote feature. - Track units in either Magnetic, True, or Grid - Sunrise/Sunset and Azimuth feature. - METAR and TAF weather access. - 55,000 Airports and Navaids included (offline). - Save your own user waypoints. - No subscription charges. Please visit our web site for more detail and screen shots of all the program features.
Pilot Brief
This app provides essential weather information and calculations for airline pilots. It offers airport and route weather data, decoding capabilities, and unit conversions to aid in flight planning and operations.
- Airport and route weather data
- Weather decoding
- Calculation tools
- Unit conversions
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PilotBrief App includes: Airport and Route Weather Decoding and Calculation Conversions of units
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FlyBy Nav at 100% against Pilot Brief's 0%. FlyBy Nav also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Pilot Brief's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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
FlyBy Nav costs $0.99 and Pilot Brief $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FlyBy Nav holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of FlyBy Nav's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pilot Brief's.
FlyBy Nav ships an update every 3 months, Pilot Brief every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlyBy Nav | Pilot Brief |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lonnie Ganz | Zlatko Blagus |
Customer experience
FlyBy Nav
Pilot Brief
In-app purchases
FlyBy Nav
No in-app purchases
Pilot Brief
No in-app purchases
