Comparison

FlyBy Nav vs EasyCockpit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

EasyCockpit

This aviation navigation tool enhances pilot situational awareness in Southern Africa with a detailed GPS moving map. It provides extensive airfield data, airspace information, and flight planning tools for safer flying.

Highlights
  • GPS moving map
  • Detailed airfields database
  • Airspace information
  • Flight planning
  • Terrain display
  • E6B calculator
  • Warnings for airspace, obstacles, and terrain
Features
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EasyCockpit is a comprehensive aviation navigation tool for mobile devices and has for many years aided pilots by improving their situational awareness when flying in Southern Africa. This GPS moving map software with detailed information will make your flying experience in this part of the African continent a safer one. The high-resolution clear vector map is offering an extensive airfields database including communication and navigation frequencies, runway information, fuel availability, cautionary notes, and sunrise/sunset times. Full airspace information, including special VFR routings and reporting points around congested areas, makes this GPS moving map a must for pilots flying in Southern Africa. Visit our website for details on how to obtain the full version. Comprehensive Mapping data Coverage: South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Flight Planning by selecting waypoints/ abeam waypoints from database or map. Option to insert Airspace Intersection. Option to upload routes from EasyPlan. Layers can be switched on or off. Terrain display FlightLog displays distance to next waypoint, ground speed, desired track, ETE and ETA. Also displays current position in relation to recognized VFR points for accurate reporting. Direct-To function shows the 10 nearest airfields and 10 nearest navaids or other points. Move-To button lets you quickly find a point from the database to check details and view it on the map. HSI needle determines the distance off Track. The RMI needles allow you to choose one or two points to which the needles will point to provide a bearing. The OBI radial or Track-To can be selected to be displayed from any waypoint, navaid or airfield. E6B calculator allows for accurate and speedy calculation of density altitude, true airspeed, windspeed and direction. Airspace, obstacle and Terrain warnings. Fly in Track-Up or North-Up mode. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

FlyBy Nav4 screens
EasyCockpit4 screens

Verdict

The call

FlyBy Nav and EasyCockpit both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of FlyBy Nav's written reviews are positive against 53% of EasyCockpit's. EasyCockpit's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

EasyCockpit is free to download; FlyBy Nav costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FlyBy Nav against 5.0 for EasyCockpit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of FlyBy Nav's written reviews are positive against 53% of EasyCockpit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlyBy Nav ships an update every 3 months, EasyCockpit every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FlyBy Nav versus EasyCockpit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlyBy NavEasyCockpit
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better53.3% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLonnie GanzAviation.Direct (Pty) Ltd

Customer experience

FlyBy Nav

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

EasyCockpit

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

FlyBy Nav

No in-app purchases

None

EasyCockpit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlyBy Nav free?
FlyBy Nav costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is EasyCockpit free?
EasyCockpit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FlyBy Nav or EasyCockpit?
FlyBy Nav and EasyCockpit are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do FlyBy Nav or EasyCockpit have ads?
Neither FlyBy Nav nor EasyCockpit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlyBy Nav or EasyCockpit?
FlyBy Nav ships an update every 3 months, and EasyCockpit every 2 months. Most recently, FlyBy Nav was updated on September 11, 2026 and EasyCockpit on September 7, 2026.

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