FlyBy Nav vs Flight Distance Viewer
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.
Flight Distance Viewer
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Quickly estimate flight distances between any airports worldwide. Search by IATA/ICAO code or city, visualize the route on an interactive 3D globe, and track the true great-circle distance. Perfect for trip planning, airline delay claims, or simple aviation curiosity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flight Distance Viewer at Free against FlyBy Nav's $0.99. Flight Distance Viewer also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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
Flight Distance Viewer is free to download; FlyBy Nav costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FlyBy Nav ships an update every 3 months, Flight Distance Viewer every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlyBy Nav | Flight Distance Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lonnie Ganz | Pablo Asensio Martinez |
In-app purchases
FlyBy Nav
No in-app purchases
Flight Distance Viewer
No in-app purchases
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