Comparison

FlyBy Nav vs E6B

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
Read full description

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

E6B

This app provides a comprehensive suite of aviation calculations for pilots, including weather, preflight planning, in-flight adjustments, and weight and balance computations. It also offers a wide range of unit conversions for aviation-related metrics.

Highlights
  • Weather calculations (pressure/density altitude, crosswind)
  • Preflight planning (airspeed, heading, fuel)
  • In-flight calculations (true airspeed, altitude, groundspeed)
  • Weight and balance with custom aircraft profiles
  • Extensive unit conversions
  • Time math (add/subtract times)
Features
Read full description

E6B is a modern flight computer for iPhone and iPad — built for student E6B is a modern flight computer for iPhone and iPad — built for student pilots, instrument candidates, and working aviators who need fast, accurate calculations without fumbling with a physical whiz wheel. WEATHER • Pressure & Density Altitude — from baro setting, OAT, and field elevation • Crosswind, Headwind & Tailwind — enter wind speed, direction, and runway heading • Cloud Base & Freezing Level — AGL and pressure altitude • Hydroplane Speed PREFLIGHT • Planned True Airspeed — from CAS, pressure altitude, and OAT • Required CAS / Required TAS — reverse-solve airspeed equations • Heading & Groundspeed — full wind triangle solution • Compass Heading — with magnetic variation and compass deviation • Leg Time — solve any one of time, speed, or distance • Fuel Required & Endurance • Planned Mach Number • Time Math — add and subtract times in HH:MM:SS IN-FLIGHT • Actual True Airspeed — from CAS, altitude, and OAT • Actual True Altitude — corrected for non-standard temperature • Groundspeed — from elapsed time and distance • Fuel Per Hour — from fuel used and elapsed time • Distance Flown WEIGHT & BALANCE Build custom aircraft profiles with stations, limits, and CG envelopes. Load passengers, fuel, and cargo — E6B calculates total weight, moment, and CG in real time. Save multiple profiles for different aircraft. CONVERSIONS Bidirectional converters for: NM ↔ SM ↔ km, feet ↔ meters, °C ↔ °F, inHg ↔ mb, lbs ↔ kg, US gallons ↔ liters, HH:MM:SS ↔ decimal hours, Avgas and Jet A weight (gallons or liters to pounds), and minimum climb gradient to percent or degrees. Privacy Policy: https://docs.nikitin.fyi/com.e6b.calculator/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://docs.nikitin.fyi/com.e6b.calculator/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

FlyBy Nav4 screens
E6B4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: E6B at Free against FlyBy Nav's $0.99. E6B also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2). FlyBy Nav's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

E6B is free to download; FlyBy Nav costs $0.99 up front. E6B sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. FlyBy Nav asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 E6B. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FlyBy Nav versus E6B: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlyBy NavE6B
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLonnie GanzMikhail Nikitin

Customer experience

FlyBy Nav

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

E6B

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlyBy Nav

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

E6B

Subscriptions2
  • premium$4.991 Month
  • premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is FlyBy Nav free?
FlyBy Nav costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is E6B free?
E6B is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FlyBy Nav or E6B?
FlyBy Nav and E6B are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do FlyBy Nav or E6B have ads?
Neither FlyBy Nav nor E6B shows ads.

Other comparisons