Comparison

FlyBy Nav vs Tulpar

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

Tulpar

Track your flights offline using your iPhone's GPS. View your position, speed, and altitude on a detailed map, even without Wi-Fi. Log your flights and share your journey.

Highlights
  • Offline flight tracking
  • GPS position, speed, and altitude
  • Night design inspired by departure boards
  • Flight log with stats
  • Shareable boarding-pass card
  • Lock Screen Live Activity & Dynamic Island (Pro)
Features
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Follow your own flight from your seat, using your iPhone's GPS. Works in airplane mode, no Wi-Fi needed. Set your departure and destination before takeoff. Tulpar prepares the route and map while you're online, then shows your approximate position from your iPhone's GPS once you're in the air, fully offline. Tulpar uses your iPhone's GPS, not airline or flight-status data. It doesn't show delays, gates or other aircraft. GPS reception depends on your seat, the aircraft and your device; a window seat usually works best. WHILE YOU FLY • Your GPS position on the route, with progress, distance left, time left, speed and altitude • A night design inspired by airport departure boards • Honest signal status: live, weak, estimated or unavailable, so you always know when Tulpar is estimating • Keeps estimating your progress when GPS drops for a while • A Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island (Pro), plus a Home Screen widget AFTER LANDING • A flight log with distance, duration, peak altitude and the route you flew • A shareable boarding-pass card for every flight • Stats with passport stamps, milestones and a Year in the air poster TRY IT FIRST Fly a Berlin–Istanbul sample flight from Home. It doesn't count toward your free flights. FREE AND PRO Track 3 flights free. Tulpar Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription, and unlocks: • Unlimited flights • Your flight on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Full flight history • Live altitude graph • Personal world map of all your routes • Custom map styles: satellite, tactical and Tulpar • Multi-leg trips • Every future Pro feature Tulpar is for passenger situational awareness and recreational use only. It is not a certified navigation, aircraft operations or emergency tool.

Screenshots

FlyBy Nav4 screens
Tulpar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FlyBy Nav at 100% against Tulpar's 50%. FlyBy Nav also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Tulpar's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). On ratings volume, 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

Tulpar is free to download; FlyBy Nav costs $0.99 up front. Tulpar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlyBy Nav asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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 50% of Tulpar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlyBy Nav ships an update every 3 months, Tulpar every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
FlyBy Nav versus Tulpar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlyBy NavTulpar
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLonnie GanzGokhan Efe

Customer experience

FlyBy Nav

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

Tulpar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlyBy Nav

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tulpar

One-time1
  • Tulpar Pro$6.99

Questions

Is FlyBy Nav free?
FlyBy Nav costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tulpar free?
Tulpar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FlyBy Nav or Tulpar?
FlyBy Nav is rated higher. FlyBy Nav averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tulpar averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FlyBy Nav or Tulpar have ads?
Neither FlyBy Nav nor Tulpar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlyBy Nav or Tulpar?
FlyBy Nav ships an update every 3 months, and Tulpar every 10 days. Most recently, FlyBy Nav was updated on October 26, 2026 and Tulpar on October 28, 2026.

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