FlyBy Nav vs Tulpar
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.
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.
- 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)
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | FlyBy Nav | Tulpar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lonnie Ganz | Gokhan Efe |
Customer experience
FlyBy Nav
Tulpar
In-app purchases
FlyBy Nav
No in-app purchases
Tulpar
- Tulpar Pro$6.99






