Comparison

Flight Calcs vs Pilot Wingman

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

Head to head
About

Flight Calcs

This app provides pilots with essential flight calculation tools for logging time, planning routes, and performing preflight checks. It offers accurate, real-world aviation calculations with familiar terminology and unit conventions.

Highlights
  • Pilot time logging and summing
  • Flight block/duty time calculation
  • Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) calculations
  • Wind component and True Airspeed (TAS) resolution
  • Density altitude computation
  • Fuel burn estimation
  • Weight and balance verification
Features
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Thank you for using Flight Calcs. Careful pilots like you deserve planning tools that respect your time, keep the important numbers readable, and make a solid cross-check easier. Flight Calcs brings aviation calculators, weather decoding, records, airport data, and time tools together for student pilots, private pilots, CFIs, aircraft owners, and working crews. PLAN WITH ONE PRACTICAL TOOLKIT: - Use a modern E6B calculator for wind correction, heading, groundspeed, time, distance, and fuel. - Work through the mechanical E6B simulator when you want a visual training aid. - Estimate fuel burn, endurance, trip fuel, and reserve fuel. - Calculate pressure altitude, density altitude, true airspeed, Mach, and speed of sound. - Build a NavLog with leg details, fuel planning, and route notes. - Convert aviation units for fuel, weight, distance, speed, pressure, temperature, and time. WEIGHT AND BALANCE THAT SHOWS THE WORK: - Enter passenger, baggage, and usable fuel loads by station. - Review zero-fuel, ramp, takeoff, and landing phases. - See weight, arm, moment, CG range, and configured limit status. - Compare the Load, audit-friendly Sheet, and visual Envelope views. - Save the calculation as a dedicated record for later review. WEATHER AND PROCEDURE SUPPORT: - Retrieve live METAR and TAF reports by ICAO code when a connection is available. - Read decoded wind, visibility, clouds, altimeter, flight category, and forecast periods. - Decode pasted METAR, TAF, NOTAM, and SNOWTAM text. - Keep the latest live weather result available for review. - Use plain-language summaries while keeping the original report visible. RECORDS THAT STAY USEFUL: - Save flight records, duty snapshots, NavLog plans, and Weight & Balance calculations. - Let editors autosave after you pause, with clear saving and saved feedback. - Search, review, edit, duplicate, share, and delete supported record types. - Browse saved activity by date in Calendar. - Share clearly labeled inputs and calculated results. - Use an adaptive list and detail workspace on iPad with compact navigation on iPhone. OFFLINE REFERENCE MATERIAL: - Search more than 72,000 bundled airports by identifier, name, city, country, or region. - Review runway, elevation, time zone, coordinate, and communication details. - Browse bundled FAA AIM reference topics for weather, altimetry, navigation, lighting, and preflight planning. - Keep core calculators, saved records, and bundled references useful without a network connection. MADE FOR THE WAY PILOTS LEARN AND PLAN: - Student pilots can compare manual E6B work with a clean digital result. - CFIs can load believable samples and explain each input and output. - Private pilots can rerun wind, fuel, loading, and performance scenarios quickly. - Aircraft owners can keep recurring planning records organized. - Working pilots can review block time, duty periods, schedules, and date math. The E6B Calculator, E6B Simulator, Pilot Time, Flight Duty Snapshot, and Time Speed Distance tools are free starters. Pilot Pro unlocks the remaining calculator catalog and removes free Records limits. Monthly and lifetime options are shown in the app with localized App Store pricing. Promotional access earned in the app is temporary and separate from a purchase. Flight Calcs is a planning and cross-check aid. Always confirm results with the current aircraft POH or AFM, approved weight and balance data, official weather, operator procedures, and applicable regulations before making an operational decision. PILOT PRO: Pilot Pro unlocks the full calculator library, sharing features, and expanded records tools. Pricing is shown in the app before purchase and may vary by region. Pilot Pro is available as a monthly auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Pricing is displayed in the app before purchase and may vary by region. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pilot Wingman

This app serves as a comprehensive digital logbook and utility tool for professional pilots. It automates currency tracking, allows flight history import and export, and includes essential flight tools and calculators. Pilots can also manage expenses and access aviation-related resources.

Highlights
  • Automated pilot currency tracking
  • Flight history import and export
  • Professional pilot expense tracking
  • Weather radar and airport information
  • Built-in flight tools and calculators
  • Crew duty/rest/flight legality calculator
Features
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Pilot Wingman - The only logbook + utility app that is built by professional pilots, for professional pilots. Wingman isn't just a digital logbook, it's so much more: > Fully automated pilot currency tracking across multiple aircraft, all you need to do is log your flights. Your pilot currency status is conveniently displayed right on the home screen. You never need to guess if you're landing current on any of the aircraft you fly, Wingman tracks every type for you and automatically checks regulatory compliance. It's that simple. > Import your previous logbook(s) or we can do it for you*. View your total flight hours easily, including breakdown by aircraft type, PIC/SIC, Turbine etc. > Fully exportable, customizable professional logbook (note: export features require paid subscription). Even a logbook cover that is automatically generated. Cloud secure and backed up every day. > Professional pilot expense tracking. Track your operational expenses or your personally incurred expenses. Export them and build your invoice (export feature requires subscription). > Access weather radar, TFR map, grab the current METAR/TAF or lookup airport info (USA only) to view current fuel prices, FBO's, runways and more. > Includes a host of built-in proprietary flight tools and calculators. Wind components, fuel/speed/temperature conversion calculators, climb/descent plus crossing restriction calculators and more. > Built-in proprietary Crew duty/rest/flight calculator. Check your legality quickly (Part 91/135/121). > Full control of the data you use in the app. Manage your logbook, cover page, stored aircraft types, callsigns and expenses. > Resources at your fingertips: hotels, rental cars, airline booking and even flight training. No other pilot app offers what Wingman does. We built the professional tool that we needed, because we're professional pilots who live the life. Download and start flying with Wingman for FREE today!** Terms, conditions and privacy policy: Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Pilot Wingman App Basic Subscription Terms: https://dwelsh29.github.io/Terms/ Pilot Wingman App Privacy Policy: https://dwelsh29.github.io/Privacy/ * Wingman offers a concierge service (outside of the app) that makes switching your logbook to Wingman easy and stress free. Details are inside the app, just click "Concierge" from the account management screen. ** Wingman is free to download and free to use indefinitely. Free use includes up to 15 logged flights and 5 currency events. After that, a subscription is required to continue logging flights and tracking pilot currency. Certain features, such as exportable content, requires a paid subscription. All other app features are free and do not require a paid subscription.

Screenshots

Flight Calcs4 screens
Pilot Wingman4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Flight Calcs at free against Pilot Wingman's freemium. Pilot Wingman's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flight Calcs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pilot Wingman sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flight Calcs against 5.0 for Pilot Wingman. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pilot Wingman has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Flight Calcs's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pilot Wingman's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Calcs ships an update every 2 months, Pilot Wingman every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flight Calcs versus Pilot Wingman: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight CalcsPilot Wingman
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVerosocial StudioDavid Welsh

Customer experience

Flight Calcs

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Pilot Wingman

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flight Calcs

Subscriptions1
  • PilotCalculators pro monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pilot Calculators pro lifetime$9.99
4 purchases

Pilot Wingman

Subscriptions4
  • Wingman Basic Membership$12.991 Month
  • Wingman Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Wingman Basic Membership$129.991 Year
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  • Wingman Annual$129.991 Year

Questions

Is Flight Calcs free?
Flight Calcs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pilot Wingman free?
Pilot Wingman is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flight Calcs or Pilot Wingman?
Flight Calcs and Pilot Wingman are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Flight Calcs or Pilot Wingman have ads?
Neither Flight Calcs nor Pilot Wingman shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Calcs or Pilot Wingman?
Flight Calcs ships an update every 2 months, and Pilot Wingman every 10 days. Most recently, Flight Calcs was updated on September 30, 2026 and Pilot Wingman on October 2, 2026.

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