Comparison

Flight Calcs vs Helm Link

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

Helm Link

This app provides walkie-talkie style voice communication over a local WiFi network. It's ideal for group communication in areas with limited or no internet access, supporting full-duplex audio with headphones.

Highlights
  • Walkie-talkie style voice chat
  • Local WiFi network communication
  • Full-duplex audio
  • Headphone/earbud support
  • Reliable local communication
Features
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Helm Link is a walkie-talkie style voice chat app that works entirely over your local WiFi network. Perfect for boats, camping, events, or anywhere you need reliable local voice communication between crew. It supports full-duplex audio and works well with your existing headphones or earbuds.

Screenshots

Flight Calcs4 screens
Helm Link3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flight Calcs at Free against Helm Link's $19.99. Flight Calcs also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Helm Link's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Flight Calcs is free to download; Helm Link costs $19.99 up front. Flight Calcs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Helm Link sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 Helm Link. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Calcs ships an update every 2 months, Helm Link every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Flight Calcs versus Helm Link: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight CalcsHelm Link
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVerosocial StudioWillingham Digital LLC

Customer experience

Flight Calcs

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

Helm Link

All ratings1 ratings
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
1 purchases

Helm Link

One-time1
  • Host Mode - Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Flight Calcs free?
Flight Calcs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Helm Link free?
Helm Link costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flight Calcs or Helm Link?
Flight Calcs and Helm Link are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Flight Calcs or Helm Link have ads?
Neither Flight Calcs nor Helm Link shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Calcs or Helm Link?
Flight Calcs ships an update every 2 months, and Helm Link every 6 months. Most recently, Flight Calcs was updated on September 30, 2026 and Helm Link on October 4, 2026.

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