Comparison

ARINCDirect vs HCrew

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

Head to head
About

ARINCDirect

This navigation app provides pilots with real-time access to flight plans, weather data, and airport charts. It offers features like flight plan recomputation, enroute charting, and performance calculations, designed for on-the-go aircraft operations.

Highlights
  • Access flight plans and weather data
  • Enroute charting (offline/online)
  • Airport diagrams and approach plates
  • Flight plan recomputation
  • In-app performance calculations
  • View flight plan packages
Features
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The ARINCDirect app is a valuable tool to help on-the-go aircraft pilots increase their effectiveness. Using this app, ARINCDirect customers have up-to-the-minute access to their flight plans, weather, packages, and airport charts in an easy-to-use format. PLEASE NOTE: You must have an ARINCDirect login to use this app. With the ARINC Direct app, you get the following features: - Create, Save, Replan and File flight plans - eNAVLOG (Plotting Chart) - View METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, and winds aloft for departure, arrival, and alternate airports - Access all flight-plan packages - View Runway Analysis, SMS, and APIS PDFs relevant to your trips - Generate new fax packages for current conditions - View airport diagrams, takeoff minimums, instrument approach plates, DPs, and STARs - In-App Weight and Balance and Aircraft Performance calculations - Send annotated flight plans from within app - Worldwide enroute charting, works offline as well as online - Enroute chart overlays for flight plan, radar, weather - Plan ETPs, ETOPS or EDTO alternates Our privacy policy can be found at: https://www.rtx.com/privacy

About

HCrew

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HCrew application is the first certified tool used to consult digital aircrew manuals (FLM, MMEL, QRH, FCOM and linked to the “H160 Flight Perfo” app).  This tool allows operating on-ground and in-flight, paperless.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ARINCDirect at every 9 days against HCrew's every 26 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARINCDirect ships an update every 9 days, HCrew every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ARINCDirect versus HCrew: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARINCDirectHCrew
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 26 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARINC IncorporatedAIRBUS HELICOPTERS

In-app purchases

None

ARINCDirect

No in-app purchases

None

HCrew

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARINCDirect free?
ARINCDirect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HCrew free?
HCrew is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ARINCDirect or HCrew have ads?
Neither ARINCDirect nor HCrew shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARINCDirect or HCrew?
ARINCDirect ships an update every 9 days, and HCrew every 26 months. Most recently, ARINCDirect was updated on October 7, 2026 and HCrew on October 12, 2026.

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