ARINCDirect vs HCrew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARINCDirect
This navigation tool provides pilots with real-time access to flight plans, weather, and airport charts. It offers features for flight planning, charting, and performance calculations, designed for on-the-go aircraft pilots.
- Flight plan creation, saving, replanning, and filing
- eNAVLOG plotting chart
- Access to weather data (METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs)
- View flight plan packages and trip-related PDFs
- Airport diagrams and approach plates
- In-app weight and balance calculations
- Offline enroute charting
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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
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 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ARINCDirect ships an update every 9 days, HCrew every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARINCDirect | HCrew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 224 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ARINCDirect | AIRBUS HELICOPTERS |
In-app purchases
ARINCDirect
No in-app purchases
HCrew
No in-app purchases









