PC vs nice Cabin Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PC
This tool assists pilots in verifying weight and balance and calculating aircraft performance for various Pilatus PC-12 models. It includes a crosswind calculator and is intended for plausibility checks.
- Weight and balance verification
- Takeoff, climb, cruise, landing performance calculation
- Supports multiple PC-12 aircraft variants
- Crosswind calculator
- Plausibility checks for aircraft data
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The PC-12 Weight & Balance and Performance Calculator (PC-12 Calculator) is a pilot support tool designed to assist in verifying weight and balance, as well as calculating takeoff, climb, cruise, and landing performance for the Pilatus PC-12. It supports the following aircraft variants: PC-12/41, PC-12/45, PC-12/47, PC-12/47E (NG and NGX), and PC-12/47G. The app shall only be used after confirming that the specific aircraft configuration matches the selected version within the PC-12 Calculator. The app also includes a crosswind calculator. This tool is intended solely for plausibility checks of aircraft data. Use of the PC-12 Calculator is at the sole responsibility of the pilot or operator.
nice Cabin Control
Control your aircraft's cabin environment remotely from your personal device. Adjust media, lighting, and temperature for a personalized experience. Requires Lufthansa Technik's nice(R) Cabin Management System.
- Remote cabin environment control
- Media playback control
- Lighting adjustment
- Temperature zone control
- Wireless LAN connectivity
- Personal device integration
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The "nice Cabin" App provides you with a very handy and intuitive remote control interface for your aircraft cabin. It lets you control all aspects of your business jet cabin environment directly from your preferred iPad / iPhone / iPod touch via the onboard Wireless LAN from your seat or wherever you are in the cabin. "nice Cabin" will let you select and control the media and cabin management system. You will be able to control your personal audio and video program and cabin environment, such as lights and zone temperature. The App turns your personal device into a fully-fledged wireless controller for the nice(R) system. *** ATTENTION *** The "nice Cabin" App is only useable on Business Jets / VIP aircraft that have Lufthansa Technik's nice(R) Cabin Management System installed. Without a correctly configured nice(R) system "nice Cabin" will not provide any functions! For further information please contact us. *** ATTENTION ***
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: nice Cabin Control at 50% against PC's 19%. nice Cabin Control also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.0). PC's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.8). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
PC holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of PC's written reviews are positive against 50% of nice Cabin Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PC | nice Cabin Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. | Lufthansa Technik AG - Innovation |
Customer experience
PC
nice Cabin Control
In-app purchases
PC
No in-app purchases
nice Cabin Control
No in-app purchases
