Comparison

AvioFuel vs Vane

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

Head to head
About

AvioFuel

This aviation utility calculates fuel loading and payload for small turbine aircraft. It helps detect overweight conditions and provides quick, precise refuel calculations with customizable aircraft profiles and real-time updates.

Highlights
  • Fuel loading and payload calculation
  • Overweight condition detection
  • Customizable aircraft database
  • Real-time calculation updates
  • Multiple fuel input methods
  • Unit conversions
Features
Read full description

Rated #5 in the 'Top 10 Aviation Apps (you haven't heard of)' - iPadPilotNews AvioFuel is a Fuel Loading and Payload calculator designed for small turbine aircraft. Check overweight conditions based on the current Fuel/Payload configuration and the aircraft weight limits. Featuring an editable aircraft database with fully customizable aircraft profiles, AvioFuel is a great tool for quick and precise refuel calculations. Key Features: • Aircraft database: The app ships with 10 pre-defined, well-known aircraft models, but you can add as many aircraft as you want, modify the existing ones or even remove them from the database. • Aircraft profiles: Each aircraft has its own specs, which you can (and should) review/modify in order to match the aircraft you're flying. • Different standard volume and mass units to choose from, featuring instant unit conversions. • Payload / Fuel weight calculations based on your inputs and the aircraft's structural weight limitations. Overweight detection with color-coded status messages, exceeded quantities and correction suggestions. Dynamic Max Payload / Max Fuel calculations. • Fast, real-time calculations: Every change you make on the input variables will instantly update the results. • Choose between two Fuel-on-board input methods: Total Fuel or fuel in Right + Left tanks. • Balanced fuel uplifts for each tank when using the R+L FOB Mode. • Clean user interface: designed for quick operation and great usability.

About

Vane

Features
Read full description

Vane is a modern glass-cockpit E6B — the classic flight computer, reimagined for the way pilots fly today. Fourteen precise instruments in one fast, beautiful app, from preflight planning to the cockpit — and every calculator works offline. Every result is built on real aeronautical formulas and shows its work, so you can trust the number and understand it — ideal for student pilots training for the checkride and for working pilots who want the answer in one tap. — 14 PILOT INSTRUMENTS — • Wind Triangle — heading, ground speed and wind correction angle from wind and course • Crosswind — headwind and crosswind components for any runway • Weight & Balance — live CG and envelope check for every load • Nav Log — multi-leg cross-country planning with 48,000 airports built in • METAR & TAF — aviation weather decoded into plain language • Density & Pressure Altitude — your true performance conditions • True Airspeed & Mach — CAS, TAS and Mach from altitude and temperature • Fuel — burn, endurance, range and reserves • Performance — takeoff, landing, climb and glide distances • Heading — true, magnetic and compass with variation and deviation • Holding — entry, timing and hold planning • Top of Descent — when to start down for a smooth arrival • Altitude & Speed — pressure and density altitude at a glance • Conversions — every aviation unit: knots, nm, feet, °C, inHg, hPa and more — BUILT FOR THE COCKPIT — • Offline calculators — every airport, formula and table lives on your device; only live weather needs a connection • Show your work — open any result into clear, step-by-step math • Cold-temperature altitude corrections for IFR approaches, matching the AIM's ICAO table • Save calculations and reopen them anytime • 48,000 airports, runways and frequencies bundled in • Magnetic variation built in — no internet lookup — THREE COCKPITS — • Day, night and red night-vision themes to protect your eyes on late flights • Metric or imperial — your units, everywhere • A calm, high-contrast instrument panel designed to read at a glance Vane is made for student pilots, private pilots (PPL), commercial and airline pilots, CFIs and anyone flying VFR or IFR. Replace your plastic E6B and a pocket full of apps with one instrument. Fly prepared. Download Vane.

Screenshots

AvioFuel4 screens
Vane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vane at Free against AvioFuel's $3.99. Vane also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months) and device support (3 vs 1). AvioFuel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Vane is free to download; AvioFuel costs $3.99 up front. Vane sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. AvioFuel asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AvioFuel ships an update every 13 months, Vane fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AvioFuel versus Vane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvioFuelVane
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Aviobot FactoryChirag Arora

In-app purchases

None

AvioFuel

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Vane

Subscriptions2
  • Vane Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Vane Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is AvioFuel free?
AvioFuel costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vane free?
Vane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AvioFuel or Vane have ads?
Neither AvioFuel nor Vane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AvioFuel or Vane?
AvioFuel ships an update every 13 months, and Vane fortnightly. Most recently, AvioFuel was updated on September 21, 2026 and Vane on October 3, 2026.

Other comparisons