SkyDemon vs AisView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SkyDemon
Plan and navigate VFR flights across Europe with detailed aeronautical charts, dynamic airspace clipping, and real-time hazard warnings. Features include virtual radar, automated weather briefings, and comprehensive flight logging for pilots.
- Vector aeronautical charts with dynamic airspace clipping
- Intuitive route planning and modification
- Virtual Radar for hazard and airspace visualization
- Automated weather briefings (TAF, METAR, SIGMET)
- Real-time hazard and airspace warnings
- Georeferenced airfield plates and documents
- Fuel, weight, and balance calculations
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SkyDemon is Europe's favourite software for VFR flight planning and in-flight navigation. Use this app to access your SkyDemon subscription on your iOS device, unlocking SkyDemon's powerful features while on the move. FLIGHT PLANNING FEATURES - SkyDemon vector charts are the clearest aeronautical charts you'll ever use, with dynamic airspace clipping and choice of map layers - Route planning is as simple as touching consecutive waypoints and dragging to make changes - Virtual Radar shows how your route relates to airspace, terrain, obstructions and other features - Pilot Log facility calculates headings and groundspeeds from actual wind data, and shows useful frequencies - Plates and other documents for relevant airfields are displayed automatically as you plan, and many are available georeferenced for use in flight - Intuitive pan, pinch and rotate support with no loss of map clarity or text legibility - File a VFR flightplan for your route directly to air traffic controllers - Automatic TAF, METAR and SIGMET briefing as you plan a route, with graphical decoding - Rainfall data can be overlaid on the main map, with animation, showing the trend of rainfall over time - Integration of GAFOR route forecasts for Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia - Both narrow-route and area NOTAM briefings available, updated as you plan - Advanced NOTAM graphical interpretation and depiction on the main map - Easily print your PLOG and the output from various briefings - Warnings for airspace and other potential hazards to your flight, updated in real time - Airfield Admin Information shows useful contacts and other details for airfields featured in our charts - Forecast winds aloft are automatically retrieved for the flight time and displayed on the map - Create an advanced flight performance profile for each aircraft you use - ATS Routes mode offers an alternative chart presentation for flight along airways - Accurate fuel, weight and balance calculations including flight costings - Create an unlimited number of user-defined waypoints - Analyse your track logs for posterity - Choose between six different vector chart styles - Extensive European chart coverage as standard GPS NAVIGATION FEATURES - Intelligent warnings for approaching airspace, NOTAM, obstacles, terrain and other hazards - Virtual Radar shows a side-on projection of all approaching features and how your trajectory relates to them - Vector map automatically follows the aircraft in north up, track up or course up orientation - Clear and concise instruments show you flight statistics and help keep you on track - An HSI/ILS instrument helps you keep to your planned route and line up early for approach - Live Pilot Log shows progress through your route, ETAs, ATAs and useful frequencies based on your current position - TerrainSafe dynamically colours mountainous terrain around you to quickly identify safer areas - Direct To allows easy re-routing in a hurry by picking from a selection of nearby airfields - Approach Information shows runway diagrams, TAF, METAR, NOTAM and other airfield details useful for making an approach - Live updates of TAF and METAR while in flight, with associated alerts* - Extended runway centrelines appear automatically on the map as you near your destination airfield - Permanent display of position relative to nearest well-known waypoint, for position reporting - Easy changing of the planned route while in flight by touching and dragging Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. * Internet connection required for live weather update while in flight
AisView
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Aplikace přenáší podstatné funkce základní mapy z webového portálu http://aisview.rlp.cz do nativního prostředí mobilního zařízení se zaměřením na potřeby pilota. Grafické zobrazení informací pro předletovou přípravu obsahuje Prostory a vybrané obekty LKAA Platné NOTAMy Plán aktivací prostorů LKAA (AUP/UUP) Meteoroligocká OPMET data Aplikace umožňuje použití offline - tedy bez nutnosti připojení k internetu ( po předchozí aktualizaci dat ). Design a ovládání aplikace byly vyvinuty s přihlédnutím k náročným podmínkám na palubě sportovního letadla. Veškeré ikony jsou soustředěny při kraji obrazovky. V daném místě zakrývají plně mapu, aby v turbulencích nedocházelo k jejímu nechtěnému posuvu. Díky čtvercovému tvaru poskytují maximální prostor pro kliknutí. V GUI nejsou použity žádné animace, aby nebylo zbytečně plýtváno výkonem mobilního zařízení. Aplikace i použitá data vzdušného prostoru jsou garantována Řízením letového provozu ČR, s.p..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AisView at none against SkyDemon's 1. SkyDemon's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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. SkyDemon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AisView asks for nothing beyond the download.
SkyDemon ships an update monthly, AisView every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SkyDemon | AisView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (546 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 546 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Divelements Limited | Foxtrot Technologies s.r.o. |
Bugs and requests
SkyDemon
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incompatible with latest iPad OS
- Crashes when trying to download all charts
Requested features
6 requests- Print PLOG or route on iPad
- Improved logbook functionality
- Support for official CAA/NATS charts
- Synthetic vision
- IFR flight plan filing to Eurocontrol
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- Integration with Jeppesen IFR charts
AisView
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SkyDemon
- SkyDemon iOS Subscription$199.99
AisView
No in-app purchases









