Textron Aviation Cesnav vs Honeywell Forge MxAdvisor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Textron Aviation Cesnav
This app integrates three specialized calculators for aviation professionals. It helps determine aircraft weight and balance, calculate takeoff and landing performance, and plan flight routes with fuel and time estimations. Results can be exported for onboard use.
- Aircraft-specific weight and balance calculation
- Takeoff and landing performance analysis
- Route planning with fuel and time estimation
- Optimization based on cost and fuel
- Exportable PDF reports
- Support for various Citation models
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Cesnav combines three calculators (Previously known as CLCalc, CPCalc, and EOM) into one app, offering a unified experience from sharing calculations across the calculators to a combined results screen. • The Loading calculator uses an aircraft-specific weight and balance file and allows you to quickly determine your takeoff and landing weight and CG after entering your passengers, cargo and fuel load. • The Takeoff and Landing calculator is an excellent tool for determining engine-out performance in areas where obstacles or terrain clearance is a factor. It is easier, faster, often provides better field performance and higher takeoff weights than the AFM data. • The Planning calculator uses a worldwide airport and navaid database to plan a route calculating trip time, fuel and distance. Many models also feature Cessna’s exclusive GreenTrak technology which will optimize your flight based on DOC and fuel costs, resulting in the minimum total cost. • You can export, print and email PDFs of passenger manifests, loading sheets, performance, and planning results to take on-board. Cesnav is available for all current production Citations and the following models: CitationJet, Latitude, Longitude, CJ1, CJ1+, CJ2, CJ2+, CJ3, Bravo, Encore, Encore+, Excel, XLS, Sovereign, and X. The Loading calculator can also be used with any 550, 560, S550, 208B, or 208 aircraft (208 with TKS currently not supported). New aircraft deliveries include a subscription for the warranty period of the aircraft at no additional charge. App requires a subscription
Honeywell Forge MxAdvisor
Access and analyze aircraft maintenance data from Honeywell avionics systems. View decoded fault history and condition monitoring files for insights into aircraft health and fleet-wide trends. Supports seamless data synchronization between iPad and web applications.
- Retrieve FHDB/ACM files from avionics
- Decode and view fault history messages
- Graphical representation of message occurrences
- Sync data between iPad and web server
- Fleet-level health insights
- Plan maintenance activities
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Honeywell’s Forge Maintenance Advisor app is a tool for retrieving Fault History Database (FHDB) or Aircraft Condition Monitoring (ACM) files from the Honeywell Primus® Epic/Apex Integrated Avionics Suite when connected to the aircraft network via the Wireless Data Loader or Aspen Gateway. This app decodes FHDB files on the Honeywell Ground Server and enables the aircraft maintainer to view stored messages of FHDB files to derive meaningful insights about the health of the aircraft. Hon Forge Maintenance Advisor simplifies the way a maintainer uses FHDB data by providing a graphical and visual representation of messages and their occurrences. The app syncs the FHDB data between the iPad and Honeywell Ground Server (Maintenance Advisor web application) for seamless operation. Forge Maintenance Advisor has two interfaces as listed below: 1. iPad application – used by the aircraft line maintainer to view the decoded messages with the Forge Maintenance Advisor app. 2. Web application – decodes FHDB files and is used by the airline tech specialist to view the decoded messages on the web portal to derive meaningful insights on the fleet level health of aircrafts. This enables the user to plan/issue the maintenance activities for the aircraft/fleets.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Textron Aviation Cesnav at 5.0 against Honeywell Forge MxAdvisor's 3.0. Honeywell Forge MxAdvisor's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription). 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.
Textron Aviation Cesnav holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Textron Aviation Cesnav | Honeywell Forge MxAdvisor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Textron Inc. | Honeywell Aerospace US LLC |
Customer experience
Textron Aviation Cesnav
Honeywell Forge MxAdvisor
In-app purchases
Textron Aviation Cesnav
No in-app purchases
Honeywell Forge MxAdvisor
No in-app purchases
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