Orientation vs SkyPocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orientation
Easily locate yourself and find directions with this intuitive navigation tool. Search for any address or landmark and get real-time guidance on a map that functions as a compass. Ideal for urban exploration, outdoor adventures, or simply finding your way back.
- Locate yourself easily
- Get directions and distance to destination
- Find your car or return to starting point
- Intuitive address search
- Map orients as a compass
- Display current address
- Zoomable map
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Keep your bearings, wherever you are. Orientation lets you choose up to six places and instantly see where they are in relation to your current position. Compare their direction and distance, view their coordinates, and keep important places in sight while traveling, walking, hiking, or going about your day. Keep your hotel, parked car, starting point, meeting place, landmark, or any position you select on the map in view. MAIN FEATURES • View up to six places at the same time • See the direction and distance to each place on a visual compass • Check latitude and longitude coordinates • Display all selected places together on the map • Search for a place or address, or tap the map to place or move a target • Recenter on your current position and switch map types • Share a position or open a target in Apple Maps • Designed for iPhone and iPad Built for orientation at a glance, Orientation gives you a clear view of each selected place relative to you, so you can compare destinations and choose where to head. Location access and an internet connection are required. Compass accuracy may be affected by magnetic or electromagnetic interference.
SkyPocket
Transform your phone into an in-flight cockpit. Track live flight data, view offline maps, and record your journeys. Learn about your aircraft and the world below, all without ads or subscriptions.
- Live flight data (speed, altitude, track)
- Offline moving map with points of interest
- Aircraft-specific phase explanations
- Flight recording with lock screen stats
- Post-flight logbook and replay
- Photo and video stamping with flight data
- Multi-language support
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SkyPocket is the flight mode app for anyone who flies: no ads, sign ups, analytics or in-app purchases. Buy it once and it's yours for life. It works on iPhone and Apple Watch, and a window seat helps. The Aviation Nerd: • Live ground speed, altitude, track and vertical speed on cockpit-style tapes • An offline moving map, mid-ocean included, with 41,000 peaks and 3,000 lakes • Cabin altitude, turbulence, g-force and bank from your phone's own sensors • The country below, its local time, and which side the sun is on • Pick a destination for distance to go and a live ETA The Nervous Flyer: • Every phase of the flight explained as it happens, with your aircraft's own numbers • Two dozen cabin sounds decoded, the worrying ones marked NORMAL • 65 aircraft with their numbers, spotting clues and trivia The Storyteller: • Photos and clips stamped with your speed, altitude and position • Notes saved with the moment they happened • Turn the whole flight into a 9:16 reel The Globetrotter: • A logbook of every flight, named from 4,000 airports • A ten-language phrasebook, spoken aloud The Long Haul: • Eight games in the flight deck's style, with your speed and altitude still in view • GPS LOST mode: an honest estimate toward your destination when the fix drops out over a jamming zone On your wrist: • SkyPocket for Apple Watch records with its own GPS, alongside your iPhone or on its own, and the two join into one flight • Speed, altitude, time left and your route on your wrist, plus a complication that shows REC while you fly Record the whole flight: Tap once before takeoff. SkyPocket records with your phone locked, shows live stats on the lock screen and detects the landing itself. If the app closes or the battery dies, your flight is safe and can resume. In 15 languages, including the whole World Factbook for all 238 countries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SkyPocket at every 3 days against Orientation's every 2 months. SkyPocket also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Orientation's advantage is ratings volume (142 vs 8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On 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
Orientation costs $2.99 and SkyPocket $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SkyPocket holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orientation has 142 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Orientation's written reviews are positive against 100% of SkyPocket's.
Orientation ships an update every 2 months, SkyPocket every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orientation | SkyPocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (142 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaviro Software | John Mckay |
Customer experience
Orientation
SkyPocket
In-app purchases
Orientation
No in-app purchases
SkyPocket
No in-app purchases






