RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD vs Falcon BMS Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD
This app replaces your flight simulator's cockpit panels with a touch-enabled display on your tablet. It offers essential flight instruments and allows for customization with additional gauges available through in-app purchases. A companion server utility is required for connection.
- Touch-enabled cockpit panel replacement
- Six basic flight instruments included
- Smoothly animated and synced gauges
- Customizable cockpit layout
- Additional advanced gauges available
- Compatible with FSX/FS9/P3D/X-Plane
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RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD is full-featured, touch enabled cockpit panel replacement for almost any of your Flight Simulator aircraft. Enhance your experience with general aviation 6-pack in front of your screen. Optimized for retina display from the very beginning. Enjoy your scenery on full screen and let your iPad do the job displaying the gauges. [Key Features] • Six basic instruments included in basic package: • Altimeter • Attitude Indicator • Vertical Speed Indicator • Airspeed Indicator • Turn and Slip Indicator • Directional Gyro All gauges are smoothly animated and synced with FSX/FS9/P3D/X-Plane in both directions. (X-Plane on both Windows and OSX) Cockpit layout is fully customizable (you can change each gauge position) and more advanced gauges are available as in-app-purchase. [Additional Gauges (as in-app-purchase)] • EFIS gauge • Electronic Altimeter • Airspeed Indicator "C172 style" • Airspeed Indicator "BE58 style" • Airspeed Indicator "Robinson R22" • Horizontal Situation Indicator (fully dual, localizer / gs / directional needles / OBS selector / HDG selector) • VOR Indicator • Simple RPM Indicator (for piston engines, max. 2 engines) • Advanced ADI with Slip ball • Engine RPM for Robinson R22 • Manifold Pressure Indicator for Robinson R22 RemoteFlight Server utility is required to establish the connection between Flight Simulator and your device. RemoteFlight server is very lightweight and will not affect the performance of your Flight Simulator/X-Plane. Download the server free on https://www.remoteflight.net/server Get free RemoteFlight LITE app for iPhone and iPad and test the configuration without any risk.
Falcon BMS Control
Control a flight simulator from your mobile device. This app mirrors simulator displays and buttons on your touch screen, offering responsive control with minimal delay. A companion server application is required for full functionality.
- Control Falcon BMS simulator
- Render ICP, DED, and MFDs
- Touchscreen button control
- No perceivable delay
- Requires companion server app
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Falcon BMS Control lets you control Falcon BMS simulator from your iPad or iPhone. It will render the ICP, DED and both left and right MFDs on your touch device and all buttons present will control your simulator with no perceivable delay. Requires the accompanying server application from https://kungfoo.github.io/falcon-bms-control/ to be running to fully work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Falcon BMS Control at Free against RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD's $15.99. Falcon BMS Control also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 55%) and rating (5.0 vs 2.7). RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 7). 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
Falcon BMS Control is free to download; RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD costs $15.99 up front. RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Falcon BMS Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
Falcon BMS Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Falcon BMS Control's.
RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD ships an update every 3 months, Falcon BMS Control every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD | Falcon BMS Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.7 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inputwish s.r.o. | Silvio Heuberger |
Customer experience
RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD
Falcon BMS Control
Bugs and requests
RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD
Reported bugs
12 issues- App does not connect to server
- App does not communicate with MSFS 2020
- Cannot get app to connect to FS2020 despite multiple programs installed
- Plugin causes X-Plane glitch, disabling menu systems
- Does not work with Prepar3d V4.5
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- App freezes on long flights, requiring restart
- Remote server crashes occasionally
- HSI not working with GPS approach
- Does not work at all, doesn't connect
- RemoteFlight Server did not work on PC initially
- RF remote server crashes occasionally
- App does not connect to the server
Requested features
14 requests- Add more gauges, especially engine gauges (fuel, RPM, oil, etc.)
- Ability to save and load various gauge layouts/profiles per plane
- Add an 'empty/blank gauge' option for custom placement
- More gauges suitable for jets
- Ability to adjust spacing for pit builders
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- Add a chrono gauge
- Add swipe functionality for faster instrument set switching
- Add 2 more gauges on screen (total of 8)
- Merge different control apps (dials, radio stack) into one
- Add speed gauges in MPH format
- Add support for Android devices
- Improve X-Plane 64-bit compatibility
- Add glass cockpit options
- Add manifold pressure, fuel flow gauges
Falcon BMS Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RemoteFlight COCKPIT HD
- Turn and slip coordinator$3.99
- Simple RPM Indicator$3.99
- Attitude Direction Indicator with Slip Indicator$4.99
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- C172 style Airspeed Indicator$4.99
- Electronic Altimeter$5.99
- VOR Indicator$6.99
- Horizontal Situation Indicator$7.99
- Simple EFIS$9.99
- R22 Pack$10.99
- All Gauges Pack$15.99
Falcon BMS Control
No in-app purchases
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