Approach Charts vs Flight Briefing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Approach Charts
Access FAA Instrument Approach charts for the US, including airport diagrams, minimums, and runway information. Get live weather and NOTAMs, and search by various criteria. The database and charts update monthly.
- FAA Instrument Approach charts
- Airport diagrams and runway information
- Live weather and NOTAMs
- Search by airport name, city, identifier, or state
- Quick access to favorite airports
- Monthly automatic updates
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FAA Instrument Approach charts (Terminal Procedures) for the US - Includes Airport diagrams, Minimums, STARS and DPs - Includes detailed airport and runway information for all US airports - Includes weather and NOTAMs when available - Search by airport name, city, identifier or state - Quick access to your most used airports - Always current: database and charts update automatically every month - Full screen view option Approach charts requires a subscription that will give you access to all FAA instrument approach charts for the United States, updated every 28 days, live weather and NOTAMs. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.bbflight.com/in-cockpit-apps-for-pilots/approach-charts/approach-charts-privacy-policy
Flight Briefing
This app provides pilots with a comprehensive electronic flight folder for pre-flight briefings. It includes weather data, NOTAMs, operational flight plans with automatic calculations, and a customizable journey log. All flight data can be submitted directly to airline operations.
- Electronic Flight Folder
- Interactive Operational Flight Plan
- Weather and NOTAMs
- Automatic Fuel and Time Calculations
- Customizable Journey Log
- Data Submission to Flight Ops
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Prepare and perform your flight with the FlightBriefing App, then submit all the entered data and journey log to your airline's flight ops department or operations center from within the app. The Flight Briefing App contains a complete Electronic Flight Folder, with all necessary information for a pre-flight briefing, including map, weather (METAR, TAF, SIGMET, Wind and significant weather charts), NOTAMs, Operational Flight Plan (including Mass & Balance and Fuel Figures), and the filed ATC flight plan. - The Operational Flight Plan is interactive, perform time and fuel checks during the flight, remaining time and fuel is automatically calculated. - Weather and NOTAMs can be searched and marked as important or not applicable. - All data recorded during flight can then be submitted to your Airline's Flight Ops Department, eliminating the need for paper in the cockpit. - Includes a Journey Log with fields customized for your airline. Layout and data included can be adapted to your airline's own needs and operational procedures. The real data presented in the Flight Briefing App will come from your Airline's flight planning system (PPS, Navblue N-Flight Planning, other providers upon request), and contain the same information as you get in a traditional paper briefing package. An integration with your airline's flight planning provider and operational procedures is therefore necessary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight Briefing at 100% against Approach Charts's 0%. Flight Briefing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Approach Charts's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Approach Charts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Flight Briefing asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flight Briefing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Approach Charts has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Approach Charts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flight Briefing's.
Approach Charts ships an update every 3 months, Flight Briefing fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Approach Charts | Flight Briefing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Candidus LLC | Johan Bergsee |
Customer experience
Approach Charts
Flight Briefing
In-app purchases
Approach Charts
- Monthly subscription2 Months trial$0.991 Month
- Annual subscription2 Months trial$9.991 Year
Flight Briefing
No in-app purchases
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