Sky Briefing vs Fleetplan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sky Briefing
This app provides private and student pilots with essential preflight information. Access up-to-date weather observations, forecasts, NOTAMs, and runway data for thousands of airports globally. Visualize weather conditions graphically and view webcam images.
- Airport weather observations and forecasts
- Graphical weather representation
- NOTAMs
- Runway and crosswind data
- Webcam images
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Sky Briefing is the perfect companion app for private and student pilots to check weather and other preflight information (NOTAMs, runway data, forecasts). Features: - Up-to-date weather observations and forecasts for over 40,000 airports worldwide - Graphical representation of weather conditions - Airport NOTAMs - Runway and crosswind information - Webcam images of nearby locations
Fleetplan
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The Document Management Solution for the Aviation Industry. With FleetPlan Mobile for iOS, airlines can distribute documentation and messages to aircraft or pilots mobile devices. New manual revisions, safety messages and directives will be automatically synchronised to all subscribed devices. All manuals at your fingertips with full text search, bookmarks and intuitive paging - always up to date! Supports also links between PDF documents. Synchronise all types of Airline/Aircraft documentation: - Operational Manuals - Aircraft Manuals - Safety Messages - Training Manuals - Technical Documentation - Certificates - Directives - Notices for Crew and Pilots - any other PDF, Image or Movie
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fleetplan at every 2 months against Sky Briefing's every 7 months. Sky Briefing's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sky Briefing ships an update every 7 months, Fleetplan every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sky Briefing | Fleetplan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philippe Leybaert | FleetPlan |
In-app purchases
Sky Briefing
No in-app purchases
Fleetplan
No in-app purchases
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