Sky Briefing vs Motion Keyboard
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
Motion Keyboard
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Motion Keyboard corrects words from where your fingers land. Type fast without aiming: the keyboard reads the pattern of all your taps and finds the word you meant. GESTURES • Swipe right: space and the corrected word • Swipe right again: period; swipe down or up to change the mark • Swipe down: next suggestion; up: previous, or exactly what you typed • Swipe left: delete the whole word; hold to keep deleting • Swipe up on a typed word: add it to the dictionary • Two fingers down: hide the space row and get more screen • Hold the space bar: move the cursor ENGLISH AND POLISH Suggestions take the previous word into account. Hold a letter for Polish accents. Swipe across the space bar to switch languages. LEARNS HOW YOU TYPE The keyboard remembers your words and how you hit the keys, and gets more accurate over time. LIQUID GLASS One glass pane with no gaps between keys: every point belongs to a key, so you never tap into nothing. The pressed letter pops up on a glass lens. The bar above the keys shows digits 1–0 or word suggestions; swipe sideways to switch. Emoji sit next to 123. PRIVACY The keyboard never connects to the internet and sends nothing. What it learns stays on your iPhone. It works without Full Access; Full Access adds haptics and a dictionary shared with the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Motion Keyboard at every 3 days against Sky Briefing's every 7 months. Sky Briefing's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). 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, Motion Keyboard every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sky Briefing | Motion Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| 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 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philippe Leybaert | Adrian Zielinski |
In-app purchases
Sky Briefing
No in-app purchases
Motion Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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