Onboard Performance Tool vs PDC CrewConnex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Onboard Performance Tool
This application enables flight crews and ground personnel to perform real-time performance calculations for flights. It provides fast and precise data for takeoff, landing, and weight and balance, accounting for various environmental and operational factors.
- Real-time performance calculations
- Takeoff analysis
- Landing analysis
- Weight and balance information
- Accounts for weather and runway conditions
- Corrects for pressure variation and MEL items
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*** This application requires configuration files, performance and other databases, available separately. Contact your Boeing representative for details. *** The Onboard Performance Tool (OPT) permits flight crews and ground personnel to perform real-time calculations based on current weather and runway conditions, while adhering to company and regulatory policies and procedures. The Onboard Performance Tool provides self-planning capability through fast and precise calculations. It allows flight crews to calculate the takeoff analysis, landing analysis, and weight and balance information. Instant and accurate calculations save time by correcting for pressure variation, runway conditions, engine bleeds and Minimum Equipment List (MEL) items.
PDC CrewConnex
This app provides airline crew members with essential information and communication tools. Access your flight schedule, acknowledge changes, chat with colleagues and planners, and manage duty check-ins and document access.
- Roster viewing (flights, training, off days, vacation)
- Roster change notifications
- Chat with planners and colleagues
- Duty check-in
- Access briefing documents
- Duty swapping
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PDC CrewConnex offers easy access to your roster and other information that your employer provide. With PDC CrewConnex you can easily: * See you roster including flight duties, training, off days, vacation etc. * Acknowledge notifications about changes to you roster * Chat with your Planners, Operations, and colleagues * Check-in to duties * Access briefing documents * Swap duties with your colleagues NOTE: PDC CrewConnex requires that your employer has a PDC FligthCrew license and has activated support for PDC CrewConnex. Contact your employer regarding account details. PDC A/S
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Onboard Performance Tool at 3.5 against PDC CrewConnex's 3.0. Onboard Performance Tool also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 4). PDC CrewConnex's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Onboard Performance Tool holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 14% and 14% positive.
Onboard Performance Tool ships an update every 6 months, PDC CrewConnex every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onboard Performance Tool | PDC CrewConnex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Boeing Company | PDC A/S |
Customer experience
Onboard Performance Tool
PDC CrewConnex
In-app purchases
Onboard Performance Tool
No in-app purchases
PDC CrewConnex
No in-app purchases
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