Onboard Performance Tool vs Flysmart+ TakeOff
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.
Flysmart+ TakeOff
This tool computes aircraft takeoff performance, optimizing weight or temperature based on weather and aircraft configuration. It reduces paper usage in the cockpit and features enhanced runway graphics for improved situational awareness.
- Compute aircraft takeoff performance
- Optimize takeoff weight
- Optimize flexible temperature
- Consider weather conditions
- Account for aircraft configuration (MEL/CDL)
- Enhanced runway graphics
- Reduce paper in cockpit
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“DATA ENCLOSED IN THE APPLICATIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY. THEY MUST NOT BE USED FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES AND AIRBUS AND NAVBLUE DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY REGARDING THE USE OF THESE APPLICATIONS. THESE APPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES WITH REAL DATA BY AIRLINES QUALIFIED PILOTS AFTER SUCH AIRLINE HAS ENTERED INTO A SPECIFIC AGREEMENT WITH NAVBLUE SAS.” Get access to a comprehensive and state-of-the-art EFB tool for aircraft operations directly on your device with Flysmart+ applications. This significantly helps to reduce the use of paper in the cockpit With Flysmart+ TakeOff, you will be able to compute Airbus aircraft takeoff performance. Thanks to optimisation process, Flysmart+ TakeOff will give you the optimum Takeoff weight or Flexible temperature based on the actual weather conditions and actual aircraft configuration (MEL items and CDL items if any) Flysmart+ TakeOff features enhanced graphics on runway information which drastically increases situation awareness.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flysmart+ TakeOff at 5.0 against Onboard Performance Tool's 3.5. Flysmart+ TakeOff also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 14%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). Onboard Performance Tool's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Flysmart+ TakeOff holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Onboard Performance Tool has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Onboard Performance Tool's written reviews are positive against 27% of Flysmart+ TakeOff's.
Onboard Performance Tool ships an update every 6 months, Flysmart+ TakeOff every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 1, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onboard Performance Tool | Flysmart+ TakeOff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews | 27.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Boeing Company | Navblue Inc. |
Customer experience
Onboard Performance Tool
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In-app purchases
Onboard Performance Tool
No in-app purchases
Flysmart+ TakeOff
No in-app purchases
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