Onboard Performance Tool vs AQD
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.
AQD
This business application streamlines safety incident reporting from a mobile device. It allows users to draft and submit reports offline, with seamless syncing to a web application upon connection. Users can also monitor report status and feedback directly within the app.
- Customizable report forms
- Offline report drafting and submission
- Seamless web application syncing
- Report status and feedback monitoring
- Mobile-first reporting process
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The AQD mobile app provides you with everything you need to complete the reporting process from a mobile device. The app uses customizable report forms designed to meet individual business needs. Draft and submit reports from anywhere, even while offline. When a connection is established, the app seamlessly updates the AQD web application, where the report will be assessed. Monitor the status and feedback on your sent reports from within the mobile app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Onboard Performance Tool at 3.5 against AQD's 1.0. Onboard Performance Tool also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 1) and review sentiment (14% vs 0%). AQD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 1.0. 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 0% of AQD's.
Onboard Performance Tool ships an update every 6 months, AQD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onboard Performance Tool | AQD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Boeing Company | Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services (NZ) Limited |
Customer experience
Onboard Performance Tool
AQD
In-app purchases
Onboard Performance Tool
No in-app purchases
AQD
No in-app purchases
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