Onboard Performance Tool vs Centrik
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.
Centrik
This app serves as an Electronic Flight Bag, enabling users to access and manage flight documents and forms offline. It synchronizes data when an internet connection is available, providing a seamless interface for flight operations.
- Offline document access
- Offline form completion
- Data synchronization
- Seamless interface
- Electronic Flight Bag functionality
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The Centrik iPad App is the "Electronic Flight Bag" for the TrustFlight Centrik system. It allows Centrik users to carry documents off-line, fill in forms off-line, and synchronize the EFB contents when back on-line. It also provides a seamless interface to access Centrik from the iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Centrik at 5.0 against Onboard Performance Tool's 3.5. Centrik also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Onboard Performance Tool's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Centrik 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 17% of Centrik's.
Onboard Performance Tool ships an update every 6 months, Centrik monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onboard Performance Tool | Centrik |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Boeing Company | TrustFlight Limited |
Customer experience
Onboard Performance Tool
Centrik
In-app purchases
Onboard Performance Tool
No in-app purchases
Centrik
No in-app purchases
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