Falco W&B vs uAvionix Echo Installer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Falco W&B
This application assists pilots of the Frati F.8L Falco aircraft with weight and balance calculations. It graphically displays the impact of loading, crew, baggage, and fuel management on the aircraft's center of gravity. Users can customize settings and save results for printing.
- Weight and balance calculations
- Graphical display of results
- Fuel management planning
- Customizable aircraft characteristics
- Data input via keyboard or sliders
- Save and print screenshots
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Falco W&B is a weight & balance app designed specifically for for the Frati F.8L Falco, both factory-built and homebuilt. The Falco is somewhat unusual in having its fuel carried in fuel tanks fore and aft of the cockpit. This makes fuel management an important part of maintaining safe center-of-gravity control during flight. This app provides a useful planning tool for the Falco pilot, providing a graphical presentation of the results of loading and fuel use choices on aircraft weight and balance. In addition to fuel, baggage and crew weights, the pilot can vary the fuel use between tanks and when to switch between tanks during the flight. The user may use either the iPad keyboard or special sliders to input data. Screenshots may be saved to the iPad's Photos app and printed on AirPrint-capable printers. An in-app preferences screen allows the user to customize the app with the characteristics of their Falco, set default values for all inputs, and choose whether to use English or metric units, sliders or a keypad for data entry, and what type of keypad.
uAvionix Echo Installer
This free utility allows owners of specific uAvionix Echo devices to monitor, install, and configure their hardware. It supports devices like the echoUAT and Vektor. For skyBeacon configuration, a separate installer is required.
- Device monitoring
- Hardware installation
- Device configuration
- Supports echoUAT
- Supports Vektor
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Owners of the uAvionix Echo line of devices can use this free application to monitor, install, and configure their hardware. Supported device(s) include: echoUAT Vektor To configure your uAvionix skyBeacon, please download skyBeacon Installer from the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: uAvionix Echo Installer at 4.1 against Falco W&B's 3.7. uAvionix Echo Installer also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 25 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
uAvionix Echo Installer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Falco W&B ships an update every 25 months, uAvionix Echo Installer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Falco W&B | uAvionix Echo Installer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Petty | uAvionix Corporation |
Customer experience
Falco W&B
uAvionix Echo Installer
In-app purchases
Falco W&B
No in-app purchases
uAvionix Echo Installer
No in-app purchases
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