Falco W&B vs TBM Performance
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.
TBM Performance
This app calculates essential flight performance data for Daher TBM aircraft, covering takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, and emergency procedures. It includes tools like a glide distance calculator, circuit breaker finder, and risk analysis.
- Flight performance calculations
- Takeoff and landing data
- Climb and cruise performance
- Emergency procedures
- Glide distance calculator
- Circuit breaker finder
- Risk analysis tool
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TBM Performance computes all the useful performance numbers for flight planning for Daher (Socata) TBM aircraft models. It includes calculations for takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, instrument procedures as well as emergencies. The app contains a complete set of normal and emergency procedures,including a glide distance calculator that handles headwinds and tailwinds, and an interactive circuit breaker finder. It also includes a hold entry calculator, a radar page, and a risk analysis tool. TBM Performance is also available on other mobile devices and as a WebApp (an App that runs in a browser) that runs on a variety of platforms (PC, Mac, tablets, phones). The cloud sync feature allows flight planning profiles entered on any device to be synchronized with your other devices when connected to the Internet. TBM Performance is a free, open-source development effort and has Apps and WebApps for other aircraft. See http://pohperformance.com for complete details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TBM Performance at 5.0 against Falco W&B's 3.7. TBM Performance also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 3). Falco W&B's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
TBM Performance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Falco W&B's written reviews are positive against 88% of TBM Performance's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Falco W&B ships an update every 25 months, TBM Performance every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Falco W&B | TBM Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Petty | POH Performance L.L.C. |
Customer experience
Falco W&B
TBM Performance
In-app purchases
Falco W&B
No in-app purchases
TBM Performance
No in-app purchases
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