VatMap vs Goose, Your Digital Co
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VatMap
View the VATSIM network in real-time on your mobile device. Plan, track, and monitor flights and controllers directly from your smartphone or tablet. Utilize built-in maps and in-app charts for an enhanced flight simulation experience.
- Real-time pilot and controller display
- In-app charts for Electronic Flight Bag
- Flight planning and tracking
- Friend list management
- One-minute data updates
- Departure and arrival information
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VatMap provides an online view of the VATSIM® Network on you iPhone or iPad! Now even use VatMap as your Electronic Flight Bag for charts! The missing feature. Now plan, see, watch and track VATSIM® flights with your own smartphone or tablet! VatMap is based on the build in map of your iDevice. It plots the online pilots and controllers on your map right in the palm of your hand! A few of our features: - Shows all ATC - ATC Sectors - in-App Charts - It displays all planes flying online - Quick and easy access to flight-info - It shows your friends. - Add, delete your friends. - Updates data every minute. - Check if ATC is booked - Check Departures and Arrivals - Find a controller online - Set your own preferred settings - Show yourself vs ATC or Pilots - Show routes of Pilots and many more features are available! Working on: - Airports - More Sectors for Approach and TWR positions - Adding more Charts to our database - and more...! Add your friends, fly together and enjoy!
Goose, Your Digital Co
This AI-powered voice assistant acts as a digital co-pilot for general aviation pilots. It offers hands-free control of checklists and navigation information, even when offline, enhancing flight safety and efficiency.
- Voice-activated control
- Offline capability
- Advanced safety procedures
- Digital co-pilot
- Checklist system
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Welcome to Goose – Your Digital Co-Pilot. General Aviaiton's #1 Checklist App! A voice assistant for pilots! Goose is YOUR Digital Co-Pilot and works great with or without audio. "The Siri for pilots" - Aviation Consumer Nov 2021 Goose is the revolutionary AI voice co-pilot – the voice assistant for pilot’s. Designed by pilots, for pilots, Goose is here to elevate your flying experience with voice-controlled precision and reliability. Goose comes with an extraordinary feature set that evolved over the last decade to the best digital co-pilot and only voice assistant for pilots in General Aviation. VOICE-ACTIVATED CONTROL Just say "Hey Goose" to access checklists, navigation info, and more, hands-free. Offline Capability: Reliable and accessible, Goose functions perfectly offline, ensuring constant support, no matter where you fly. ADVANCED SAFETY PROCEDURES Enhanced with MiraCheck's trusted checklist system and Goose's AI innovations for unmatched safety in single-pilot operations. ====================== DONWLOAD GOOSE NOW! Be a Maverick – Fly with Goose Experience the next level of flight assistance!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Goose, Your Digital Co at 4.5 against VatMap's 4.0. Goose, Your Digital Co also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (402 vs 23). VatMap's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (79% vs 44%). On price, ads 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. Goose, Your Digital Co sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. VatMap asks for nothing beyond the download.
Goose, Your Digital Co holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goose, Your Digital Co has 402 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of VatMap's written reviews are positive against 44% of Goose, Your Digital Co's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
VatMap ships an update fortnightly, Goose, Your Digital Co every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VatMap | Goose, Your Digital Co |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (23 ratings) | 4.5 (402 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.7% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 402 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | wkberg | Miralou Aero LLC |
Customer experience
VatMap
Goose, Your Digital Co
Bugs and requests
VatMap
Reported bugs
3 issues- Metar request feature not working
- Crashes when trying to open weather tab
- Sector boundaries not showing for some ATC centers
Requested features
4 requests- Improved visualization of ATC sectors and coverage areas
- Option to disable dark mode when device is in light mode
- Integration of audio communication between ATC and pilots
- Ability to sort pilot and ATC lists by various criteria
Goose, Your Digital Co
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VatMap
No in-app purchases
Goose, Your Digital Co
- MiraCheck CoPilot - Pro Plan (Monthly)$5.99
- Pro Plan Yearly (V6)$36.00
- Performance Plan Yearly (V6)$49.00
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- MiraCheck - Standard (Yearly)$49.99
- MiraCheck CoPilot - Pro Plan (Yearly)$99.99
- Version 5 Pro Plan$99.99
