Comparison

NoDak Pilot vs 8Flight Aviator EFB

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NoDak Pilot

This app provides UND Aerospace pilots with essential airport and weather data. It offers real-time updates, notifications for flight restrictions, and access to practice area availability. Users can also view historical data and weather forecasts for the Grand Forks area.

Highlights
  • Flight restriction notifications
  • Practice area availability
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Historical flight restriction data
  • Real-time weather and forecasts
Features
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Your Essential Tool for UND Aerospace Pilots! Stay ahead of airport and weather delays with the NoDak Pilot app designed to assist UND Aerospace pilots monitor airport and weather data effortlessly. Features include: ▶ Notifications: Get instant alerts for flight restriction changes ▶ Practice Areas: Get live availability of UND practice areas ▶ Widgets: Access flight restrictions directly from your Home or Lock Screen ▶ Historical Data: Review past flight restriction records with ease ▶ Weather Insights: View real-time weather and forecasts for airports in the Grand Forks area

About

8Flight Aviator EFB

This app provides advanced flight planning with real-time weather forecasts and complete, accurate fuel and FBO pricing. It offers graphical weather data, FBO filtering by service and hours, and includes information on airport amenities. Designed for pilots to save time and make informed decisions.

Highlights
  • Data-driven flight planning
  • Complete fuel and FBO pricing
  • Graphical aviation weather forecasts
  • Real-time weather radar
  • FBO filtering by service and hours
  • Airport amenities information
  • Offline access
Features
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8Flight is a data-driven flight planning platform, and the world's only source of complete and accurate fuel and FBO pricing. Download for a 30-day free trial. World's fastest flight planning. No other EFB has this many graphical forecasts, FBO data this accurate, or flight planning this fast. 4D advanced flight planning. Mappable aviation weather forecasts and FBO data let you view things like the best priced full-service fuel available at a particular day/time alongside forecast weather radar. Both retail avgas/jet fuel and contract fuel prices are always up to date. Our AI-based data engine and human reviewers conduct refresh and verification processes 24/7, and data downloads to the app seamlessly so you never have to worry about missing anything, with complete offline access in-flight as well. Unique Graphical Aviation Forecasts ~ 7-day forecast weather radar, echo tops, icing, turbulence, clouds, winds, and more - worldwide ~ 8Fusion: 100 aviation forecasts in 1, updated in realtime ~ Vertical Route Profile, synced to the map in 4D ~ Highest-resolution, fastest-updating realtime weather radar in the world ~ 3x faster realtime satellite cloud tops ~ Full METARs and TAFs on the map ~ Only EFB with full AIRMETs and SIGMETs ~ Weather widgets, Skew-Ts, and more Save 30+ Minutes on Every Trip ~ Don't spend an hour calling 4 FBOs at each of 3 airports. We already did. And we'll show you who's open when. Filter by Self Serve or Full Serve & Hours ~ $5.50 fuel is great these days, but sometimes you want to pay $6.00 to sit inside while someone does it for you. And sometimes passengers want an FBO that's open. right. now. Airport Restaurants & Museums (with hours!) and Hotels ~ The world's most complete in-flight collection of airport hotels, airport restaurants, and aviation museums, filtered on the map by hours for the time you'll arrive. And everything else: ~ Global Aviation Basemap ~ Synthetic Vision & Terrain (including Minimum IFR Altitudes + Obstacles) ~ AHRS, ADS-B, and Flight Plan Send/Receive (Dynon, Avidyne, Lynx, Stratus, Stratus, etc) ~ FMS Navigation ~ Weight & Balance ~ Detailed Aircraft Performance ~ Pro Pilot Logbook ~ Sync & Annotate Charts & Documents ~ Curated FAA Documents Library ~ Import & Sync Custom Map Content ~ Flight Plan Filing & Activation 8Flight requires a subscription. Visit https://eightflight.com to learn more. Currently covers primarily the entire US & parts of the Caribbean. More regions coming soon. Learn more: https://eightflight.com Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://eightflight.com/privacy

Screenshots

NoDak Pilot4 screens
8Flight Aviator EFB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoDak Pilot at none against 8Flight Aviator EFB's 7. NoDak Pilot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). 8Flight Aviator EFB's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (82 vs 11). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 8Flight Aviator EFB sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. NoDak Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NoDak Pilot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8Flight Aviator EFB has 82 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of NoDak Pilot's written reviews are positive against 71% of 8Flight Aviator EFB's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoDak Pilot ships an update every 2 months, 8Flight Aviator EFB weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NoDak Pilot versus 8Flight Aviator EFB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoDak Pilot8Flight Aviator EFB
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better4.6 (82 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better70.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1182 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB201 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolo TaylorEight Flight

Customer experience

NoDak Pilot

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

8Flight Aviator EFB

All ratings81 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative22.0%

In-app purchases

None

NoDak Pilot

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

8Flight Aviator EFB

Subscriptions5
  • 8Flight Data$5.991 Month
  • 8Flight Data$59.991 Year
  • 8Flight Aviator1 Month trial3 variants$99.991 Year
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  • aviator1 Month trial$129.991 Year
  • 8Flight Aviator + Pro Logbook$179.991 Year

Questions

Is NoDak Pilot free?
NoDak Pilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 8Flight Aviator EFB free?
8Flight Aviator EFB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NoDak Pilot or 8Flight Aviator EFB?
NoDak Pilot is rated higher. NoDak Pilot averages 5.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while 8Flight Aviator EFB averages 4.6 from 82 ratings.
Do NoDak Pilot or 8Flight Aviator EFB have ads?
Neither NoDak Pilot nor 8Flight Aviator EFB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NoDak Pilot or 8Flight Aviator EFB?
NoDak Pilot ships an update every 2 months, and 8Flight Aviator EFB weekly. Most recently, NoDak Pilot was updated on October 21, 2026 and 8Flight Aviator EFB on October 27, 2026.

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