Comparison

8Flight Aviator EFB vs Visibility Tool

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

Head to head
About

8Flight Aviator EFB

This app provides advanced flight planning with comprehensive fuel and FBO pricing, graphical weather forecasts, and detailed airport information. It offers offline access and aims to save pilots significant time on trip planning.

Highlights
  • Complete fuel and FBO pricing
  • Graphical aviation weather forecasts
  • Fast 4D advanced flight planning
  • Offline access to data
  • Airport restaurant and hotel information
  • Flight plan filing and activation
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

About

Visibility Tool

This app transforms your phone into a weather sensor to measure local visibility for safe and legal flights. Simply point your camera at the horizon and capture a photo to get an accurate visibility metric, usable even without cell service.

Highlights
  • Measures local visibility
  • Converts phone into weather sensor
  • Works offline, no cell service needed
  • Provides visibility metric (1-10+ miles)
  • Supports drone and general aviation compliance
  • Useful for first responders and Medevac
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Accurately determine local visibility to ensure your flight is safe and legal by turning your mobile phone into a weather sensor. The simple point-and-click capability enables anyone globally to determine local visibility, even in flight. The technology works by pointing the mobile phone camera towards the horizon and then angling up until the view is unobstructed by buildings, trees or other foreground objects. Users take a photo in any direction they want and the technology responds with a visibility metric ranging from 1-10+ miles (1.6-16+ kilometers). Visibility Tool software is downloaded on your device. It is not cloud-based and does not require cell service. As such, drone operations can be flown weather compliantly within the national airspace from your backyard to the remotest of destinations. Similarly, pilots can use the tool at altitude where cell service is not available. More information is available at https://lowaltitudeweathernetwork.com/ Visibility tool applications include: - UAS and drone operations (Instantaneous FAA part 107.51 regulatory visibility compliance for every UAS operation) - General aviation (As part of your preflight, obtain instantaneous FAR 14 CFR section 91.155 regulatory visibility compliance for your VFR operation) - First responder and Medevac flights (This tool allows First Responders to instantly determine if Medevac can be safely initiated or alternatively, ground transport is necessary because of poor visibility) - Other use cases: Ground transportation, Maritime operations, Athletic and outdoor activities, Pulmonary and health monitoring Accurate visibility is important because low visibility is a leading cause of weather-related accidents/fatalities in General Aviation, Helicopter/Medevac, UAS and ground transportation.

Screenshots

8Flight Aviator EFB4 screens
Visibility Tool3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 8Flight Aviator EFB at Free against Visibility Tool's $9.99. 8Flight Aviator EFB also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (82 vs 1). Visibility Tool's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

8Flight Aviator EFB is free to download; Visibility Tool costs $9.99 up front. 8Flight Aviator EFB sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Visibility Tool asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visibility Tool 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of 8Flight Aviator EFB's written reviews are positive against 50% of Visibility Tool's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8Flight Aviator EFB ships an update weekly, Visibility Tool every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
8Flight Aviator EFB versus Visibility Tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8Flight Aviator EFBVisibility Tool
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.6 (82 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings82 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
Best chart rank#197#61 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB1006 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEight FlightFlightprofiler, LLC

Customer experience

8Flight Aviator EFB

All ratings82 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative22.0%

Visibility Tool

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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
None

Visibility Tool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 8Flight Aviator EFB free?
8Flight Aviator EFB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Visibility Tool free?
Visibility Tool costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 8Flight Aviator EFB or Visibility Tool?
Visibility Tool is rated higher. 8Flight Aviator EFB averages 4.6 out of 5 from 82 ratings, while Visibility Tool averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 8Flight Aviator EFB or Visibility Tool have ads?
Neither 8Flight Aviator EFB nor Visibility Tool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 8Flight Aviator EFB or Visibility Tool?
8Flight Aviator EFB ships an update weekly, and Visibility Tool every 5 months. Most recently, 8Flight Aviator EFB was updated on November 5, 2026 and Visibility Tool on November 4, 2026.
Which is more popular, 8Flight Aviator EFB or Visibility Tool?
8Flight Aviator EFB currently peaks at #197 in the App Store charts, and Visibility Tool at #61. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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