8Flight Aviator EFB vs GoTime Grid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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8Flight is a new 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. 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 ~ 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. New Features Weekly ~ 8Flight is the culmination of years of work on so many fronts, and we're rolling out new features almost every single week. 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
GoTime Grid
This app analyzes weather data for pilots to identify optimal flight times based on personal minimums. It simplifies complex meteorological information into an easy-to-understand color-coded outlook, offering detailed explanations for flight recommendations.
- Color-coded flight window outlook
- Personalized Go/Marginal/No-Go recommendations
- Plain-English weather explanations
- Hourly weather details with confidence
- Multi-airport route planning
- Hazard awareness (SIGMETs, AIRMETs)
- ForeFlight route export
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GoTime Grid helps pilots quickly identify the best times to fly based on their personal minimums. **Currently supports weather data for airports in the United States only.** Instead of piecing together METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, PIREPs, and forecasts, GoTime Grid analyzes the weather for you and presents a simple, color-coded outlook over the coming days. See your best flying windows at a glance, then tap any time to understand exactly why conditions are Go, Marginal, or No-Go. Features include: • Grid view that highlights your best flying windows over the next seven days • Personalized Go / Marginal / No-Go recommendations based on your own minimums • Plain-English explanations for every decision • Hourly weather details with confidence estimates • Route planning with multi-airport analysis • Compare favorite routes to decide not just when to fly, but where • Hazard awareness including SIGMETs, AIRMETs, and relevant PIREPs • ForeFlight route export • Fast, clean interface designed for quick decision making GoTime Grid is designed to support your preflight planning—not replace pilot judgment. The pilot in command is always responsible for determining whether a flight can be conducted safely. Fly informed. Fly prepared. Know your GoTime. Privacy Policy: https://gotimegrid.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: GoTime Grid at freemium against 8Flight Aviator EFB's subscription. GoTime Grid also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). 8Flight Aviator EFB's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 5) and chart position (#120 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. 8Flight Aviator EFB sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and GoTime Grid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
8Flight Aviator EFB holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8Flight Aviator EFB has 81 ratings behind it against 5, 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 100% of GoTime Grid's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
8Flight Aviator EFB ships an update weekly, GoTime Grid every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8Flight Aviator EFB | GoTime Grid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (81 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #120 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Eight Flight | ROBERT MICHAEL DUTTON |
Customer experience
8Flight Aviator EFB
GoTime Grid
In-app purchases
8Flight Aviator EFB
- 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
GoTime Grid
- GoTime Pro1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- GoTime Pro1 Month trial$79.991 Year
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