Comparison

8Flight Aviator EFB vs StationWX

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

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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

About

StationWX

This app decodes raw aviation weather observations from U.S. stations into plain language. It provides live station health status, maintenance flag analysis, and visual flight category information. It also includes radar overlays, historical data, and severe weather alerts.

Highlights
  • Decoded METARs with raw text
  • Live station health status
  • Flight category map
  • Animated NEXRAD radar overlay
  • 30-day history charts
  • SIGMETs and AIRMETs
  • NWS severe weather alerts
Features
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StationWX turns raw ASOS and AWOS surface observations into clear, decoded aviation weather, and tells you when the station itself can't be trusted. THE STATION IS THE STORY Most weather apps stop at the METAR text. StationWX watches the stations: 2,668 U.S. ASOS and AWOS sites with live health status, maintenance-flag analysis, and decoded observations, plus NOAA 1-minute data for the 920 federally certified ASOS sites. Everything is fetched directly from NOAA, the National Weather Service, the Aviation Weather Center, and the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. There is no backend server in between. SEE THE WEATHER, NOT THE CODE Every METAR is decoded into plain language: wind, gusts, visibility, ceiling, temperature, dewpoint, and altimeter, with the raw text one tap away. Stations are colored by flight category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR) so you can read an entire region at a glance. EVERYTHING INCLUDED • 2,668 U.S. weather stations: search by ICAO, IATA, FAA LID, name, or state • Flight-category map: VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR at a glance, clustered by worst conditions • Animated NEXRAD radar overlay right on the station map • Decoded METARs with full raw text • Live station status: online, flagged, and offline, with outage detection • 30-day history charts: temperature, dewpoint, wind, gusts, and pressure, with scrubbing • Maintenance-flag ($) analysis across observation history • SIGMETs and AIRMETs from the Aviation Weather Center • NWS severe weather alerts and weather news • Satellite imagery and space weather • Multi-station comparison and wind-rose visualization • Watchlist with Home Screen widgets and background alerts • Siri and Shortcuts support • PDF station reports • Spotlight search of your stations PAY ONCE, OWN IT $2.99 one time. No subscription, no account, no ads, no tracking, and no data collected, ever. Every feature above is included, and so is every future update. FOR PILOTS, SPOTTERS, AND WEATHER PEOPLE Preflight situational awareness, storm spotting, mesonet watching, flight training, or plain curiosity about the weather where you live. StationWX is a situational-awareness tool for surface observations, advisories, and route weather. It is not a substitute for an official preflight weather briefing.

Screenshots

8Flight Aviator EFB4 screens
StationWX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 8Flight Aviator EFB at Free against StationWX's $2.99. 8Flight Aviator EFB also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (82 vs 1). StationWX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On update cadence, 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

8Flight Aviator EFB is free to download; StationWX costs $2.99 up front. 8Flight Aviator EFB sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. StationWX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

8Flight Aviator EFB holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8Flight Aviator EFB ships an update weekly, StationWX fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
8Flight Aviator EFB versus StationWX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8Flight Aviator EFBStationWX
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (82 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings82 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
Best chart rank#173 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEight FlightCody Churchwell

Customer experience

8Flight Aviator EFB

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

StationWX

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

StationWX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 8Flight Aviator EFB free?
8Flight Aviator EFB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StationWX free?
StationWX costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 8Flight Aviator EFB or StationWX?
8Flight Aviator EFB is rated higher. 8Flight Aviator EFB averages 4.6 out of 5 from 82 ratings, while StationWX averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 8Flight Aviator EFB or StationWX have ads?
Neither 8Flight Aviator EFB nor StationWX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 8Flight Aviator EFB or StationWX?
8Flight Aviator EFB ships an update weekly, and StationWX fortnightly. Most recently, 8Flight Aviator EFB was updated on October 30, 2026 and StationWX on October 29, 2026.

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