Airtools NG vs Aviation GPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airtools NG
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Discover Airports Worldwide with AirTools NG! Are you a professional pilot or an aviation enthusiast seeking a comprehensive and user-friendly app? AirTools NG, crafted by airline pilots, is your ultimate go-to solution! Global Airport Insights at Your Fingertips: Get detailed information on airports across the globe and display them on the map. Real-Time Weather Updates: Stay a step ahead with live weather data. Download the latest weather reports and display essential data parsed from METAR or TAF. NAT-Tracks Visualization: Effortlessly navigate through the Oceanic Track System. With Airtools NG, you can download the currently published NAT-Tracks (North Atlantic Tracks) and visualize them on the map, enabling you to efficiently plan your transatlantic routes. Cold Temperature Corrections Made Easy: Calculate cold temperature corrections with ease. This essential feature assists you in making precise and safe flight decisions. Innovative Level Visualization: Explore our unique user interface that helps you intuitively understand and plan for available flight levels. Designed by Pros, for Pros: Developed by airline pilots and tested by major airlines – AirTools NG is the app trusted by professionals. Our application is not just a tool, but an indispensable partner for every professional pilot. User-Friendly and Reliable: Understanding the importance of reliability and ease of use in aviation, we've designed AirTools NG with a focus on intuitive operation and stable performance. Your next flight awaits – with Airtools NG by your side!
Aviation GPS
This app transforms your device into a professional aviation navigation tool. It provides real-time bearing, distance, and timing data to airports and navaids globally with aviation-standard precision. Ideal for pilots and aviation enthusiasts, it offers a clean interface with customizable data fields.
- Real-time GPS navigation to 55,000+ airports
- Professional 6-panel data display
- Multiple compass modes
- Comprehensive destination information
- Magnetic declination correction
- Aviation-standard data fields
- Smart airport and navaid search
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Aviation GPS turns your iPhone into a professional-grade navigation instrument for pilots, flight training, and aviation enthusiasts — real-time bearing, distance, course deviation, and a full moving map with worldwide airport, navaid, and airspace data. Modeled on the panel-mount GPS navigators pilots already know, it pairs a clean FMC-style data display with a genuine moving map: pan, zoom, and declutter it like the unit in the panel, with HSI/CDI guidance, multi-waypoint flight planning, and a Visual Approach mode giving a 3° glidepath reference where there's no ILS. KEY FEATURES: • Moving map with 23-step zoom range, pan, continuous pinch-zoom, and multiple declutter levels • Optional traffic display with threat colors, relative altitude, and smooth target motion between reports (advisory only; needs internet) • Own-ship breadcrumb trail of your recent ground track • Worldwide airspace boundaries (Class B/C/D, Restricted/Danger/Prohibited, Military/MOA, and more) — tap any boundary for its name, class, and floor/ceiling • Airspace proximity alarms that flag boundaries before you enter them • To-scale runway rendering at close-in ranges, including parallel runways, colored by surface type • Visual Approach mode: lateral and vertical glidepath guidance to any runway, no ILS required • OBS mode: key in any course on the keypad, or dial it by dragging • HSI/CDI course deviation indicator with auto-scaling sensitivity • Real-time navigation to 55,000+ airports and 10,000+ navaids (VOR, NDB, TACAN, DME) worldwide • METAR and TAF for airports on the waypoint page with flight category (needs internet) • Flight log: record your track in the background and share it as CSV or GPX • Barometric altitude and vertical speed, blended with GPS for drift-free readings that respond instantly • Selectable GPS track smoothing (OFF/LOW/MED/HIGH) for a settled position, ground track, and groundspeed — from light aircraft to jet speeds • Nearest (NRST) search for airports, navaids, and user waypoints • 6-panel data display with selectable fields and a customizable button bar • Compass modes: Track, Heading, or Auto-switching, plus RMI and HSI styles • Destination info with runway diagrams, elevations, and radio frequencies • Magnetic variation from the official World Magnetic Model (WMM2025), accurate worldwide • Background layers: coastlines, rivers, roads, and cities, independently configurable • AutoZoom tightens map range automatically on approach to your destination • Optional downloadable database updates — no custom server, and the database still works fully offline • X-Plane simulator integration via XGPS, plus a demo/playback mode with a hand-flown, KAP 140-style simulated autopilot FLIGHT PLANNING: • Build routes with unlimited waypoints — airports, navaids, or custom coordinates • Save flight plans by name and load them again whenever you fly the route • Automatic waypoint sequencing as you pass each fix, with turn-anticipation arcs • Per-leg and total distance and ETE, with cumulative distance per waypoint • DIRECT TO any waypoint at any time, with automatic return to the active plan • Coordinate waypoints with custom names for off-airway fixes, saved and reusable • Activate, suspend, reverse, or clear your plan at any time PROFESSIONAL FEATURES: • Great-circle bearing and distance, with true-to-magnetic conversion • ETA with timezone detection and local time display • Vertical glidepath deviation gauge for Visual Approach mode • GPS coordinate display in DEG, D M, or DMS format • Aviation-standard color coding and a professional aviation typeface Includes a full worldwide aviation database on-device — no internet connection required for navigation, with optional data updates when you want them. Only traffic, airport weather, and the map's wind indicator use a live connection.
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Verdict
Airtools NG and Aviation GPS are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Airtools NG | Aviation GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sven Gartz | Marian Fujara |
In-app purchases
Airtools NG
No in-app purchases
Aviation GPS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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