Comparison

ATIS Relay vs SkewT Aero

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

Head to head
About

ATIS Relay

Access real-time ATIS and weather information for over 160 US airports. Get live audio, transcripts, and digital ATIS updates. Features include METARs and customizable home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Live ATIS audio and transcripts
  • Digital ATIS for 76 airports
  • Free community access to ATIS
  • METARs and interpreted METARs
  • Customizable METAR widgets
  • Text message ATIS updates (subscription)
Features
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ATIS Relay: Accurate ATIS & Weather Information Access real-time, up-to-date ATIS information for more than 160 airports across the US with ATIS Relay. FEATURES • Live ATIS Audio & Transcripts: on-demand ATIS recordings and transcripts for 80+ US airports that do not have digital ATIS yet. • Digital ATIS: Up to date ATIS information for all 76 airports in the D-ATIS program. Get the latest information at a glance. • Free Community Access: Retrieve digital ATIS and previously recorded transcripts without a subscription. • METARs: Quickly determine current flight rules and view interpreted METARs • METAR Widgets: Customize your device with various-sized METAR widgets, providing quick weather updates right on your home screen (subscription required). • More Subscription Benefits: Gain full access to all features, including the option to request ATIS transcripts. Subscribers can also get ATIS updates via text message, helping you get ahead of the airplane when paired with a satellite connection. ATIS Relay is ideal for professional pilots, general aviation pilots, student pilots, flight sim enthusiasts, and aviation enthusiasts. DISCLAIMER: ATIS information is not guaranteed to be error free. Please verify with official sources. This is not an official FAA weather data source and is not intended for operational use. Any use for flight planning is at your own risk.

About

SkewT Aero

Currently charting
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SkewT Aero helps pilots truly understand the atmosphere and what that means for a planned flight. Explore weather along your route using interactive visualizations built directly from modern forecast guidance. Compare departure times, inspect hazards, and understand how clouds, winds, icing, turbulence, convection, ceilings, and visibility evolve before you fly. Every view is synchronized by route, time, and altitude. Move anywhere along your route or compare different departure times to see how the forecast changes throughout the flight. SkewT Aero complements tools like ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot by helping pilots explore forecast guidance in greater detail before making weather decisions. Features include interactive route weather visualization, route hazard timelines, vertical atmospheric profiles, forecast soundings (Skew-T), route stations, nationwide weather maps, operational NOAA forecast guidance, offline weather and navigation data, and hourly forecast updates. Forecasts are built from operational NOAA guidance including HRRR, RRFS, GFS, NBM, DAFS, and LAMP. Rather than reducing those models to a text briefing, SkewT Aero lets you interact directly with the atmosphere they predict. Whether you're evaluating today's flight or planning several days ahead, every view stays synchronized so you can quickly understand how weather changes with location, time, and altitude.

Screenshots

ATIS Relay4 screens
SkewT Aero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SkewT Aero at fortnightly against ATIS Relay's every 9 months. SkewT Aero also leads on chart position (#197 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. ATIS Relay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and SkewT Aero sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ATIS Relay ships an update every 9 months, SkewT Aero fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
ATIS Relay versus SkewT Aero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterATIS RelaySkewT Aero
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank—#197 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFord DavisEnlu Aero LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ATIS Relay

Subscriptions2
  • ATIS Relay Plus (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • ATIS Relay Plus (Annual)$24.991 Year
1 purchases

SkewT Aero

Subscriptions1
  • SkewT Aero14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is ATIS Relay free?
ATIS Relay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SkewT Aero free?
SkewT Aero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ATIS Relay or SkewT Aero have ads?
Neither ATIS Relay nor SkewT Aero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ATIS Relay or SkewT Aero?
ATIS Relay ships an update every 9 months, and SkewT Aero fortnightly. Most recently, ATIS Relay was updated on October 11, 2026 and SkewT Aero on October 7, 2026.

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