Interceptions vs VOR Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interceptions
This app helps pilots practice essential instrument flight procedures, including VOR intercepts, holding entries, and angle of lead calculations. It provides visual aids and detailed explanations for each exercise, enhancing learning and retention for flight training.
- VOR intercept calculations
- Randomly generated holding entries
- Angle of lead calculations
- Wind correction angle visualization
- Detailed calculation descriptions
- Instrument visualization
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Practice your instrument flying skills with this handy and detailed IFR trainer for iPhone. With Interceptions for iPhone you can practice: - INTERCEPTS: the calculation of interception headings to and from VORs. The exercises are randomly generated and will never go beyond a 90° intercept. - HOLDING ENTRIES: Calculate randomly generated holding entries. The solution is displayed directly on the instrument, making it easy to visualize the actual holding. Includes calculation of first heading for the entry. Please check out the app "Holdings", which lets you practice every single aspect of holding patterns! - ANGLE OF LEAD: AoL calculations are also displayed right on the instrument, making it easy to visualize the situation from the aircraft's perspective. - WIND CORRECTION ANGLE: Visualized WCA calculations, completely with instructions. Detailed descriptions of all calculations are accessible from directly within the app.
VOR Tracker
This app provides a realistic IFR navigation training experience for pilots. Practice holding patterns, radial interceptions, and other critical procedures in real-time using various flight instruments. It's designed to help pilots apply theoretical knowledge in a simulated cockpit environment.
- Real-time IFR simulation
- VOR and NDB navigation practice
- Multiple instrument displays (CDI, RMI, HSI, EHSI)
- Practice holding patterns and radial interceptions
- Map mode for progress verification
- Freeze and fast modes for training control
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The needles are moving. The examiner is watching. Your mind goes blank. The cockpit is the most expensive place to discover the gap between knowing the theory and flying the procedure. VOR Tracker is a real-time IFR procedure trainer for holding patterns, radial interceptions and DME arcs — you fly them on the instruments you already use, wherever you are, whenever you want. One-time purchase — for less than half an hour of dual instruction, and it never renews. No subscription, no ads. FLY THE INSTRUMENTS YOU ACTUALLY USE - Fixed-card CDI, RMI, HSI or EHSI — the EHSI adds wind, track and groundspeed - VOR or NDB, with realistic dip error and atmospheric noise on the NDB - Aircraft speeds from light trainer to jet TRAIN THE WAY YOU FLY - Freeze the action when things get too fast - Skip ahead through the straight bits - Drag the aircraft to reposition, or repeat any exercise from a new random start - Stuck on holding entries? Let the map show you the sectors - Build your own missions, with your own wind RAISE THE STAKES WHEN YOU'RE READY - Start calm, then add wind: steady, gusting, variable — or hidden, so you work it out yourself SEE YOUR PROGRESS - Rewind and fly it again; the previous tracks stay on the map so you can compare MADE FOR - Student pilots who would rather make their mistakes on the ground - Pilots preparing for a check ride, an IPC or a simulator assessment - Instructors who want to show an entry, a lead angle or a wind correction in real time WHAT IT IS NOT - Not a game - Not a flight simulator: it trains navigation procedures at a constant speed and altitude - Not a ground-school course: it assumes you know the theory and need the practice "I was really struggling to visualise NDB joins and an hour on this and I have it cracked." — App Store review "I highly recommend it to all of my students and to anyone learning IFR procedures." — Google Play review Recommended for simulator-assessment preparation by training organisations including Horizon Swiss Flight Academy, SKY4u Aviation Service and Airline Entry Training. VOR Tracker has trained IFR procedures since 2014, on iPhone, iPad and Android. Questions or feedback: info@vor-tracker.com Try the free browser demo: https://vor-tracker.com/app-demo/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Interceptions at $0.99 against VOR Tracker's $19.99. Interceptions also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). VOR Tracker's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (138 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Interceptions costs $0.99 and VOR Tracker $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VOR Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VOR Tracker has 138 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Interceptions's written reviews are positive against 86% of VOR Tracker's.
Interceptions ships an update every 3 weeks, VOR Tracker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interceptions | VOR Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (138 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 138 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oliver Puetz | Karsten Heiland |
Customer experience
Interceptions
VOR Tracker
Bugs and requests
Interceptions
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
VOR Tracker
Reported bugs
8 issues- Knob rotation difficult
- To From indicator sometimes does not work
- App freezes on download
- App freezes on opening
- Not able to download 2nd time
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- Holding pattern depiction inaccurate
- App freezes every time I open it
- App doesn't work, totally unusable
Requested features
25 requests- Scroll wheel for knobs
- Add CDI option
- Add RMI pointer
- Add ILS approaches
- Add non-precision approaches
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- Add point-to-point navigation
- Add user-defined patterns
- Add fix-to-fix scenarios
- Add more hold entry options
- Add wind correction details
- Add written ATC instructions
- Add common VOR nav receiver
- Add option for basic 6-pack instruments
- Add custom/randomized ATC hold instructions
- Add speed control slider
- Auto-restart on timer reset
- Random wind option
- More scenarios
- More videos from developer
- Point to point addition
- Low enroute charts practice
- Practice missed approaches
- Second VOR/ADF bearing needle for HSI
- Option to know when task completed successfully
- Hold patterns away from VOR on radial/DME
In-app purchases
Interceptions
No in-app purchases
VOR Tracker
No in-app purchases
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