Comparison

Interceptions vs VOR Tracker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • VOR intercept calculations
  • Randomly generated holding entries
  • Angle of lead calculations
  • Wind correction angle visualization
  • Detailed calculation descriptions
  • Instrument visualization
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Interceptions4 screens
VOR Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Interceptions costs $0.99 and VOR Tracker $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Interceptions versus VOR Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterceptionsVOR Tracker
Price$0.99 — better$19.99
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (138 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2138 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOliver PuetzKarsten Heiland

Customer experience

Interceptions

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

VOR Tracker

All ratings138 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.9%

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
Show 3 more
  • 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
Show 20 more
  • 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

None

Interceptions

No in-app purchases

None

VOR Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interceptions free?
Interceptions costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is VOR Tracker free?
VOR Tracker costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Interceptions or VOR Tracker?
VOR Tracker is rated higher. Interceptions averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while VOR Tracker averages 4.7 from 138 ratings.
Do Interceptions or VOR Tracker have ads?
Neither Interceptions nor VOR Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Interceptions or VOR Tracker?
Interceptions ships an update every 3 weeks, and VOR Tracker every 4 months. Most recently, Interceptions was updated on October 9, 2026 and VOR Tracker on October 12, 2026.

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