Visibility Tool vs WXPilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visibility Tool
This app transforms your phone into a weather sensor to measure local visibility for safe and legal flights. Simply point your camera at the horizon and capture a photo to get an accurate visibility metric, usable even without cell service.
- Measures local visibility
- Converts phone into weather sensor
- Works offline, no cell service needed
- Provides visibility metric (1-10+ miles)
- Supports drone and general aviation compliance
- Useful for first responders and Medevac
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Accurately determine local visibility to ensure your flight is safe and legal by turning your mobile phone into a weather sensor. The simple point-and-click capability enables anyone globally to determine local visibility, even in flight. The technology works by pointing the mobile phone camera towards the horizon and then angling up until the view is unobstructed by buildings, trees or other foreground objects. Users take a photo in any direction they want and the technology responds with a visibility metric ranging from 1-10+ miles (1.6-16+ kilometers). Visibility Tool software is downloaded on your device. It is not cloud-based and does not require cell service. As such, drone operations can be flown weather compliantly within the national airspace from your backyard to the remotest of destinations. Similarly, pilots can use the tool at altitude where cell service is not available. More information is available at https://lowaltitudeweathernetwork.com/ Visibility tool applications include: - UAS and drone operations (Instantaneous FAA part 107.51 regulatory visibility compliance for every UAS operation) - General aviation (As part of your preflight, obtain instantaneous FAR 14 CFR section 91.155 regulatory visibility compliance for your VFR operation) - First responder and Medevac flights (This tool allows First Responders to instantly determine if Medevac can be safely initiated or alternatively, ground transport is necessary because of poor visibility) - Other use cases: Ground transportation, Maritime operations, Athletic and outdoor activities, Pulmonary and health monitoring Accurate visibility is important because low visibility is a leading cause of weather-related accidents/fatalities in General Aviation, Helicopter/Medevac, UAS and ground transportation.
WXPilot
This aviation weather app provides pilots with real-time METAR and TAF reports, essential for flight planning. It offers intelligent offline capabilities, over 80,000 airports, and various aviation tools for quick calculations and condition checks.
- Real-time METAR and TAF decoding
- Offline weather capabilities
- Support for over 80,000 airports
- Aviation tools (crosswind, fuel, time converters)
- Weather notifications and alerts
- Runway and wind visuals
- Widget support
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WXPilot is the essential weather app for pilots, providing real-time METAR and TAF reports with intelligent offline capabilities. Whether you're planning a cross-country flight or checking conditions at your home airport, WXPilot delivers critical weather information when and where you need it most. Key Features -Unlimited Airports over 80,000+ Airports -Aviation Tools: Crosswind, Fuel, Time, Unit Converters, Wind Components -Weather Notifications & Alerts - Runway & Wind visuals - live metar and taf decoding - airport weather conditions with flight rule categories - airport wind data and runway information - widget support for quick weather viewing terms of service: https://www.wxpilotapp.com/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WXPilot at Free against Visibility Tool's $9.99. WXPilot also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Visibility Tool's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On 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
WXPilot is free to download; Visibility Tool costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visibility Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WXPilot has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Visibility Tool's written reviews are positive against 33% of WXPilot's.
Visibility Tool ships an update every 5 months, WXPilot every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Visibility Tool | WXPilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1006 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flightprofiler, LLC | AviationMP4 Media LLC |
Customer experience
Visibility Tool
WXPilot
In-app purchases
Visibility Tool
No in-app purchases
WXPilot
No in-app purchases





