Comparison

Alpine Quest vs E6B Flight Computer

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

Head to head
About

Alpine Quest

Plan routes and navigate precisely on any terrain, online or offline. Offers advanced coordinate systems and export options for outdoor missions and exploration. A PRO upgrade unlocks full features like unlimited layers and tracking.

Highlights
  • Route and area planning on map
  • Point-to-point and route navigation
  • Movement tracking with elevation/speed
  • Support for MGRS, UTM, Lat-Lon
  • GPX, KML, GeoJSON export/import
  • Layer-based data management
Features
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Tactical GPS is the Swiss Army knife of navigation - everything you need in one app. Plan routes, navigate cross-country, record tracks, analyze terrain and share your map with your team - online or fully offline, with the precision of a purpose-built instrument. Made for soldiers, SAR teams, hikers, hunters and anyone who reads maps. Designed and built natively for iPhone and iPad. No cross-platform compromises. Just a fast, precise tactical navigation experience. SHARE & SYNC - NEW • Share a map layer with your team over iCloud: everyone sees pins, routes and shapes update live - photos, voice memos and PDF attachments included. Invite-only, no accounts, no exporting. • Connect to a TAK server to exchange position and data in real time, with built-in certificate enrollment • Export your work as GPX, KML/KMZ, GeoJSON, CSV or DXF and continue in any other tool PLAN, NAVIGATE, TRACK • Plan routes and areas directly on the map, online or offline • Generate routes with elevation profiles • Navigate point-to-point or along a route - live distance, bearing, ETA, back azimuth and elevation delta • Record tracks with pause, auto-pause and a Live Activity on your Lock Screen • Set up geofences and location alerts • Organize everything in layers - keep missions, trips and training areas separate MAPS, ONLINE OR OFFLINE • Download map regions for fully offline use • Live topographic contour lines and hillshading • MGRS, UTM or Lat/Lon grid overlay on every basemap • Overlays for trails, cycling, ski slopes and sea marks • Night-vision mode: red or green monochrome display across the entire app FIELD & TERRAIN TOOLS • Viewshed and line-of-sight analysis • Range rings, bearings and point projections • Distance and area measurement • NATO (APP-6) map symbols • Elevation and depth readings anywhere on the map • On-position weather forecasts PRECISION POSITIONING • MGRS / UTM / USNG / Lat-Lon, plus national grids: British, Irish, Swedish, Finnish, New Zealand and more • Dozens of map datums with proper transformations • True, magnetic or grid north reference • Connect an external Bluetooth GNSS receiver for higher-precision positioning • Import GPX, KML/KMZ, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Shapefile, CSV and more PERFECT FOR • Land navigation and route planning • Hiking, cycling and off-road exploration • SAR and field operations • Outdoor training and navigation exercises Note: Route navigation, additional maps, unlimited overlays and layers, special tools, tracking, iCloud layer sharing and export features require a PRO upgrade.

About

E6B Flight Computer

Features
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The flight computer and the weather decoder in one app, paid for once. Foxtro is the E6B every student and private pilot does on the ramp and at the kitchen table, without the slide rule and without a subscription. Type in what you know and read what you need, offline, on iPhone and iPad. E6B FLIGHT COMPUTER • Wind correction angle, true heading and ground speed from course, TAS and the winds aloft • Find the wind from what you actually flew • True airspeed from calibrated airspeed, pressure altitude and temperature • Pressure altitude and density altitude • Time, speed and distance, any one from the other two • Fuel burn, endurance and range • Runway headwind and crosswind components • Estimated cloud base from temperature and dew point • Conversions: knots, mph and km/h; nautical and statute miles; feet and metres; gallons, litres and pounds; inHg and hPa; °C and °F WEIGHT AND BALANCE Set up your aircraft from its own POH once — empty weight and arm, seats, baggage, fuel — then load it for each flight and see the takeoff and landing weight and CG against the limits. LIVE METAR AND TAF, DECODED • Search any airport in the world by ICAO, IATA or name, even without a connection • Every group of the raw report translated to plain English: wind and gusts, visibility, weather, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dew point, altimeter • VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR at a glance • The TAF as a timeline of periods, each with its own category • Paste any raw METAR or TAF from anywhere and decode it offline • Favourite airports, cached for the ramp PAY ONCE The calculators and the decoder are free. One purchase unlocks aircraft profiles for weight and balance, unlimited favourite airports with offline caching, and the TAF timeline. No subscription, no ads, no account. Weather comes from the US National Weather Service's Aviation Weather Center. Foxtro is a planning aid, not a certified navigation or briefing source; always confirm with an official briefing before flight. Privacy policy: https://foxtro.vadapalas-zigmas.workers.dev/privacy Terms of use: https://foxtro.vadapalas-zigmas.workers.dev/terms

Screenshots

Alpine Quest4 screens
E6B Flight Computer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Alpine Quest and E6B Flight Computer 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Alpine Quest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and E6B Flight Computer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Alpine Quest versus E6B Flight Computer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlpine QuestE6B Flight Computer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan BlajicZigmas Vadapalas

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alpine Quest

One-time1
  • Premium Version$14.99
1 purchases

E6B Flight Computer

One-time1
  • Foxtro Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Alpine Quest free?
Alpine Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is E6B Flight Computer free?
E6B Flight Computer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alpine Quest or E6B Flight Computer have ads?
Neither Alpine Quest nor E6B Flight Computer shows ads.

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