Skyvia vs GlassOut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skyvia
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Skyvia turns your flight simulator into a fully immersive airline experience. Plan your flight, hear your dispatcher's voice, handle unexpected events, ask questions to the advisor, and rank up from Student Pilot to Senior Captain. Plan your flight Connect your SimBrief account and Skyvia automatically picks up your flight plan: departure, arrival, route, weather, NOTAMs, fuel, alternates. Everything your crew needs. Live calls Talk to state-of-the-art AI-powered crew members who know every detail of your flight. Ask questions, get real-time answers, and make decisions. All through natural voice conversations. - Dispatcher: Pre-flight briefing with weather, NOTAMs, and route analysis - Advisor: Operational recommendations and flight plan review - Random Events: Unexpected situations that test your decision-making (weather changes, technical issues, ATC reroutes, passenger emergencies, and more) Pilot Ranking System Start as a Student Pilot and rank up through Private Pilot, Commercial Pilot, Airline Pilot, and Senior Captain. The AI adapts to your rank : explaining everything as a student, challenging you with go/no-go decisions as a captain. Your rank progresses as you fly and complete calls. Collect Achievement Cards Earn beautifully designed collectible cards as you fly. 20+ unique achievements to unlock. Skyvia is not affiliated with or endorsed by SimBrief, Navigraph, or any flight simulator publisher. Privacy Policy: https://skyvia.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://skyvia.app/terms
GlassOut
This app transforms your mobile device into an external instrument display for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Stream PFD, MFD, EICAS, and other panels directly from your PC to your phone or tablet over Wi-Fi, enhancing your home cockpit or virtual flying experience.
- External instrument display for MSFS
- Stream PFD, MFD, EICAS panels
- Wi-Fi streaming, no capture cards
- Pixel-for-pixel rendering
- Auto-discovery of desktop engine
- Full-screen panel viewer
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GlassOut turns your iPhone or iPad into an external instrument display for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and 2020. Pair the app with the GlassOut Engine running on your flight sim PC, and any panel — PFD, MFD, EICAS, FMC, radio stack, standby instruments — streams straight to your device over your local Wi-Fi. No capture cards, no screen-mirroring lag, no manual pop-outs. GlassOut pulls panels directly from the simulator's rendering pipeline, so what you see on your device matches the sim pixel-for-pixel. Perfect for: - Home cockpit builders who want a dedicated tablet for each instrument - Virtual pilots who run out of monitor space during IFR approaches - Anyone who'd rather see their PFD on the external display HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the GlassOut desktop app on your flight sim PC (glassout.flyingart.dev). 2. Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator and start a flight. 3. Open GlassOut on your iPhone or iPad while on the same Wi-Fi network. The app auto-discovers your PC, lists every available panels, and renders the one you pick full-screen. FEATURES - Auto-discovery of the GlassOut Engine on your local network (Bonjour / mDNS) - Manual IP entry as a fallback - Full-screen, locked panel viewer — no accidental swipes during flight - Screen stays awake while a panel is active, sleeps normally in menus - Works in landscape and portrait, iPhone and iPad REQUIREMENTS - A Windows PC running Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 or 2020 - The GlassOut Engine installed on that PC - Your phone/tablet and PC on the same Wi-Fi network GlassOut is made by a flight-sim enthusiast for flight-sim enthusiasts. Questions, bug reports, or feature requests: flyingartdev@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Skyvia at every 4 days against GlassOut's every 2 weeks. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Skyvia ships an update every 4 days, GlassOut every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skyvia | GlassOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mehmet Serhat Akar | Artur Kumszczynski |
In-app purchases
Skyvia
No in-app purchases
GlassOut
No in-app purchases








