Comparison

Landing Zone vs FlyOverhead EFB

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

Head to head
About

Landing Zone

This platform provides verified hospital intelligence and standardized landing zone data for helicopter flight crews. It enables pre-planning from any location, manages radio frequencies, and shares real-time community NOTAMs for enhanced operational safety and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Verified hospital intelligence with certification levels
  • Distance-based sorting for qualified facilities
  • Pre-planning from any location
  • Standardized HEMS location naming
  • Radio frequency management
  • Live community NOTAMs with hazard reporting
  • Real-time sync across devices
Features
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Most aviation apps are built for airplanes, airports and altitude. Landing Zone is built for helicopters — the low-level world of hospital pads, PELAs, scene calls and off-airport landings. FREE TO DOWNLOAD. FREE TO USE. All core features work in the free app: your shared guide, community NOTAMs, weather, TFRs, radio management, avionics exports and more. An optional subscription adds verified directory data — satellite-verified landing locations and hospital certifications — for the states you choose. ONE SHARED GUIDE FOR YOUR WHOLE OPERATION - Build a landing zone guide with your group, or keep your own personal guide - Every base, hospital pad, PELA and landing area syncs to every member in real time - Door codes, gate notes, phone numbers and arrival procedures stay private to your group - Role-based access, admin approvals and a full change history - Invite crew members by text or email with your group code - Standard naming: LEXI01 means one exact place to dispatch, the flight crew and the med crew alike - Works offline: your guide, frequencies and directory stay available with no cell service HELICOPTER NOTAMS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO FLY Crews post the hazards that never make an official NOTAM: new cranes and towers, wires, inoperative pad lighting, closed pads, construction and hospital arrival or departure procedures. Each one is pinned on the map with hazard markers and shaded no-fly areas, reaches every nearby user within seconds, and keeps a full audit history. Post for everyone, or for your group only. WEATHER FOR LOW-LEVEL FLYING - Airport weather on the map showing visibility and ceiling, color-coded VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR - Weather Brief for any point: a plain-English picture within 50 to 150 miles, from the next 12 hours out to 5 days with a day-by-day outlook, including valley fog the airport forecasts often miss - NEXRAD radar and FAA VFR sectional and terminal area charts - Tap any airport for conditions, forecast, runways and frequencies TFRs IN PLAIN ENGLISH Every nearby TFR explained: what it's for, whether it restricts manned aircraft or only drones, altitudes, active times, and the controlling ARTCC and frequencies. FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT EMS, fire, law enforcement and ground frequencies for every location in your guide, with the exact radio, zone, channel and tones from your codeplug. All 216 NIFOG interoperability frequencies are included. BUILT FOR THE COCKPIT - Drop a pin anywhere for bearing, distance, nearby hospitals, PELAs, airports and a weather brief - Coordinates in DDM, DD and DMS with one-tap conversion - Export your guide to ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, G1000 and GTN 650/750 - One-page PDF briefing sheets and a printable group guide - A web portal for dispatch and communications centers VERIFIED DIRECTORY (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) Satellite-verified helipad and landing coordinates, landing-surface status and direct-dial hospital numbers, plus trauma, stroke, burn and cardiac certifications verified against ACS, The Joint Commission, DNV and ABA. Pick a certification and the closest qualified hospital comes first, with a line drawn to it on the map. Subscribe by state, or all states. New users can start with a free trial. Built for air medical, fire, law enforcement, search and rescue, utility, offshore and every rotor-wing operation. Landing Zone is a supplementary reference. Verify hospital capabilities with the receiving facility. Weather and TFR information comes from NOAA and the FAA and does not replace an official briefing, official NOTAMs, dispatch or ATC. Landing Zone LLC · landing-zones.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.landing-zones.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.landing-zones.com/privacy.html

About

FlyOverhead EFB

This navigation tool provides pilots with FAA charts, aviation weather, live traffic, flight planning, and a digital logbook. It offers a free trial of its pro features, allowing users to plan, brief, fly, and debrief flights. The app supports multiple devices and offers various subscription plans for enhanced functionality.

Highlights
  • FAA charts and georeferenced plates
  • Aviation weather (METARs, TAFs, radar)
  • VFR and IFR flight planning
  • Live ADS-B traffic and ATC transcription
  • Digital logbook and currency tracking
  • AI-powered preflight brief
  • Offline chart downloads
Features
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Fly Overhead is an electronic flight bag (EFB) for general aviation pilots. FAA charts, aviation weather, live ADS-B traffic, VFR and IFR flight planning, and a digital logbook in one app. Start free with the live traffic map. Add the EFB when you want to plan, brief, fly, and debrief. FREE 15-DAY TRIAL Every EFB Pro feature for 15 days. No card, nothing to cancel. FAA CHARTS AND PLATES - VFR sectional, terminal area (TAC), IFR low and high enroute - Instrument approach plates, SIDs and STARs - Georeferenced plates: your position drawn on the approach chart - Airport diagrams, runways, frequencies, fuel, field elevation - Six chart products on one continuous projection, on the FAA 28-day cycle - Download charts for offline use AVIATION WEATHER - METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, PIREPs - Animated NEXRAD and MRMS radar with recent history up to 2 min resolution - Winds aloft by altitude and inferred turbulence - 3D clouds and 3D terrain - Plain-language decoding of raw METARs FLIGHT PLANNING AND NAV LOG - Leg-by-leg nav log: distance, true course, TAS, ground speed, ETE, fuel burn - Density altitude at departure from the current METAR - Best cruise altitude ranked by head and tailwind component - Crosswind components and VFR/IFR hemispheric rule check - Fuel margin against your aircraft range and reserves - Weight and balance with envelope check - Auto-route that prefers airways and avoids special-use airspace, terrain, and obstacles - Aircraft profiles and personal minimums you set once AIRSPACE AND HAZARDS - Class B, C, D, E and special-use airspace in 2D and 3D - TFRs, NOTAMs, obstacles - Navaids, airways, and fixes as separate layers - Glide range ring, distance and bearing ruler, clearance scratchpad LIVE ADS-B TRAFFIC AND ATC - Live traffic on the same map as your charts and route - Traffic heatmap, aircraft trails, filed IFR route overlay - Live ATC transcription of supported tower, ground, and approach audio, with callsigns linked to traffic where data allows RIGHTSEAT AI BRIEF RightSeat drafts a structured preflight brief from your route, aircraft profile, winds aloft, terrain, NOTAMs, TFRs, and saved minimums. Every frequency and NOTAM number it quotes is checked against the source data first. It surfaces what to look at. You make the call. LOGBOOK, CURRENCY, AND DEBRIEF - Flights detected from your saved tail numbers and drafted into entries - Currency for day and night passenger carrying, IFR, flight review, medical, IPC, and tailwheel - Record a voice debrief at shutdown and it becomes a structured entry - Replay any flight in 3D over terrain - Import from ForeFlight or MyFlightbook; export CSV, GPX, or KML FOR TRAINING Digital CFI endorsements, ACS maneuver grading, checkride readiness against certificate requirements, and instructor and student sharing. Flight school plans add fleet and cohort views. ONE ACCOUNT, EVERY DEVICE Any phone, tablet or browser. No per-device license. PLANS Live traffic map: free, no account EFB Basic, $7.99/mo or $79/yr: full chart set, short AI brief, weather, radar, airspace, TFRs, NOTAMs, VFR sectionals, logbook and currency EFB Pro, $13.99/mo or $139/yr: all of EFB Basic, full RightSeat brief, voice debrief, 3D debrief, filed-route overlay, 3D terrain and airspace Flight School: contact sales Subscriptions renew automatically at the displayed price until canceled. Terms: flyoverhead.com/legal/terms Privacy: flyoverhead.com/legal/privacy IMPORTANT Fly Overhead provides advisory and supplemental information only. It is not approved for navigation. Always verify charts, procedures, weather, NOTAMs, and route information against official sources. The pilot in command retains final responsibility. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://flyoverhead.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://flyoverhead.com/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Landing Zone4 screens
FlyOverhead EFB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FlyOverhead EFB at 15.0 against Landing Zone's 18.5. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Landing Zone sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and FlyOverhead EFB sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Landing Zone against 5.0 for FlyOverhead EFB. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Landing Zone ships an update every 2 weeks, FlyOverhead EFB monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Landing Zone versus FlyOverhead EFB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanding ZoneFlyOverhead EFB
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB68 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLanding Zone LLCFlyOverhead Inc.

Customer experience

Landing Zone

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FlyOverhead EFB

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Landing Zone

Subscriptions4
  • 1 State Access14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 2 States$17.991 Month
  • 3 States$24.991 Month
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  • All States$29.991 Month
4 purchases

FlyOverhead EFB

Subscriptions4
  • EFB Basic Monthly14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • EFB Pro Monthly14 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • EFB Basic Annual14 Days trial$79.991 Year
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  • EFB Pro Annual14 Days trial$139.991 Year

Questions

Is Landing Zone free?
Landing Zone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlyOverhead EFB free?
FlyOverhead EFB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Landing Zone or FlyOverhead EFB?
Landing Zone and FlyOverhead EFB are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Landing Zone or FlyOverhead EFB have ads?
Neither Landing Zone nor FlyOverhead EFB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Landing Zone or FlyOverhead EFB?
Landing Zone ships an update every 2 weeks, and FlyOverhead EFB monthly. Most recently, Landing Zone was updated on October 31, 2026 and FlyOverhead EFB on November 6, 2026.

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