Comparison

E6B vs E6B Flight Calculator

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

Head to head
About

E6B

This app provides a comprehensive suite of aviation calculations for pilots, including weather, preflight planning, in-flight adjustments, and weight and balance computations. It also offers a wide range of unit conversions for aviation-related metrics.

Highlights
  • Weather calculations (pressure/density altitude, crosswind)
  • Preflight planning (airspeed, heading, fuel)
  • In-flight calculations (true airspeed, altitude, groundspeed)
  • Weight and balance with custom aircraft profiles
  • Extensive unit conversions
  • Time math (add/subtract times)
Features
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E6B is a modern flight computer for iPhone and iPad — built for student E6B is a modern flight computer for iPhone and iPad — built for student pilots, instrument candidates, and working aviators who need fast, accurate calculations without fumbling with a physical whiz wheel. WEATHER • Pressure & Density Altitude — from baro setting, OAT, and field elevation • Crosswind, Headwind & Tailwind — enter wind speed, direction, and runway heading • Cloud Base & Freezing Level — AGL and pressure altitude • Hydroplane Speed PREFLIGHT • Planned True Airspeed — from CAS, pressure altitude, and OAT • Required CAS / Required TAS — reverse-solve airspeed equations • Heading & Groundspeed — full wind triangle solution • Compass Heading — with magnetic variation and compass deviation • Leg Time — solve any one of time, speed, or distance • Fuel Required & Endurance • Planned Mach Number • Time Math — add and subtract times in HH:MM:SS IN-FLIGHT • Actual True Airspeed — from CAS, altitude, and OAT • Actual True Altitude — corrected for non-standard temperature • Groundspeed — from elapsed time and distance • Fuel Per Hour — from fuel used and elapsed time • Distance Flown WEIGHT & BALANCE Build custom aircraft profiles with stations, limits, and CG envelopes. Load passengers, fuel, and cargo — E6B calculates total weight, moment, and CG in real time. Save multiple profiles for different aircraft. CONVERSIONS Bidirectional converters for: NM ↔ SM ↔ km, feet ↔ meters, °C ↔ °F, inHg ↔ mb, lbs ↔ kg, US gallons ↔ liters, HH:MM:SS ↔ decimal hours, Avgas and Jet A weight (gallons or liters to pounds), and minimum climb gradient to percent or degrees. Privacy Policy: https://docs.nikitin.fyi/com.e6b.calculator/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://docs.nikitin.fyi/com.e6b.calculator/terms-of-service.html

About

E6B Flight Calculator

This app functions as a dedicated flight computer for pilots, offering a wide range of aviation calculations. It provides features for wind, altitude, airspeed, fuel, and navigation, accessible on both iPhone and Apple Watch. Advanced trip planning and weight & balance calculations are available through an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive aviation calculations
  • iPhone and Apple Watch compatibility
  • Wind, fuel, and navigation tools
  • Trip planning and weight & balance (Pro)
  • Customizable display modes
  • Offline functionality
Features
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E6B Flight Calculator turns your iPhone, and now your Apple Watch, into a dedicated flight computer: real keys, a big ENTER key, and a display that draws the answer. Pick a function, type your numbers and read the result. ON YOUR WRIST - Every calculation from your iPhone on Apple Watch, with your timers and favorites up front - Adjust wind, speed, fuel and more with the Digital Crown. The answer updates as you turn and syncs back to your iPhone - A flight timer and countdown that keep counting in Always On, with a tap on your wrist when the countdown ends - Works without your iPhone nearby, and changes sync both ways - Complications for your watch face show your timers and latest results WIDGETS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your latest calculations and timers. Tap one to open that page. TWO LOOKS - Classic LCD with three backlights: DAY, BACKLIT and a dark amber NIGHT - Glass Cockpit: a dark avionics display with color-coded values, cyan for what you enter and magenta for what's computed WHAT IT SOLVES - Wind: heading and ground speed, crosswind and headwind for any runway, and finding the wind - Altitude: pressure and density altitude, cloud base and the standard atmosphere - Airspeed: true airspeed, required CAS and Mach number - Time, speed and distance, including ETA - Fuel: fuel burn, fuel flow and endurance - Climb and descent: climb gradient, top of descent and required vertical speed - Glide: glide distance, glide ratio and altitude required - Heading: compass heading and reciprocals - Navigation: rhumb line between two positions, and holding pattern entries - 12 unit converters: distance, speed, duration, temperature, pressure, volume, fuel flow, weight, climb rate, gradient, torque and angle SEE THE ANSWER The wind over your track on a north-up compass card, the runway with the wind arrow, the holding pattern with its entry, and your CG inside the aircraft's envelope. FEELS LIKE A REAL FLIGHT COMPUTER - Mode keys for FLT, PLAN, W/B, CALC, TIMER, FAV and SET - Every key press has a haptic click; a key that doesn't apply gets a firm buzz - Type math right into a field, like 340+170 for two people up front - Enter times as H:MM and positions as D:MM, and switch a value's units with CONV - A calculator that does time math: add up flight times in H:MM - US or metric units, and avgas or Jet-A fuel weights - HOW TO USE in SET walks you through it, a topic a page BUILT FOR PILOTS - Star your go-to functions in FAV - Works offline, with no account - Remembers every value, leg and setting E6B PRO Trip planning, weight & balance and the timers are part of E6B Pro, an in-app purchase. Everything else, on iPhone and Apple Watch, is free. - PLAN: legs with distance and course; magnetic heading, ground speed, time and fuel for each leg; trip totals with ETA and fuel with reserve - W/B: your aircraft's profile and CG envelope, load and CG check, weight shift and % MAC - TIMER: a flight timer (stopwatch) and countdown with live UTC and local clocks, on iPhone and Apple Watch, and in widgets and complications E6B Pro is a one-time Lifetime purchase, or a monthly or yearly subscription that starts with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase or, with a free trial, when the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://metarpilot.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://metarpilot.com/privacy-policy E6B Flight Calculator is for flight planning and training. Always check results against your aircraft's POH and official sources.

Screenshots

E6B4 screens
E6B Flight Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: E6B Flight Calculator at 5.0 against E6B's 4.4. E6B Flight Calculator also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). E6B's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. E6B sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and E6B Flight Calculator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

E6B Flight Calculator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: E6B has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
E6B versus E6B Flight Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterE6BE6B Flight Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB41 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperMikhail NikitinAverage Quality LLC

Customer experience

E6B

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

E6B Flight Calculator

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

E6B

Subscriptions2
  • premium$4.991 Month
  • premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

E6B Flight Calculator

Subscriptions2
  • E6B Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • E6B Pro Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • E6B Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is E6B free?
E6B is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is E6B Flight Calculator free?
E6B Flight Calculator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, E6B or E6B Flight Calculator?
E6B Flight Calculator is rated higher. E6B averages 4.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while E6B Flight Calculator averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do E6B or E6B Flight Calculator have ads?
Neither E6B nor E6B Flight Calculator shows ads.

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