Comparison

WindLimit vs SkewT Aero

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

Head to head
About

WindLimit

This app helps pilots quickly determine if wind conditions are within their aircraft's limits for takeoff and landing. It calculates headwind and crosswind components using live weather data or manual input, providing alerts for exceedances.

Highlights
  • Live METAR data for US airports
  • Automatic magnetic variation correction
  • Crosswind and head/tailwind component calculation
  • Runway-specific exceedance alerts
  • Customizable aircraft wind limits
  • Manual and ATIS weather entry
  • Light and dark themes
Features
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WindLimit gives pilots a fast, clear answer to one question before every takeoff and landing: is this wind within limits? Enter your runway, wind direction, and speed, or pull live METAR for any of 12,700+ U.S. airports, and WindLimit instantly computes your headwind and crosswind components, checks them against your aircraft's limits, and flags an exceedance the moment you're outside them. FEATURES • Live METAR for public, private, and military airports nationwide, with automatic magnetic variation correction • Every runway end's crosswind and head/tailwind side by side, with the best end badged • Manual and ATIS entry when no live weather feed is available • Runway-aware exceedance alerts, keyed to the runway you actually pick • Set your own max demonstrated crosswind and personal minimums per aircraft • Clean, glanceable compass display with drag-to-set wind input • Light and dark themes WindLimit is a free, ad-supported informational tool. A one-time in-app purchase removes ads and unlocks: • Multiple saved aircraft profiles • Nearby airports with live wind, best runway, crosswind, and a within-limits read for each • Favorite and recently used airports IMPORTANT WindLimit is an informational aid only. It is not a source of official weather, performance, or limitation data, and must not be used as the sole basis for any operational decision. Always verify winds, runway conditions, and crosswind limitations against official sources: current ATIS/METAR, NOTAMs, and your aircraft manufacturer's or operator's current manuals and limitations. The pilot in command remains solely responsible for every operational decision. Designed by pilots.

About

SkewT Aero

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SkewT Aero helps pilots truly understand the atmosphere and what that means for a planned flight. Explore weather along your route using interactive visualizations built directly from modern forecast guidance. Compare departure times, inspect hazards, and understand how clouds, winds, icing, turbulence, convection, ceilings, and visibility evolve before you fly. Every view is synchronized by route, time, and altitude. Move anywhere along your route or compare different departure times to see how the forecast changes throughout the flight. SkewT Aero complements tools like ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot by helping pilots explore forecast guidance in greater detail before making weather decisions. Features include interactive route weather visualization, route hazard timelines, vertical atmospheric profiles, forecast soundings (Skew-T), route stations, nationwide weather maps, operational NOAA forecast guidance, offline weather and navigation data, and hourly forecast updates. Forecasts are built from operational NOAA guidance including HRRR, RRFS, GFS, NBM, DAFS, and LAMP. Rather than reducing those models to a text briefing, SkewT Aero lets you interact directly with the atmosphere they predict. Whether you're evaluating today's flight or planning several days ahead, every view stays synchronized so you can quickly understand how weather changes with location, time, and altitude.

Screenshots

WindLimit4 screens
SkewT Aero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SkewT Aero at none against WindLimit's shown. WindLimit's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. WindLimit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SkewT Aero sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WindLimit ships an update every 2 days, SkewT Aero fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WindLimit versus SkewT Aero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWindLimitSkewT Aero
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPersonal Wings, Inc.Enlu Aero LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WindLimit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
1 purchases

SkewT Aero

Subscriptions1
  • SkewT Aero14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is WindLimit free?
WindLimit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SkewT Aero free?
SkewT Aero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WindLimit or SkewT Aero have ads?
WindLimit shows ads; SkewT Aero does not.
Which is updated more often, WindLimit or SkewT Aero?
WindLimit ships an update every 2 days, and SkewT Aero fortnightly. Most recently, WindLimit was updated on September 23, 2026 and SkewT Aero on October 7, 2026.

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