Comparison

WACUSA vs PilotFlight

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

Head to head
About

WACUSA

Features
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WACUSA is an aviation navigation app designed for the United States, offering up-to-date VFR and IFR aeronautical charts, including Sectional Charts, Terminal Area Charts (TAC), IFR Enroute Low, IFR Enroute High, and Terminal Procedures such as Instrument Approach Procedures (IAP), Departure Procedures (DP/SID), Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STAR), and Airport Diagrams. The app also provides real-time weather resources such as radar and satellite imagery, SIGMET information, wind charts, and SIGWX charts. WACUSA works for real flights and with flight simulators, including Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, X-Plane 10, X-Plane 11, and X-Plane 12. Now you can have a GPWS-style system in the palm of your hand. GPWS is a Ground Proximity Warning System. With it, you can hear audio alerts related to terrain proximity and the aircraft’s height above the ground. The app also includes a complete Weight and Balance module, allowing you to configure aircraft, passengers, baggage, cargo, and fuel, calculate weight, moment, and center of gravity (CG), check operational limits, and view balance envelopes in a clear and intuitive graphical format. With WACUSA, you can create routes using markers added manually on the map, by coordinates, or by searching for cities, navaids, waypoints, airports, and heliports. Once the location system finds your position, the app provides navigation information such as ground speed (GS), altitude, magnetic heading, magnetic course, ETA, ETO, leg distance, distance to markers, flight time, elapsed time, and the aircraft’s current position. You can also save and open routes whenever needed. All navigation information is displayed in a clear and easy-to-understand way. This app does not replace certified aircraft instruments or official aviation sources. Always use approved and appropriate means to ensure safe navigation. To access charts, features, and some app functionalities, a monthly or annual subscription is required. All purchases are made directly inside the app. Terms of Use: https://wacusa.protohm.com.br/terms-of-use

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PilotFlight

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PilotFlight brings route planning, cockpit preparation, navigation and post-flight review into one focused workspace for iPhone and iPad. PLAN EVERY STAGE • Create multi-leg routes with ICAO airports or named waypoints; review course, distance, ETE, altitude, airspeed and entered fuel. • Planning Desk builds a wind-corrected pilot log, sector assumptions and fuel policy from pilot-entered data, with text and printable-PDF export. • Weight & Balance checks pilot-entered aircraft loading against a CG envelope; verify all limits against approved documents. • Flight Kit stores your PDFs and aircraft checklists locally, previews GPX route imports and exports routes/tracks as GPX or the logbook as CSV. The app supplies no certified documents or checklists. • Airfields & Radio combines route/nearby airports, runways and available TWR/APP/COM frequencies. • Airspace & Profile shows imported boundaries, route crossings and comparable MSL bands. • Procedures & Charts manages source-dependent SID, STAR, approaches, holds, runway guidance, navaids, reporting points, information, frequencies and regional NOTAMs. LIVE MAP, TERRAIN AND FLIGHT DECK • See ownship, planned route, Direct-To/live guidance and breadcrumb track on satellite, hybrid or terrain backgrounds, with optional 3D relief. • Map Tools controls available airspace, worldwide SIGMET, PIREP, source-dependent NOTAM, procedure, navigation, information and frequency layers. • View sampled terrain beneath the active route, compare it with planned MSL altitude and a chosen vertical margin, and shape altitude by leg or with movable points. Results appear only where samples are available. • Use the refined HSI/CDI navigation display with BRG, DTK and XTK, plus GPS altitude, groundspeed, vertical speed, ETE and ETA when supported sensor data is available. BRIEF, FLY AND REVIEW Read exact-station METAR/TAF when available; assess runway wind, personal minimums and hazard context. Record or recover a flight, replay tracks or rehearse routes in Flight Review, export GPX and keep notes and a local logbook. READY BEYOND THE SIGNAL Download worldwide offline basemaps and change the background inside Live Map while retaining the active route and guidance. Imported or previously refreshed layers use only the last verified data held on the device. Ten editable tools—including wind triangle, density altitude, fuel/endurance, top of descent, glide and turn performance—work locally. DATA AVAILABILITY Weather and worldwide SIGMET use official AviationWeather.gov/Aviation Weather Center services. NOTAM display is not a complete briefing: FAA supplies a U.S. graphical TFR subset; other NOTAM, procedure, information, frequency and airspace layers depend on installed, imported or configured sources. Coverage and currency vary. An empty layer never means all clear. PAID ACCESS All features require auto-renewable PilotFlight Pro; no free tier. Choose monthly or yearly. Eligible new subscribers receive one month free. Unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial or period ends, the plan starts or renews at Apple’s displayed local price. Manage in Apple Account settings. IMPORTANT PilotFlight is a supplemental planning and situational-awareness aid, not a certified primary flight/navigation instrument or a substitute for approved charts, AIP data, official weather/NOTAM briefings, ATC instructions, aircraft documentation or pilot judgment. Flight Deck does not provide a certified attitude reference or indicated airspeed. Always verify current approved sources before flight. The interface supports English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish (Spain) and Turkish. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://akincijet.com/pilotflight-ipad-privacy.php?lang=en

Screenshots

WACUSA4 screens
PilotFlight4 screens

Verdict

The call

WACUSA and PilotFlight are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. WACUSA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.90 per month and PilotFlight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WACUSA ships an update every 4 days, PilotFlight every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
WACUSA versus PilotFlight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWACUSAPilotFlight
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPROTOHM TECH LTDAYigit Can Akinci

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WACUSA

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$9.901 Month
  • Annual Subscription$99.901 Year
2 purchases

PilotFlight

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access1 Month trial$7.001 Month
  • Yearly Access1 Month trial$74.001 Year

Questions

Is WACUSA free?
WACUSA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PilotFlight free?
PilotFlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WACUSA or PilotFlight have ads?
Neither WACUSA nor PilotFlight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WACUSA or PilotFlight?
WACUSA ships an update every 4 days, and PilotFlight every 3 days. Most recently, WACUSA was updated on October 24, 2026 and PilotFlight on October 24, 2026.

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