Comparison

Leave the Pattern vs Slowmap

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

Head to head
About

Leave the Pattern

This app suggests personalized flight destinations based on weather conditions, airport amenities, and user preferences. It provides detailed flight briefs and integrates with other flight planning tools.

Highlights
  • Suggests destinations from US public airports
  • Scores flyability based on weather
  • Identifies on-field and nearby amenities
  • Displays live METARs, radar, and sectional charts
  • NOTAM and TFR aware
  • Provides 10-day outlook
  • Offers mini-briefs for suggestions
Features
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It's the weekend and you have a plane. Where should you fly today? Leave the Pattern answers the eternal $100-hamburger question. Set your home field—any US public-use airport, even a private strip—and get destination ideas that are actually flyable: scored by forecast winds, crosswind on each runway, clouds, and precipitation, and filtered by what you want to do when you get there. WHAT IT DOES • Suggests destinations from every US public-use airport within your range • Scores each day's flyability: winds, gusts, crosswind vs. the favored runway, clouds and precip • Knows what's on the field and nearby: restaurants on the airport, courtesy cars, breweries, museums, beaches, camping, golf, bikeable towns • Live METARs, radar, clouds and winds-aloft overlays, and the FAA VFR sectional right on the map • NOTAM and TFR aware—closed airports and runways drop out of suggestions automatically • 10-day outlook for any airport the next good day at a glance • A mini-brief for each suggestion: favored runways, pattern entry, time there and back, sunset margin • Near me: one tap sets your home field to the nearest airport • Hands off to ForeFlight for real flight planning THE FINE PRINT For inspiration only, not navigation. Always get an official briefing before you fly. No data collected. Free. Data: FAA airport, runway and sectional data · Open-Meteo forecasts · OpenStreetMap points of interest · RainViewer radar.

About

Slowmap

Features
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Tell Slowmap where you're going. It plans the rest. You get a day-by-day itinerary built around what really shapes a trip: where you're staying each night, whether you're driving or taking the train, the pace you like and what you're going for. • A plan for every day, with times and why each stop is worth it • Built around where you're staying, so each day starts and ends where you sleep • What you want to see, do and eat goes straight into the plan • A slider from the big sights to the hidden gems • Planned around who's coming (kids too) and anything you don't eat • Anything you've already booked is planned around • Every stop on a map, with the day's route • Short reads about where you're going: history, legends, local customs, food, a few handy phrases, plus films and books to get you in the mood • The forecast for each day of the trip or, if it's still far off, the usual weather for that time of year • Today's weather there and the time difference • A budget estimate by category, with a currency converter • Where to eat each day and which restaurants to book ahead • A checklist counting down to departure: what to book, what to take and what's worth knowing • Notes on any stop and your own costs, in any currency • Reminders before the trip and before each day starts • Spotted something wrong? Tell us. We read every report Free: one trip of up to three days, with ads. Everything in the list above is included. A sample trip to Rome shows you what to expect before you plan your own. Pro: twenty trips every thirty days, up to fourteen days each. Change each trip up to three times: say what isn't working and it's redone, swap a single stop or translate the whole trip into another language. Add your own stops, flights and bookings, with reminders. Keep tickets, boarding passes and booking confirmations with the trip: they stay on your phone and we never see them. Your trips also work offline, you can share them by link and there are no ads. A plan is a starting point, not a promise. Check opening hours and tickets before you set off. Terms of Service: https://slowmap.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://slowmap.app/privacy Apple's standard license agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Leave the Pattern4 screens
Slowmap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Leave the Pattern at none against Slowmap's 2. Leave the Pattern also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Slowmap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Leave the Pattern asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Leave the Pattern versus Slowmap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeave the PatternSlowmap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB65 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEMILY AUTUMN WILLOUGHBYFILIP ALEKSANDER JANTOS

In-app purchases

None

Leave the Pattern

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Slowmap

Subscriptions2
  • Slowmap Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Slowmap Pro (Yearly)$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Leave the Pattern free?
Leave the Pattern is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Slowmap free?
Slowmap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Leave the Pattern or Slowmap have ads?
Slowmap shows ads; Leave the Pattern does not.

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