Adiabat vs SkewT Aero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Adiabat
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Profile Compare places two saved soundings on the same pressure grid, showing changes in temperature, dewpoint and wind with an exportable evidence trail. HOW TO USE THE UPGRADE 1. Open Compare and select two saved profiles. Import your own soundings through the existing library if needed. 2. Inspect shared pressure levels and temperature, dewpoint and vector-wind differences. Missing coverage stays visibly missing. 3. Share the frozen report or export the CSV, including source fingerprints and the matching method. Keep the offline sounding library, imports, Skew-T diagrams, profile editing and parcel-analysis tools. WHAT TO KNOW The grid spans 1000–100 hPa at 25 hPa intervals. Interpolation is linear in log pressure between original adjacent levels no more than 150 hPa apart. There is no extrapolation or interpolation across missing values. These are profile comparisons, not a forecast or flight decision. The gap threshold is an app design choice. iPhone and iPad. No account required.
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SkewT Aero at Free against Adiabat's $0.99. SkewT Aero also leads on chart position (#199 vs unranked). Adiabat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, 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
SkewT Aero is free to download; Adiabat costs $0.99 up front. SkewT Aero sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Adiabat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Adiabat | SkewT Aero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Corbin | Enlu Aero LLC |
In-app purchases
Adiabat
No in-app purchases
SkewT Aero
- SkewT Aero14 Days trial$39.991 Year









