Comparison

PilotFlight vs E6B Flight Computer Calc

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

Head to head
About

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

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E6B Flight Computer Calc

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Every E6B calculation. Free. Offline. This does what the metal wheel in your flight bag does, without the wheel — free and offline. A KEYPAD BUILT FOR A COCKPIT Most aviation calculators hand you the system keyboard: small keys, half the form covered, a minus sign that fights you. This one has its own — big keys you can hit in turbulence, and it never rearranges what you already typed. YOUR UNITS, EVERYWHERE Altimeter setting in hPa or inHg. Speed in kt, km/h or mph. Distance in nm, km or sm. Temperature in °C or °F. Fuel in litres, US or imperial gallons. Set them once: every screen, widget and saved calculation follows, input fields included. Outside the US the app starts in hPa and litres. A converter screen adds fuel volume to weight for avgas, Jet A and mogas. FLIGHT • True airspeed: IAS to CAS to TAS and Mach, using real compressible-flow relations • Pressure altitude, density altitude and temperature-corrected true altitude • Wind triangle: true heading, wind correction angle, ground speed • Crosswind and headwind for a runway, with gusts and your demonstrated limit • Time, speed and distance — fill in any two, get the third • Fuel: burn rate, endurance, required, reserve, point of no return, equal time point • Climb and descent: rate, gradient, angle, top of descent, obstacle clearance • Turn: rate, radius, bank for standard rate, load factor, stall speed in the turn • Cloud base, freezing level and glide range • Great circle distance and initial course, true to magnetic to compass • Holding entry: direct, parallel or teardrop, and the heading to fly WEIGHT AND BALANCE Build a profile from your own aircraft's weighing report — empty weight, arms, station limits, CG envelope. Load it, and see the point plotted inside the envelope, not just a number. Tanks are loaded in gallons or litres and weighed by fuel type. No aircraft library is bundled, because two airframes off the same line do not weigh the same. CLOCKS, TIMERS AND THE SUN Zulu, local and departure-field time side by side. Flight timer that runs on the Lock Screen. Countdown with holding-leg presets. Sunrise, sunset and civil twilight for any coordinate — and the three different moments night, position lights and night currency begin. ON EVERY DEVICE YOU FLY WITH iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. The Watch app calculates on its own — crosswind and density altitude on your wrist. Saved calculations sync over iCloud. WIDGETS Crosswind on your home runway, a Zulu clock, and density altitude at your field, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. FOR STUDENT PILOTS The calculations the written test expects, with the inputs and the workings on the same screen so you can see where a number came from. Exam mode hides saved history and anything that reaches the network with one switch, and leaves every calculation in place. METAR AND TAF, DECODED Paste a raw observation or forecast and read it in plain language: wind, visibility, ceiling and the flight category. The same report then feeds the calculations — its altimeter and temperature give density altitude at your field, its wind gives the crosswind on your runway. Offline, no account. CHECKED, NOT ASSUMED Every formula is verified against published references — the ICAO standard atmosphere, the FAA density altitude chart, the AIM holding sectors — and re-checked automatically on every change. FREE, AND WHAT ISN'T Every calculation and conversion: free, unlimited, forever. The one-time unlock adds unlimited METAR/TAF decoding, the analog wheel, exam mode, unlimited aircraft, unlimited history and the widgets — each free to try first. One payment, never a subscription. No ads, ever: nobody should watch a rewarded video in a cockpit. Planning aid only. Not for primary navigation. Always cross-check against your POH, your charts and your own arithmetic. Terms of Use: https://ghapps1.wordpress.com/terms-condition/ Privacy Policy: https://ghapps1.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

PilotFlight4 screens
E6B Flight Computer Calc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PilotFlight at every 3 days against E6B Flight Computer Calc's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. PilotFlight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month and E6B Flight Computer Calc sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PilotFlight ships an update every 3 days, E6B Flight Computer Calc every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
PilotFlight versus E6B Flight Computer Calc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilotFlightE6B Flight Computer Calc
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYigit Can AkinciGrima Hdez

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PilotFlight

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

E6B Flight Computer Calc

One-time1
  • E6B Pro$5.99

Questions

Is PilotFlight free?
PilotFlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is E6B Flight Computer Calc free?
E6B Flight Computer Calc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PilotFlight or E6B Flight Computer Calc have ads?
Neither PilotFlight nor E6B Flight Computer Calc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PilotFlight or E6B Flight Computer Calc?
PilotFlight ships an update every 3 days, and E6B Flight Computer Calc every 2 weeks. Most recently, PilotFlight was updated on October 8, 2026 and E6B Flight Computer Calc on September 30, 2026.

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