PilotFlight vs FlightPlan Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
FlightPlan Pro
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Plan the flight on the ground. Fly it without a signal. FlightPlan Pro is a pre-flight and in-flight companion for helicopter pilots. It turns your route, your weather and your aircraft into the one number that decides the day: fuel balance. Everything works offline — you plan on the ground and fly with no coverage. PLAN A ROUTE Type your waypoints and the legs build themselves: course, distance, time, fuel and backtrack. Drag a leg on the map to reroute it. Every point comes from a reference database, so every leg has geometry you can trust. FUEL THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION Trip, taxi and reserve against fuel on board, ending in a single balance figure — green or red. Nothing is buried. If you are short, the app says so plainly. WEATHER WHERE IT COUNTS METAR and TAF for your airports, plus winds aloft folded straight into your leg times and burns. The wind you fetch is the wind your fuel figure is calculated from. APPROACH MINIMA, CHECKED Your destination's charted ILS and RNP minima measured against its live METAR. An unreadable METAR gives you "unknown" — never a false pass. A MOVING MAP Satellite, street and hybrid basemaps with your route, your position and NOTAM alerts timed to when you will pass them. Import your operator's reference pack for waypoints, airways, runways and ground layouts. FLIGHT MODE Track-up moving map, configurable HUD, and a dead-reckoning coast that keeps the aircraft moving on screen when GPS drops. Screen dimmer for night work. YOUR CHARTS, YOUR DEVICE Add your own approach plates and airport diagrams as PDFs. Your flight plans stay on your device. TAKE IT WITH YOU Export the whole plan as a PDF — legs, fuel, alternates, weather and your selected charts — or share the summary as an image. ALSO IN THE APP Timing and stopwatch, ruler and bearing tool, nearest-airfield search, multiple saved plans, multiple aircraft profiles, and an encrypted local store with an optional Face ID or passcode lock. IMPORTANT FlightPlan Pro is a planning aid. It is not certified for primary navigation and does not replace approved charts, official briefing material, or the pilot-in-command's judgement. Always cross-check against current official sources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PilotFlight at every 3 days against FlightPlan Pro's weekly. FlightPlan Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. PilotFlight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month and FlightPlan Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PilotFlight ships an update every 3 days, FlightPlan Pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PilotFlight | FlightPlan Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yigit Can Akinci | Ahmed Mamdouh |
In-app purchases
PilotFlight
- Monthly Access1 Month trial$7.001 Month
- Yearly Access1 Month trial$74.001 Year
FlightPlan Pro
- Monthly pass$0.99
- Annual pass$12.99






