AirFMC vs LookAround
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirFMC
Enhance your flight simulator experience with a portable, wireless CDU interface. Control your flight management system from your tablet, freeing up your main screen for scenic views. Supports a wide range of popular aircraft and FMC systems for X-Plane and MSFS 2020.
- Wireless CDU control
- Portable tablet interface
- Frees up main simulator screen
- Supports X-Plane and MSFS 2020
- Wide aircraft compatibility
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Designed to integrate with the X-Plane flight simulator, AirFMC provides an interface layer to your favourite flight management system and allows you to have a remote, portable and beautiful CDU, leaving your screen free for enjoying the scenic routes. Flying with an FMC is good but have you ever thought how annoying it is to have to look for the small keys on a virtual cockpit and click on them with a mouse to get something done? What if you could now do it wirelessly with your fingertips using an iPad's big screen? And what if you could use just one App for all your favourite planes? AirFMC does just this; brings the CDU of your favourite planes to the tip of your fingers. In its current release we are proud to support the following list of planes and FMC systems: For X-Plane: - The x737 Boeing 737-800 from EADT using x737FMC - The UFMC from Javier Cortes - The CRJ-200 from Javier Rollon - The Boeing 777 Worldliner by FlightFactor - The Boeing 757 Professional by FlightFactor - The X-FMC freeware project and all the planes in which it runs - The QPAC A320 v2 - The Boeing 767 from VMAX - The A320NEO from JAR Design - The Boeing 737 Classifc from IXEG / X-Aviation - The Boeing 737-800 modified by Zibo - The Airbus A350 XWB Advanced from FlightFactor - The Airbus A319, A321 and A340 from ToLiss - The A330 from JAR Design - The MD80 from Rotate - The Boeing 737-700 and 737-900 Ultimate - The A320 from Flight Factor - The Hot Start CL650 - And lastly the X-Plane airliner FMC shipped with default planes FOr MSFS 2020: - PMDG 737 NG3 Family of Planes Please note, AirFMC is not an FMC in its own right. It does not have "intelligence" so to say, it does not manage routes nor flight performance parameters. At least, not yet! What it does is, it connects to planes that already have these systems and provides an interface surface to their CDUs. AirFMC works in conjunction with X-Plane and MSF2020 (on selected planes) through the use of a plugin which must be installed in the flight simulator and it requires a TCP/IP network connecting this app to a flight simulator.
LookAround
Enhance your flight simulator experience by using your iOS device for head tracking in X-Plane. This app allows you to look around the virtual cockpit hands-free, improving immersion and situational awareness. Basic roll tracking is free, with yaw and pitch tracking available via a one-time purchase.
- Hands-free head tracking for X-Plane
- Uses iOS device camera for face tracking
- Automatic X-Plane discovery
- Roll tracking included for free
- Yaw and pitch tracking via in-app purchase
- Simple setup over Wi-Fi
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Experience virtual reality in X-Plane without any additional hardware! Prop your iOS device running LookAround - Sim under your monitor and your head movements are magically reflected in X-Plane. Want help lining up the runway when turning to final? Simply rotate your head towards to the runway! Want to look at the beautiful mountain range on your right? Just rotate your head to the right! LookAround - Sim uses face tracking to let you look around in X-Plane simulator hands-free. Extremely simple setup: - Download LookAround - Sim on your iOS device. - Run X-Plane on your computer and start a new flight. - Verify your iOS device is connected to Wifi and on the same network as your computer running X-Plane. - Launch LookAround - Sim and it will auto-magically discover X-Plane! No need to figure out IP addresses and ports! LookAround - Sim is free to to download to try Roll tracking - tilt you head sideways and watch it reflected on your simulator. Yaw and pitch tracking can be enabled through a simple one time In-App purchase. LookAround - Sim requires X-Plane 10.40 and above. Head Roll tracking is only supported with X-Plane 11 and above. For optimal setup, try to place the iOS device and your Wifi router as close as possible. Additional, having a wired connection from your Wifi router to the X-Plane computer also helps with minimizing latency and delays.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LookAround at Free against AirFMC's $19.99. LookAround also leads on iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). AirFMC's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (78% vs 38%). On ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
LookAround is free to download; AirFMC costs $19.99 up front. LookAround sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AirFMC asks for nothing beyond the download.
AirFMC holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of AirFMC's written reviews are positive against 38% of LookAround's.
AirFMC ships an update every 6 weeks, LookAround every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirFMC | LookAround |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (15 ratings) — better | 3.6 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.6% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joao Cabral | Mutual Image LLC. |
Customer experience
AirFMC
LookAround
In-app purchases
AirFMC
No in-app purchases
LookAround
- XPlane Yaw & Pitch$9.99









