Comparison

AirFMC vs XpRemotePanel

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Wireless CDU control
  • Portable tablet interface
  • Frees up main simulator screen
  • Supports X-Plane and MSFS 2020
  • Wide aircraft compatibility
Features
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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.

About

XpRemotePanel

Enhance your flight simulation experience with an intuitive touch interface for frequently used aircraft instruments. Directly interact with gauges and avionics, and customize layouts across multiple devices for deeper immersion. Requires X-Plane 11 or 12.

Highlights
  • Intuitive touch interface for instruments
  • Direct interaction with gauges
  • Primary Flight Display (PFD)
  • Directional Giro and Altimeter
  • COM Stack and Autopilot controls
  • FMS with CDU touch display
  • Optional Navigation Pack for advanced features
Features
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Pilot your aircraft with a finger tip - This app provides an intuitive touch interface to frequently used gauges and avionics in X-Plane. Instead of mimicking the turning of dials you can directly interact with the instruments, for example by dragging the heading bug to the desired direction on the compass rose. It has the following instruments for general aviation as well as airliner use: - Primary Flight Display (PFD) with attitude, speed, altimeter, vertical speed, directional giro, frequencies and autopilot buttons - Directional Giro with heading bug, drift indication and syncing - Altimeter with autopilot buttons, altitude preselection bug and barometer setting - Airspeed indicator with speed bug, v-speed indication and true airspeed display - COM Stack with Active / Standby switch and frequency entry keypad - KFC 200 style Autopilot with push and hold up/down buttons - FMS with CDU touch display (for default X-Plane FMS (B737/A330) and B737-800X Zibo Mod) - Chronometer The following functions are available after purchasing the optional Navigation Pack: - NAV Stack with Active / Standby switch and frequency entry keypad (also on PFD) - CDI gauge with course selection and locator/glide path indication - HSI gauge with heading bug, course selection and autopilot buttons (also on PFD) - Glideslope indicator and bearing pointers with distances on PFD - GCU 478 style keypad for G1000. Allows easy flightplan entry for all planes with default G1000 - CDU alphanumeric keys Multiple layouts are available based on the size of your screen. You can also show different instruments on different devices to increase the immersion. This app requires Laminar Research X-Plane 11 or 12 and uses its standard network data interface. For the CDU display, a plugin for X-Plane must be installed. Instructions inside the app.

Screenshots

AirFMC4 screens
XpRemotePanel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: XpRemotePanel at Free against AirFMC's $19.99. XpRemotePanel also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). AirFMC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.2 vs 3.7). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

XpRemotePanel is free to download; AirFMC costs $19.99 up front. XpRemotePanel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AirFMC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AirFMC holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of AirFMC's written reviews are positive against 100% of XpRemotePanel's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AirFMC ships an update every 6 weeks, XpRemotePanel every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AirFMC versus XpRemotePanel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirFMCXpRemotePanel
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (15 ratings) — better3.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews77.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoao CabralMartin Gernss

Customer experience

AirFMC

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive77.6%
Neutral2.0%
Negative20.4%

XpRemotePanel

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AirFMC

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

XpRemotePanel

One-time1
  • Navigation Pack$6.99

Questions

Is AirFMC free?
AirFMC costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is XpRemotePanel free?
XpRemotePanel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AirFMC or XpRemotePanel?
AirFMC is rated higher. AirFMC averages 4.2 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while XpRemotePanel averages 3.7 from 7 ratings.
Do AirFMC or XpRemotePanel have ads?
Neither AirFMC nor XpRemotePanel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AirFMC or XpRemotePanel?
AirFMC ships an update every 6 weeks, and XpRemotePanel every 2 months. Most recently, AirFMC was updated on October 19, 2026 and XpRemotePanel on October 24, 2026.

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