Comparison

iPreFlight3 vs Falcon eDispatch

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

Head to head
About

iPreFlight3

This app helps pilots quickly calculate available payload and fuel for flights. It integrates runway analysis, weight and balance, and flight planning with weather data. Users can prepare flight books and releases, and share them with crew.

Highlights
  • Max Payload Estimator (MPE™)
  • Runway Analysis (RWA)
  • Weight and Balance (WB)
  • Flight Planning with Fuel Calculation
  • Flight Book preparation
  • Flight Release generation and sharing
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Aircraft Performance Group (APG) has released an application for use on the iPad, which integrates their Runway Analysis (RWA) and Weight and Balance (WB) system with a flight planning module. The combination of these functions allows the user to easily and quickly calculate the available payload for a planned flight – this service is known as MPE™ (Max Payload Estimator). iPreFlight™, has been developed to run on the iPad using the latest iPad technology. iPreFlight™ is a first-of-a-kind product that requires minimum user input to quickly calculate the available payload for a given city pairing, considering takeoff/landing performance limitations, manufacturers WB requirements and flight planning constraints. The flight planning element utilizes manufacturer’s operational data, in conjunction with current forecast weather conditions to calculate the fuel required for the flight. The fuel calculation includes fuel burn (optimized for minimum fuel or time), reserve, alternate and holding fuel. In addition to including the RWA, WB and flight plan, iPreFlight™ allows the user to prepare a Flight Book, containing all textual and graphical weather products for the planned flight. The book may be prepared days in advance of the flight, stored on the iPad and can be automatically updated as products are revised. Approaching departure time the user can easily prepare a Flight Release, consolidating the RWA, WB, flight plan and weather products. The Flight Release may then be emailed, stored on the iPad and/or shared with another iPad, such as the other fight deck crewmembers’, by simply selecting the appropriate distribution method(s). iPreFlight consolidates several preflight functions into one program, not only ensuring accurate takeoff and landing performance limits and correct aircraft loading, but allows pilots to quickly calculate the available payload and fuel requirements for a flight. In addition, iPreflight™ allows pilots to make last minute adjustments with just a few keystrokes. The Flight Release may then be saved on the iPad for review in-flight and shared with the other crewmember, Application Requirements: To use this application you must be an existing APG customer having a Runway Analysis (Point Calculation) and Weight and Balance services account.

About

Falcon eDispatch

This application provides dispatch conditions based on fault and CAS messages, referencing aircraft configuration, MMEL source, and mission context. It supports F7X/F8X and F6X aircraft.

Highlights
  • Gathers dispatch documentation
  • Provides dispatch conditions
  • Uses Fault and CAS messages
  • Considers aircraft configuration
  • References MMEL source (EASA/FAA)
  • Analyzes mission context
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The eDispatch application gathers all the Dassault dispatch documentation, and quickly provides the dispatch conditions based on the Fault and CAS messages. The eDispatch application provides information in accordance with: o The configuration of the aircraft, o The MMEL source (EASA or FAA), o The context of the mission. Support F7X/F8X and F6X aircrafts

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Falcon eDispatch at 5.0 against iPreFlight3's 3.1. Falcon eDispatch also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). iPreFlight3's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Falcon eDispatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iPreFlight3 has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPreFlight3 ships an update every 6 weeks, Falcon eDispatch every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iPreFlight3 versus Falcon eDispatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPreFlight3Falcon eDispatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (55 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews5.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings55 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAircraft Performance Group, LLCDassault Aviation

Customer experience

iPreFlight3

All ratings55 ratings
Positive50.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative41.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive5.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative65.0%

Falcon eDispatch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iPreFlight3

No in-app purchases

None

Falcon eDispatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iPreFlight3 free?
iPreFlight3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Falcon eDispatch free?
Falcon eDispatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iPreFlight3 or Falcon eDispatch?
Falcon eDispatch is rated higher. iPreFlight3 averages 3.1 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while Falcon eDispatch averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iPreFlight3 or Falcon eDispatch have ads?
Neither iPreFlight3 nor Falcon eDispatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPreFlight3 or Falcon eDispatch?
iPreFlight3 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Falcon eDispatch every 6 months. Most recently, iPreFlight3 was updated on October 12, 2026 and Falcon eDispatch on September 29, 2026.

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