VOR Tracker vs RotorReady
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VOR Tracker
This app provides a realistic IFR navigation training experience for pilots. Practice holding patterns, radial interceptions, and other critical procedures in real-time using various flight instruments. It's designed to help pilots apply theoretical knowledge in a simulated cockpit environment.
- Real-time IFR simulation
- VOR and NDB navigation practice
- Multiple instrument displays (CDI, RMI, HSI, EHSI)
- Practice holding patterns and radial interceptions
- Map mode for progress verification
- Freeze and fast modes for training control
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The needles are moving. The examiner is watching. Your mind goes blank. The cockpit is the most expensive place to discover the gap between knowing the theory and flying the procedure. VOR Tracker is a real-time IFR procedure trainer for holding patterns, radial interceptions and DME arcs — you fly them on the instruments you already use, wherever you are, whenever you want. One-time purchase — for less than half an hour of dual instruction, and it never renews. No subscription, no ads. FLY THE INSTRUMENTS YOU ACTUALLY USE - Fixed-card CDI, RMI, HSI or EHSI — the EHSI adds wind, track and groundspeed - VOR or NDB, with realistic dip error and atmospheric noise on the NDB - Aircraft speeds from light trainer to jet TRAIN THE WAY YOU FLY - Freeze the action when things get too fast - Skip ahead through the straight bits - Drag the aircraft to reposition, or repeat any exercise from a new random start - Stuck on holding entries? Let the map show you the sectors - Build your own missions, with your own wind RAISE THE STAKES WHEN YOU'RE READY - Start calm, then add wind: steady, gusting, variable — or hidden, so you work it out yourself SEE YOUR PROGRESS - Rewind and fly it again; the previous tracks stay on the map so you can compare MADE FOR - Student pilots who would rather make their mistakes on the ground - Pilots preparing for a check ride, an IPC or a simulator assessment - Instructors who want to show an entry, a lead angle or a wind correction in real time WHAT IT IS NOT - Not a game - Not a flight simulator: it trains navigation procedures at a constant speed and altitude - Not a ground-school course: it assumes you know the theory and need the practice "I was really struggling to visualise NDB joins and an hour on this and I have it cracked." — App Store review "I highly recommend it to all of my students and to anyone learning IFR procedures." — Google Play review Recommended for simulator-assessment preparation by training organisations including Horizon Swiss Flight Academy, SKY4u Aviation Service and Airline Entry Training. VOR Tracker has trained IFR procedures since 2014, on iPhone, iPad and Android. Questions or feedback: info@vor-tracker.com Try the free browser demo: https://vor-tracker.com/app-demo/
RotorReady
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RotorReady is a training and reference app for professional helicopter pilots, students and instructors, built from the manufacturers' flight manuals and checklists. Thirteen aircraft types: AW109E, AW139, AW169 (Standard and EP), AW189, S-92, H135 T3, H145 D2, H145 D3, AS350 B3 (2B1) and B3e, R22 and R44 II. Choose your type once; everything in the app follows it. What you get: - Quiz: limitations, systems, emergency and normal procedures, performance and air law, with explanations and manual references. Practice only the questions you got wrong. - Quick Reference: the numbers and limits that matter, on one screen. - System Notes: written deep-dives into each system. - Procedures: take-off and landing profiles with the manual's figures, plus the emergency procedures on the single-engine types. - Warning and caution lights trainer, and memory items straight from the checklist, for the types whose checklist has them. - Audio: study podcasts you can download and listen to offline; more types are added over time. - IFR and VFR rules (EASA) and small planning calculators. - Messages: tell us what can be improved and get replies from the RotorReady team inside the app. Everything is available offline once the app has been opened with a connection. Content is updated in the app without waiting for a new version. No account is needed. RotorReady is free while in early access. RotorReady is a training aid only. It is not approved operational documentation and does not replace the RFM, QRH, POH, your operator's procedures or your instructor. RotorReady is not affiliated with or endorsed by any manufacturer, operator or aviation authority.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RotorReady at Free against VOR Tracker's $19.99. RotorReady also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
RotorReady is free to download; VOR Tracker costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VOR Tracker ships an update every 4 months, RotorReady every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | VOR Tracker | RotorReady |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (139 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 139 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karsten Heiland | Øyvind Myhre |
Bugs and requests
VOR Tracker
Reported bugs
8 issues- Knob rotation difficult
- To From indicator sometimes does not work
- App freezes on download
- App freezes on opening
- Not able to download 2nd time
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- Holding pattern depiction inaccurate
- App freezes every time I open it
- App doesn't work, totally unusable
Requested features
25 requests- Scroll wheel for knobs
- Add CDI option
- Add RMI pointer
- Add ILS approaches
- Add non-precision approaches
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- Add point-to-point navigation
- Add user-defined patterns
- Add fix-to-fix scenarios
- Add more hold entry options
- Add wind correction details
- Add written ATC instructions
- Add common VOR nav receiver
- Add option for basic 6-pack instruments
- Add custom/randomized ATC hold instructions
- Add speed control slider
- Auto-restart on timer reset
- Random wind option
- More scenarios
- More videos from developer
- Point to point addition
- Low enroute charts practice
- Practice missed approaches
- Second VOR/ADF bearing needle for HSI
- Option to know when task completed successfully
- Hold patterns away from VOR on radial/DME
RotorReady
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VOR Tracker
No in-app purchases
RotorReady
No in-app purchases
Questions
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