Comparison

Stratus Insight EFB vs SkyPath Pro

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

Head to head
About

Stratus Insight EFB

This app provides pilots with a comprehensive electronic flight bag solution. It offers advanced navigation tools, real-time weather information, and unique features like ATC radio transcription and vertical weather profiling for enhanced flight planning and safety.

Highlights
  • Synthetic vision and AHRS
  • ADS-B traffic monitoring
  • ATC radio transcription
  • Vertical weather profile
  • Smart flight planning
  • Geo-referenced charts and maps
Features
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Stratus Insight is a full electronic flight bag (EFB) suite for pilots that includes AHRS with synthetic vision, TAWS, VFR sectional maps, IFR low/high charts, and geo-referenced approach plates. Please note, this app only supports airports and approach plates for US ONLY. We don't have worldwide data available at this time. More than an EFB, Stratus Insight also offers: Internet Traffic Follow along and monitor ADS-B traffic from the ground. Enable this overlay and watch as traffic is shown in real-time on the map. Radio Transcription & Playback Stratus Insight boasts a custom-built speech recognition system inside the app. When paired with a Stratus Audio Cable, the ATC Radio Transcription feature works similar to visual voicemail. ATC communications are converted into text, providing a helpful visual assist for referencing previous audio clips. This enables pilots to receive a clearance, ATIS, or other important ATC communications without needing to write them down Vertical Weather Profile The Vertical Weather Profile previews your route in the vertical slice from departure to destination, up to eight days out, so you can see the conditions you’ll encounter based on your departure time, aircraft speed, and each intermediate airport. Submit PIREPs online Running into some light chop? Submit a PIREP directly from the app to help your fellow pilots. This feature is unique only to Stratus Insight. Smart Flight Plan If a TFR or changes in weather force you to take an alternate route, the Smart Flight Plan tool considers things like fuel stops and day/night currency. Documents Store and organize all your required flight documents in one place. Uses iCloud to save and sync your documents between devices. Radar Forecast Radar Forecast provides long-term weather radar simulations up to three days out, and you can fast forward your weather radar in one-hour increments. Stratus Audio Cable The Stratus Audio Cable (available to purchase for $49.99 from the Appareo web store) is needed to enable the radio transcription and playback feature. Seamless Integration with Stratus The app supports all generations of Stratus receivers, and the user experience is seamless. Stratus receivers provide WAAS GPS, AHRS, in-flight weather, and ADS-B traffic. Stratus Logbook Integration Automatically send your flights to Stratus Logbook, a free logbook app made by Appareo. Apple Watch Uses HealthKit to detect hypoxia-like symptoms for pilot health monitoring including nearby airport weather watch faces and weather radar on watch.

About

SkyPath Pro

This aviation app provides real-time, crowdsourced turbulence intelligence to pilots and operations teams. It aggregates data from aircraft to offer actionable insights, enabling safer routing, smarter maintenance, and improved dispatch planning.

Highlights
  • Real-time turbulence alerts
  • Crowdsourced data network
  • Safer flight routing
  • Reduced maintenance costs
  • Improved dispatch planning
  • Passive background operation
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SkyPath Pro Turbulence Intel for Pilots The ride-quality layer 128,000+ users already fly with. Live reports, ADS-B turbulence, and 12-hour AI Nowcasts, all in one view. 30-day free trial. Description SkyPath is an AI-powered turbulence intelligence platform, built by pilots for pilots and trusted by leading airlines and business aviation operators worldwide. It unifies five turbulence data sources into a single live ride-quality view: SkyPath Observations, SkyPath ADS-B Turbulence, EDR, Turbulence PIREPs, and SkyPath Nowcast. As you fly, your iPad's motion data feeds the network. In return, you get advance alerts on turbulence ahead of your route and a live picture of conditions across surrounding airspace. Software-only. No hardware, no aircraft grounding, no integration required. SkyPath turns turbulence from an unavoidable hazard into a manageable, predictable risk. THE IMPACT Customers see up to a 50% reduction in turbulence-related injuries (based on 5 years of operational data). Trusted by 128,000+ pilots worldwide, with 40,000 active every day. 9 billion turbulence reports collected and 32 million in-flight notifications delivered anually. Members: NBAA, ACSF, RTCA, APEX. REAL-TIME TURBULENCE INTELLIGENCE Turbulence from five sources, processed through AI modeling, normalized per aircraft type, and refreshed every minute: SkyPath Observations, SkyPath ADS-B derived Turbulence, EDR, Turbulence PIREPs, and SkyPath Nowcast. See exactly what aircraft ahead of you are encountering, the moment they encounter it. A hexagon flashes on your map with the time remaining until the encounter, alongside pop-up and voice alerts, even when the app is in the background. ONELAYER: ALL YOUR DATA, ONE SCREEN SkyPath OneLayer is a smart, consolidated ride-quality layer that combines all turbulence data sources into a single intuitive display. A machine-learning model prioritizes the most current data source for each location, filtering noise and standardizing severity across aircraft types. The full picture, one view. AI-POWERED NOWCAST SkyPath Nowcast projects turbulence, including Clear Air Turbulence, up to 12 hours ahead with 90% accuracy. Built on a machine-learning model that blends complex atmospheric conditions with SkyPath's accumulated observation data. Know what your route looks like before you're committed to it. GPS INTERFERENCE LAYER Live jamming and spoofing zones displayed with severity indicators directly on your map. CONTRAILS LAYER SkyPath's Contrails Layer, powered by Google AI, displays real-time contrail forecasts alongside turbulence data in a single interface. Make climate-conscious routing decisions without compromising safety. OFFICIAL PIREPS TO NWS File a full FAA-recognized PIREP directly from SkyPath to the NWS Aviation Weather Center. The fastest and most intuitive official PIREP submission. A SOFTWARE-ONLY SOLUTION No hardware installation. No aircraft grounding. No integration required. SkyPath deploys across your fleet without interrupting a single flight.

Screenshots

Stratus Insight EFB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SkyPath Pro at 4.1 against Stratus Insight EFB's 3.6. SkyPath Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (67% vs 57%). Stratus Insight EFB's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stratus Insight EFB sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SkyPath Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SkyPath Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Stratus Insight EFB's written reviews are positive against 67% of SkyPath Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stratus Insight EFB versus SkyPath Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStratus Insight EFBSkyPath Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (9 ratings)4.1 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings910 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPad
Requires iOS1616.0
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB234 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAerovie, LLCSKYPATH LTD

Customer experience

Stratus Insight EFB

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative37.7%

SkyPath Pro

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Stratus Insight EFB

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • AerovieReports Annual Subscription$69.99
None

SkyPath Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stratus Insight EFB free?
Stratus Insight EFB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SkyPath Pro free?
SkyPath Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stratus Insight EFB or SkyPath Pro?
SkyPath Pro is rated higher. Stratus Insight EFB averages 3.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while SkyPath Pro averages 4.1 from 10 ratings.
Do Stratus Insight EFB or SkyPath Pro have ads?
Neither Stratus Insight EFB nor SkyPath Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stratus Insight EFB or SkyPath Pro?
Stratus Insight EFB ships an update monthly, and SkyPath Pro monthly. Most recently, Stratus Insight EFB was updated on October 1, 2026 and SkyPath Pro on August 10, 2026.

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