Stratus Insight EFB vs RocketRoute FlightPlan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Synthetic vision and AHRS
- ADS-B traffic monitoring
- ATC radio transcription
- Vertical weather profile
- Smart flight planning
- Geo-referenced charts and maps
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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. Weight and Balance Now you can ensure you are ready for flight by performing W&B in the app for each of your aircraft. 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.
RocketRoute FlightPlan
This app offers comprehensive flight planning and in-flight navigation for pilots. It provides worldwide route creation, ICAO flight plan preparation, and real-time moving map navigation with terrain and route display. Designed by pilots for pilots, it supports various aircraft types and flying conditions.
- Worldwide flight planning
- In-flight navigation
- Route creation (IFR, VFR)
- ICAO flight plan preparation
- Moving map display
- Mass & Balance calculations
- Flight briefings
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RocketRoute combines Worldwide Flight Planning and In-Flight Navigation in a native designed iPad and iPhone app. Designed for pilots by pilots, with concise information, intuitive design, and powerful features. Ideal for private pilots and operators flying; jets, turbo props helicopter or piston aircraft. RocketRoute is a worldwide leader in advanced flight planning and navigation apps for professional pilots. The service has more than 200.000 users flying 24 x 7. For example: Canada, Europe, Peru, Brazil, S. Africa, China and the Middle East. Service has processed millions of flights for users. This is our sixth generation app. The app represents over 10 years of development and integrates everything that RocketRoute has learned from helping thousands of pilots flying worldwide. FLIGHT PLANNING FEATURES - Worldwide Enroute Upper / Lower Chart. - Create and display routes: IFR, Yankee, Zulu, VFR. - Search for Waypoints, Navaids, Airports, Airways, Cities. - Prepare ICAO Flight Plans. - Validate routes for flying in Europe via Eurocontrol. - File Flight Plans Worldwide. - Perform Mass & Balance Calculations. - Generate Flight Log. - Generate Flight Briefings what include METAR/TAF, NOTAM, ICAO Flight Plan reports. - Add and modify aircraft. - Nav Data is updated monthly for the AIRAC cycle. - Airline data everyday update (waypoints, airports, airways etc) MOVING MAP NAVIGATION FEATURES - Powerful globe view with Zoom control. - Display current Lat/Lon Coordinates. - Display Track. - Display Speed. - Display current position and direction of flight. - Display Enroute Upper / Lower Chart with Flight Details. - Display waypoints, airways, airports. - Display terrain elevation. - Select and display Planned Routes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stratus Insight EFB at 57% against RocketRoute FlightPlan's 32%. Stratus Insight EFB also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.3) and chart position (#164 vs unranked). RocketRoute FlightPlan's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16). 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
Both are free to download. Stratus Insight EFB sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and RocketRoute FlightPlan sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stratus Insight EFB holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Stratus Insight EFB's written reviews are positive against 32% of RocketRoute FlightPlan's.
Stratus Insight EFB ships an update every 3 weeks, RocketRoute FlightPlan fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Stratus Insight EFB | RocketRoute FlightPlan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (9 ratings) — better | 3.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 31.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #164 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 308 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aerovie, LLC | Aircraft Performance Group, LLC |
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Stratus Insight EFB
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In-app purchases
Stratus Insight EFB
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$99.991 Year
- AerovieReports Annual Subscription$69.99
RocketRoute FlightPlan
- United Kingdom 1:250,000 Topographical$0.99
- Iceland 1:250,000 Topographical$0.99
- Saudi Arabia 1:250,000 Topographical$0.99
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- Saudi Arabia IFR Enroute Chart$0.99
- IFR Moving Map Expansion Pack$7.99
- Worldwide FBOs & Handlers - AC-U-KWIK / IFR$19.99
- Basic Plan - 12 Months$148.99
- Piston Plan - 12 Months$414.99
- Piston World Plan$589.99
- Turboprop Plan - 12 Months$889.00
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