Plane & Pilot vs FBOProps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plane & Pilot
This app offers a digital reading experience for aviation enthusiasts, featuring expert reviews, instructional content, and pilot stories. Enjoy offline reading, customizable text views, and easy navigation to enhance your understanding of flying.
- Optimized for device
- Offline reading
- Bookmarks
- Text view
- Customizable reading modes
- Interactive table of contents
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Plane + Pilot captures the spirit of real-world flying, where practicality meets adventure. Through expert reviews, instructional features, and pilot-topilot storytelling, the brand commands credibility among hands-on aviators, active pilots, aircraft owners, and recreational flyers who value skill development, safety, and aircraft knowledge above all. Site: https://planeandpilotmag.com/ FEATURES: -Optimized for Your Device: Enjoy a smooth, browser-friendly experience. -Offline Reading: Download issues to your device browser to read anytime, even without wifi. -Bookmarks: Save articles to revisit later. -Text View: Switch to a responsive reading view for comfort. -Reading Modes: Customize background (light, dark, sepia, gray) and adjust font size. -Interactive Table of Contents: Easily jump between articles. NOTE: When purchasing a subscription or single copy of this title, you agree to the privacy and policy and terms of use which can be viewed at http://Firecrown.com/Privacy-Policy and http://Firecrown.com/Terms-of-Use. Plane + Pilot publishes 6 issues per year, but reserves the right to change the number of issues in an annual term, including discontinuing any format and substituting and/or modifying the manner in which the subscription is distributed. Apple iOS Subscriptions: Subscription(s) will automatically renew via your Apple Account prior to the end of your subscription term. You can turn off the Apple auto-renew feature up to 24-hours before the end of your subscription by going into Apple Account Settings. Subscriptions cannot be cancelled during the active subscription period.
FBOProps
This app serves as a comprehensive aviation guide, offering critical information about FBOs and airports. It features extensive reviews from pilots and non-pilots, capturing details on services, approaches, and ground operations to enhance general aviation experiences.
- Extensive FBO and airport reviews
- Pilot and non-pilot feedback
- Information on services and amenities
- Details on approaches and ground operations
- Crowdsourced aviation data
- Enhance general aviation journeys
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Our mission is to be a trustworthy aviation guide and provide critical information about FBOs and airports through extensive reviews by pilots and non-pilots alike. We want to capture nuances about these facilities - feedback on the approaches/departures, ground operations, line crews, and available services like food, crew cars, flight training and other unique attributes which help make general aviation more enjoyable for all. There are thousands of FBOs & airports that house amazing experiences. We want unlock these and do our part to crowdsource aviation so your journey is not just a point A to point B event. So let’s Share, Learn and Explore this wonderful country!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FBOProps at 100% against Plane & Pilot's 14%. FBOProps also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Plane & Pilot's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Plane & Pilot sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. FBOProps asks for nothing beyond the download.
FBOProps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plane & Pilot has 49 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Plane & Pilot's written reviews are positive against 100% of FBOProps's.
Plane & Pilot ships an update every 7 months, FBOProps fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plane & Pilot | FBOProps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (49 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flying Media Group, LLC | FBOProps, LLC |
Customer experience
Plane & Pilot
FBOProps
In-app purchases
Plane & Pilot
- Plane & Pilot1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Plane & Pilot1 Month trial$4.993 Months
- Plane & Pilot1 Month trial$9.996 Months
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- Plane & Pilot$35.951 Year
- Plane & Pilot Issue Mar 14$4.99
- 16-Apr$4.99
- 16-May$4.99
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- 16-Jun$4.99
- 16-Oct$4.99
- January - February 2017$4.99
FBOProps
No in-app purchases






