Plane & Pilot vs Ride Splits
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.
Ride Splits
This ridesharing app connects students to share commutes, reducing costs and environmental impact. Drivers can earn money from empty seats, while riders get a cheaper, more sustainable travel option.
- Offer rides on existing routes
- Split commuting costs
- Earn money from empty seats
- Lower gas expenses
- Reduce emissions
- Commute smarter
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Commuting shouldn’t drain your wallet — or the planet. Ride Splits is a ridesharing app built for CSUSB students who want to make money, save money, and reduce their environmental impact just by getting to campus the same way they already do. Every day, thousands of students drive alone to school, spending hundreds on gas, parking, and car maintenance. At the same time, those empty seats mean more traffic and more emissions. Ride Splits fixes that. With Ride Splits, students can: - Offer rides on routes they already drive - Split commuting costs with other students - Earn money from empty seats - Lower gas expenses and emissions - Reduce traffic around campus - Commute smarter without changing routines If you’re driving, your car can finally work for you. If you need a ride, you get a cheaper, more sustainable option than driving alone. Ride Splits makes commuting a shared effort — better for your bank account, better for the planet, and better for the CSUSB community. Smarter rides. Less waste. More money in your pocket.
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Verdict
Plane & Pilot and Ride Splits both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Ride Splits's written reviews are positive against 14% of Plane & Pilot's. Ride Splits also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Plane & Pilot's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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. Ride Splits asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Plane & Pilot against 4.3 for Ride Splits. 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 are what separate them: 14% of Plane & Pilot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ride Splits's.
Plane & Pilot ships an update every 7 months, Ride Splits every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plane & Pilot | Ride Splits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (49 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — 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 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Flying Media Group, LLC | Ahmed Burgos |
Customer experience
Plane & Pilot
Ride Splits
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
Ride Splits
No in-app purchases








