Flightscape eFlight Manager vs SMS Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flightscape eFlight Manager
This app automates flight planning by ingesting data from your flight planning system. It generates comprehensive trip packages with weather information and allows flight crews to upload real-time flight data for analysis.
- ARINC 633-2 flight plan ingestion
- Automated pre-flight briefing packages
- Real-time fuel and flight time capture
- Offline flight recalculations
- Scratchpad for notes and drawings
- Device data synchronization
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Flightscape eFlight Manager is a Flight Plan Manager add-on to expand the connected flight to the cockpit. The application automates the process of collecting all the information for your trip by ingesting flight plans from your flight planning system of choice. A comprehensive and complete package is then generated containing all the latest information required for a trip such as MET, NOTAM, Upper Wind and Temperature / Significant Weather charts and documentation. As well as being a system for delivering data for a trip, eFlight Manager has the ability to capture information from the flight crew. Information such as fuel records, actual flight times, and actual Fuel On board (FOB) are uploaded to the ground server for immediate analysis and reporting. Major features include: - ARINC 633-2 flight plan ingestion. Pre-flight Briefing: - METAR data with green, amber, red coloring based on configurable minima. - TAF for each airfield. - NOTAM for each airfield. - SNOWTAM for each airfield. - Update facility to receive the latest data for your trip. - FIR NOTAM, ASHTAM and SIGMETS. - Operational notices. - PDF Briefing Package. - Flight Recalculation - Sign Off. Trip: - Flight Summary showing weight and fuel information with offline recalculations. - Delay records. - Trip Log for capturing actual flight times, fuel on board, etc. Scratch Pad - Captures text notes. - Captures drawings. Device Sync - Allows crews to “push” or “share” the data that has been entered into eFM from their device to another device
SMS Mobile
This app allows users to report incidents and identify hazards from remote locations, both online and offline. It utilizes customizable forms to meet specific business needs and integrates with a safety and risk management application for report assessment and feedback monitoring.
- Offline incident reporting
- Customizable forms
- Hazard identification
- Integration with SMS Solution
- Report feedback monitoring
- Remote location reporting
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Rolls-Royce SMS Mobile makes it possible to report events or incidents online or offline from remote locations. The app is intended to be used for reporting safety incidents, or identifying hazards or risks of interest, through customisable forms that can be designed to meet individual business needs. Updates to the application data are managed seamlessly through our API. Send a report from the app to safety and risk management application, SMS Solution, where it will be assessed. Then, monitor the feedback and status of your sent report from within the app. SMS Mobile provides you access to everything you need to complete the reporting process from your mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flightscape eFlight Manager at 5.0 against SMS Mobile's 1.0. SMS Mobile's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flightscape eFlight Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Flightscape eFlight Manager ships an update every 3 months, SMS Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flightscape eFlight Manager | SMS Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CAE Inc. | Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services (NZ) Limited |
Customer experience
Flightscape eFlight Manager
SMS Mobile
In-app purchases
Flightscape eFlight Manager
No in-app purchases
SMS Mobile
No in-app purchases
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