SAFE Toolkit vs E6BJA E6B Flight Computer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SAFE Toolkit
This app offers essential news and resources for Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs), including endorsement details, experience requirements, and test codes. It also provides flight test applicants with insights from Designated Pilot Examiners and features a weekly blog and industry news notifications for all pilots.
- CFI endorsements, experience requirements, test codes
- Flight test insights from DPEs
- Weekly SAFE blog
- Industry news push notifications
- Pilot resources
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SAFE Toolkit provides "go-to" news and resources for CFIs: (endorsements, experience requirements, and test codes), but also "Checkride Ready™ for flight test applicants (the inside story from DPEs). Pilots enjoy the SAFE blog every week and push notifications of industry news. Download and stay up to date; "We are here to help! ALl we "sell" is safety!"
E6BJA E6B Flight Computer
This digital flight computer assists pilots with a wide range of aeronautical calculations, offering a modern, efficient, and less error-prone alternative to traditional whiz-wheels. It features an intuitive interface for speed and accuracy in flight planning and execution.
- Visual wind, GS, TAS calculations
- Holding pattern computer
- Wind triangle solver
- Descent and fuel calculators
- Weight and balance for multiple aircraft
- Aviation units converter
- Atmospheric calculations
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The E6BJA Flight Computer is a powerful software-based digital computer for practising performing aeronautical and flight calculations speedily and easily. Inspired by the Whiz-wheel (e.g. E6B, CR-1, CRP-1, CRP-5 etc), an ingenious and excellent teaching tool, and designed to replace handheld electronic digital flight computers (e.g. CX-3), the E6BJA software app is rich in features, powerful and efficient. It can be installed on a phone or tablet --- for convenience --- and has a number of advantages over the whiz-wheel; calculations are simpler and quicker to perform, with less margin of error, better reproducibility and is less error-prone. It has a clear and intuitive user interface. The E6BJA calculator currently provides the following features: E6BJA Wind, GS,TAS Visualiser and Diversions Star Holding Pattern Visualiser/Computer Wind triangle, True Air Speed, Ground Speed Visualiser Wind Triangle solver Wind Correction Angle Descent Calculator Fuel Calculator Equivalent Time Point (ETP) and Point of No Return (PNR). Weight, Arm and Moment Calculator Pressure Altitude Density Altitude Cloud Base Dew Point and Relative Humidity ISA 1976 Atmosphere Mach Number True Air Speed (TAS) to Indicated Air Speed (IAS) Indicated Air Speed (IAS) from True Air Speed (TAS) Ground Speed (GS) Load Factor from Bank Angle Turns Calculator Aviation Units Converter Weight and Balance Calculators for the following aircraft: Beechcraft V35 Bonanza Beechcraft BE76 Duchess Cessna 150M (1977) Commuter Cessna 152 (1979/1980) Cessna 170B Cessna 172M (1976) Skyhawk Cessna 172S (1998) Skyhawk Cessna 177B Cardinal Cessna 180 Skywagon Cessna 185D Skywagon Cessna 210M Centurion Cessna 421 Golden Eagle Diamond DA-20 Diamond DA-42 Cirrus SR22 Piper PA28-151 Warrior Piper PA28-161 Warrior II (1977/1978) Piper PA28-180 Archer Piper PA28R-180 Cherokee Piper PA32R-301 Saratoga Piper PA-34-200 Seneca Piper PA-44 Seminole Piper PA46-310P Malibu Robin HR100/210 Robin HR200/120 Socata TB9 Tampico Socata TB200 Tobago
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: E6BJA E6B Flight Computer at 100% against SAFE Toolkit's 38%. E6BJA E6B Flight Computer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). SAFE Toolkit's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and ratings volume (18 vs 6). On in-app purchases 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
SAFE Toolkit is free to download; E6BJA E6B Flight Computer costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
E6BJA E6B Flight Computer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of SAFE Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 100% of E6BJA E6B Flight Computer's.
SAFE Toolkit ships an update every 7 months, E6BJA E6B Flight Computer weekly. Both last shipped on September 14, 2026.
| Parameter | SAFE Toolkit | E6BJA E6B Flight Computer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David St. George | Dr. Jamie Alnasir, Ph.D |
Customer experience
SAFE Toolkit
E6BJA E6B Flight Computer
In-app purchases
SAFE Toolkit
No in-app purchases
E6BJA E6B Flight Computer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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