Comparison

DocuNet Viewer vs AHM Notify

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

DocuNet Viewer

Access flight operations manuals offline on your iPad. This app provides fast, intelligent searching, bookmarking, and filtering for your entire manual library, ensuring you always have the latest information from all manufacturers.

Highlights
  • Offline manual access
  • Tabbed multi-document viewing
  • Fast intelligent searching
  • Bookmarking
  • MSN/audience filtering
  • Layered manuals
  • Automatic updates
Features
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For airlines using Vistair's acclaimed industry leading Flight Operations Technical Publications service, this is the iPad application that you can deploy to your crew to enable them to access their flight operations manuals offline. *This app requires your airline to have a DocuNet contract with Vistair to function in an operational environment* Functionality includes tabbed, multi-document viewing, fast intelligent searching across your manual library with highlighted results, bookmarking, MSN/audience filtering and Layers for applicable manuals and access to your latest manuals of all manufacturers including Boeing and Airbus from the Vistair technical publications service. Updates are delivered directly to your iPad. Simple to use and navigate, its quick access and elegant design gives you access to your manual library wherever you are. The Vistair DocuNet service includes the full back-end management of content to all devices in your fleet and visibility of update and revision status down to each device with full access control.

About

AHM Notify

This application provides real-time updates on high-priority aircraft maintenance issues for aviation professionals. It allows users to view, manage, and act on fault and alert information directly from a mobile device. Access requires a subscription to a specific aviation health management service.

Highlights
  • Real-time maintenance issue awareness
  • View and manage fault/alert information
  • Mobile access for dispatchers and supervisors
  • Requires Airplane Health Management subscription
  • Email notification triggers
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Boeing AHM Notify is an ideal application for maintenance controllers, line maintenance supervisors, dispatchers, airline managers and aviation suppliers who need to be aware of high priority maintenance issues as they happen. AHM Notify, for iPhone and iPad, provides the ability to view, manage and disposition Boeing Airplane Health Management fault and alert information on a mobile device. AHM Notify can be used by subscribers to the Airplane Health Management service. Requirement: AHM Notify receives information from an Airplane Health Management subscriber via Airplane Health Management's email notification feature. The Airplane Health Management subscriber must define one or more email notification triggers to transmit information to the AHM Notify user.

Screenshots

DocuNet Viewer4 screens
AHM Notify3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AHM Notify at 3.0 against DocuNet Viewer's 1.0. AHM Notify also leads on iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). DocuNet Viewer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AHM Notify holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of DocuNet Viewer's written reviews are positive against 0% of AHM Notify's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DocuNet Viewer ships an update every 6 weeks, AHM Notify every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DocuNet Viewer versus AHM Notify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocuNet ViewerAHM Notify
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)3.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB53 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVistair Systems LtdThe Boeing Company

Customer experience

DocuNet Viewer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative87.5%

AHM Notify

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

DocuNet Viewer

Reported bugs

33 issues
  • App freezes and locks up after making a selection or completing an action
  • Selecting a search result loads a different page
  • App crashes on M1/M2 Macs
  • Highlights and bookmarks are difficult to differentiate
  • App crashes instantly upon launch on Macbook
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  • Freezes for 5+ seconds every time the app is opened or switched to
  • App scrolls up and down by itself
  • Update deleted all saved bookmarks
  • App scrolls by itself
  • Title pages disappear making it difficult to switch documents
  • Automatic scrolling feature does not work
  • Touch targets are too small and close to other functions
  • Latest update does not work with iOS 14.2
  • Cannot swipe left to right to change pages
  • Navigation pane disappears in portrait mode
  • Search results disappear when opening a new tab
  • Page won't shrink to fit in landscape mode
  • Directory/subdirectories tree is randomly on the top right
  • Pinned panel and bar doesn't stay
  • Search doesn't work properly or highlight correctly
  • Audience filter drop down not wide enough
  • Page fwd/back icons get in the way
  • Library list opens on random page of document
  • Update function is ridiculous
  • Cannot login
  • New iOS does not support this version
  • No box for password on login screen
  • Menu browser disappears after selecting an item
  • AirPrint compresses text
  • Cannot add new bookmarks
  • Annotation system does not save the order of rearranged bookmarks
  • Contextual menu disappears in portrait mode
  • Pressing button to go back to library list works erratically

Requested features

7 requests
  • Dark mode overhaul
  • Widget for favorites/bookmarks
  • Ability to collapse side library
  • Improve dark mode for pictures
  • Update to support iPad Pro screen sizes
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  • Update manuals when iPad is asleep
  • Allow split screen function for iOS

AHM Notify

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DocuNet Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

AHM Notify

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DocuNet Viewer free?
DocuNet Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AHM Notify free?
AHM Notify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DocuNet Viewer or AHM Notify?
AHM Notify is rated higher. DocuNet Viewer averages 1.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while AHM Notify averages 3.0 from 6 ratings.
Do DocuNet Viewer or AHM Notify have ads?
Neither DocuNet Viewer nor AHM Notify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DocuNet Viewer or AHM Notify?
DocuNet Viewer ships an update every 6 weeks, and AHM Notify every 4 months. Most recently, DocuNet Viewer was updated on October 14, 2026 and AHM Notify on September 18, 2026.

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