WindCheck vs MentalCrosswind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WindCheck
This application provides pilots with essential flight planning and navigation tools. It offers global weather data, airport information, and real-time traffic updates. Access runway diagrams, procedure charts, and a smart compass for enhanced situational awareness.
- Global METARs and TAFs
- TFRs and NOTAMs
- 3D Bird's Eye runway view
- Airport diagrams and charts
- VFR/IFR sectionals (US)
- Live ADS-B traffic
- Offline airport data
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WindCheck® is a user-friendly EFB for pilots across the world. ► METARs and TAFs for most airports across the world. ► TFRs, NOTAMs, for every airport in the world. ► AIRMETs, SIGMETs, CWAs, Fax Charts, with world coverage. ► 3D Bird's Eye view for every runway in the world. ► Airport diagrams and procedure charts for the US and South Africa. ► Runway/Taxiway closure and fuel limitation warnings. ► VFR and IFR sectionals for the U.S., always up to date. ► Webcams to assess local conditions across the world. ► Smart Compass with wind direction and nearby airports. ► World map with airports and their weather. ► Live internet ADS-B traffic on the map. ► Runway and radio frequency information for most airports across the world. ► Barometric backup altimeter. ► Scratch pad. ► Airport data for over 31,000 airports in the world, fully available offline. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MentalCrosswind
This app helps student pilots quickly understand wind announcements from air traffic control. It generates random wind configurations and announces them, allowing users to practice mentally calculating crosswind components before viewing a graphical and numerical representation.
- Random wind configuration generation
- Verbal wind announcements
- Graphical wind display
- Numerical crosswind and direct wind components
- Practice and analysis modes
- METAR wind integration
- Location-based nearest airport wind
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Mental Crosswind is a simple application for student pilot who struggle to quickly process in their head what a wind announcement from the tower means in term of cross wind. The app will generate random wind configuration for a given runway and announce it as a controller would. You can then practice in your head to visual and estimate the crosswind. You can then press the Display button to see the wind graphically and the numerical cross wind and direct wind component. Usage: - press the practice button to generate a wind announcement (make sure your volume and sound is on). Each press on practice will generate a new wind configuration. - press the wind check button to hear the announcement again for the same wind as previously announced - press display to see the wind graphically represented - if you selected an airport you can also press the refresh button In the setting page you can: - choose whether the app starts in practice mode (wind not displayed, but announced), Analysis mode (wind displayed) or last (start as it last exited) - choose wether the app should on start up use the wind from the METAR of a given airport or from the nearest airport (will required location when in use) Note this app is not intended and SHOULD NOT be used for flight planning, this is purely a training tool.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WindCheck at 94% against MentalCrosswind's 50%. WindCheck also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (164 vs 3). MentalCrosswind's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. WindCheck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MentalCrosswind asks for nothing beyond the download.
WindCheck holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WindCheck has 164 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of WindCheck's written reviews are positive against 50% of MentalCrosswind's.
| Parameter | WindCheck | MentalCrosswind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (164 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 164 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LycheeApps Inc. | Brice Rosenzweig |
Customer experience
WindCheck
MentalCrosswind
In-app purchases
WindCheck
- U.S. Pilot (monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- U.S. Pilot (annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
MentalCrosswind
No in-app purchases
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