Comparison

WindCheck vs Perfect Landings

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Perfect Landings

This app helps pilots determine the optimal runway for landing based on wind direction and speed. It visually displays wind conditions relative to runways, ensuring safer and more efficient landings by selecting the runway with the lowest crosswind component.

Highlights
  • Optimal runway selection based on wind
  • Visual wind direction display
  • Crosswind component calculation
  • METAR weather integration
  • Alternate runway analysis
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Have you ever been confused about what which runway to land on based on the winds? With perfect landings you will know exactly which runway to land on based upon the wind direction. Perfect Landings will select the runway with the lowest x-wind component, ensuring that the optimal runway is selected. Perfect Landings will display an image of the runway with an arrow showing the wind in relation to the runway. If a METAR is used to retrieve the airport weather information, the color of the arrow will reflect the reported flight category. A yellow arrow will indicate wind conditions based upon user entered wind speed and direction. For airports with multiple runways alternate runways can be selected showing the x-wind speed for that runway along with an arrow showing how the reported winds.

Screenshots

WindCheck4 screens
Perfect Landings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WindCheck at Free against Perfect Landings's $4.99. WindCheck also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (165 vs 1). Perfect Landings's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

WindCheck is free to download; Perfect Landings costs $4.99 up front. WindCheck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Perfect Landings asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for WindCheck against 5.0 for Perfect Landings. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WindCheck has 165 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WindCheck ships an update weekly, Perfect Landings every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WindCheck versus Perfect Landings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWindCheckPerfect Landings
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.9 (165 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings165 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLycheeApps Inc.Ruthless Research, LLC

Customer experience

WindCheck

All ratings164 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%

Perfect Landings

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WindCheck

Subscriptions2
  • U.S. Pilot (monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • U.S. Pilot (annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Perfect Landings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WindCheck free?
WindCheck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Perfect Landings free?
Perfect Landings costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WindCheck or Perfect Landings?
Perfect Landings is rated higher. WindCheck averages 4.9 out of 5 from 165 ratings, while Perfect Landings averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do WindCheck or Perfect Landings have ads?
Neither WindCheck nor Perfect Landings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WindCheck or Perfect Landings?
WindCheck ships an update weekly, and Perfect Landings every 21 months. Most recently, WindCheck was updated on October 24, 2026 and Perfect Landings on October 11, 2026.

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