Comparison

FltPlan Go for iPhone vs FlightChecked

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

Head to head
About

FltPlan Go for iPhone

This app serves as a mobile companion for flight planning services, syncing flight plans, navigation logs, and aircraft profiles for offline and in-flight use. It offers powerful routing, weather, and mapping features, including geo-referenced approach plates and airport diagrams.

Highlights
  • Sync flight plans and NavLogs for offline use
  • Interactive flight plan editing on map
  • Airport and FBO information with fuel prices
  • Geo-referenced approach plates and airport diagrams
  • Real-time weather (METARs, TAFs, PIREPs)
  • Moving maps with sectional and enroute charts
  • Weight & Balance and eLogbook integration
Features
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FltPlan Go is the essential companion to FltPlan.com. Because FltPlan Go is integrated with FltPlan.com, flight plans and NavLogs are automatically synced to your device along with Weight & Balance profiles, eLogbook profiles, and Checklists for offline and in-flight use. • Create and file your flight plan on FltPlan.com, and it will sync to FltPlan Go to allow you to responsively edit the flight plan on the map • NavLogs are automatically synced and downloaded for offline use • Create and file your flight plan on FltPlan Go to sync to FltPlan.com FltPlan Go delivers powerful routing, weather, mapping features, and comprehensive aviation information including: AIRPORTS: • Airport & FBO Information including current fuel prices • Geo-Referenced approach plates & airport diagrams (U.S & Canada) • Weather, including METARs, TAFs, PIREPs, & MOS • NOTAMs & Remarks MAPS: • Sync FltPlan.com flight plans and interactively edit on the map • File a flight plan from within FltPlan Go • Moving maps with sectionals, enroute charts, & more • Overlay approach plates & procedures on the map • Layers including SUAs, TFRs, State Outline, Airports, Fuel Prices, CAP Grid, Stadiums, and Customs • Display METARs, Winds, SIGMETs, and animated Weather on the map • Display MOS weather forecasts (up to 4 days out) on the map • Breadcrumbs with enhanced playback & option to open in Google Earth • Display Search & Rescue patterns • Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) • Create or import Custom Waypoints in KML or CSV format • Overlay in-flight ADS-B traffic & weather or XM Weather* NAVLOGS: • NavLogs automatically sync and download for offline use • Email or print NavLogs from within FltPlan Go ADDITIONAL FEATURES: • Weight & Balance - create computations with the option to email • eLogbook - create logbook entries to sync to our eLogbook program • Checklists - synced from FltPlan.com for your specific aircraft • Binders - create flight specific binders with documents or procedures, airports, NavLogs, weather briefs, & more • Weather - search airport or route weather • Tracking - view live tracking • PDCs • Cloud Tops • Aviation Calculators • Access to FltPlan.com EXTERNAL: AVIONICS • Garmin • Dynon SkyView • Advanced Flight Systems • Avidyne IFD Series • DAC International GDC64 ADS-B • Garmin • Stratus 3 • Dual XGPS 170/190 • Dynon D2 • FreeFlight • Pathfinder • iLevil SW • L-3 Lynx • SkyGuard • Stratux • FlightBox • pingBuddy • Clarity • Custom Unit GPS • Garmin GDL 51 & GLO • Dual XGPS 150 • Bad Elf APP-TO-APP • Garmin Pilot • Satcom Direct • Jeppesen Mobile FD 2.7 SIMULATORS • X-Plane Simulator • FSX & Prepar3D *Subscription/Unit Required *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. FltPlan has grown into the largest flight planning company in North America. FltPlan covers the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Panama, and parts of Venezuela and Columbia. FltPlan’s 165,000-plus active, registered users file more than 55% of all N#-registered flight plans. FltPlan Go is a part of FltPlan's comprehensive system that includes free, web-based flight planning and filing and a full range of premium services. FltPlan has more than 18 years of general aviation experience, giving pilots access to the best support team in the business. 24/7 FltPlan Go support is available at Tech@FltPlan.com

About

FlightChecked

Features
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FlightChecked streamlines your preflight briefing, helping you manage the volume of operational data before you head to the aircraft. Instead of wading through blocks of cryptic NOTAM text and raw forecast strings, you get clean, decoded, and easily scannable information for every airport and FIR on your route. Built for pilots, by pilots. — FLIGHT OVERVIEW — All your upcoming flights in one place, each with a quick snapshot of departure and destination weather and NOTAM status. Spot deteriorating conditions or new restrictions before you open the full briefing. — TAF AS A TIMELINE — Visibility, ceiling, and weather phenomena are parsed from each TAF and presented cleanly. Wind components are resolved against the runway diagram and corrected for local magnetic variation. The full forecast is shown as a color-coded timeline for rapid VFR/MVFR/IFR assessment. — NOTAM DECODE & MAP — Hundreds of NOTAMs, instantly readable. We translate raw NOTAMs into structured, plain language and plot spatially relevant obstacles and restrictions on an interactive map — instead of burying them in cryptic text. — ENROUTE OVERVIEW — See your departure, destination, and enroute alternates together. Smart ERA suggestions surface suitable enroute alternates for your route, with relevant NOTAMs and weather appearing exactly where they matter along the way. — FIR NOTAM MAP — Every FIR your route crosses, visualized with airspace restrictions, obstacles, and hazards plotted where they are. Smart filters surface only NOTAMs relevant to your flight — close to your route, at your cruising altitudes, and active during your crossing time — sorted by aircraft-aware severity. — WEATHER & NOTAM ALERTS — Proactive notifications in the hours before departure. Alerts are scoped to airports on your active route and filtered by severity and time relevance, so you hear about the fog, wind, or new restriction that actually affects you. — COMING SOON — AI-generated briefing notes tailored to flight phase and timing, runway and taxiway closures on airport layouts, and weather-aware fuel tracking. WHY FLIGHTCHECKED  • 1,000+ NOTAMs decoded daily  • 200+ airports supported  • 200+ FIRs supported Less time decoding. More time understanding the big picture. Download FlightChecked now and fly with clearer context. FlightChecked is a supplementary aid that aims to enhance a pilot's situational awareness and does not replace official briefing sources or pilot-in-command judgment. Always consult authoritative aeronautical data for your flight. Questions? support@daelead.co Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FltPlan Go for iPhone1 screens
FlightChecked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FltPlan Go for iPhone at none against FlightChecked's 2. FltPlan Go for iPhone also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. FlightChecked sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. FltPlan Go for iPhone asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FltPlan Go for iPhone versus FlightChecked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFltPlan Go for iPhoneFlightChecked
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (145 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings145 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFltPlan.com (Flight Plan LLC)DAELead Limited

Bugs and requests

FltPlan Go for iPhone

Reported bugs

41 issues
  • App crashes after recent update
  • Safety features are broken
  • No updates for over 10 months
  • App started to crash
  • App crashes a lot on iPad Pro
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  • Outdated weather data
  • Logbook refresh issues
  • Laggy and cumbersome interface
  • Random 'no GPS' and 'internet connectivity issues' popups
  • App randomly resets interface
  • Unable to edit tokens on map section
  • Failed to download database error
  • Have to log in every time app is opened
  • Some airports missing CFS pages
  • App is a replica of the website
  • Pre-loads random sample flight plan
  • Extended runway centerlines don't show runway numbers
  • Loading icon doesn't go away
  • Buttons on iPhone X are difficult to tap
  • Gray bar by notch area on iPhone X
  • Flight plan page gets stuck on 'loading'
  • Nav logs take forever to download
  • Downloading procedures results in errors
  • Password gets dumped every time app is opened
  • Back button takes to login screen
  • App moves very slowly
  • Orientation of buttons are off
  • Layers don't work properly
  • Map mode - edit route - not stable
  • App crashes when viewing airport procedures
  • Map layers loaded on a 45-degree skew
  • Constantly freezes and shuts down
  • Does not work with iOS 8 on iPad
  • TFR overlay doesn't show TFR areas
  • Cannot scroll through TFR info
  • Lost airport database with last update
  • Continually loses track of downloaded data
  • Notification 'location disabled' pops up repeatedly
  • Requires database update unnecessarily
  • iPhone version doesn't display altitude and ground speed in map mode
  • Newest update very problematic

Requested features

14 requests
  • Bullseye for military pilots
  • Bearing and range tool
  • Decimal degrees for waypoints
  • Easier waypoint lat/long finding
  • Support for MSFS 2020 simulator
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  • Support for Apple Watch
  • More ADSB variations
  • Ground speed and heading indicators on map
  • Dark mode
  • Improved UI for mobile
  • Synthetic vision and profile view
  • Runway numbers on extended centerlines
  • Suggested airports for easier input
  • Ruler feature on iPhone version

FlightChecked

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FltPlan Go for iPhone

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FlightChecked

Subscriptions2
  • FlightChecked Premium (Monthly)14 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • FlightChecked Premium (Yearly)14 Days trial$110.991 Year

Questions

Is FltPlan Go for iPhone free?
FltPlan Go for iPhone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlightChecked free?
FlightChecked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FltPlan Go for iPhone or FlightChecked have ads?
Neither FltPlan Go for iPhone nor FlightChecked shows ads.

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