FltPlan Go for iPhone vs PilotDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
PilotDeck
Access decoded aeronautical weather, live NOTAMs, and route briefings for any airport worldwide. Receive smart push alerts for critical weather changes and enjoy a clean, flight-deck style interface. Includes aviation news, training games, and a daily cognitive check.
- Decoded METAR and TAF weather reports
- Live NOTAMs and SIGMET on map
- Full route briefing with plain-English verdict
- Smart push alerts for weather changes
- Aviation news feed from trusted sources
- Daily cognitive pre-flight check
- Training games and aviation quizzes
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PilotDeck puts real aeronautical weather in your pocket — decoded METAR and TAF, live NOTAMs, SIGMET on the map, aviation news and a full route briefing for any ICAO airport in the world. Built by a pilot, for pilots, in a clean flight-deck (FMS) style. WEATHER — FREE, FOREVER • Live METAR and TAF, decoded into plain language • Hour-by-hour forecast: temperature, wind, gusts, precipitation, pressure; 7-day outlook • Weather at your exact position: a minute-by-minute rain nowcast and a 12-hour trend • Unlimited airports on your watchlist, everything cached for offline reading SMART PUSH ALERTS — THE FEATURE PILOTDECK WAS BUILT ON Follow an airport and PilotDeck watches it for you. The moment a new METAR or TAF is issued — a wind shift, a drop to IFR — a push reaches you, even with the app closed. ROUTE BRIEFING — YOUR WHOLE FLIGHT ON ONE SCREEN One tap builds a departure–destination–alternate brief, judged at your ETD and ETA: • A plain-English verdict: GOOD TO GO / CAUTION / NOT RECOMMENDED • NOTAMs sorted honestly: red only for what can stop you — runway or approach closed, minima raised, RVR out • SIGMET along your track, drawn on the map and sorted against your cruising level • Wind on the real runway layout: best threshold, crosswind and tailwind for every runway end, Vapp from your VREF • TAF timeline with LVTO, LVP and below-minima tags; take-off alternate when you may depart but could not land back • Countries overflown with entry times; re-route around any airspace in a few taps • The whole briefing as a three-page PDF to share or keep with the flight's documents Flight tracks are recorded in the background and can be merged and shared. AVIATION NEWS Twelve trusted sources in one feed, categorised, with alerts for incidents and regulation changes. Bookmark to read offline. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Live airport weather with a colour-coded wind compass, your Daily Check streak and the latest news. DAILY CHECK — A PRE-FLIGHT FOR YOUR BRAIN A two-minute cognitive pre-flight measures reaction, memory and decision-making and gives you a FIT index for today, with an IMSAFE self-check and a 30-day trend. REFERENCE IN SIX ICAO LANGUAGES Every screen has a REF key: an illustrated explanation in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. TRAINING AND TOOLS • Holding Entry, Scan & Catch, Crosswind Crunch, Needle Chase — games that train real skills, with a scientific debrief • Aviation quizzes with detailed explanations • Flight-planning tools: wind and drift, top of descent, crosswind, fuel, density altitude and more PRICING — HOW IT WORKS PilotDeck is built for pilots, by pilots. Everything a pilot needs for a flight — weather, NOTAM, SIGMET, briefing and PDF, routes, alternates, tracks, news — is free and stays free. No operational feature is locked behind a paywall. What is paid is the training side: PilotDeck PRO unlocks unlimited games, the full quiz banks and the Daily Check history. That is what keeps the team going — the servers, and the data that is only sold, not given away. A number of professional feeds would make the app noticeably better: full ADS-B traffic for the flight-radar layer (today it runs on free feeds, so aircraft and flight details are incomplete), richer NOTAM and airport data, wider weather coverage and faster updates. Each is a paid subscription on our side, and every PRO plan brings them closer. PilotDeck PRO: Monthly €4.99 · Annual €39.99 (best value). Both start with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends; your account is charged within 24 hours prior to the end of that period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited on purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ In partnership with DataFly Systems LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PilotDeck at 4.9 against FltPlan Go for iPhone's 4.0. PilotDeck also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). FltPlan Go for iPhone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (147 vs 7). 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
Both are free to download. PilotDeck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. FltPlan Go for iPhone asks for nothing beyond the download.
PilotDeck holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FltPlan Go for iPhone has 147 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of FltPlan Go for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 100% of PilotDeck's.
FltPlan Go for iPhone ships an update every 2 months, PilotDeck every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FltPlan Go for iPhone | PilotDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (147 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 147 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FltPlan.com (Flight Plan LLC) | Flight Service SIA |
Customer experience
FltPlan Go for iPhone
PilotDeck
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
PilotDeck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FltPlan Go for iPhone
No in-app purchases
PilotDeck
- PilotDeck PRO (Monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- PilotDeck PRO (Annual)7 Days trial$44.991 Year
Questions
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Is PilotDeck free?
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