Bonanza Performance vs uAvionix skyBeacon Installer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bonanza Performance
This app calculates essential flight performance data for Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft, including takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, and emergency procedures. It offers advanced features like an interactive hold calculator and a risk analysis tool, with cloud sync for cross-device planning.
- Flight performance calculations
- Takeoff and landing data
- Climb and cruise performance
- Instrument procedure calculations
- Emergency procedure data
- Interactive hold calculator
- Risk analysis tool
- Emergency glide distance calculator
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Bonanza Performance computes all the useful performance numbers for flight planning for Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft with many third-party options such as turbonormalizer and tip tanks. It includes calculations for takeoff, landing, climb, cruise, descent, instrument procedures as well as emergencies. It also includes an interactive hold calculator, a risk analysis tool, and an emergency glide distance calculator that handles head and tailwinds. Bonanza Performance is also available as a WebApp (an App that runs in a browser) that runs on a variety of platforms (PC, Mac, tablets, phones). The Cloud Sync feature allows flight planning profiles entered on any device to be synchronized with your other devices when connected. Bonanza Performance is a free, open-source development effort and has Apps and WebApps for other aircraft. See http://pohperformance.com for complete details.
uAvionix skyBeacon Installer
This free utility app allows owners of specific ADS-B devices to monitor, install, and configure their hardware. It provides essential tools for managing your aviation safety equipment.
- Monitor ADS-B device status
- Install and configure hardware
- Manage tailBeacon and skyBeacon devices
- Free to use
- Supports multiple uAvionix ADS-B models
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Owners of the uAvionix skyBeacon, tailBeacon and tailBeaconX ADS-B devices can use this free application to monitor, install, and configure their hardware.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bonanza Performance at 100% against uAvionix skyBeacon Installer's 28%. Bonanza Performance also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (53 vs 6). uAvionix skyBeacon Installer's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bonanza Performance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bonanza Performance has 53 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bonanza Performance's written reviews are positive against 28% of uAvionix skyBeacon Installer's.
Bonanza Performance ships an update every 2 months, uAvionix skyBeacon Installer every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Bonanza Performance | uAvionix skyBeacon Installer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (53 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 27.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POH Performance L.L.C. | uAvionix Corporation |
Customer experience
Bonanza Performance
uAvionix skyBeacon Installer
In-app purchases
Bonanza Performance
No in-app purchases
uAvionix skyBeacon Installer
No in-app purchases
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