Bonanza Performance vs SD360 W&B
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.
SD360 W&B
This utility app calculates an aircraft's center of gravity (CG) and ensures weight distribution is within safe limits. It displays critical weight information, including total aircraft weight, payload weight, and payload bulk percentage.
- CG calculation
- Weight limit checks
- Total weight display
- Payload weight display
- Payload bulk percentage
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Calculates the CG of the airplane Ensures the weight in each compartment is within limits Displays the CG limits for the total weight of the airplane Displays airplanes total weight Displays payload total weight Displays payload bulk percentage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: SD360 W&B at free against Bonanza Performance's free with in-app purchases. SD360 W&B also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Bonanza Performance's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bonanza Performance against 5.0 for SD360 W&B. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bonanza Performance has 53 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Bonanza Performance ships an update every 2 months, SD360 W&B fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bonanza Performance | SD360 W&B |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POH Performance L.L.C. | Semere Tadesse |
Customer experience
Bonanza Performance
SD360 W&B
In-app purchases
Bonanza Performance
No in-app purchases
SD360 W&B
No in-app purchases
Questions
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