Bonanza Performance vs FPDT
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.
FPDT
This tool allows pilots to log and configure actions taken during combat missions. The logged data, including event name, location, and time, can be exported for debriefing and training. It also offers real-time monitoring with live targeting information.
- Log combat mission actions
- Configure action types
- Export data to PDF/plaintext
- Real-time location monitoring
- Live bullseye targeting information
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FPDT, Fighter Pilot Debrief Tool, was designed to allow pilots to log and configure the types of actions they would normally do in a combat related mission. This log is then meant to be used for training purposes after the mission to debrief the pilots on how well they did. The app logs the event name, location data, and the time of the event. This data can then be exported into a PDF or plaintext. The app also allows real time monitoring of this location data, and more specifically contains live "bullseye" targeting information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: FPDT at free against Bonanza Performance's free with in-app purchases. Bonanza Performance's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 5). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bonanza Performance against 5.0 for FPDT. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bonanza Performance has 53 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Bonanza Performance | FPDT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| 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 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | POH Performance L.L.C. | Rich Zins |
Customer experience
Bonanza Performance
FPDT
In-app purchases
Bonanza Performance
No in-app purchases
FPDT
No in-app purchases









