Lido mPilot vs Visual Holding Pattern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lido mPilot
This navigation application provides pilots with terminal charts, an enroute map, and operational documents. It enhances situational awareness for safe and efficient aircraft operations, supporting modern airline workflows.
- Terminal charts
- Dynamic enroute map
- Operational documents
- Flight folder management
- Airport moving map
- Chart annotations
- Automatic data synchronization
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----- FOR AIRLINE USE ONLY ----- ----- Overview ----- This all-in-one navigation application offers easy access to your terminal charts and a dynamically generated enroute map, as well as your operational documents. Optimized for airline use, Lido mPilot is designed to improve the pilots’ situational awareness so that they can focus on what truly matters: safe and efficient aircraft operations. Our tablet solution is designed to support modern airline workflows. Lido mPilot comes with the aeronautical terminal charts for Zurich, Switzerland. Additional airports can only be downloaded and viewed by employees of an airline who have a Lido mPilot contract with Lufthansa Systems. The Lido RouteManual terminal charts, used by more than 100 airlines worldwide and the basis of Lido mPilot, are meticulously crafted to display aeronautical procedures and information intuitively. The charts are in high contrast color designed specifically for use on electronic displays. Moreover, they can be tailor-made based on the specific operational requirements of your airline. ----- App Features ----- - Flight Folder to manage an entire flight - Automatic loading of ATC flight routes - Dynamic Enroute Map - Airport Moving Map - Own ship position on Enroute charts - Static terminal charts - Web-based document management - Automatic data synchronization - Chart annotations - Sharing flight plan and charts - Charts & Enroute Map based on appearance settings of the device - Integrations with other Lido Products & third party vendors Contact Lufthansa Systems from our official website to receive an evaluation chart library if you want to know more.
Visual Holding Pattern
This app offers a visual guide for pilots to determine correct holding pattern entry techniques. It allows for easy rotation of the holding pattern and aircraft heading to visualize the approach, with manual or automatic heading input.
- Visual holding pattern reference
- Determine entry techniques
- Rotate holding pattern
- Match aircraft heading
- Manual heading input
- Automatic heading input
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The Visual Holding Pattern provides a complete visual reference to help you determine the proper holding pattern entry technique based on your aircraft's heading and the holding pattern's inbound leg course. With a single finger rotation a pilot can easily orientate the holding pattern around a holding fix based on the inbound leg's desired bearing, radial, or course. The entire circular image can be rotated to match the aircraft's heading to allow the pilot to visualize the aircraft's approach to the holding pattern. The aircraft's heading can either be set manually or automatically based on the magnetic heading of the iDevice being used. This app is designed for optimal viewing and use on an iPad or iPhone 5 screen size or larger. This app requires iOS 8.0 or greater.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Holding Pattern at 63% against Lido mPilot's 9%. Visual Holding Pattern also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and chart position (#35 vs unranked). Lido mPilot's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On 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
Lido mPilot is free to download; Visual Holding Pattern costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Holding Pattern holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Lido mPilot's written reviews are positive against 63% of Visual Holding Pattern's.
Lido mPilot ships an update every 2 months, Visual Holding Pattern every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lido mPilot | Visual Holding Pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 3.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #35 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 269 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lufthansa Systems | Arthur Varrassi |
Customer experience
Lido mPilot
Visual Holding Pattern
In-app purchases
Lido mPilot
No in-app purchases
Visual Holding Pattern
No in-app purchases
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