Comparison

Lido mPilot vs Flight Briefing

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Terminal charts
  • Dynamic enroute map
  • Operational documents
  • Flight folder management
  • Airport moving map
  • Chart annotations
  • Automatic data synchronization
Features
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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.

About

Flight Briefing

This app provides pilots with a comprehensive electronic flight folder for pre-flight briefings. It includes weather data, NOTAMs, operational flight plans with automatic calculations, and a customizable journey log. All flight data can be submitted directly to airline operations.

Highlights
  • Electronic Flight Folder
  • Interactive Operational Flight Plan
  • Weather and NOTAMs
  • Automatic Fuel and Time Calculations
  • Customizable Journey Log
  • Data Submission to Flight Ops
Features
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Prepare and perform your flight with the FlightBriefing App, then submit all the entered data and journey log to your airline's flight ops department or operations center from within the app. The Flight Briefing App contains a complete Electronic Flight Folder, with all necessary information for a pre-flight briefing, including map, weather (METAR, TAF, SIGMET, Wind and significant weather charts), NOTAMs, Operational Flight Plan (including Mass & Balance and Fuel Figures), and the filed ATC flight plan. - The Operational Flight Plan is interactive, perform time and fuel checks during the flight, remaining time and fuel is automatically calculated. - Weather and NOTAMs can be searched and marked as important or not applicable. - All data recorded during flight can then be submitted to your Airline's Flight Ops Department, eliminating the need for paper in the cockpit. - Includes a Journey Log with fields customized for your airline. Layout and data included can be adapted to your airline's own needs and operational procedures. The real data presented in the Flight Briefing App will come from your Airline's flight planning system (PPS, Navblue N-Flight Planning, other providers upon request), and contain the same information as you get in a traditional paper briefing package. An integration with your airline's flight planning provider and operational procedures is therefore necessary.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight Briefing at 100% against Lido mPilot's 9%. Flight Briefing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Lido mPilot's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flight Briefing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Lido mPilot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flight Briefing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lido mPilot ships an update every 2 months, Flight Briefing fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lido mPilot versus Flight Briefing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLido mPilotFlight Briefing
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size269 MB197 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLufthansa SystemsJohan Bergsee

Customer experience

Lido mPilot

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive9.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative75.0%

Flight Briefing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lido mPilot

No in-app purchases

None

Flight Briefing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lido mPilot free?
Lido mPilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flight Briefing free?
Flight Briefing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lido mPilot or Flight Briefing?
Flight Briefing is rated higher. Lido mPilot averages 1.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Flight Briefing averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lido mPilot or Flight Briefing have ads?
Neither Lido mPilot nor Flight Briefing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lido mPilot or Flight Briefing?
Lido mPilot ships an update every 2 months, and Flight Briefing fortnightly. Most recently, Lido mPilot was updated on August 11, 2026 and Flight Briefing on September 24, 2026.

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