Comparison

Flight Briefing vs Lido mBriefing

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

Head to head
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.

About

Lido mBriefing

This app supports pilots through all flight phases, offering access to flight lists, fuel orders, and briefing packages. It enables data synchronization across devices and easy sharing of flight plans to reduce manual entry errors.

Highlights
  • Flight list and fuel order access
  • Automatic briefing package synchronization
  • Share briefing package with other devices
  • Create synchronization groups
  • Share flight plans with Lido mPilot
  • Access NavLog inflight
  • Submit Nav- and JourneyLogs post-flight
Features
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The Lido mBriefing is an iOS-based mobile solution, designed to support pilots throughout all flight phases. The status of the briefing package is automatically synchronized across Lido Flight 4D, Lido Flight 4D Crew Briefing and Lido mBriefing. Before the flight, pilots have access to the flight list and fuel order. Pilots have options to share the Briefing package with antother device and create a synchionization group for instant synchronization of data. Furthermore, it is possible to share a flight plan with Lido mPilot through the single tap of a button, easing pilots’ workload and reducing the human error factor in manually entering a flight plan. The application supports all compact and split screen views and allows pilots to view applications simultaneously. Inflight, pilots have access to all briefing information including the NavLog. Post-flight the Crew can submit Nav- and JourneyLogs for archiving purposes.

Screenshots

Lido mBriefing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight Briefing at 100% against Lido mBriefing's 0%. Flight Briefing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Lido mBriefing's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lido mBriefing has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Flight Briefing's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lido mBriefing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Briefing ships an update fortnightly, Lido mBriefing every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flight Briefing versus Lido mBriefing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight BriefingLido mBriefing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB279 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan BergseeLufthansa Systems

Customer experience

Flight Briefing

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

Lido mBriefing

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Flight Briefing

No in-app purchases

None

Lido mBriefing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flight Briefing free?
Flight Briefing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lido mBriefing free?
Lido mBriefing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flight Briefing or Lido mBriefing?
Flight Briefing is rated higher. Flight Briefing averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Lido mBriefing averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Flight Briefing or Lido mBriefing have ads?
Neither Flight Briefing nor Lido mBriefing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Briefing or Lido mBriefing?
Flight Briefing ships an update fortnightly, and Lido mBriefing every 6 weeks. Most recently, Flight Briefing was updated on November 1, 2026 and Lido mBriefing on November 2, 2026.

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