Comparison

Flight Briefing vs EFB Suite

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

EFB Suite

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EFB Suite provides 4 core functionalities: 1. Operator and Aircraft Documentation Library 2. Electronic Journey Log and Electronic Hold Items List (HIL) 3. Flight Documentation (receiving dispatch prepared documents related to a flight and attaching documents to a flight) 4. Preparing and storing Mass and Balance Documentation (Loadsheet) 5. Units Conversions The Application connects to your company OMS server and syncronises the documentation on your iPad EFB with the server. This way you are always up-to-date with all manuals and documents. It will also provide alerts in case the EFB has not been synced for a predetermined period of time, if new updates are available, etc. You can monitor the status of all company EFBs. Electronic Journey Log allows you to remove the paper journey log and use your iPad instead. It will show you the total aircraft hours, cycles, APU hours, hours remaining till maintenance, cycles remaining till maintenance, open HIL items and display warnings in case there are expired HIL items. The system will display all journey log fields in red that have to be filled in the pre-flight and the post-flight phase. Commander (PIC) signs the pre-flight check and the post-flight using his access details and handwritten signature. Journey log format is customisable and can be different for each aircraft. It is downloaded automatically from your company OMS server. Loadsheet option downloads mass and balance database for your aircraft and allows you to prepare, email or store the loadsheet. It supports any aircraft type, from light single engines up to transport category. Either individual seats can be used, or zones can be defined, such as OA, OB, OC. The produced loadsheet is IATA compliant. Flight Documents option allows company dispatch or OCC to attach documents to a particular flight, e.g. crew briefing, fuel release, passenger manifest, GENDEC, etc. Pilots can see these documents on the iPad by selecting the relevant flight. Pilots also have the possibility to attach documents to the flight, e.g. filled OFP or fuel slip. Units conversion is simple and easy to use unit conversion calculator.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flight Briefing at fortnightly against EFB Suite's every 2 months. EFB Suite's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flight Briefing ships an update fortnightly, EFB Suite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flight Briefing versus EFB Suite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlight BriefingEFB Suite
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS26.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan BergseePan Aero

In-app purchases

None

Flight Briefing

No in-app purchases

None

EFB Suite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flight Briefing free?
Flight Briefing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EFB Suite free?
EFB Suite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flight Briefing or EFB Suite have ads?
Neither Flight Briefing nor EFB Suite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flight Briefing or EFB Suite?
Flight Briefing ships an update fortnightly, and EFB Suite every 2 months. Most recently, Flight Briefing was updated on September 24, 2026 and EFB Suite on September 6, 2026.

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