Comparison

Airmate vs Onnikka

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

Head to head
About

Airmate

This app provides pilots with comprehensive flight planning tools, including weather forecasts, airport data, and navigation charts. It enhances situational awareness with a moving map, traffic displays, and terrain elevation views. Pilots can also file flight plans and record their flights.

Highlights
  • Flight planning and weather forecasts
  • Airport data and aviation maps
  • Moving map with aircraft location
  • Traffic and terrain elevation display
  • Flight plan filing and management
  • Flight recording and replay
  • ADS-B traffic and weather reception
Features
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Airmate is a free and easy to use flight planning and weather app for pilots, improving situational awareness and providing instant access to airport data and aviation maps, up to date weather and NOTAMs, traffic around. IFR and VFR airport plates are freely available in US (FAA charts), Europe, and more than 200 other countries. Many of them are georeferenced and could be overlaid on the aviation chart. A powerful Plate Manager allows to download in advance all airport plates in a country, they could be easily printed and viewed. During the flight, the moving map will display the aircraft location along the route, show airports and aeronautical data details and traffic around, warn you if your planned route is crossing restricted areas. A profile view is available to display terrain elevation, crossed areas and forecasted weather across the route. Airmate can also display a backup aircraft attitude indicator and flight parameters in an EFIS-like view. In the whole world, Synthetic Vision displaying in the EFIS-like view the ups and downs of rolling terrain ahead is available. In selected countries, Airmate can display scenery if this option is purchased. Airmate includes a worldwide aeronautical database updated free of charge with airports, navigation beacons, waypoints, airways, obstacles, regulated and restricted areas. Topographic maps and elevation data for most countries may be downloaded free of charge, as well as additional aviation map overlays such US Sectionals. A procedure database provide details of departure (SID), arrival (STAR) and instrument approaches in the USA, and you could add those procedures to your planned flight route (the procedure database includes all US airports, we are workding to add airports in other countries). Once loaded, the procedure path is displayed on the aeronautical map, including curved paths and racetracks. When coupled with a supported external ADS-B received, Airmate will display nearby traffic on the moving map, and receive FIS-B weather and NOTAM during the flight. To improve safety, Airmate can display neighbouring traffic received over mobile network. Such traffic include commercial airlines and transponder-equiped aircrafts, FLARM gliders, aircrafts whose pilots are using Airmate and other users using other safety broadcasting equipment. Airmate is able to transmit the flight plan data to supported avionics such Dynon SkyView. Thanks to the Auto Route feature, you could search and select the best route for your flight, and then file your VFR or IFR flight plan. Once filed, your flight plan could easily be managed, delayed or cancelled. Airmate will also record your flights and allow to replay them later or export the flight path in gpx format, you could take pictures from the app during flights. Pilot log entries are automatically computed from flown flights. A Satellite map display mode in flight planning or replay mode allows to familiarize with significant landmarks. Airmate will save planned and flown flights, user waypoints and user aircrafts in the cloud and sync them between your devices and Airmate web flight planning. Airmate brings numerous social features to the community. Pilots may leave ratings, tips and comments to share their experience with fellow pilots, and report fuel prices and landing fees. They could find friends, instructors, flight schools, aviation events and aircraft to rent near their home airport or any visited airport. Airmate may be connected to most flight simulators to keep flying skills sharp, and will manage also AHRS and simulated traffic data transmitted by the flight simulator. Planned flights and personal waypoints may be imported and exported. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Onnikka

Features
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Onnikka shows you exactly where your bus is — right now, on a live map. See real-time bus positions as they move through the city, find the nearest bus stop, and check upcoming departures with live arrival estimates. Tap any bus to follow it live on the map and see every stop still ahead of it. Tap a departure at your stop to jump straight to that bus and watch it arrive. Never miss your bus. Follow it with a live countdown on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and on your Apple Watch, so you know exactly when to head out. Make it yours. Star your favourite stops to open them in one tap, and choose the lines you ride at each stop, so a busy stop shows only the buses you care about. Add a widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen to see your next departures at a glance — the large widget shows two stops at once. Planning a trip? Onnikka finds the best way to get from where you are to any bus stop or address — a friend’s home, a shop, a sports field. Search for the place, and you get walking directions and any bus changes along the way, with each leg of the route color-coded so transfers are easy to follow. Covers public transit across Finland, including Helsinki, Tampere, Oulu, Turku, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, and more. Features: • Live bus positions updated in real time • Nearby stops with upcoming departures • Follow any bus live as it moves along its route • Live countdown on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island and Apple Watch • Favourite stops, in the order you like • Choose the lines to show at each stop • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Plan a trip from your location to any stop or address, with step-by-step directions • Filter to show only stops with upcoming service • Light and dark mode, in English, Finnish or Oulu dialect • Supports Helsinki (HSL) and Waltti-network cities across Finland

Screenshots

Airmate4 screens
Onnikka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Onnikka at none against Airmate's 10. Onnikka also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). Airmate's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Airmate sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Onnikka asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Airmate ships an update every 6 weeks, Onnikka every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Airmate versus Onnikka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirmateOnnikka
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (549 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings549 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMyriel Aviation SAVeli-Pekka Vaisanen

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Airmate

Subscriptions2
  • Airmate Premium$24.991 Year
  • Photorealistic terrain display$47.991 Year
One-time8
  • Flight plan filing token$1.99
  • Token for 1 year chart access$3.99
  • Support Airmate development!$4.99
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  • Support Airmate development!$8.99
  • Chart download token$8.99
  • Support Airmate development!$17.99
  • Airmate Pro version$22.99
  • Airmate Dispatcher$44.99
None

Onnikka

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Airmate free?
Airmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Onnikka free?
Onnikka is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Airmate or Onnikka have ads?
Neither Airmate nor Onnikka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Airmate or Onnikka?
Airmate ships an update every 6 weeks, and Onnikka every 2 days. Most recently, Airmate was updated on November 11, 2026 and Onnikka on November 6, 2026.

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