There are scores of these things and even if you distill them down to just the navigation and planning apps, you’re still left with at least a dozen and you’ll still miss a couple, as I did when I prepared a survey on apps a couple of months ago. I suspect they will kill the product and come out with a GP Lite version at some point that’s free but has very limited features.Why? Because almost anyone can write and market an app and sometimes I think everyone has. But I have to wonder how long Garmin plans to keep FltPlan Go around. I still use FltPlan as my primary software for flight planning, and I’m happy that plans transfer to GP pretty easily. Had the same thing happen on multiple Android tablets and an iPad. The app would crash at very inconvenient times, and went through update after update without fixing the crash problems. I used FltPlan Go for many years, primarily because of the price, but I finally got tired of its instability. It will text message me when my flight plan is accepted, and then texts me again if my routing is changed. I then copy/paste my route into FltPlan Go. So yes, even though my company gives me Foreflight, I actually prefer and use FltPlan Go.įor flight planning I use, which works well and gives me a good briefing product. I can find the information I need as quickly as GP or FF, and in case I forgot to mention, ITS FREE. It works with my Garmin GDL-39 for ADS-B In, it transfers flight plans to/from my Garmin panel mount GPS, and it has geo-referenced charts (to include taxi charts). It’s a pig for data and the user interface is good but not that great IMO. I get Foreflight for free from my work, but I have never really liked it. I’ve paid for Garmin Pilot, and thought it was okay. can't handle anymore boeing fees, they charged me 617$ this year for maps for my GNS480. Mostly due to the cost, i'll be staying with GP. Now this may be a recent thing as Garmin seems to be updating Pilot at a furious pace. To be honest, I was actually disappointed in foreflight, mainly due to it not being head and shoulders better than GP. I say for me as that may be dependent on the provider you select in the setup. also for me, GP displays all data from 1800wxbrief including your weather briefing.įoreflights weather briefing is a bit more integrated. Side by side, Garmin Pilot seems a bit cleaner, i prefer it's maps.įoreflight does have slightly better weather layers but GP is def not a slouch. So as my GP sub is coming to it's end i decided to try foreflight. 2 years ago the accountant got me an IPAD mini for christmas. but ill mainly use FFīit of backstory, the plane came with a stratus installed but as I didn't own any apple products I couldn't use foreflight purchased a gdl393d and happily used gp on android for years. ill probably keep GP for the database concierge and the engine data. i would say FF is the better EFB personally. GP is better in some areas, foreflight is better in others. plate displays better on the map, and selecting the mins on FF is great.įor garmin avionics, the databse concierge is cool, as is autologging your engine data. FF is MUCH better to fly an approach with in my opinion. if i switched over to GP i would still have to use 1800WXBRIEF online to get this, and turbulence data.Ī big one. I really liked the cloud top imagery from FF for planning purposes. i find i have a ton of accidental clicks on FF not on what i am actually trying to click. Touching the screen on GP gives you an manu asking what you want to do. Garmin pilots MOA notams alert is supeior clouds (with altitude slider) turbulence when connected to the internet, etc. tried GP back to back for the last 45 days.įoreflight has much better weather layers.
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