AeroPlus Aviation Weather app for iPhone and iPad
4.4 (
2384 ratings )
Weather
Travel
Developer:
Bright55 BV
Free
Current version:
5.0.9, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 18 Mar 2011
App size: 235.86 Mb
This aviation weather app brings professional weather forecasting features to every serious pilot.
The app presents pilots with the well known METAR and TAF data in an intuitive and visual way.
Scroll over the map to the area you are interested in and get a good overview of the expected weather in that area in a visual way. Zoom into advanced features after that for a more detailed weather analysis.
This app provides pilots with often hard to find information such where to expect the top-of-clouds, severe turbulence, convective activity, freezing levels, temperatures and dew points at the flight levels and the expected winds aloft.
We added a simplified but powerful Clouds Diagram showing you where to expect cloud layers, type of clouds (turbulence and convective energy) and where to expect the freezing level and the most dangerous areas for aircraft icing.
Additionally, we added direct links to the most important significant weather charts in our app, so that you have all the information you need at your fingertips to make a good analysis of the weather en route to your destination.
Finally, use our app in combination with the Iridium GO! satellite hotspot device to get the latest rain radar, lightning and airport data while you are in-flight.
Pros and cons of AeroPlus Aviation Weather app for iPhone and iPad
AeroPlus Aviation Weather app good for
The downside is the way they implemented purchases for TAF reports. There is no way to know how much they want to charge you without turning on in-app purchases (Ill never do that for ANY app).
They should sell a pro version with TAF direct from the apple store and ditch in app purchase model.
The metar is great and the surface winds etc are super.
Fix the selling method and itd be a 5 star.
This is one of the best aviation weather apps out there . The new update also features wind aloft, cloud layers freezing levels . Great Canadian coverage too .
Some bad moments
Everything is slow and the app is unresponsive most of the time. Annoying pop ups for TAF purchases.
I dont find this app very useful for the subscription cost. Consider that all of the data you are accessing is free on many other sites so Im just paying for ease of use / presentation. I would rather pay for ForeFlight. To me, this app should cost 1.99 or less and thats it.
On an iPhone 4, the app is slow and uses google maps as a base layer. TAF coverage is an in-app purchase. There are others that are better.
Really nice app. Worth 3-4 dollars. Love the world-wide coverage. No app out their fills this niche, and for free, too good. I would like to see temp added as one of the displayed variables. Keep up the good work. If anybody finds a better app, list it.
Oth
Jeez ... ya ever watch paint dry? Somebody dosent know how to code software ...
THe interface is great looking and I had high hopes. However, there are a lot of missing airports (the smaller ones) and since Im a private pilot, those are the ones I really need. There does not appear to be a way for me to add airports to the database either
