Alternatives to AvareX

An open-source aviation charts and navigation app, a Flutter rewrite of Avare. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as AvareX.

  • ForeFlight

    An electronic flight bag app for flight planning, aviation weather, charts and airport information.

    PaidProprietaryiOSWeb

    ForeFlight combines planning, weather, charts and logbook in one app with a web version, but the mobile app is iPad and iPhone only and requires a paid subscription.

  • Garmin Pilot

    Garmin's electronic flight bag app for pilots, with charts, IFR planning, aviation weather and dynamic mapping.

    PaidProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Garmin Pilot is a paid, closed-source EFB for Android and iOS with IFR planning, Synthetic Vision and close integration with Garmin avionics.

  • SkyDemon

    VFR flight planning and GPS moving-map navigation software built around its own vector charts.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsAndroidiOS

    SkyDemon is a paid VFR-only planner and moving map with in-house vector charts and airspace warnings, running on Windows, Android and iOS but not macOS or Linux.

  • EasyVFR 4

    A VFR flight planning and navigation app with a dynamic vector map, traffic and weather.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    EasyVFR 4 is a VFR-only app for Android and iOS with a free tier, graphical NOTAMs, traffic device connections and automatic mass and balance.

  • FlyQ EFB

    An electronic flight bag for flight planning, weather briefings and navigation with 3D and augmented reality views.

    PaidProprietaryiOS

    FlyQ EFB is a paid iPad app aimed at North American pilots, with 3D and augmented reality views, glide ring and wind and fuel-price route optimisation.

  • AvPlan EFB

    An electronic flight bag for flight planning and moving-map navigation, focused on Australia and New Zealand.

    PaidProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    AvPlan EFB is a paid, closed-source EFB for web, iOS and Android focused on Australia and New Zealand, with NAIPS filing and CASA Part 175 approval.

Also worth comparing

These listings name AvareX as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • RocketRoute

    A flight planning and filing platform with mobile apps for pilots and operators worldwide.

    PaidProprietaryAndroidiOS

    AvareX is free and open source and runs on desktop and mobile, but it is a smaller project with few published feature details outside its repository.

  • SkyVector

    A free online flight planner built on aeronautical charts, with current weather and fuel prices.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    AvareX is a free, open-source app for desktop, mobile and Raspberry Pi that works as an EFB in the cockpit, though it is a smaller project than SkyVector.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.