Alternatives to FlyQ EFB

An electronic flight bag for flight planning, weather briefings and navigation with 3D and augmented reality views. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • FlyQ EFB

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

    PaidProprietaryiOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as FlyQ EFB.

  • ForeFlight

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

    PaidProprietaryiOSWeb

    ForeFlight combines planning, weather, charts and a logbook, adds a web version alongside the iPad and iPhone app, and offers optional Jeppesen charts, but 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 runs on Android as well as iOS, integrates closely with Garmin avionics such as GTN and G3X, and offers a Synthetic Vision view, with no free tier.

  • SkyDemon

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

    PaidProprietaryWindowsAndroidiOS

    SkyDemon uses its own vector charts, runs on Windows, Android and iOS, and focuses on VFR flying in Europe, so it does not cover IFR planning.

  • EasyVFR 4

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

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    EasyVFR 4 runs on Android and iOS with a free tier, shows airspace activations and graphical NOTAMs, and supports VFR flights only, with desktop access limited to certain plans.

  • AvPlan EFB

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

    PaidProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    AvPlan EFB works on web, iOS and Android with VFR and IFR charts and NAIPS filing, but it is aimed at Australian and New Zealand airspace rather than North America.

  • AvareX

    An open-source aviation charts and navigation app, a Flutter rewrite of Avare.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    AvareX is free and open source and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, but it is a smaller project with few documented features outside its repository.

Also worth comparing

These listings name FlyQ EFB 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

    FlyQ EFB offers weather-focused planning with wind and fuel-price optimised routes and 3D views, but it runs only on iOS and targets North American pilots.

  • SkyVector

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

    FreeProprietaryWeb

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

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Stratux

    Free software that turns a Raspberry Pi with USB radios into a low-cost ADS-B receiver for pilots.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

  • Windy

    An interactive animated weather map with wind, waves and radar forecasts from several forecast models.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb