Originally Posted by
Dave Gittins
For about 5 years I've been running ForeFlight on a cellular iPad 128 gB for my 4 weeks or so in the USA and SkyDemon on the same device for all the rest of the time in the UK. My flying is VFR in DA-40, PA-28 and 172 in various bits of the USA and at Redhill.
ForeFlight has some useful additions like the numbers of weather charts that can be imposed and the synthetic terrain (useful in the mountains of Colorado) but the charts have not been good for UK VFR & I don't believe they do UK NOTAMS.
Now ForeFlight have started doing European charts, could I realistically go over to it full time in the UK as well ? and abandon SkyDemon
My SkyDemon has a Pooley's subscription with it, which I also find useful, what does ForeFlight have as an equivalent ?
All comments on the relative pros and cons gratefully received.
Most of my flying was in the US, so I got very comfortable with ForeFlight for a number of years. I'm now mainly based in the UK so I didn't re-new my ForeFight subs. and took out a subscription with Sky Demon, which I must say I'm very happy with, I received an email from ForeFlight offering a 30 day free trial for Europe, which is a market they are obviously keen to get into. I've taken up the 30 day deal and downloaded the UK charts, but on initial viewing the format doesn't appear to be as user friendly as the US VFR charts, and also does not currently offer the same level of information that Sky Demon does. I'll fly with it and see how it goes, but for me personally I doubt if I'll re-new my subscription, at least for the UK Sky Demon does everything I need for now.