I now have my Navbox Pro. It is quite obviously NOT of the same calibre as FliteStar.
In summary if you have done all of the keywork on your charts first, then Navbox can be a cheap plog generator and is relatively easy to use. The screen is much less cluttered than flitestar because it doesnot show all the airspace at the higher levels
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However if you want to do serious VFR planning (e.g spanning more than one chart, complex airspace, multiple stops) then flitestar wins hands down. Especially if you invest in the raster charts to overlay your routes (thus showing glider sites etc.etc.). Although I have expressed some frustration, it is much more powerfull than NavBox, the plog is more customisable, and can have notes added (which I do to give pre-organsed radio list that I determine).
Niether package does a good NOTAM narrow route brief, but flightstar does a much better job of airfield NOTAM/METAR/TAF integration.
At about £80 I would recommend FliteStar from planning, but if you want an quick inexpensive tool then have a go with NavBox. BUT try drauk's website first for simple planning it excellent. - especially the notam stuff.
just my opinion
