Android Tablet and Software Alternative to iPad and Foreflight?

[odens_14]

+1 for Avare. I run on a galaxy 8" tab I bought from costco for $129. It more than covers my needs for less than one year of the middle tier subscription on foreflight; not to mention the associated apple tax($$$).

[GalinHdz]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Before spending anything, try FltPlan Go. It's free, and almost as good as ForeFlight (doesn't have quite as nice a UI, but it all works once you learn where things are).

I've been using it for 5 years on Android phones and first a Nexus 7 tablet and now a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8".

Originally Posted by tomkk

+1 for FltPlan GO!

+2 for the FREE FltPlanGo app. My SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S2 is mounted on the co-pilot side.



It is an awesome combination, especially since all the updates are FREE and it works with just about any ADS-B in unit to include the DYNON SkyView WIFI module.

[okdonn]

I'm running iFly GPS on an iFly 740, Samsung TAB S2, and Windows desktop. One interface for all! I plan on the desktop, transfer the plan to the Tab S2, then in the cockpit I transfer it to the 740. The 740 is brighter than anything else, the TAB S2 can connect to anything anywhere. Works for me.

[tomkk]

Originally Posted by GalinHdz

+2 for the FREE FltPlanGo app. My SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S2 is mounted on the co-pilot side.



It is an awesome combination, especially since all the updates are FREE and it works with just about any ADS-B in unit to include the DYNON SkyView WIFI module.

And I should have also mentioned the companion FltPlan.com website. I do most of my flight planning there. The flight plans download easily to my tablet via WiFi. At the aircraft, the plans upload easily to Skyview via the local Dynon WiFi.

[Steve]

Another vote for Garmin Pilot running on an Android tablet from a longtime user. I like the ability to plan a flight at home then transfer the plan to my new G3X when I get to the hangar.
Admittedly, I have been leaving the tablet at home lately, just using the G3X. Confession #2, I'm too thrifty to buy 2 database subscriptions every year.

[BVD]

Garmin Pilot has come a long way and has features that IMO are better than ForeFlight...and works on Android too!

I manage a couple dozen iPad mini 5's running ForeFlight in our flight program and they work fantastically. I also have 4 iPad mini 5's running ForeFlight only (they are locked down so that when you turn them on they boot directly to ForeFlight and that's all), that I have configured to access our onboard internet (hard wired) to afford us near real time internet based weather in flight, which also works amazingly well.

I do have a Garmin Pilot subscription (benefit of managing our pilot tech) I test right along side FF (benefit of managing our pilot tech) and I don't think you can go wrong either way. Neither of them are free, but there are quite a few that are that could also work well depending on what your requirements are.

My vote would be:
1. ForeFlight - iOS only
2. Garmin Pilot - iOS and Android
3. Any other free one that meets your requirements - iOS and Android

I recently wrote a mission specific iOS flight calculator for our program, called the E6BVD , and have been thinking about working on a full EFB in my spare time, if I had any...

[Canadian_JOY]

FltPlanGO works for me. I've mounted a Samsung S2 7" tablet on my side of the cockpit and a 7" Samsung Tab A on my wife's side of the cockpit. Both work very well, although graphics functions (panning, zooming) are slower on the Tab A. I store all the chart data on internal SD cards as I carry the entire chart package for North America (VFR & TACS) as well as all of the instrument charts for Canada on the device.

FltPlanGO is a particular bargain for Canadians. While the FAA makes chart data available for free, Nav Canada does not. This Canadian chart data is provided at zero cost by FltPlanGO, making it the only source of free nav data for Canadian airspace.

[gmcjetpilot]

What Samsung Tablet is required and which one do you all recommend. There is a crazy number of models.

The current crop in order: Tab A, Tab S5e, Tab 4 and Tab 6. What is min RAM and Storage. I don't know how demanding the flight planning and inflight software is.... I'll have to check it out. If you want it also for entertainment you might want more tablet....

EDIT: I had an online chat with Samsung. Told them what I wanted to do with it. They recommended the newest Tab A. or the S2, even though it is out of production! Good for them. There no reason to get a S4 or S6 which starts to get near iPad prices. Games or watching movies, better sound sound, big screen, Pen and keyboard the S4 and S6 with all the bells and whistles is the way to go. For just aviation use the Tab A and S2 seem to be recommended. Agree other Tablet suggestions?

Also what is best ADS-B receiver? Stratus 3, Levil Astro, Dynon Drx (no AHRA). Seems like the Astro is not working with Android but is being updated to fix that. I also understand the Stratus 1 and 2 work only with Fore-flight.

[N804RV]

I have a Zenarc RT71 Android tablet. Its running Avare. Its sunlight readable at 1000 nit.

I like Foreflight on the iPad pro better. But, I was determined to try both. So, there ya go.

https://www.xenarc.com/RT71-industri...hoCapIQAvD_BwE

[GalinHdz]

Originally Posted by gmcjetpilot

What Samsung Tablet is required and which one do you all recommend. There is a crazy number of models.

IMO you can't get better than a SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S2. Get the 32Gb unit then add a 128Gb micro SD card and you will have more than enough memory. I have over 40hrs of music and just about every equipment/user manual for my airplane on it.

Originally Posted by gmcjetpilot

Also what is best ADS-B receiver? Stratus 3, Levil Astro, Dynon Drx (no AHRA). Seems like the Astro is not working with Android but is being updated to fix that. I also understand the Stratus 1 and 2 work only with Fore-flight.

Any STRATUX unit will work great with the SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S2 tablet running FltPlanGo. I have seen them on line as cheap as $70.