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View Poll Results: Do you use Garmin Pilot or Foreflight?
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07-03-2014, 10:32 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin TX
Posts: 347
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Garmin pilot vs Foreflight
So im at a juncture... for several reasons I can either go garmin pilot or stay with foreflight.
I love foreflight and have tried gpilot and like it as well.
what do you prefer?
Garmin Pilot or Foreflight?
please lets not make this about the platform, but about the app.
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07-03-2014, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Livermore, CA
Posts: 6,797
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Why did you not include WingX in the poll? (that's my vote)
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07-03-2014, 11:09 AM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,420
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Or Sky Charts Pro???
I use both Sky Charts, and Garmin Pilot.
Pilot does a lot more, but is much harder to figure out.
Are you looking to use the APP for VFR or IFR???
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Flying as of 12/4/2010
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07-03-2014, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1,565
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I chose Foreflight, and have continued to do so each year since. The primary reason is that it is is app that more closely aligns with how I plan a flight than Garmin Pilot. Subjectively, Foreflight just feels more responsive or "snappier" than Pilot does - at least on my hardware.
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RV-6A N164BL, Flying since Nov 2012!
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07-03-2014, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Stone Mountain, Georgia
Posts: 483
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I am looking for consistency
It is apparent that Foreflight has a better and easier to use product (for now), but Garmin's Pilot is very good and it getting better every day. I am building an all Garmin cockpit and I figure that the ability to have consistency between my EFB and the PFD will be important.
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07-03-2014, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin TX
Posts: 347
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No nefarious reasons for not including wingX or other apps. I'm only interested in foreflight or gPilot.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BobTurner
Why did you not include WingX in the poll? (that's my vote)
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07-03-2014, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Edgewater, FL. KSFB
Posts: 1,118
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In the beginning I tried the trail period for both and GPilot was horrible. I have used FF for about 3-4 years now. I now have a full Garmin panel so I tried GPilot again and still cannot give up FF. I think it is a better product as well as I am used to the FF.
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07-03-2014, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 1,039
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It comes down to the hardware platform
I used ForeFlight for a couple of years before I switched to Garmin Pilot. I find ForeFlight to be the superior app, however, the iPad Mini is just about useless in the bubble canopy of the RV on a sunny day. I used a Nexus 7 (2013 model) which has a wonderfully bright screen on it (550 nits). It's readable in any lighting condition without needing to adjust the mounting angle. It's a fraction of what the iPad Mini cost to boot ($145 for a refurb). While the transition was tough to make from ForeFlight to Garmin Pilot, I really enjoy the app now. It gets me where I need to be safely.
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07-03-2014, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Ft Myers, FL
Posts: 276
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Either/or
I have used Foreflight for several years but I signed up for a trial 90 days with Garmin Pilot. I essentially found them to be equivalent. If I were to find a nuance in one that I liked, I could usually go and find the same feature in the other. It also appears that the price is equivalent. I have a Garmin IFR panel but found that Foreflight on a RAM mounted iPad was very helpful for additional situational awareness. My opinion is that you can't go wrong with either one.
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07-03-2014, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Tampa (BKV)
Posts: 926
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I have a g3x/gtn650 panel and find foreflight to still be quite useful. Unlike the previous poster I do not have any issue reading my iPad mini under a bubble canopy. You do have to turn the brightness up in the ipad settings AND in foreflight settings...and it works just fine. I tried the cheaper tablets and found them to be less useful. The app advantage still falls heavily to apple in my mind with far less likelihood that they will clash and cause crashes etc like I saw far too often in the off-apple brands. Just my humble opinion, worth less than two Lincoln's.
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