TECH TALK
multiple versions of software. You can expect Google to address this looming issue eventually. Microsoft is the dark horse in this battle, since it has a large market share in the enterprise market for office and productivity applications, not to mention desktop and server operating systems. It has not been able to garner much support for its early Windows 8 efforts on tablets (and PCs), but if anyone can catch Apple (and even Google) in tablet software, it is Microsoft.
MOST DOWNLOADED AVIATION APPS In researching the most downloaded apps relating to ‘aviation’ for Apple and Google tablets, we used AppCrawlr. com to pinpoint our list. This research site identified 208 aviation apps for the iPad/iPhone and 114 for the Android platform. We further refined this by selecting only those identified for ‘pilots’ (the quoted items were used in selections in this site). For the sake of brevity, we have provided the top ten downloaded aviation apps using these criteria, and the results were quite interesting (shown in Table 1). With the caveat that some of the iOS apps are not available on Android devices, none of the apps listed on each appeared for the other device (although some of these appeared further down in the lists if you drilled down into the top 50). AppCrawlr also provides rankings for key subcategories, which are also provided in the table.
Table 1: Most Downloaded Aviation Apps for Pilots TOP ANDROID
TOP APPLE IOS AVIATION APPS
#1. MyRadar Weather Radar
• ranked No. 1 for aviators • No. 1 for wx radar
• No. 1 for live radar • No. 1 for quick radar
#2. AccuWeather — Weather for Life for iPad
• ranked No. 1 for hourly feature
• No. 2 for real feel • No. 2 for weather source • No. 2 for 15-day forecast #3. WeatherBug Elite
• ranked No. 1 for updated look
• No. 3 for weather data • No. 3 for animated radar • No. 12 for map function
AVIATION APPS #1. Aviation Tools
• ranked No. 9 for aviation app
• No. 22 for collection of tools
• No. 36 for search feature
#2. Aviation Weather from NOAA/NWS
TOP APPLE IOS AVIATION APPS
#4. ForeFlight Mobile
• ranked No. 1 for flight planning
• No. 2 for aviation app • No. 2 for moving map • No. 15 for weather data #5. AeroWeather Lite
• ranked No. 1 for aviation app
• No. 1 for aviation weather
• No. 4 for pilots • No. 8 for planning tool
#6. MyRadar Pro Weather Radar
• ranked No. 2 for fast radar • No. 2 for ground clutter
• No. 3 for radar map • No. 6 for zoom feature #7. RadarScope
• ranked No. 1 for weather enthusiasts
• No. 3 for def radar • No. 3 for radar program • No. 7 for bikers
#8. The Sun - Rise and Fall #8. Aviation Pilot LogBook
• ranked No. 1 for sunrise sunset
• No. 5 for hunters
• No. 32 for amateur astronomers
#9. Aviation W&B Calculator #9. Aviation Tools Donate
• ranked No. 6 for aviation app
• No. 23 for pilots #3. AirWX Aviation Weather
• ranked No. 1 for aviation app
• No. 2 for aviation weather • No. 3 for pilots
• No. 13 for zoom feature
#10. WingX Pro7 — Aviation Moving Map, Charts, and Weather
• ranked No. 1 for moving map
• No. 1 for product support
• No. 4 for split screen • No. 7 for flight planning
06 2014 17
#10. Metam - Aviation Weather/METAR
• ranked No. 1 for aviators • No. 4 for weather geeks
• ranked No. 10 for aviation app
#6. Garmin Pilot
• ranked No. 4 for flight planning
• No. 7 for aviation app
TOP ANDROID AVIATION APPS
#4. Aviation Weather with Decoder
• ranked No. 13 for aviation app
#5. FLY is FUN Aviation Navigation
• ranked No. 7 for big screen
• No. 12 for aviation app
#7. AirReport Pro — METAR & TAF
• ranked No. 2 for pilots
DOMmagazine.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64
