WingX Pro 7 for Android Announced at SNF

Jay Honeck

Jay Honeck

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Wouldn't want Foreflight to even try, really. Dumbing down any application to make it behave cross-platform makes both versions suck, in almost every case where I've seen it tried.
 
denverpilot said:
Wouldn't want Foreflight to even try, really. Dumbing down any application to make it behave cross-platform makes both versions suck, in almost every case where I've seen it tried.
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I love Garmin Pilot on Android. It does things we never even dreamed of, just a few years ago.

With Android's worldwide market share at 83.6%, aviation app makers are realizing that harnessing their future to iOS may not be the wisest choice for long term success. Garmin and Hilton have smelled the coffee.

Foreflight still has a big lead, for now, but once upon a time so did King, ARC, Terra, Narco... The only thing certain in the avionics world is change.
 
Can anyone give a PIREP of WingX? I've been on Garmin Pilot so long that I've lost touch with this app.

Specifically, does it show ADS-B traffic and weather? What receiver does it need?
 
Jay Honeck said:
Can anyone give a PIREP of WingX? I've been on Garmin Pilot so long that I've lost touch with this app.

Specifically, does it show ADS-B traffic and weather? What receiver does it need?
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WingX on iOS allows you to use a handful of different ads-b/ ahrs systems. I don't know much about the competition anymore but I believe fore flight is only compatible with one particular ads-b unit. Also, the option to have two screens open and swap between the two (or view split screen) is convenient. You can also keep the side bar open and view the AFD info without switching off the map screen. I found it to be the most intuitive program out there and ended up working at Osh with them for the past couple years.

I would download the demo and try it for free for 30 days....

http://hiltonsoftware.com/HardwareCompatibility.pdf?x=1
 
Jay Honeck said:
Can anyone give a PIREP of WingX? I've been on Garmin Pilot so long that I've lost touch with this app.
Specifically, does it show ADS-B traffic and weather? What receiver does it need?
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WingX does show ADS-B traffic and weather and it has synthetic vision that works with devices that also contain AHRS along with the ADS-B. WingX can use just about any receiver except Stratus and Garmin. I'm using an iLevil SW with mine.

I can only speak for the iOS versions of WingX vs ForeFlight. The base version of WingX comes with so many more features than ForeFlight that it amazes me why anyone would purchase the base version of ForeFlight. Once you step up to the 'Pro' versions of the two programs then the line becomes very blurred at that point. I downloaded the trial version of ForeFlight a while back and was very disappointed at what was not there. The following come in the base version of WingX that I did not see in the trial version of ForeFlight.

Terrain data base
Obstacle and terrain warning
Simulator for runniing through your flight plan
Split screen
Georeferenced airport diagrams
Synthetic vision (99 cents)
Descent glideslope calculation
Flight recorder (Rewind) that records all GPS and AHRS parameters during flight
Extended runways overlay showing landing pattern
A very handy intutive distance calculator on map screen
In route terrain altitude / above ground level display toggle
Terrain summary that can be selected to show a graph of the flight route or the next 50 miles from your current GPS position.
Winds aloft altitude selector to help you pick the optimum altitude for your flight
WingX can use a multitude of ADS-B and AHRS boxes, FF only works with Stratus.

There are probably other differences I don't remember. If I have mis-stated anything above, please correct me. This is not intended to be for or against either program but rather a factual list of the differences in the base version.

It would be really neat if there were a features comparison matrix to factually show the differences between WingX, FF and Garmin Pilot and to point out what comes in the base versions of each program versus what the 'Pro' version of each adds.
 
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ZAON XRX integration

Only needs iOS6
 
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Jay Honeck said:
I love Garmin Pilot on Android. It does things we never even dreamed of, just a few years ago.

With Android's worldwide market share at 83.6%, aviation app makers are realizing that harnessing their future to iOS may not be the wisest choice for long term success. Garmin and Hilton have smelled the coffee.
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Not sure about that... Android has a larger market share in unit counts, but in App revenue, Apple is beating the pants off them.

The "worldwide" market includes a lot of poor folks in 3rd world countries that need a _cheap_ phone. Not exactly ForeFlight's target market.

I heard that Garmin Pilot on Android was a mere subset (feature wise) of Garmin pilot on iOS. Have they improved it?
 
dans2992 said:
Not sure about that... Android has a larger market share in unit counts, but in App revenue, Apple is beating the pants off them.

The "worldwide" market includes a lot of poor folks in 3rd world countries that need a _cheap_ phone. Not exactly ForeFlight's target market.

I heard that Garmin Pilot on Android was a mere subset (feature wise) of Garmin pilot on iOS. Have they improved it?
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Yes, and they have unofficially announced that their goal is to achieve parity by OSH.

iOS had a huge lead in the tablet world, so it's normal that pilots would predominantly be iPad owners. That is slowly changing, and app writers are noticing.

As for app writers making more from Apple owners, I'm sure there's a joke in there, somewhere. Suffice it to say that I don't pay for very many apps because I'm frugal.
:)
 
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