In a flight planning app market that’s been dominated by Apple iOS, it’s easy to overlook apps designed specifically for the Android platform, but we think that’s changing. Tablets from Samsung, Google and others are proving to be just as capable as Apple’s offerings for less money.
If you’ve been away from Android for a while, don’t underestimate its processing power and overall ability to support a new breed of highly capable cockpit apps. An example is FlightPro. Even after using it for a short time, we were impressed with its intuitive feature set, shallow menu structure and speed. We also like that it presents at-a-glance waypoint and weather data, in addition to seamless DUATS flight planning.