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ForeFlight Mobile EFB App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Subscription?Give me a break. Says free, then you need a subscription to even try it. Get COPILOT, at least they are not sneaky.Version: 0
✓ Wrong side of the pondThis would be a great app if I livd or flew in the USA, but over here in Europe the functionality is greatly reduced with no charts, radar, sat images, or flight plan filing. All the other functionality comes free with a couple of different apps. Once you guys realise there is a world outside the USA give us a call. Until then, it's worth a subscription of £10 per annum, maximum..Version: 0
✓ Probably great if you live in the USI made the mistake of purchasing a subscription because the publicity tells you that it covers world wide and even allows you to specify other regions for your database. What it doesn't tell you, is that for any airfield outside the US, there is very sparse information, and certainly no airfield plates. They really should make that fact clear..Version: 4.4.2
✓ Aerowx is much betterDon't waste your time!.Version: 3.8
✓ No use.Probably a great app, but has no data for Australia, making it useless here..Version: 0
✓ Fast search is anything but fastWith the addition of “fast search” FF just became extremely slow and not very user friendly. In rare cases it would be helpful to see available choices but there needs to be a work around too. If you want to type out an IFR clearance in the Maps tab the continuously updating search function makes it impossible to type out a route, your keypad inputs are skipped while the search is running. Even copy/paste seems impacted and rarely works from an outside app or email. When receiving a PDC clearance or a filed flight plan route via email there has to be a way to ‘import’ a route with a quick copy/paste. Unfortunately the FLP edit tab doesn’t allow a workaround for copy/paste either. There either needs to be a setting to turn off fast search or it has to go away altogether..Version: 10.0.1
✓ NEED AUSTRALIAN SUPPORTGood app but it does not have a comprehensive Australian database. Also, it not not approved as an EFB by the regulator CASA..Version: 14.0
✓ Missing a lot for CanadiansThis app is still missing about 50% of the functionality if you are in Canada. No detailed charts, radar, flightplan submission etc. Nothing really has changed since the first version that would make me want to subscribe. At least there is a trial so I didn't waste 70 bucks like the first foreflight.Version: 0
✓ Great.......If you fly in the US..Version: 0
✓ Recent changes poorly doneLong time user. Recent changes to airport popup dialog causing resizing and movement of map are visually jarring. After years of teaching and ifr use, now mostly for std briefings, ads-b traffic & metars, and close navigation through airspace. Reviewing the many alternatives. Several months later- they’ve improved the above a bit, not quite so bad. Problem now is it barely runs on an old iPhone 6S 16G dedicated to it, no other apps, only vfr charts for MA, NH, ME. Last update I had to un- and reinstall entire app because *only* had ~2G free for routine airport and nav update. They’re chasing high-end users, leaving those using it as grassroots navigator solution behind. Beware if that’s your niche..Version: 13.5
✓ Not badBut since I can't see a way of using uk charts I will not pay past the 30 day free trial..Version: 4.3.2
✓ Expired accountIt would be a great idea for foreflight to provide 30 day trial… my trial expired 2 or so years ago before the Australian updates occurred..Version: 15.2
✓ Not actually freeYou have to buy a subscription after one month so technically NOT FREE..Version: 0
✓ No good for CanadaNot worth paying for with the lack of Canadian content..Version: 3.7
✓ WatchNeed more info displayed on the Apple Watch. Check out Aerovie. Also update for the iPhone X screen..Version: 9.4.3
✓ Needs improving...Not worth the subscription fee for Canadians. If it supported flight planning maybe. Wind info on route planning is suspect. Pretty much a weather checking and route distance tool and those apps can be found for free..Version: 0
✓ Not very canadian friendlyThis is app was very disappointing. Especially since I realised that canada was completely put aside and ignored.Version: 0
✓ Going downhill quickI have been using ForeFlight for about 8 years! Excellent platform? At least it used to be. But as large companies get bigger they lose sight of some of the conveniences. I would like to think I helped our company go to ForeFlight for EFB,s, simple easy, but Now days it is gotten so convoluted in its evolution, it often crashes and takes longer to use. Some of this is our company’s fault for not keeping the iPads updated with the latest iOS. still I often wonder when you have a perfect platform and everything is working great why mess with it! It’s lost its quickness, now every time you press a letter you got a wait for the iPad to finish it search before you compress the next one. Most of it crashes I have seen are on the weight and balance. As a pilot I don’t have the option of updating the iPads to the latest iOS. Doesn’t do me any good to send in a crash report for the aircraft I am no longer working on the iPad stay with the aircraft.Version: 10.3.1
✓ Current version is infuriatingThe app has always worked well until this last update with the active search for previous flight plans constantly gumming up the keyboard entries. I can’t tell you how many times in the last few weeks I’ve had to rewrite the entire route due to missed letters and numbers. You used to be able to just search previous routes as a separate function, but now it’s rammed down your throat and forces you to either tp le hs or t y p e l i k e t h i s to I put your route. The annoying and entirely pointless feature needs to be reverted to the old, separate search. Don’t think to yourself “this asshat must be using an iPhone 3GS to get such crappy lags!” No, I’m using an iPhone X, and this crap is ridiculous..Version: 10.0.1
✓ Wrong!Not for the world outside of the USA due to the limited or non-existence of the advertised features in here, blighty. Other thing equally annoying, not actually free as it needs subscription. I used to be able to open up this app but after the latest update last month, Oct 2010 it asked for a new user agreement and will not launch unless I pay up the subs rather than letting me check up the new update it contained. Wrong. Down to 2 stars for the use and feature but accessible only inside the subscription plan otherwise max of 4 as visual is cluttered..Version: 0
✓ Ever since the update the Canadian data is gone!!!Thanks for nothing!.Version: 0
✓ Only for Uncle SamInfo outside of US is poor to useless so worthless too.Version: 4.5.1
✓ No iwatchNot compatible with Iwatch anymore 😩.Version: 9.5.1
✓ Great EFB, but Map frame-rate and resolution are not optimized.ForeFlight is an excellent tool for flight planning, weather analysis, and everything in-between. However, there are two glaring issues I have with the application, especially when compared to the competitors (primarily Garmin Pilot). To start off, the screen frame-rate is capped at either 24 or 30 FPS. The app feels laggy due to this. This is especially upsetting if you have the latest Apple devices (such as the iPhone XS and especially the iPad Pro) that can do 60 FPS and 60+ FPS respectively. Secondly, the map resolution could be sharper, and isn’t optimized for particular devices. The sectional (or zoomed out En-route IFR chart) view is pixelated on my iPhone XS and does not sharpen up until it becomes a TAC. Even then, the map isn’t as sharp as it is on Garmin Pilot. Updating these two features would be excellent for me, and would change my 3-star review to a 5-star review. For $100 or more to purchase this app, things like this should be worked in..Version: 11.2.1
✓ ForeFlight METARs and TAFs not updating...Recently while using the latest version of ForeFlight I’ve noticed there’s been a problem with the airport METARs and TAFs. They do not update to the most current report while connected to internet. I know this as I’ve checked by going to the aviation weather web site by Nav Canada and see under the METARs that the latest report is viewable. While on ForeFlight it’s showing the previous hours weather report or sometimes the report of a few hours past. I’ve tried restarting the app and turning off the iPad or IPhone; however no luck. Things to note: I’m currently running the latest IOS: 13.1.2 on both IPad and IPhone. As well ForeFlight has the latest software version 11.8.1 Please resolve this as it’s a great app otherwise. However currently having to pull up safari to look up the METARs is both inefficient and ineffective..Version: 11.8.1
✓ Foreflight: ruining an app one update at a timeThis is the worst update foreflight has ever made. They took something so streamlined, quick, and easy as flight planning and made it cumbersome and ungainly. It's no longer simple to make a few little changes and see how it affects the flight. You have to load and create performance profiles. It's like they never even considered you might fly a different speed or TAS at different altitudes. Not to mention not everyone wants to waste time with creating a whole new profile when you just want to see how changing one number changes the flight. AND not everyone only flies one airplane! These last two updates ruined the best thing about foreflight. Now they've also ruined your map screen. All the colors have shifted and seem to be permanently stuck on night mode. No setting will change it back. Now you can barely read TAFs and metars in the daylight. On top of everything else the app crashes at least once a flight now, and if it doesn't crash you have to restart it any time it loses communication with your ADS-B unit because it won't reconnect or show any data or even the device unless you restart the app. Talk about going backwards..Version: 9.4
✓ Don’t buy if you’re not in the USA/CanadaI was after the VFR charts for Europe and it prompted me to buy a USA subscription to do so which I did, only to find that the only maps available in the UK were grainy terrain and street map ones you’d find in Google/Apple Maps. Have asked for a refund. Three stars because it shows promise and if I managed to fly 3,500 miles over the pond I’d probably find it useful..Version: 7.0.1
✓ UniversalThis app is designed to cater for pilots that fly around the center of the known universe the mighty USof A and has very little application for other areas as they obviously are of very little importance.Version: 3.8
✓ Still can’t add multiple track logs or combine logsDoing my IFR training and hitting a really annoying limitation… I can’t add more than one track log to a flight and I can’t properly log an x/c with a stop for lunch. We need the ability to link multiple log entries as a single flight or trip, also forwarding from a paper logbook as a single “totals” entry doesn’t allow for the distinction of towered vs. non-towered landings. I have to make tons of additional entries with different properties so that my 8710 actually shows the correct values. Why isn’t there an 8710-style page for entering starting totals from a paper log? Multiple entries for the same day will frequently appear out of order and this is highly annoying. The logbook needs some serious work and ff is falling behind garmin pilot. Then, there’s no way to set up a route on the map with multiple approaches with the published missed, so not super helpful when going up to shoot a bunch of practice approaches. Lastly there’s no spilt screen to show the plate next to the map, overlay’s are nice, but sometimes i need the plate separate from the map because distance rings and traffic frequently cover numbers on plates. On a 10” ipad in landscape mode, there’s screen real estate going to waste when the only option is to split it with AHRS..Version: 14.5
✓ Us onlyFastest app I've ever deleted 1. Free apps do not last for a few weeks "that's called trial ware and should be banned from tunes" 2.this app thought I was in the USA , wrong I'm in the Uk ,good job I'm not lost and need a quick gps location 3.the listed airports in the Uk is rubbish.Version: 4.0.1
✓ Poor Customer value attitude and serviceAs a flight academy owner, I have been an advocate for ForeFlight to my customers and and a user myself for over a decade. However recently I have been getting complaints from my clients regarding poor customer service. Most share a commonality of brush offs from the help desk and none returned requests for help or service. Personally, I recently lost a feature I was using due to my own fault of accidentally hitting the hide option tab. When I reached out to the help desk I was told the only way I could get back “hidden options” was to upgrade my subscription to the next higher level. When I questioned the sensibility of having to upgrade to get something I already had in my normal package back, the communication from ForeFlight went off radar!!! My rating would be lower, but in fairness I felt like I owed them a couple of stars for the good service I had up until this recent issue..Version: 12.0.1
✓ Please update with Australian chartsWith Australian charts this would be a great app.Version: 5.5.1
✓ Great app but NEEDS UTMYou guys need to add utm support ASAP to be a full navigation app.Version: 11.5.1
✓ No internet access with ADS-B unit attached. Big drawback!You cannot see other Foreflight traffic like OzRunways or Avplan. They do not have such a feature but use FlightAware instead. But you cannot access FlightAware data either who they have partnered with as you have no mobile data! So if you are flying and connected to Sentry Plus, this disables mobile data so FlightAware traffic cannot work! They could fix this internet issue but have chosen not to. If they updated the firmware so the IOS device sees it as "no internet connection", it will then cause your device to use mobile data instead. Other ADS-B brands not associated with ForeFlight do this and hence others apps do not have this problem. So you can see more traffic with OzRunways and AvPlan then ForeFlight as a result. Support could be be a lot better with some of their staff as when I spoke of the problem of not having internet access and not being able to do a PACK for one example, they told me I had to do my flight with mobile data off, but do the Pack in the runup bay with mobile data on and then turn mobile data off for the flight. However, having mobile data off causes Foreflight to give an error on load saying no mobile data access. It took several emails to get them to respond to this which resulted in them now telling me the opposite and to use ForeFlight with mobile data on even though it does not work. If you asked 2 or more questions to support, they only answered one question and ignored the rest. When the head of support noted I had said this in one email, she personally responded and did an excellent job in responding and answering all questions I asked. She was excellent. So if you plan on using ADS-B and want mobile data available when possible during flight, then OzRunways or AvPlan are your only choices unless they fix this. I sure hope they do as their app has a lot of potential and powerful features, and though more expensive to use, I would still use it if they fixed this. I saw on their web site with the Sentry that they had done this previously. I hope they do it again, or better still, add their own server like OzRunways and AvPlan so we can see more traffic, as safety should be a high priority. There traffic warning system is first class but falls down in regards to seeing less traffic than other flight apps..Version: 16.1.1
✓ The support for this product stinksI have used this product for years. When I finally needed support and requested someone contact me all they did was send email after email for days. When you’re flying a plane and need the product no excuse for days of emails. I provided my phone number and their best answer was very busy at an industry show. They change the product and suddenly you don’t understand how to use it (just before a flight) and when you request that they explain it they just send you to the next email and the next link. After having used it for so long and paying for it for years and years and years you would think they would have the courtesy to contact you after you beg for help. Very disappointed. SJHowell.Version: 11.6
✓ No AustraliaSo you get the review you deserve for providing it here..Version: 7.2
✓ Weather bugs go unfixed, Apple Watch DeletedIf you have multiple weather sources connected, like LTE, a GDL 39 etc... Weather will often not display. If one source does not have data, then it will block data from all other sources. The only way to get weather is to turn off the equipment, or connections one at a time in trial and error fashion. Got an Apple Watch to use with Foreflight, then found they deleted the advertised function in an update. Wish I could use Foreflight, however the lack of weather forces me to use other products that do not have this bug. Have no problem with other weather apps when multiple weather sources are connected. I did report this bug both in person at Oshkosh 5 months ago, and via email..Version: 9.5.3
✓ Useless with no Australian suppotUseless with no Australian data or charts. When will we see support for Australia?.Version: 12.8
✓ Where is 90+% of the world?Suppose it might be alright if you're in the us, but what about the rest if the world! Not even sure why this is on the UK App Store!!!.Version: 5.3.3
✓ Needs Canada.Just needs Canada maps. Otherwise it's awesome..Version: 0
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