AeroW&B 4+

Only knock off of 5 stars would be the kinda tricky way to setup the type of aircraft and the tail numbers associated with the aircraft type. I like how you have to enter all the info but keeping track of it all and inputting it correctly takes a little getting used to. Once you figure that out, the calculation of the weight balance works great!! Even adding new airplanes once you figure how to add them isn’t bad. Definitely recommended and a cheaper way of a iPad W&B without paying for a upgraded flight bag.

I'm not sure why others are having such a hard time setting this up. It only took me about 10 minutes without looking at the tutorials. The process seems pretty simple: 1) define the boundaries of your envelop, 2) define the various loading stations; all within the aircraft definition page, 3) define your specific airplane's CG location and connect it to the envelop panel you set up in steps 1 and 2, finally 4) define your loads at each station for each flight going forward. I particularly like the idea of snapshotting the page and forwarding the completed picture to my email for historic records. This is a pretty good app and easy to use in my opinion. Definitely worth the $3.

I think there is a problem now with version 3. I have an iPad2 and in portrait position I can only see the W&B chart and have no access to the menu or weight table. This is not convenient; in the cockpit I mount the iPad in portrait position and can not make changes in flight. I don't recall having this problem in earlier versions