Garmin Pilot Reviews

Version 9.5

Mik_NY

Yet again, Garmin releases a new version with bugs generating Aircraft error messages, with the Garmin Aviation Product Support team having zero knowledge of the new features (for further integration with fltplan.com) and completely useless with technical support. It’s easier to blame fltplan.com, but the errors are wholly and exclusively due to inept developers for the Garmin Pilot app. ... you’re making it almost impossible to remain a Garmin customer.

Good app.

lgj1228

I just wanted to bring up an issue I am having while viewing winds aloft forecasts. When I slide the time blocks at the bottom over to a future block to view info, the screen will revert to the default current time block. The screen flickers slightly when it happens. If I am copying wind speeds and directions and dont catch the change I’ll be viewing the wrong info and have to slide back to the time block I was viewing. It seems to do it after about 10-15 seconds of viewing a time block. Otherwise, 5 stars. Maybe something can be fixed in a future update.

Perfect compliment to the g1000

BarryErik

I’ve used the app for years now and love how it’s similar in design to my Garmin cockpit. The gdl 52 really makes this app powerful and I wouldn’t fly without it.

More info needed

RDGUATE

The app is very friendly and accurate specially using an Athena. It would be much better if the map had an option to display more names of the small towns or cities where you are flying. Maybe it does it but I have not found how. I was advised to use google maps at the same time. Any other advise? Thanks

Checklists vanished prior to Phasecheck!!

MadDadVne

I had been enjoying this app on my iPad 2Air as a useful tool in the cockpit for a couple months. So much so that I got a Garmin GLO to compliment the new iPad Pro I bought believing it would enable the app to run better with all that gig space to stretch itself out in. It’s been a great secondary navigation tool to have, and has some really neat features to enhance flight safety for a training PPL pilot planning to continue through ATP. I had spent time customizing a 172 checklist to include the particulars of my flight school so that I can reference it anytime preflight through securing the airplane. Using the iPad suctioned to the window is much less cumbersome than fiddling with a multi-page laminated booklet, especially while flying and working through emergency scenarios. I have added things to the various lists over time - MPHIAS and KIAS for instance. Tonight I added to one of the lists and upon saving, lost all but two categories; the two categories that remained were incomplete. They are unrecoverable. I attempted to restore a previous backup, but that apparently only applies to documents such as maps and charts. To compound the insult, the checklist synced so that the Garmin Pilot on my iPhone and older iPad 2Air are now lost as well. I have an oral and flight Phasecheck to pass prior to flying my solo cross country and now have to spend time rebuilding my checklists and hoping they don’t disappear again. Considering that these aviation products are made for a 24 hour profession, it’s concerning that there is no 24 hour customer support available to call. Searching the web only reveals info about ‘scrambled checklist’ patches. This is supposed to be an app that decreases stress and workload in the cockpit, but not at the cost of adding to it at home.

New IPad Pro update

awsome I love it

Please update to take advantage of the new screen size. The new iPad Pro has been out for over two months now.

Great features

Woody242

I’ve been a foreflight user for years and I loved it. Moving to some Garmin avionics and figured it would be better for integration to look at pilot, I have dismissed in the past but was more motivated this time. Wow, it is so much easier to get info, the auto binders for flight plan airports are great, used to do this manually in foreflight. Also love the widgets, the scrolling is awesome. I asked foreflight for a split screen feature nothing. Garmin knocked it out of the part. I also love the radial info dial on the charts. I look forward to improved flight planning now that Garmin owns fltplan.com. The weather briefing is the only main feature I miss in foreflight at this point.

Does not beat Foreflight!

snowmobilejer

Read the other review that this beats ForeFlight. Well...I’m not sure what rock that person came out from other, but no way. Not even close. Garmin Pilot is a great program, and I use it as my backup in case my ForeFlight goes down, and I would be perfectly comfortable using it as my first line nav program— but why would I when I have the full ForeFlight suite. I guess it just boils down to preference. ForeFlight in my opinion is the hands down winner all the way across the board.

UNRELIABLE and DANGEROUS

Flying MD

I have been using foreflight (5 stars) and Jepp Mobile HD, which is fantastic as a replacement for paper charts but not a full fledge navigation app. The Garmin app STINKS. While the user interface is good, i have no had the entire set of data mysteriously dissapear. Went to jump in plane this morning to fly home from last night and all of a sudden all of the nav data, charts, and maps are gone!!!!! So caution to you all as this has appaerently been happening to many others. Check that you have data before you plane on using the app. Until this is fixed, the app is useless and a peice of crap. Now the currentversion wont even open. Crash crash crash. Back to foreflight and Jepp Mobile FD Its now 3/2019 and nothing has changed. The app still crashes repeatedly. I continue to use foreflight over garmin pilot and recommend foreflight.

Long time garmin app user

Pginz

I have been using this app since it came out. Garmin is awesome at keeping this app current. This is the app to use for flight planning and in the cockpit assistance. It is super user friendly and can be used in rough weather. I believe this is the most pilot friendly app for flight planning and actual in cockpit usability. You need to keep buying new iPads as they come out because the software is pretty heavy. It is packed with horsepower and every two to three years the processors can’t keep up. I have an iPad Pro that’s a year old and does great.

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