Garmin Pilot Reviews

Beats ForeFlight And others

pacific helipilot

I’ve used WingX and ForeFlight side by side for years with Garmin Pilot. I can now say with confidence that Garmin Pilot is far more robust and my go to flight planner and backup synthetic vision solution. Bravo Garmin.

Good but could be great

Alepm

The app is good, I live outside US, in Guatemala, there are a lot of airports that are wrong. Is there a way to fix them?!? Also is there a way to create airports? Private runways? To add to other airports correct frequencies? Runway headings? Etc. I love the app and its a great tool to use while flying but its lacking on some areas. The rest of the app works great and i love the easy to use “buttonology”. Would like to see a safetaxy in our country. How can we help to get this?

So Far So Good..With One Concern

AlienFanatic

I'm currently trying GP as an alternative to ForeFlight, which I've been using for years. I'm updating some of my avionics to newer Garmin gear and I think their app will integrate well. Because I use both iPads and a Pixel phone, the cross platform compatibility is huge. (The guys at ForeFlight are positively snotty about never supporting Android, which makes me anxious to move away from their product ASAP.) The interface is much prettier than FF and quite intuitive. The more I use it, the more I enjoy it. I'll update my review as I become more proficient. However, there is one issue that bugs the heck out of me and it's that Garmin cuts off the date info on the FAA IFR charts! I use that info as part of my workflow when I'm briefing an approach. Without it, I can't be sure that I'm using the very latest charts as required by the regs. I hope Garmin fixes this and it's why I deducted a star. (The fact that the app automatically loads the plates based on my flight plan is BRILLIANT, though!)

unreliable trip plans

ITC1

When entering a DC SFRA flight plan, the departure and exit gate (or entry gate and destination) are randomly overwritten with default values. It usually happens when I switch to a different plan, whatever gate I have entered is replaced with some other value. Can't trust this app for filing DC SFRA.

Updates

turbotunerrb25

Great app but slow to react to problems. App crashes constantly within seconds of opening as of latest update and iOS update on iPhone X.

When it works it’s great

frustrated-pilot

I love this app but the pre-release testing is inadequate. Every few updates it crashes nonstop and I have to remove the app from my iPhone or iPad and reinstall along with downloading all the data. I’ve never had this issue with FF. This is a serious problem with something I’m spending real money on!

Nice job!!

C172Pilot

The latest version with bug fixes is great! Sometimes Garmin doesn’t completely test their apps before releasing them. Seems to run smooth and so far no crashes. However may require more iPad horsepower than previous versions especially when connected to a Bluetooth device and the display gets busy with traffic and wx. Interface is clean and easy to file a flight plan. Great information and data given for the flight plan. Still lacking good weather information for flight planning when compared to the competitors weather page. One of GPs best features is auto-plate load, no hunting for approaches. Would like to see an option to save reminders, like switch tanks, get ATIS, etc. I have to enter them for each flight - cumbersome. Would like to see auto-routing for approaches. GP has come a long way since its inception and supports numerous Garmin products ..excellent application, fly with it all the time.

StubHub in Hawthorne, CA

JPizzel DoJJ

Please add this Stadium TFR to a next release

Exceptional software

flitetym

I find Garmin Pilot functions well, and I give it high marks for user customization — however, an attribute that I feel also makes it less "intuitive", with a somewhat steeper learning curve than FF. While users can generally find they can "jump right in" to Foreflight, Garmin's Pilot took me a day or so before I reached the "aha!" moment. (True, I admittedly had to "unlearn" FF to embrace Garmin's logic.) So the winner is? For the occasional pilot and "weekend warrior" (which there are many),the hat-tip goes to software producer ForeFlight. However, for the operator with an eye towards integrating existing and future hardware additions in the vast and continually expanding Garmin "eco-system", without question, it's Garmin's Pilot.

Very useful and convenient

Andrii Kovalenko

This app is really convenient to use on the ground and in flight.

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