Seattle Avionics Wing-X or Smart Charts vs ForeFlight

[JoseCuervo]

Long time ForeFlight user, but let my subscription lapse.

Today, Seattle Avionics is having a 1/2 price sale..

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs145/1102176322542/archive/1117169954606.html

For VFR flying, is the Smart Plates and Charts for $29 a good enough product?

Or, do I need Wing-X for flying VFR?

I really just want charts/ moving map, airport information on my iPad2

Can anybody save me from having to do the research?

 

[chartbundle]

Well, how cheap do you want to go? You can download the A/FD for Free( http://www.chartbundle.com/afd ) and then download whatever Sectionals you want into Galileo Offline Maps for just the price of their off-line map upgrade. ( http://www.chartbundle.com/v2/chart.cgi?fmt=rmapss&cht=sec )

Personally, I use my website mostly as a backup, I use Garmin Pilot and Wing-X depending on what I'm actually doing.

 

[JoseCuervo]

Is Wing-X the near equivalent of ForeFlight?

What is the Smart Charts product good for?


Looks like Smart Charts is just sectional and airport data..

http://www.avweb.com/videos/Video-Seattle-Avionics-Smart-Charts-and-Plates221784-1.html


No flight planning and no weather data.

 

[MickYoumans]

Is Wing-X the near equivalent of ForeFlight?
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Actually it's more bang-for-the-buck than ForeFlight, especially the three year deal. The WingX base price comes with a terrain database and georeferenced airport diagrams that I think only comes with the pro version of FF. WingX has a 30 day free trial. I suggest you download it and try it for yourself. Here is a link to the WingX channel on YouTube. You can watch a couple of videos and see what you think.

http://m.youtube.com/user/HiltonSoftware

 

[Mike5250]

Wingx is the way to go. I believe you can get a 30 day trial with full features.

 

[frfly172]

I did the free trial on wing x ,I'm staying with the FF pro.

 

[JoseCuervo]

Is Seattle Avionics selling Wing-X subscriptions, or are they selling an addin module, or enhancement?