Garmin Pilot App Reviews

Latest update has MAJOR bug that completely freezes the app if you happen to leave while on the airport info page. Absolutely unbelievable. Only fix is to delete everything and re download all charts etc. FIX THIS.

Can also confirm that the app randomly gets stuck on "loading" in a state that cant be rescued. Unbelievable this wasnt caught in testing. This is a serious safety issue and therefore the app is getting booted from my cockpit.

Ive tried them all & Garmins nav app is nowhere close to "the other guys". Blurry, scanned sectionals, terrain/obstacle layers obscure everything when youre flight planning on the ground (everything is RED), no document storage (!), meaningless Stadium TFRs (every venue in the nation is simply blue all the time; no indication as to when the TFR is active), annotations on plates get ERASED with the next 28-day cycle chart update, no terrain profile, etc., etc. I just spent $38k + updating avionics in my airplane (GTN-750, etc.), and found this app on iPad mini unusable. Really disappointing.

Wow...thats amazing

Previous versions had bugs and I gave poor review. After more than a year using the app, I now have a changed view...,it is GREAT! Latest versions of app have been stable and bug free. I just installed flight steam 210 in my gns530 gdl39 equipped airplane. Pilot and the GNS talk well with each other, syn vis is neat aid. Can enter flt plan with airways on app, then upload to gns. Enroute changes can be made on either device...whichever is easiest..and then synced to other. If you have Garmin in your panel, this is the only way to go!!

It has to see a cell tower. If it doesnt then things dont work even if you have downloaded the content prior. So what is the problem - altitude... If you fly low, its a great tool. If you fly high, goodbye.

Well, I got Garmin pilot pro as a free subscription for a year from my school. I used to use foreflight, and It took about a year to get used to Garmin, but I absolutely love it now and renewed my subscription. After trying foreflight, xwing, and garmin, I feel garmin is the most intuitive. There is a learning curve, but once you get used to it, it really makes sense. There are very few things I would change with the app.

Whoever re-designed the user interface section titled Beta should consider a different line of work. So many critical features missing, no manual, and no help from Customer Support. Since its recent release, version 8 has already been updated btwice in an attempt to fix this aweful Beta version. Garmin, will you please hire a quality assurance team to complete your testing (prior to release) instead of inflicting this useless version 8 on paying customers. Please listen to your customers when you fail. For Pilot users the best advice is, do not upgrade to version 8, or any of its still broken updates.

When I turn on the app it askes me if i want to report the crash. Before I chose any of the options. I quits. On and on.

For constantly nagging me to update my pilot information, with the only option to "Remind me Later". How about never? I paid a lot of money for this subscription, quit nagging me! And while youre at it, why doesnt Garmin work on the speed of their data servers? The app often takes forever to download/update weather, pireps, and other layers. For the amount we pay for this, their servers should not be the weak link. (These slooow speeds happen when on an extremely fast broadband connection)

Its awesome. Geo-referenced approach plates are a must. Integration via Flightstream to your GTN series Nav/Com makes it unparalleled.

Have used many flying apps back to early days on a pocket pc. Like having a handheld GTN750, maybe better. Coupled with a flight stream with ads-b, the traffic screen with target trend in split screen mode is amazing. flight plan changes from the GTN automatically update instantly. many other really nice features.

It seems to me like you guys are behind, falling further behind, and not trying to catch up? Im considering the switch to ForeFlight if I dont see improvements soon.

Ive been testing Garmin pilot for a few days and its a great product for very quickly gathering information like procedure charts, frequencies, airport info, and has ship on plate included unlike fore flight where extras are a lot extra money. Some gripes, flight plan entering is a little conflicting. You can tap something on the map and quickly go direct to it however it wont amend that to your flight plan. If you have several fixes entered in a flight plan you cant go direct to one if you are bypassing a previous line item. You have to manually edit the typing. Getting fuel required and en route time remaining requires two three deep taps only in the flight plan menu to get those crucial numbers. You cant just display time remaining on the main map. Its good could be better. Six bucks a month isnt too bad for the easy availability of info. Even better with adsb weather functionality though I dont own the antenna.

I just wasted $29.99 hoping to see an upgraded better APP, than before, but saw the opposite. Garmin used to have weather radar charts with great graphics, but have now replaced them with crappy NOAA radar. Caution!

The most powerful function of this apps is the synthetic vision on the iPhone. The menu layout is cool an all. But the overall function is very complicated. Unlike foreflight that is very intuitive and to the point, no need for confusion.

App crashes when changing settings for logbook features. Turning off instructor "certificate expiration" causes app to crash. The only recourse is to delete app and reinstall.

First - the latest version crashes and wont restart if you try to reconfigure the logbook fields. Only way around it is to uninstall and reinstall. MAJOR issue if it happens just be for a flight, or in-flight (like it happened to me! - gladly I have JeppFD and Foreflight as well). Need to fix this PRONTO. Bundle Jeppesen plates and nav data like you do in your avionics and this app will be a world wide rock star... Until then youll live in the shadows of Foreflight.

Well, the blurry charts have improved. The little radial menu is pretty intuitive. But the app charges for every little thing, including refusing to show any terrain info without additional money, even though it says terrain is included in the subscription features for the basic low cost plan. Right next to the button where you pay. The frequencies list is a mess. Should be ATIS/AWOS, TOWER, GROUND, UNICOM, then others. But is alphabetical. The freq list for KSFO is about fifty frequencies before you find tower. Not good under stress in flight... No weight and balance. No auto filling of plane info based on type or N number.hard to hit tiny button to get to main menu, etc...

Still need to maintain a Foreflight subscription due to the lack of airport info. For example no runway info for 09FA, have to use Foreflight. Info about nearby restaurants is spotty - so need Foreflight to find a place to stop and eat. For example, the Runway Cafe on the field at KSEF isnt even listed. Nearby Hotels? Forget about it, must use Foreflight again. Garmin Pilot is no help when planning an overnight stop. Ironically this info is in the AOPA directory on the Garmin 696. Finally, would be nice to have a way to provide feedback to Garmin about the app, but no feedback link is provided, or at least made obvious.