iVariometer app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 9398 ratings )
Sports Navigation
Developer: KS0ft
6.99 USD
Current version: 5.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 24 Sep 2009
App size: 13.11 Mb

iVariometer is a useful GPS-navigation application for every pilot. Save required map from more then over 13 different map sources for selected region for offline use. Plan flight, draw the route with your fingers on the map and follow it during the voyage. Record your flight (iVariometer is a real Black Box). After, you can watch your flight in embedded or external players. Get assistance of variometer, altimeter, speedometer, odometer and other useful GPS information.

Users feedback:
- I like watch records in the Google Earth!
-Essential tool for flights planning!

FEATURES
- Map download for offline use. iTunes Maps sharing.
- Recording flights in background.
- Key-point route planning (Key-points are set with the fingers on the map or entered by coordinates)
- Displaying variometer, altimeter, speedometer, odometer, direction and another GPS-driven meters above the map during the flight.
- Navigate the route with distance to target and time to target realtime calculations.
- Embedded player.
- Flight and route export in the KML and GPX via e-mail or iTunes share for Google Earth viewing or another compatible application.
- Routes import from KML and GPX with iTunes share.
- OpenAir Airspace support. Just place your OpenAir files in iVariometer with iTunes.
- Flight-to-route converter.
- Meters size and placement customization.
- Meters: variometer, altimeter, elevation graph, digital speedometer, speedometer, distance traveled, compass (magnetic, true or GPS), distance to target, trip duration, scale ruler, max speed. Barometric Altimeter.
- Maps with autorotation and finger rotation (in free and follow mode).
- All orientation support.
- Orientation fixation during the flight.
- Fullscreen mode.
- Transport: paraglider, hang glider, sail glider, airship, aerostat, car, bike, aircraft, snowboard, ship.
- Measuring systems: metric, imperial, nautical.
- Bookmark support. Make placemarks with custom photos and description. Share your bookmark sets with your friends.
- Tap and hold on flight screen to enter into the widgets editor. Tap and hold on the empty place in the widgets editor to add new widget.
- Two fingers long tap on the flight screen to activate ruler. Move your fingers to measure distance between points.

iVariometer on the YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKOHwp6JO0

NOTES
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
iVariometer is exclusively designed and optimized for iPad 2 3G, new iPad 4G, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G S.
The first generation iPhone (pre-3G) and the first and second generation iPod touch do not have the GPS chipset to acquire GPS signal, so navigation abilities will limited.
Maps required Internet connection.

If you have any troubles, please tell us on support e-mail on iTunes.

WARNING
Use iVariometer is at users risk.

Pros and cons of iVariometer app for iPhone and iPad

iVariometer app good for

Nice I like it. Here is my Wishlist: Make it so I can export my logbook flights to e-mail ...my friends and family would like to view the flights to in Google. Great little program. Make this small change and everyone who flys will want it and buy it.
I prefer something simpler, for example the dashboard layout, I think it would be better if you gave just one good layout. Remove the configurable dashboard, give only a good simple layout, improve a little the accel assisted vario and you could have a winner. Of course just my humble opinion.

Some bad moments

Downloaded the updated and the App will start to load, crashes instantly and even tries to crash my iPhone. I went back to version 1.3
Never did get a response from report a problem. Info tab on app has one sentence written in broken English. Very lame dont waste your money!