# WindCheck

> Plan your flights & navigate

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id892063425](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id892063425)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id892063425`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** LycheeApps Inc.
- **Category:** Weather
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (163 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.12.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-08
- **First published:** 2014-06-29
- **Size:** 157 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/windcheck/id892063425)
- **Website:** [https://windcheck.app](https://windcheck.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://windcheck.app/privacy.html](https://windcheck.app/privacy.html)

## Description

WindCheck is a global electronic flight bag (EFB) for pilots worldwide. It delivers METARs/TAFs, NOTAMs, TFRs, AIRMETs/SIGMETs, and CWAs, with 3D runway views and airport charts.

The app includes offline airport data, a world map with weather, live ADS-B traffic, a smart wind compass, webcams, and US/South Africa diagrams to support planning and navigation across the globe.

## Rankings

- #110,194 — Overall

## Review summary

WindCheck is a feature-rich preflight tool that combines wind data, weather, charts, NOTAMs, and ADS-B traffic with a pilot-focused UI and a handy Apple Watch METAR widget. Reviewers praise its usefulness for quick wind interpretation and overall usability, especially for student pilots. However, there are recurring reliability concerns about ADS-B: data can fail to load or fail to display on the map, sometimes requiring a reinstall, and live traffic visibility can be inconsistent. Overall, it is a strong, valuable app with room for reliability improvements.

### Pros

- Instructive and highly useful for pilots; quick, easy interpretation of wind and weather data.
- Comprehensive preflight data: VFR sectional charts with weather, METARs, TAFs, and NOTAMS in one app.
- Reliable live weather and ADS-B traffic data with generally accurate traffic on the map.
- Pilot-focused UI/UX with attention to usability and a clean design.
- Apple Watch METAR widget adds convenient, at-a-glance weather information.

### Cons

- ADS-B data can fail to load or display on the map, with a persistent 'Loading ADSB traffic' message and a reset/reinstall often required.
- Live aircraft visibility on the map is not always reliable; some users cannot see traffic even when it should be displayed.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id892063425)