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- At a glance
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- $9.99
- In-app purchases
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- Utilities
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Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
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Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- Price: $9.99
- Aircraft Customization — $1.99
- Beechcraft Baron G58 — $1.99
- Synthetic Vision — $5.99
Ratings & reviews
App Store
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4/5Great app, minor issues
This iPad app is a remarkable implementation of the G1000 functionality. I’m using it with X-Plane and as a standalone trainer. Since I’m flying a lot in European Airspace, the fact that this app only supports altimeter settings in IN and not in hPA is annoying. The developer had the idea to support that functionality since it is in the settings, but the app ignores the setting. It also does not matter if you have an X-Plane aircraft showing QHN in hPA; It does not cause this iPad app to switch. The app also supports custom profiles as in-app purchases, but the settings UI has a defect, so you can only select the bottom four profiles since the settings screen does not scroll up. Like I said in the beginning, overall a great app, but I wish Simionic would pay more attention to smaller bugs, since those add up and weigh on the overall perception of a quality product.
Selena Heskett · 5 Aug 2026
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5/5Load Flight Plan
This is an excellent APP that allows you to become familiar with GPS navigation. I run X Plane 11 on a Mac. Be advised that a bridge plugin is needed for the app to connect to the computer running the simulator. This PFD simulator works great with the companion MFD. Be advised that 2 iPads are needed to use the MFD as the PFD sends info to the MFD. Now a question. Is there any way to load a flight plan into the PFD so that you don’t have to manually enter your flight plan? I create flight plans in Little NavMap and save them to my computer so that if I want to fly the same plan, I just have to load it into the PFD in the sim. It would be great if you could load your plan into the app PFD as manipulating the controls are a bit difficult. Failing that, it’s easier to program the PFD in the simulator, so I would assume that this flight plan information would show up in the apps, but it appears that that is not the case.
Michael Colletti · 5 Aug 2026
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5/5Immensely Useful, Developer is Responsive
This app is great. Having flown with the G1000 in a Cessna 172, I can say that this app (both the PFD and MFD versions) closely mimic the real thing. You can pair it with X-plane over a network. It has at time been glitchy, but it’s good to see that some of those bugs are getting worked out. I wish that flight plans were saved, so that if the app crashed, or you had to pair the MFD with the PFD, your flight plan wouldn’t get wiped out. But with that being said, I did email the developer about an issue and got a response back within a day. Seemed like they really wanted to help. All things considered, this is an essential app. I use it regularly. It helped me prepare for my instrument checkride. Most (not all) of the functionality is the same as a real G1000. Even with what it lacks though, it’s far better than the G1000 in X-plane (which is next to worthless).
JaredC55555 · 5 Aug 2026
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3/5Good for VFR, but missing VNAV makes it a no go for my IFR training
Missing VNAV functionality, unable to declare altitudes for arrivals. VNV button non-functional for approaches. However, once you’ve manually reduced altitude to the faf using charts, it does capture the glide slope on the final approach leg. If this worked, it would be a usable substitute for the simulator’s G1000, but as is I had to scrap it and go with a second monitor instead. Update: I fly a real G1000 equipped trainer when able, but look to the sim for supplemental time. I’ll post a side by side video when I have time to clarify. But in short, yes your software can load an approach but it appears that I cannot modify the vertical profile. Unable to rotate the FMS outer knob to even select the altitude fields. Also missing is the ability to arm VNAV. In the real G1000 when you press the VNV button, you will see VNAV appear in gray until active where it turns green. In the Simionic app, I press VNV button and nothing happens. It appears that this app is limited to GS arm for final approach, but no VNAV arm for arrival and initial approach portions of the flight plan. Also, for what it is worth, this functionality does exist in the Laminar G1000 emulation included with X-Plane 12.
LexisLuther · 5 Aug 2026
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3/5Good app but has some shortcomings
Overall this is an awesome app to learn the G1000, especially for a new pilot. My only complaints are that sometimes it is pretty glitchy, especially when taking off. It will just shoot upward and continue to do so even when moving the iPad around to control it. I have to reset the app a few times to fix this. The second fix I would love to see is when flying a flight plan , when I hit OBS it does not actually “suspend” the route and will continue to fly it, which contradicts the point of the OBS button. Would love to see updates to these, otherwise fantastic app. I’d recommend it.
DMack775 · 5 Aug 2026
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Versions
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5.0.0
1. Navigation database updated to cycle 1902 2. Now the inset map shows topo data and terrain warning 3. 3D terrain functionalities are added to simulate the "Synthetic Vision"(Need iPad Air or later) 4. Autopilot improvements for better tracking the flight plan and VOR radial 5. Correct some calculation for terminal procedures 6. Standby battery now only turns one PFD, not MFD 7. Fixes some issue in calculating the magnetic variation 8. Fixes a bug causing flight phase(LNAV, TERM, MAPR, etc.) showing on the compass rose when the nav source is NAV1 or NAV2 9. Aircraft symbol and flight director are now changed to a new shape 10. Fixes a crash when changing location and matching radio frequencies 11. Fixes a bug causing map is drew incompletely sometimes especially when changing location 12. Fixes a bug causing PFD jittering when restart quick enough after a crash with X-Plane/FSX connected
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5.0.1
1. Fixes a bug causing a crash when adding a departure to the flight plan 2. Fixes a bug causing some VOR or NDB stations are not identified 3. Fixes inaccurate final courses for GPS approaches 4. Range for terrain alert in synthetic vision is now reduced when close to a runway
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5.1.0
1. Taxiways are now drawn on the map 2. Fixes a memory leak in synthetic vision 3. Fixes a bug causing ILS pathways in synthetic vision are drawn with an offset
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5.2.0
1. When connected to X-Plane and avionics switch is off, PFD will show reversionary mode with engine parameters 2. Improve drawing in synthetic vision, runways and terrain won't be higher than view point anymore 3. Minor bug fixes
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5.2.1
1. PFD will turn to reversionary mode when standby battery switch and avionics switch are on, master switch is off 2. When avionics switch is off, red crosses will be shown on NAV2 and COM2 3. Fixed a bug which is causing the engine gauges may be drawn multiple times
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5.3.0
1. Navdata updated to cycle 1912 2. Adds connection support for Infinite Flight(requires Infinite Flight 19.4 and later). 3. Adds user defined holding pattern 4. Adds annunciators for low fuel, low oil pressure, low voltage and low vacuum 5. Reversionary mode now can be turned on or off by tapping the ALT knob 6. Increases refresh rate for RPM and other engine parameters 7. Rudder control now can be used to steer the plane when taxiing without any flight simulator connected 8. Adds COM sync with MFD when switch to 121.5 by long pressing the COM switch button 9. Fixes a bug causing massive memory usage when the map is not north up 10. Fixes turn rate indicator inaccuracy 11. Fixes a bug causing the map spinning when it's not north up and connected to X-Plane 12. Supports dark mode for the settings window
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5.3.1
Fixed missing radio frequencies in database
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5.3.2
Fixes another bug causing to the COM frequencies showing 10x
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6.0.0
1. Added aircraft customization page. Engine gauges can be configured for piston, turboprop and jet aircrafts with customized parameters. Flaps and elevator trim positions can also be configured to show. 2. Updated navigation database to cycle 2009 3. COM&NAV volumes are synchronized and controllable with X-Plane(need bridge ver. 3.1 or higher) 4. Fixes a bug causing fuel flow too high and fuel consumption too fast 5. Improved map drawing to improve stability 6. Fixes a bug causing improper sequencing for the airport waypoint when loading an arrival 7. Improved full screen display for 11" iPad Pro, no system status bar on the top of the screen any more. 8. Added an option in the settings page to make speed and altitude display smoother when they looks choppy 9. Other minor bug fixes
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6.0.1
1. Arc/bar colors of engine load percentage gauge can be edited now in aircraft customization 2. Oil pressure gauge settings accept decimal numbers now in aircraft customization 3. Autopilot adjustment for FS2020(requires G1000Bridge v3.2) 4. Working engine load percentage(requires G1000Bridge v3.2) 5. Navigation database updated to cycle 2010
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7.0.0
1. Utilizing Apple's Metal graphic engine 2. Adds keyboard shortcuts for all the buttons and knobs 3. Navigation database is now updatable. We will be publishing navdata monthly. 4. Fixes redundant airways listed when loading the airway and the inconsistency between PFD and MFD when loading an airway 5. Improves performance of the flight director for vertical path following(VNV mode) 6. VPTH(VNV) mode will keep armed if there are consecutive waypoints with altitudes 7. Fixes the bug that glide slope indicator was affected by altimeter setting 8. Improves calculation for OBS 9. VFR squawk code is now 7000 in default in Europe 10. Other minor bug fixes
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7.0.1
Fixes the crash on 12.9" iPad Pro
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7.1.0
1. Hide home bar on iPads without a home button. 2. Fallback to use OpenGL so it'll run on older iPads 3. Improve accelerometer response 4. Fixes unstable control output when autopilot is engaged
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7.2.0
1. Adds synchronization for G1000 failures from X-Plane (needs G1000BridgeX v3.70) 2. Fixes missing colored arcs on customized engine gauges when the arcs are too short
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7.2.2
Improves flight director performance in FLC mode Increases airspeed to 350kts for FLC mode Adds rudder trim indication for customized aircrafts Adds flap notch marks on flaps indicator for customized aircrafts
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7.2.3
1. Fixes launch crash on iPad 4 2. Adds manually connection to MFD by entering MFD's IP address
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7.2.4
1. Fixes a bug regarding database update 2. Minor bug fixes
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7.2.5
1. Fixes a crash on reading non-ASCII characters from database 2. Corrects cylinder number sending to MFD for customized aircrafts
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7.3.0
Fixes an issue causing auto pairing with MFD not working under iPadOS 16 Fixes an issue causing the app not response to arrow keys when using a keyboard under iPadOS 16 Fixes an issue in entering ICAO code in settings window under iPadOS 16 Backlight on the hardware bezel now goes off when PFD is powered off
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7.3.1
Customized aircraft now shows on the aircraft list so users can select the customized aircraft without opening the customization window.
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7.4.0
1. Fixes wrong IAF and FAF 2. GA(go around) mode is now fully implemented
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7.4.1
1. Fixes a bug causing rivers or lakes are not drawn correctly 2. Fixes grass runway drawn in synthetic vision 3. FLC mode of the flight director now works regardless of the target altitude 4. Other minor bug fixes
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7.4.3
-When selecting "vector" as the transition point or selecting "vector-to-final" on the PROC window it sets the active leg to the FAF waypoint -All the IAFs are now listed as tradition points when selecting approach
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7.5.0
1. Changes the way of detecting MSFS or X-Plane from sending global broadcast packets to network broadcast packets, this fixes the issue of failed to connect to MSFS or X-Plane on the latest iPad OS 2. Magnetic variation has been re-modeled, this fixes the deviation issue when flying a flight plan and GPS approaches 3. Taking VORs' own magnetic variations into consideration instead of considering all the VORs are aligned to magnetic north 4. Added PSI as an option for torque display for a turboprop aircraft, the calculation is for Pilatus PC6 and PC12, may not apply to every turboprop planes
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7.6.0
· 30 Jul 2026
-GPS based approaches are now shown in more detailed types such as LPV, LNAV, LP, LNAV/VNAV, LNAV+V, LP+V. Before there were only LPV and LNAV.
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- 5 Aug 2026
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