Story ID: 095
DroidEFB Expands Android Flight App Capabilities
By: Matt Thurber
Caption: DroidEFB's aviation app offers full EFB capabilities for Android devices. 
Word Count: 302
While developers haven’t put as much effort into creating aviation apps for mobile devices that run the Android operating system, DroidEFB’s electronic flight bag (EFB) app offers features compatible with many iOS-based EFB apps, and the company continues to add new capabilities.

The latest version of DroidEFB—version 2.4.8—now is integrated with AOPA’s desktop Flight Planner. DroidEFB users can plan a flight on the AOPA system and then upload the route to DroidEFB on their mobile device. Other new features include the ability to add or export waypoints, translated Metars and TAFs, and a graphic depiction of Metar trends.

It also provides pilots with en route moving-map navigation via GPS, overlays of aviation weather and Nexrad, ADS-B In weather, and traffic, using a variety of ADS-B In receivers. Further, the app features note-taking capability on charts, weight-and-balance functions for a variety of aircraft, fuel prices and FBO information, flight-plan filing, and can search for points of interest. A unique Runway Finder feature helps pilot ensure they are landing on the correct runway. For simulator flyers, DroidEFB works with X-Plane and FSX.

“Integrating QuickWeather and AOPA Flight Planner into the latest iteration of DroidEFB aren’t the only improvements we’ve made,” said CEO Paul Coleman. “We are committed to ensuring that this app is the best value in aviation navigation. It was developed and is still owned by the pilots and software engineers who introduced it originally, and we remain focused on advancing its versatility, technology, ease of use, and reliability.”

DroidEFB is including its QuickWeather add-on for free with new subscriptions. Standard plans cost $6.99 per month or $74.99 per year. The premium plan with georeferenced approach charts and airport diagrams costs $149.99 per year. A 30-day free trial is available.