← VULTURE

All features

Everything Vulture does, at a glance.

Task management

  • Create tasks from scratch with interactive waypoint editing on the map
  • Import tasks from WeGlide (your tasks, starred tasks, and explore)
  • Import tasks from CUP files via Files.app or Share sheet
  • Add, insert, delete, reorder, and reverse waypoints
  • Configure observation zones per waypoint
  • Visualise and validate tasks on the map before flying

Export & declarations

  • Export tasks to CUP format
  • Create FLARM declaration files (flarmcfg)
  • Declare tasks to paired Bluetooth devices (FLARM, LXNAV, Xctracer)
  • Multi-device task declaration support

Weather

  • SkySight weather overlay on the map with configurable opacity
  • Thermal, wind, and cloud forecasts

Flight import

  • Import IGC files from Files.app, Share sheet, or drag & drop
  • Download flights from WeGlide (your flights, daily, latest, friends feed)
  • Download flights from SkyLines (your flights, daily, latest)
  • Download flights from Soaring Spot competitions
  • Browse and download historical flights from Charron
  • Automatic task application when downloading competition flights
  • Flight deduplication to avoid duplicate imports

Flight replay

  • Replay flights on the map with animated glider position
  • Playback speed multipliers: 10x, 25x, 50x, 100x, and 200x
  • Scrub through the flight using the graph handle
  • Synchronised replay across multiple compared flights
  • Satellite imagery overlay: scrub the barograph to see satellite conditions at each moment (requires SkySight)

Flight details

  • Takeoff and landing location with ICAO code and GPS coordinates
  • Glider type, registration, competition ID, and class
  • Pilot and passenger names
  • Equipment details: logger type, serial number, FLARM version, GPS manufacturer
  • Edit flight info: pilot, glider, comments, contest flag, field landing flag, and favourites

Thermal analysis

  • Total thermal count, duration, and percentage
  • Average and best vario
  • Distance between thermals
  • Height gain and loss per thermal
  • Thermal drift analysis
  • Lowest entry altitude and thermal diameter
  • Left, right, and mixed turning percentage
  • Failed thermal attempts
  • Average turn rate and airspeed in thermals

Phase analysis

  • Climb and cruise phase breakdown with duration and percentage
  • Phase-by-phase performance review
  • Event markers: release, PEV, furthest point, lowest point, and highest point

Performance & optimisations

  • Optimisation analysis: 1-hour, 2-hour, free distance, triangle, and out-and-return
  • Task performance: declared distance, cruise speed, average climb, and leg-by-leg breakdown
  • Coloured optimisation badges on the graph

Graph

  • Multiple data types selectable via submenus
  • Zoom with trackpad or mouse scroll wheel (anchored at pointer location)
  • Drag to pan through the flight
  • Interactive legend
  • Elevation layer with terrain profile
  • Event marker pills on the barograph

Airspace infringements

  • Detect infringements against imported airspace files
  • Detect infringements against live OpenAIP airspace data
  • Visual markers showing where infringements occurred

Photo support

  • View photos taken during the flight on the map
  • Upload photos alongside flights to WeGlide
  • Toggle photo visibility in settings

Flight comparison

  • Compare multiple flights side by side
  • Competition ranking with automatic sorting and medal display for top 3
  • Align start times across flights for time-relative comparison
  • Leader and leecher analysis: who found thermals first, wait time, leech time, and percentage flying alone
  • Pilot role classification: Solo, Leader, Follower, and Racing
  • Filter by category: Task, Thermal, Distance, Performance, Flight, and Leader
  • Tap dotted-underlined labels to see what each metric means
  • Detour distance in task legs and optimisation details
  • Upload flights to WeGlide (with optional photo upload)
  • Upload flights to SkyLines
  • Upload flights to Soaring Spot
  • Upload flights to Charron

Recording

  • Automatic flight start detection upon acceleration
  • Manual start and stop
  • Background recording (continues when app is in the background)
  • Generates a standard IGC file on landing

Live display

  • Current altitude and AGL
  • Flight duration, distance, and average speed
  • Average vario
  • Wind direction and speed
  • Water ballast status
  • Target distance, bearing, current L/D, and required L/D (when a task is declared)

Map & airspace

  • Real-time glider position on the map
  • Flight track coloured by vario or altitude
  • Airspace visualisation (imported files and live OpenAIP data)
  • Long-press the map to query airspace details at any location
  • View airspace classification, altitude limits, frequencies, and transponder codes
  • Hide an airspace for today (automatically reappears the next day)
  • Airspace infringement alerts

Navigation

  • Navigate to any loaded waypoint with distance and bearing
  • Look up the nearest airfield with frequency and distance
  • Task declaration and override during flight
  • SkySight weather overlay during flight

Live Activity

  • In-flight stats on the lock screen: duration, distance, altitude, vario, wind, and heart rate
  • Start and stop flight recording from your wrist
  • In-flight statistics: duration, distance, altitude, average vario, and wind
  • Target information: distance, bearing, current L/D, and required L/D
  • Heart rate and oxygen saturation display during flight
  • Browse flights saved in iCloud
  • View flight details
  • Browse and view tasks
  • Declare tasks from the watch
  • METAR weather information for the closest airfield
  • Share IGC flight files, task files, and airspace or waypoint files

Airspace

  • Download from the XCSoar repository
  • Live OpenAIP airspace layer (vector tiles, requires internet)
  • Toggle between imported files and OpenAIP cloud data
  • Colour-coded visualisation following ICAO VFR chart conventions
  • Search and filter airspaces
  • Detail view with class, altitude limits, frequency, and transponder code
  • Automatic file updates when newer versions are available

Supported formats

  • OpenAir
  • CUB (Naviter SeeYou)
  • CUP

Waypoints

  • Download from the XCSoar repository
  • Create and edit waypoints manually (name, coordinates, elevation)
  • Set your homebase for default task start location
  • Search and filter waypoints
  • Automatic file updates when newer versions are available

Supported formats

  • CUP

Yearly statistics

  • Total flight count and duration
  • Optimised distance: total, best, and average speed
  • Task distance: completed count, total distance, best, average speed, and task vs free ratio
  • Competition flights and field landing counts
  • Average and best cruise speed
  • Average water ballast usage
  • Total altitude gained
  • Thermal metrics: best vario, left and right thermal count

Widgets

  • METAR widget with configurable airport (small and medium sizes)
  • Wind widget (circular and inline sizes)
  • QNH widget (circular and inline sizes)
  • Lock screen widget support

Weather

  • SkySight - weather overlay for planning and in-flight
  • AVWX - METAR weather data for widgets

Flight services

  • WeGlide - import and upload flights, import tasks, upload photos
  • SkyLines - import and upload flights
  • Soaring Spot - browse competitions, download flights and tasks, upload flights
  • Charron - browse and upload flights

Data & devices

  • Naviter - CUB airspace file format (SeeYou)
  • openAIP - live airspace layer and airspace file downloads
  • XCSoar - waypoint and airspace repository downloads
  • FLARM, LXNAV, Xctracer - Bluetooth task declarations

Sync & data

  • iCloud sync for flights, tasks, waypoints, airspaces, and settings across all your devices
  • Backup and export all data as a ZIP file
  • Import files via Files.app, Share sheet, or drag & drop
  • Quick Look preview for IGC files in Files.app
  • Custom thumbnails for flight files in Files.app
  • Spotlight search integration for flights and tasks

Customisation

  • Configurable units: altitude, distance, vertical speed, speed, temperature, and pressure
  • Glider performance profiles with polar curves
  • Thermal detection threshold customisation
  • Multiple map styles
  • Track colouring options (vario or altitude)
  • Toggle visibility for flight path, optimised path, wind overlay, photos, and compass

Platform

  • Dark mode support
  • Hardware keyboard shortcuts for iPad
  • Trackpad and pointer support for iPad
  • iPad split view and sidebar
  • Files.app integration with thumbnails and Quick Look

Flights

  • IGC

Tasks & Waypoints

  • CUP
  • flarmcfg

Airspace

  • OpenAir
  • CUB (Naviter SeeYou)
  • CUP

The free trial opens every feature, with no payment up front. After it ends, carry on with a monthly or yearly subscription.

The subscription unlocks: full flight list and details, task management, SkySight weather, in-flight recording, yearly statistics, thermal analysis, airspace viewing, flight comparison, and leader/leecher analysis.