All features

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

Browse tasks as a list or as a gallery of cards, each with its legs on a map

Scan a task from a QR code, as XCTrack and other gliding tools share them (iPhone and iPad)

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, cloud, rain, storm, ridge lift, and wave forecasts

Legend card showing the layer, the forecast hour, and its colour scale

Layers that follow your sport: potential flight distance and XC speed scaled for paragliders and hang gliders

A note on each layer explaining what it shows

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

Open flights straight from Files.app without adding them to your flight list

Search the flights of WeGlide, SkyLines, Soaring Spot, and Charron

Pilot list for Soaring Spot competitions that have no results yet

Flight list

Flights as a list or as a gallery of cards, each with its track on a map

Distance, duration, and speed shown for every flight

Sort by date, distance, duration, or speed

Select several flights to open, share, or delete them together

Filter by country, favourites, recorded flights, contest flights, or field landings

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)

Share the flight map as an image, with the time, speed, climb, and altitude at the glider

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

Altitude and climb-rate graphs for every thermal

Centring view from above with the wind taken out, and a centring score

3D side view of the climb

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) iPad Mac

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

Open a photo full screen, with the time, altitude, speed, and climb when it was taken

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 Apple Watch

Background recording (continues when app is in the background)

Generates a standard IGC file on landing

Start recording from Control Center or the Action button

Live display

Current altitude and AGL Apple Watch

Flight duration, distance, and average speed Apple Watch

Average vario Apple Watch

Wind direction and speed Apple Watch

Water ballast status

Target distance, bearing, current L/D, and required L/D (when a task is declared) Apple Watch

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

Vertical profile of the airspace above any point, with your altitude marked

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 and in the Dynamic Island: duration, height above ground, distance, and average speed

Mark an event or stop and save the flight from the Live Activity

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

Turn through the in-flight pages with the Digital Crown

Running flight in the Smart Stack

Keeps recording in the background during a flight

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

Airspace files as a list or a gallery in the sidebar, each with its sectors on a map

Show or hide a file on the map with a tap

Hide a sector for good or for today, and list the hidden ones

Supported formats

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

Waypoint files as a list or a gallery in the sidebar

Supported formats

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 for your location or home base (small, medium, and large sizes)

Wind widget (circular and inline sizes)

QNH widget (circular and inline sizes)

Lock screen widget support

Tomorrow widget with the forecast for the launch window

Flight widget with a flight from your flight list

StandBy support

Widgets on the Mac desktop and in Notification Center

Weather

SkySight - weather overlay for planning and in-flight

AVWX - METAR and TAF 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

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

Handoff: carry on with the same flights, task, or map on another device

Drag flights and tasks into other apps as files

Quick Look previews and thumbnails for CUB and openAIP airspace files, drawn as a map of their sectors

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

Your sport: gliding, paragliding, or hanggliding, detected per flight or fixed to your own

Standard map style that follows light and dark mode, and the earth as a globe when zoomed all the way out

Platform

Dark mode support

Hardware keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac

Trackpad and pointer support on iPad and Mac

iPad split view and sidebar

Files.app integration with thumbnails and Quick Look

Mac app with a menu bar, an inspector beside the map, and windows of their own for Compare, Statistics, and Settings

iPhone Duo support: folded it lays out as a phone, unfolded as a tablet

Landscape on iPhone

Flights and tasks in windows of their own on iPad and Mac, to put two side by side

App Clip: a shared Soaring Spot results link opens the day's scoreboard and flights on an iPhone or iPad without Vulture installed

Flights

Tasks & Waypoints

Airspace