Looking for people's thoughts on these two pieces of software. Just got into VR and wanting something to keep track location and flight plans while in VR. Given both free options a quick try but would appreciate the thoughts of anyone who has spent any time with either of both of these before I make a purchase.

I use Sky4Sim because it works with both NeoFly and Pilot2ATC so if you use either program it's a no brainer. 

Sky4Sim for me, use it asll the time and one of the very top apps for me. (Not tried FSKneeboard though so can't compare)

Sky4Sim works fine. Furthermore, I recently had a disturbing experience with the developer of FSKneeboard. Full story here: 

Peter

Sky4Sim is a must have for the PMDG 737untill they release their EFB and in VR

1 minute ago, jason74 said:

Sky4Sim is a must have for the PMDG 737untill they release their EFB and in VR , its one off those things i use in every flight

 

I have both of them and I find both work well for my purposes (VFR flying in VR). I use them interchanging (if not alternatively FS-FlightControl via FSDesktop which has a few quirks under Win11, though). Both do what they are supposed to do. 

What I am missing in both are means for airport navigation like taxiways, gates, and ramps with identifications when zooming in, as FS-FlightControl and Little Nav Map are able to display. This would expectedly require building a database out of the sim, as both of the latter do.

Kind regards, Michael

Thanks all for the feedback - very helpful.

5 hours ago, qqwertzde said:

I recently had a disturbing experience with the developer of FSKneeboard.

A lot of these addon developers are one-person shops. If they end up in the hospital or having to deal with some other crisis, it's easy for 48 or more hours to pass between contact and response. Unless it's a developer like Carenado or PMDG, where I know they have a staff, I tend to try and give a little grace to response times. Of course, I'm old enough to remember when anything you ordered didn't show up for at least a week, so that might temper my reaction too. 😉

 

To the OP, I'll add on to the Sky4Sim recommendations. I haven't tried the other one because I don't need to. S4S does everything I want it to do, and it does it very well. I find it indispensable for VR flights, especially if I'm using Neofly.

 

Sky4Sim for me.

Being able to upload all of your .PDF checklists is awesome.

The loading of flight plans to & from G1000/G3000 units is awesome in Sky4Sim, such a lovely feature.

1 hour ago, eslader said:

A lot of these addon developers are one-person shops. If they end up in the hospital or having to deal with some other crisis, it's easy for 48 or more hours to pass between contact and response.

I am aware of that, and that is why I kept my post factual. I am only recommending that one should make sure that the developer responds prior to purchasing anything. 

On 4/16/2023 at 5:11 PM, Donka said:

Looking for people's thoughts on these two pieces of software. Just got into VR and wanting something to keep track location and flight plans while in VR. Given both free options a quick try but would appreciate the thoughts of anyone who has spent any time with either of both of these before I make a purchase.

I use both together usually one for departure/destination airport zoomed in layout details and the other for general in flight navigation.

FS Kneeboard has a cool feature that lets us dial in and teleport to any desired altitude/coordinates on the map. In case you wanna save alot of time and hurry to your destination.

Both work great and are a must have for me.