--- title: "Altimeter for Aviators - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "If you want a 'real' Altimeter, look no further. No GPS used here. Learn how a real pressure Altimeter works such as you would find in an aircraft. Altimeter for Aviators is primarily designed as a" --- # Altimeter for Aviators — United States > Pure Pressure Altimeter ![Altimeter for Aviators App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/1e/d1/fd/1ed1fd22-ef8c-23a0-8cb3-cb23f604ba8a/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-7-0-85-220-0.png/400x400bb.png) **Developer:** [STEARsoft](https://apptail.io/developer/stearsoft-Rorb) (United Kingdom) **Category:** Navigation **Rating:** 4.7/5 (572 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** uk.co.stearsoft.altimeter **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 2.6 (released 2024-05-10) **Original Release:** 2019-05-13 **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1463100680) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/altimeter-for-aviators-EmS/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/altimeter-for-aviators-EmS/united-states) ## Altimeter for Aviators Description If you want a 'real' Altimeter, look no further. No GPS used here. Learn how a real pressure Altimeter works such as you would find in an aircraft. Altimeter for Aviators is primarily designed as an Apple Watch application, although it does also work on iPhones or iPads that have a barometer. Provided your watch has a Barometer it will even run stand-alone (no iPhone needed). Student and instructor pilots will find this App to be a valuable training tool, while those knowing how to use an altimeter will enjoy having it on their wrist. To obtain your Altitude (height above sea level): Set the 'pressure setting' to the current air pressure at sea level. Weather forecasts often give this (eg the BBC Weather App includes pressure in mb). You can also obtain the pressure from weather pressure charts or from METAR reports from airports (eg Q1017). In aviation speak, this is known as the QNH. Set the pressure setting by rotating the 'crown' on your watch. You can then 'Lock' this setting so you don't accidentally change it by doing a long-press and choosing 'Lock'. Alternatively, if you know the altitude of the point that you are currently at, you can rotate the watch crown until the Altimeter reads the correct altitude. To obtain your height above a certain location: Set the 'station' pressure for that location (the actual air pressure at that very point). Aviation language calls this pressure setting QFE. If you are at that location, you can just rotate the crown of the watch until the Altimeter reads zero. As a short-cut you can alternatively long-press and then pick "Zero (QFE)". To obtain your Flight Level (FL): Another setting that pilots use is the standard setting of 1013.25mb. This is used above 3000ft roughly and instead of giving you an accurate 'Altitude' gives you what is known as a 'Flight level'. Long-press and select the "STP (FL)" option as a short cut (FL stands for Flight Level. STP stands for 'Standard Temperature and Pressure'). If you are more familiar with inches of mercury (inHg) rather than hectapascals (hPa) or millibars (mb) then toggle this with the 'Units' menu item. Note that mb and hPa are the same unit. ACCURACY WARNING: Your watch (or iPhone) pressure sensing device has not been calibrated in the same way that the expensive altimeters found in aircraft have been. Your electronic device also has more points of failure and error being miniature and electrically based so this App in no way replaces or can be used for actual flying. If you run this App side by side on two different iOS devices, the chances are they'll give you slightly different altitudes. Further, if you're a pilot the pressure in your cockpit is unlikely to be as accurate as the location of the static pitot tube and will be susceptible to changes due to air vents being opened, doors with gaps, any climate control, your speed and any vibration. WEATHER WARNING: Air pressure changes throughout the day can cause readings to drift by up to 1 foot per minute, so keep the pressure-setting up-to-date by updating it whenever you can; as you get to any locations of known altitude or hourly if receiving pressure settings in some other way. Colours: Altimeter for Aviators shows how recent the altitude was calculated (it's not constant) White = updated in the last 10 seconds Yellow = updated between 10 and 60 seconds ago. Pink = updated between 1 and 10 minutes ago. Dark Red = updated more than 10 minutes ago. Altitude units: The long hand shows 100s of feet. The short hand 1000s of feet. The inward pointing edge arrow shows 10000s of feet. The barber pole (stripe at the bottom) is visible below 10000 feet, so if it disappears you are at risk of Hypoxia. ## Altimeter for Aviators Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource124/v4/1c/9e/d4/1c9ed465-e65e-0ec6-9139-b4db061e181d/c56f4f7e-381f-456a-b6a8-264ddaef02f7_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_iPhone_11_Pro_Max_-_2020-09-30_at_22.02.51.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource124/v4/96/73/1b/96731bab-bb7b-5647-1d53-cbad53131f41/7827f4a8-ccdc-4629-8c8d-5db81995a2f4_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_iPhone_11_Pro_Max_-_2020-09-30_at_22.05.09.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource114/v4/b3/1f/95/b31f95d9-d6f7-633c-7474-c15e70acb78f/52cc195b-fbbd-4821-af1e-76050b95e010_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_iPhone_11_Pro_Max_-_2020-09-30_at_22.05.00.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource114/v4/95/04/42/950442dc-a9df-e923-77a4-721d47f76212/ad1e742e-1b73-4bf9-9c2d-1b431c348c07_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_iPhone_11_Pro_Max_-_2020-09-30_at_22.08.57.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource114/v4/7d/7d/aa/7d7daa9c-ed2b-53ad-8f09-1b0d05cf8cff/59b577a5-c813-4ee5-8a2d-a2a345e59499_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_iPhone_11_Pro_Max_-_2020-09-30_at_22.04.37.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource114/v4/3a/a2/19/3aa21983-ffed-e0a8-4462-46e9d3a2fead/116d6f57-f311-40db-8e09-37906511f842_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_iPhone_11_Pro_Max_-_2020-09-30_at_22.04.15.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource114/v4/21/90/ee/2190eefb-99ea-b521-d771-de0e51125c3b/4e5aa3af-c187-4ce8-a1f4-691ba8baef41_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_iPhone_11_Pro_Max_-_2020-09-30_at_22.04.48.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource114/v4/d2/1e/a4/d21ea4ea-f0f6-dc0c-9f68-64015b06cd09/a78fa248-fbec-42ee-be7f-90bb3309e616_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_iPhone_11_Pro_Max_-_2020-09-30_at_22.07.41.png/1242x2688.png) ## Altimeter for Aviators Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 462 (81%) - 4 stars: 66 (12%) - 3 stars: 24 (4%) - 2 stars: 9 (2%) - 1 stars: 11 (2%) ## Altimeter for Aviators Reviews in United States ### ***** "The App needs night mode" I love this app, works great especially VSI on highest resolution scale. I find this extremely useful when driving through mountainous terrain. When I turn on the app it is red because of old data, this needs to be a night vision option, red is preferred but blue or green might work at night as well also the header and footer need to be black at night. The white text and screen destroy my night vision. Also the deadband on the altitude flag needs to be tightened up. Zero meter screen and 1000 meter screen are the same on highest resolution screen (1m), Flag needs to transition between 995 m and 999 meter with flag half visible during transition. -- DiamonDiver, 2025-01-28 ### ***** "Good." Works exactly as I would expect. -- Rainbound, 2024-05-09 ### ****- "TAP TO BUY upsell & blurry graphics" Screenshots are missing the big “TAP TO BUY VSI” callout on iPhone app. Watch app doesn’t have it, but watch graphics are quite fuzzy (as if the resolution is wrong). Other than that, seems to work as advertised. -- goblin89, 2024-05-07 ### ****- "Good, simple. Needs Motion and Fitness" This app used to work without any permission. Now, ios 17.4 requires Motion and Fitness data. I guess it's Apple's fault. -- LE2357, 2024-04-16 ### ***** "Real pilot Altimeter" As I pilot I was looking for an Altimeter app that is the same as my aircraft altimeter. This app is simple and effective. I hope they add the choice of “drum pointer altimeter” display. This I would pay for! -- W. Curtis, 2024-03-26 ### ***-- "1Hz max update" FYI, you will only get a 1Hz update rate from this. Makes the VSI quite useless for any manoeuvres that require precision. I believe this is an iOS limitation but it’d be nice if it was mentioned in the description before paying $2 for a jerky VSI. Overall not bad for what it is. Simplest and most intuitive app there is for iPhone. -- RandyMarsh..., 2023-08-12 ### ***** "Great app!" As a pilot this thing is great, the VSI is nice too for double checking cabin rate, not sure it has a refresh rate for skydive opps (which would be cool), but great app, especially on the Apple watch -- 741XM, 2023-03-10 ### ***** "Good tool" Good tool for CFIs to teach altimetry. Reading altimeters including above 10,000’ and the effect of altimeter settings. -- Cloudnut, 2022-12-23 ### **--- "High hopes, but no support?" As a pilot I was looking for an app like this, and I had high hopes that it was well supported because there was an update posted just days ago. However, I see no email address in the app or on the website. How do you have FAQs with no way people can actually ask questions? So here’s my question. I downloaded the app set the local pressure, and looked at all the options on my iPhone and Watch. Then I added the complication on my Watch. I assume the complication should display the altitude, but over three hours later I just have a dashed line. Should I be seeing the altitude? I have updated the local pressure twice now - still no complication update. How often should I expect the complication to update, if it ever does? -- Boulderobert, 2022-11-27 ### ****- "Does not indicate on watch 7" This app works GREAT on my phone. I am a flight instructor so I had many chances to use it. It is great. But it does not work on watch 7. Dial is Red indicating “no reading” any suggestions? -- Marty.com, 2022-11-01 [View all Altimeter for Aviators reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://app.apptail.io/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Altimeter for Aviators In-App Purchases | Item | Price | |------|-------| | VSI | $1.99 | | Altitude Units | $1.99 | ## Altimeter for Aviators Discovered Keywords - altimeter pro - barometric altimeter - watch metar ## Apps Similar to Altimeter for Aviators - [Altitude & Elevation](https://apptail.io/app/altitude-elevation-jRb/united-states) - [Airmate](https://apptail.io/app/airmate-lYg/united-states) - [Компас 55. 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