Casual Flight Simmer
I wanted also wanted to choose Navblue or Foreflight when MSFS was released last year, but they didn’t offer an Android solution at the time. It seemed like real pilots mostly use the iPad, and I’m just a flight sim enthusiast.
As I was already vested in Android hardware, I ended up choosing Navigraph. It’s still only $75 US for a 1 year subscription, and it has since become THE best companion/addon to MSFS that I invested in. It may not offer the best true simulation tools that real pilots require, but it is truly a wonderful subscription service/package - for an enthusiast like me.
Before MSFS (FSX days), I used to get charts individually for each airport I was interested in. I didn’t think paying for access to a library of charts was worth it. I didn’t fly airliners. I just flew around FSX in my A2A Civilian P-51 Mustang for fun, and only to the few places that I bought scenery.
I didn’t really think I would use charts that much in MSFS, as I never used them much in FSX. Playing MSFS for the first time and then fooling around with the A32nx (first time I used an airliner in a flight sim) changed everything for me. I wanted to fly everywhere because the entire planet was a good visual representation of the real world. The A32nx created a strong desire in me for the ability to reference charts with my GPS location, SID, STARS, ILS, RNAV, VOR, DME, and NDB info - anywhere in the world and at my fingertips on my Android tablet.
Yes, you can get the info for free, but for anyone else out there considering a subscription service to get NAV info for MSFS, it is totally worth it.
Tools like “charts.navigraph” with Simlink is almost cheating, when flying Warbirds. You can hand fly routes and navigate anywhere, see your GPS position, and overlay all the charts on the map. It’s totally worth it for warbirds too.