Yes. Garmin bought FltPlan Go a couple years ago. It’s had some quality improvements over time.
The business model is based on ad revenue and data. I they they believe pilots NEED efb’s today and they’re providing a free starter. As the individual’s needs evolve, that pilot will upgrade to user friendly payware, preferably their own Garmin pilot.
Another product to consider is Android based Avare. I use it for my real flying, and therefore it’s helpful to use it with MSFS as well.
I wrote a post on how to connect it to MSFS
The only thing I miss out on from Foreflight is the ground altitude along the flight map. But, like the others, it has free access to the actual taxiways and runways and charts, etc., whereas MSFS for whatever reason, chose not to implement real life taxi-maps. I have no idea what they were thinking given the info is freely available. So, in this regard, Little Nav Map shines as it gets its data from the sim.
Cool, I know I am not real life pilot, but love the tools available, I get as much joy planning my route as much as flying. Weather data and love IFR maps, love navigating VOR as well, but it seems the future may decommission all of them..and I admire any advice from real world pilots. UK seems to be of VFR free maps..but available for US.
I’m pretty sure Avare is used in Europe, too. There’s a user forum where you can find out what the European users do for charts.
Focus on the topic, not on each other. Non-compliant posts were removed. Get it back on track folks or the thread gets actioned.
Thanks will also look into that, one skill I admire is dead reckoning. To me that is a great skill, and a real achievement getting from A to B. At the moment I feel I am cheating by using moving maps 
. It would be interesting to know how many pilots, have accidently got lost drifting off course due to change of wind direction and speed.
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