The last few months we have been very busy behind the scenes, bringing the EasyVFR4 development environment on all supported platforms — Windows, Android, iOS and iPadOS — much closer together.

It is important to understand this version has significant changes so install and use this version only when you have a second device with the current official released version operational

And that work has now resulted in two major steps forward:

EasyVFR4 for Windows is now fully 64-bit

The Windows version of EasyVFR4 has made the move from 32-bit to 64-bit and now also uses the latest ANGLE graphics libraries.

This may sound like a mainly technical change, but for us it is a very important milestone. Until now, the limitations of our remaining 32-bit Windows version were holding back several improvements we wanted to make across EasyVFR4.

Now that all supported platforms are running 64-bit, that restriction is finally gone. It opens the door to many improvements that have been waiting on our development list for quite some time — and we are very excited to start working on them!

Native EasyVFR4 for Apple Silicon Macs

This beta also introduces a native macOS Apple Silicon version of EasyVFR4.

Apple Silicon Macs could already run the iOS/iPadOS version of EasyVFR4, but we want to explore whether a true native macOS version brings worthwhile advantages in performance, usability and integration.

This beta gives us the opportunity to find out — together with you.

Android improvements

We have also spent a considerable amount of time improving and modernising our Android development environment.

That work already resulted in fixes for several annoying Android-specific bugs, but just as importantly, it gives us a much better foundation for optimising future Android versions of EasyVFR4.

So while much of the work in this beta has taken place “under the hood”, it represents a major step forward for EasyVFR4 as a whole.

With all platforms now on a modern 64-bit foundation, we can finally start taking advantage of possibilities that were previously out of reach.

And that is where the really interesting work starts. 🙂

We’d love your feedback!

Please try out this version and share your experiences, findings, and suggestions right here in the forum. Your input helps us make EasyVFR even better.

Cheers,

The EasyVFR 4 Dev Team

RELEASE NOTES

All changes in this beta cycle since the last public App Store release:

4.9.0 Beta (16SEP2026)

• NEW: MAJOR: Windows version is fully 64 bit now including latest ANGLE graphics drivers.
• NEW: MAJOR: Android version is built using the latest Native toolchain and is compliant with the latest Android 16 requirements (targetSDK-36) and is being tested against the new Android 17 requirements
• NEW: MAJOR: MacOS Silicon version is now available; MacOS Intel is frozen at version 4.7.0.
• NEW: When a bluetooth mouse is connected to an Apple iPad then using the mouse wheel will now zoom the map
• IMPROVED: Traffic metadata text rendering now renders the + or - altitude difference sign using a larger font size so its size is equal to the altitude difference digits.  
• IMPROVED: Other Traffic now display speeds in the system-selected unit also
• IMPROVED: Map rendering of aerodata labels is tweaked a lot to allow more decluttering at lower zoom levels to avoid the map becoming useless due to too many labels being rendered
• IMPROVED: Running the iOS/iPadOS app on a MacOS Silicon now supports zooming using the touchpad and mouse wheel controls
• FIXED: a crash when aerodata files where open-closed-opened-closed without any actual data collection in between.
• FIXED: When changing units in Aircaft Profile (Simple and Easy mode) a change of a unit was not persistent across sessions.
• FIXED: on iOS activating the SafeSky Premium license from within the SafeSky app was broken in easyvfr4 version 4.8.9
• FIXED: on some iOS/iPadOS systems EasyVFR4 could freeze when entering numeric-only input fields.
• FIXED: On android, when EasyVFR4 was ended by swiping it of the screen, a new startup would keep easyVFR4 freezing at a white startup screen until the user actively chooses "force stop" for the app in Android settings.

BETA DOWNLOADS

📱 Mobile & Tablet