02SEP2025: 4.6.1 Is promoted to Production.

17AUG2025: 4.6.0 Is release candidate 1.

24JUL2025: 4.5.9 Fixes the crashes when route planning was done with the option "update route while editing" was enabled in menu->preferences. 

24JUL2025: 4.5.7:

Dear aviators!

Some of you are probably enjoying a well-deserved vacation with your family while we’ve been working hard on the next EasyVFR 4 update! ✈️

Besides the usual bug fixes and small improvements, this version brings two major steps forward:

Performance and Responsiveness
Although still in progress, we’ve made noticeable improvements to the overall UI responsiveness of EasyVFR 4. We believe it’s already worthwhile for you to test these enhancements and share your feedback!

GPS Sharing and AutoPilot Steering
This update brings a powerful new capability for fixed-install cockpit use: [b]EasyVFR 4 can now send GPS and AutoPilot commands[/b] to external devices!

 Supported NMEA messages:

• $GPRMC
• $GPGGA
• $GPRMB
• $GPAPB
• $GPRMH
• $GPVTG

Communication options:

• TCP or UDP over Wi-Fi or network cable
• Perfect for Wi-Fi-to-serial (RS-232) adapters

We've been using the HF2211 hardware module during development. It connects RS-232 serial devices to a network and supports both TCP and UDP. It’s highly flexible:

• Acts as a Wi-Fi access point
• Or joins an existing network (ideal when using other AP-only devices like SkyEcho 2)

Introducing: Plan(e)station Mode

For those of you who fly with a permanently installed cockpit tablet, this new feature automates several tasks:

• Auto-sleep[/b] when mains power is disconnected (e.g. master switch off)
• Auto-reset[/b] to a preconfigured state when power is restored (aircraft, map config, etc.)
• Auto-center and auto-zoom after user panning or zooming
• Auto-download of data (AeroData, weather, NOTAMs...) when on ground and speed is zero and connected to Wi-Fi or mobile network

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:

4.6.0 beta (17AUG2025) RC1

• IMPROVED: Minor improvement to Radio card when EV4 has to choose between 2 equally interesting airspaces.
• IMPROVED: Menu->Preferences -> options Show VPV and Show Instruments automatically are now simple yes/no buttons
• IMPROVED: When in flying mode with a route loaded and Auto Wind is off, then the user can now still modify the wind for each leg.
• IMPROVED: The settings to set Path width for MSA calculations, Weather briefing and NOTAM briefing for routes has been moved to EasyVFR 4 menu->Preferences. And all now respect the selected Distance Unit at EasyVFR 4 menu->Preferences->Units.

4.5.9 beta (08AUG2025)

• IMPROVED: Radio card frequency and Squawk for current and next airspace.
• IMPROVED: "Update Route While Editing" at EasyVFR 4 Menu->Preferences, is rephrased to "Automatically Confirm Route Changes" to better reflect its actual behaviour.
• FIXED: When in EasyVFR 4 Menu->Preferences, the setting Update Route While Editing" was enabled the EV4 would crash as soon as anything had to do with routes.
• FIXED: When the Airfield Info card contained more than 1 phone number then tapping on one of these constructed a result that could not be auto dialed.
• FIXED: Importing GPX routes sometimes created spurious legs
• FIXED: Trikit added highest obstacle AMSL to the highest terrain MSL, while it should have been the max of the two.
• FIXED: When switching chart hemes while flying mode is on EV4 would crash.

4.5.7 beta (24JUL2025)

• NEW: GPS Sharing & AutoPilot Steering via Menu > System > GPS Sharing / AutoPilot Settings
• NEW: Plan(e)station Mode Automate cockpit tablet behavior based on power state, how-to follows later
• PERFORMANCE: Some more work done on responsiveness of UI interactions.
• IMPROVED: Terrain Elevation consistency:
  • Two user-configurable terrain widths:
    • NarrowPath (default 1 NM): used in VPV narrow route, Route Planning, AGL readouts
    • WidePath (default 10 NM): used for MSA calculations and VPV wide route
  • Configurable via [i]MapLayers -> Terrain
• IMPROVED: Updated Android Target SDK to 35 (Android 15)
• IMPROVED: Improved NOTAM plotting (e.g. restricted areas in Hungary)
• IMPROVED: Airspace highlighting now persists when tapping on the map
• IMPROVED: First-time install now allows choosing topographical basemap (vector or raster)
• IMPROVED: EasyVFR 4 settings now backed up to cloud and offered for restore on reinstall
• FIXED: Rare case where VPV would not show crossed airspaces.
• FIXED: Info card didn’t show position marker when using raster maps like satellite imagery
• FIXED: Long NOTAM text sometimes cut off in the Pro Route Planning tab.
• FIXED: "Clear all" button on input fields could render the field unusable after clearing (bug introduced in 4.5.1)
• FIXED: Info card bar graph-style airspaces rendering issue when overlapping same-type/class airspaces
• FIXED: Vertical Profile didn’t render altitude reference lines when evaluating weather for local flights.

• IMPROVED: Default METAR & TAF depiction circles increased in size.
• IMPROVED: METARs & TAFs are now rendered at higher zoom levels also.
• IMPROVED: Radio card now reports current position additional to nearest airport, also based on a nearby reasonably large sized city.
• IMPROVED: Zooming on Windows with mouse wheel while a raster chart is active as a basemap.
• IMPROVED: When an airspace is highlighted using the info card, a second tap on the highlighted airspace will stop the highlighting.
• IMPROVED: When an airspace is highlighted using the info card, closing the info card will also stop the highlighting. (Changed "infocard" to "info card" in both instances.)
• FIXED: Apple devices with 2GB RAM or less sometimes popped up a memory error when showing plates.
• FIXED: After adding a country, Airport Features including traffic patterns and approaches were not downloaded; updating AeroData was required to do this.
• FIXED: Creating Approach Plates for MGL units sometimes resulted in the MGL unit not accepting the plates.
• FIXED: When changing METAR/TAF depiction style, the map would only get updated after a pan or zoom.
• FIXED: DWD GAFOR Full text briefing was not rendered completely.
• FIXED: The map layer setting Weather -> Wind on VPV and setting Weather -> SigWX On VPV had no effect.
• FIXED: Highlighting airspaces in the info card did not reset the initially highlighted airspace.
• FIXED: EasyVFR 4 menu -> Help & Legal -> About EasyVFR did not work on Windows.
• FIXED: When an input field was cleared, the cursor would not advance back to the leftmost position.

BETA DOWNLOADS

📱 Mobile & Tablet