SQWK Product Updates
Changelog
Track what changed in SQWK across analytics, debriefing workflows, integrations, and product quality updates.
83 releases documented
295 shipped changes tracked
Fix 2.11.10
Flap overspeed now checks your aircraft’s real flap limits on every plan
On the free plan, flap overspeed was checked against one generic limit for each aircraft class, so faster types like the Baron G58 were flagged at speeds well inside their published flap limits; every flight now uses the aircraft’s own flap limits.
September 29, 2026
- Aircraft with a Flight Review profile use that type’s flap limits on every plan. A Baron G58 is now checked against 154 kt with approach flaps and 122 kt with full flaps, not the generic single-engine 110 kt and 85 kt.
- This affects the Flap Overspeed score, the overspeed events in your debrief, and anything built from them.
- All other type-specific tuning stays part of Pro. Aircraft without a profile still use the class limits.
- Flights scored before this fix keep their old overspeed numbers until they are rescored. Re-analyze on the flight page updates a flight straight away.
Fix 2.11.8
Centerline Deviation no longer penalizes rollouts that held the centerline
A landing that tracked the painted centerline could still be scored with 20 to 40 feet of drift, because the direction the metric measured against was taken from a fraction of a second of flight; it now measures against the arrival runway heading.
September 20, 2026
- Centerline Deviation and Rollout Stability measure against the arrival runway heading whenever Flight Review knows which runway you landed on, so a steady rollout reads in single-digit feet instead of tens of feet.
- When the runway is not known, the reference now comes from the last five seconds of flight before touchdown rather than a fraction of a second, which is what produced the phantom drift on high-rate recordings.
- Crosswind landings that touch down still crabbed into the wind now report rollout numbers at all; a large crab angle could previously leave the rollout panel empty.
- Flights scored before this fix keep their old numbers until they are rescored. Re-analyze on the flight page updates a landing straight away.
Fix 2.11.5
MSFS 2020 no longer crashes to desktop while the exporter records
Starting a flight on MSFS 2020 with telemetry capture enabled could crash the sim to desktop during the loading screen. The exporter requested two telemetry fields that only exist in MSFS 2024; it now checks the connected simulator version and skips them on 2020.
August 12, 2026
- MSFS 2020 accepts requests for telemetry fields it does not know, then can crash while evaluating them as a flight loads, which is why the crash landed on the black loading screen rather than mid-flight.
- The exporter detects the simulator version at connect time and only requests the 2024-only fields on MSFS 2024. Capture on MSFS 2024 is unchanged.
- Update the exporter to 2.11.5 and telemetry capture on MSFS 2020 works again; no settings or Community folder changes are involved.
Improvement 2.11.4
Demo flights step aside once you log real ones
Demo flights now hide from the dashboard automatically once your account has a real flight, instead of cluttering your flight log until you hunt down a setting.
August 8, 2026
- Brand-new accounts still see the demo flights, so the dashboard has something to explore before your first upload.
- Once your first real flight lands, demos leave the flight log; the "Show demo flights" toggle on the dashboard brings them back whenever you want a look.
- A new Demo flights option in Settings pins them always on or always off if you prefer an explicit choice, and a previously saved "hide demo flights" preference carries over.
Fix 2.11.2
Exporter flight log shows real flight durations again
The flight log in the exporter showed every flight as lasting 60 times longer than it did, so a one-hour flight read as more than 60 hours; durations and the Hours total are now correct.
August 6, 2026
- Each flight in the exporter flight log shows its real duration, matching the flight page on the web.
- The Hours total at the top of the flight log is no longer inflated by the same error.
- The exporter discards its old cached flight list on first launch after updating, so the corrected numbers appear without any action from you.
Improvement 2.11.1
Approach speed targets now follow your landing weight on 40 more aircraft
Approach speed scoring for 40 more aircraft now sets its target from your actual landing weight instead of one fixed speed, so a light landing is no longer graded as too slow.
August 5, 2026
- Airliners, regional jets, turboprops, business jets and GA types with a published reference speed now scale their approach target with the landing weight Flight Review captured.
- The A220-300 flap speed limits for flaps 2, 3 and 4 now match the published values, so correctly flown approaches no longer log false flap overspeed time, and the last flap setting is labeled Flaps 5 to match the aircraft.
- When an aircraft has no published reference speed, or the landing weight could not be captured, flying slightly below the fixed target now shows as information instead of costing you points.
- Earlier flights use the new approach targets the next time you open them. Earlier A220 flights keep their old flap overspeed time until you re-analyze them from the flight page.
Feature 2.11.0
Single-engine taxi, recognized like real FDM programs do
Taxi out on one engine the way the real operators do and Flight Review now notices: reduced-engine taxi time is detected automatically and credited on the flight page, and the aircraft cheatsheets document the procedure for types that use it.
August 2, 2026
- On multi-engine aircraft, the analyzer detects taxi-out and taxi-in time flown on fewer than all engines and shows it on the Weights & Fuel card, split by leg.
- Recognition is informational and never touches your flight score, so there is no penalty for skipping the procedure or for warming up both engines from the gate.
- A new Single-engine saver medal (Airmanship, silver) unlocks after taxiing on one engine for at least a minute on 5 eligible flights.
- Aircraft cheatsheets gain a Ground Operations section: the A320neo, A321, A320ceo (Fenix), A330 and A350 pages now describe the single-engine taxi procedure, including warm-up before takeoff and cool-down after landing.
- Detection needs engine data from the current exporter build, so it applies to flights uploaded after you update; older flights simply do not show the tile.
Fix 2.11.0
Metric SimBrief plans no longer import at half their real values
OFPs generated in kilograms were being stored as if the numbers were pounds, so every planned fuel and weight figure displayed at about 45% of its true value and the fuel bias score was pinned against a plan 2.2x too small.
August 2, 2026
- The SimBrief import now reads the units the OFP was generated with and converts kilogram values correctly, so planned block, trip, reserves and weights match your briefing.
- Fuel bias is computed against the corrected plan, so metric pilots flying on plan no longer see implausible +100% burn deviations.
- Flights imported before this fix still hold the wrong stored plan. Re-generating the same OFP in SimBrief and re-applying it corrects a flight immediately, and a backfill for affected flights is planned.
Fix 2.11.0
A321neo takeoff V-speeds corrected in the Aircraft Library
The A321 cheatsheet showed takeoff V-speeds roughly 15 kt below what a real A21N dispatch produces, and the same wrong Vr anchored the Rotation Accuracy stat. Both now use figures anchored on real dispatch data at a typical operating weight.
August 2, 2026
- The Takeoff V-Speeds table on the A321 page now reads V1 153 / Vr 159 / V2 165, labeled honestly as a typical ~80 t line-ops departure instead of claiming to be MTOW figures.
- Rotation Accuracy compares your rotation against the corrected Vr, so rotating at real AFM speeds is no longer graded as a deviation.
- Already-scored A321 flights keep their old rotation numbers until re-analysis; affected flights will be re-scored after this release.
Fix 2.11.0
KML exports no longer float miles above the terrain
Exported KML tracks wrote altitudes in feet where the KML format expects meters, so Google Earth drew every flight about 3.3x higher than it was flown. Altitudes are now converted correctly.
August 2, 2026
- The KML coordinate altitudes are converted from feet to meters on export, so the track sits at the altitude you actually flew.
- Exports are generated on request: just re-download the KML for any flight after this release and it renders correctly. CSV, JSON and MSFS PLN exports were already correct.
Improvement 2.11.0
Route adherence is now clearly marked as information only
ATC directs and VATSIM shortcuts legitimately leave your filed route, so the route adherence number now says what it always was: informational, and never part of your flight score.
August 2, 2026
- The Envelope comparison panel explains that route adherence never affects your score and that a low number often just means you flew the clearance you were given.
- Smarter handling of long directs is on the roadmap; until then, treat the corridor numbers as plan-vs-actual context, not a grade.
Fix 2.11.0
Landed on 15R, logged as 33L: reciprocal runway mix-ups fixed
Some flights recorded the opposite end of the runway you actually landed on. Two separate causes are fixed: a stored plan runway could stick to the wrong end forever, and the runway database shipped swapped direction data on roughly 8% of runway ends worldwide.
August 2, 2026
- Runway direction now comes from the runway’s actual threshold-to-threshold geometry, so airports with swapped heading data in the source dataset (about 2,500 of them, including Boston, Miami, Honolulu and Paris CDG) identify the correct end again.
- A runway applied from your flight plan no longer overrides clear touchdown-heading evidence, so landing on the reciprocal of your planned runway records the runway you really used.
- Both fixes apply at read time: affected flights heal the next time their performance is viewed, no re-import or reprocessing needed, and runway-based metrics recompute from the corrected end.
- You can still override the runway manually from the flight page dropdown; corrections you have already made are kept.
Fix 2.11.0
Turning off the runway no longer costs you centerline points
A high-speed taxiway exit could dominate your Centerline Deviation score, because the rollout measurement window kept running into the turn. The window now ends when you clearly leave the runway heading.
August 2, 2026
- The rollout metric window closes once your heading departs the touchdown ground track by more than 20 degrees, which excludes exit turns while still tolerating a normal crosswind decrab.
- Previously the window only ended after 20 seconds or below 40 kt ground speed, so exits begun above 40 kt fed the turn’s offset into the max-deviation metric.
- Straight rollouts re-analyze to identical values; affected flights re-score automatically once re-analyzed at the new processor version.
Improvement 2.10.2
See exactly which flap limit you busted, and when
Flap overspeed is no longer a single mystery number: the flight page now lists every violation with the flap setting, its Vfe limit, your peak speed and how long you stayed over it, and shades those moments on the speed charts.
August 1, 2026
- A new Flap overspeed intervals list under the Flight profile chart shows, for each violation, when it happened, the flap setting and its Vfe limit, your maximum IAS, how far over you were, and for how long.
- The same intervals are shaded red on the Flight profile and IAS vs ground speed charts, so you can see each bust in the context of the whole flight.
- The interval durations add up exactly to the Flap Overspeed time in the score table, so the score and the breakdown always agree.
- Speeds follow your unit settings, and a brief dip back below the limit no longer splits one sustained violation into a page of fragments.
Fix 2.10.2
Flap overspeed scoring now uses each aircraft’s real flap speed limits
A321 pilots flying the real speed regime were being penalized for flap overspeed because the profile carried the smaller A320’s limits. The audit that followed corrected flap speed limits across eleven airliner profiles.
August 1, 2026
- The A321 profile now uses the published A321neo limits (Vfe 243/225/215/195/186 kt from CONF 1 to FULL) instead of the A320’s. A correctly flown decelerated approach no longer logs flap overspeed time in nearly every configuration.
- The A350-900 and A350-1000 were checked 10 to 25 kt below their real limits and the BelugaXL carried A320 numbers on an A330 airframe; all three now use published values. The A330 and A380 were also corrected to their FCOM figures.
- Boeing 737 (MAX 8 and NG) and 747-400 Dreamlifter schedules now list every flap handle detent, so flaps 5, 10 and 25 are scored against their own limits instead of the next stricter setting’s.
- Already-scored flights keep their old flap overspeed numbers until they are re-analyzed; affected flights will be re-scored after this release.
Improvement 2.10.1
Rollout telemetry that measures your actual rollout
The rollout stats under the runway touchdown plot now end where your rollout ends, and a new Rollout distance number tells you exactly how much runway you used.
July 30, 2026
- A new Rollout distance stat shows how many feet you used from touchdown until you slowed to taxi speed, came to a stop, or turned off the runway, and says which of those it measured.
- Keep recording all the way to the gate without skewing your numbers: average deceleration and the rollout speed range now cover only the rollout itself, not the taxi afterwards.
- The old "Speed gates observed" counter is gone. It warned about estimated gates on nearly every flight, even when nothing was estimated. Gate coverage now sits in the Data basis line and only mentions projected markers when there are any.
- The speed gate markers on the runway plot are placed more accurately, since any projected marker now uses your true rollout deceleration instead of a rate diluted by taxi time.
Feature 2.10.0
Your numbers vs the aircraft: personal stats in the Aircraft Library
Every aircraft page now shows how you actually fly the type: your average landing rate, approach stability, and touchdown speed from recent flights, plotted directly against that aircraft’s own targets.
July 30, 2026
- A new Your Performance card places your average as a dot on each target bar: landing rate against the type’s target and maximum sink rate, approach stability against its stabilized-approach gate, and touchdown speed against Vref with its tolerance.
- Each metric shows your average, median, and how many flights it covers, drawn from your last 50 flights on the type, alongside bounce, go-around, and clean-landing counters.
- A metric only appears once at least three flights back it up, so a single firm arrival can’t masquerade as your typical landing. No flights on the type yet? Fly it with the exporter and your numbers appear here.
- Free accounts see how many flights they have logged on each type; the numbers themselves are part of Pro, alongside the cheatsheets.
Improvement 2.10.0
Cheatsheet checklists now explain why each item matters
Checklist lines in the aircraft cheatsheets carry a short note connecting each item to how your flight is scored, so the checklist teaches the scoring instead of just listing steps.
July 30, 2026
- Notes tie each line to a scored concept: your landing flap sets the Vref target used for approach-speed scoring, late gear costs Approach Stability points, and retracting flaps on schedule keeps you inside each setting’s Vfe.
- Notes are tailored to the aircraft class, so a Cessna’s carb-heat line reads differently from a 737’s autobrake line, and individual aircraft can carry type-specific notes.
- Available for every aircraft in the library, both on the Aircraft Library page and in the cheatsheet dialog on flight pages.
Feature 2.9.1
Touchdown spread: every landing you have flown, plotted on one runway
A new Touchdown spread tab on your dashboard plots all of your past touchdowns on a single runway diagram, so you can see at a glance whether you land in the same place every time or scatter all over the pavement.
July 28, 2026
- Each landing is a dot placed at its real distance past the threshold and its real offset from the centerline. Hover one for the route, date, aircraft, score, landing rate and exact touchdown geometry, and click it to open that flight’s debrief.
- Three consistency numbers sit under the plot: the percentage of landings that hit the touchdown zone, your lateral spread around the centerline, and your longitudinal spread along the runway. Tight numbers mean a repeatable landing, not just a lucky one.
- Pick any airport and runway you have landed on, or pool every runway you fly, and narrow the history to your last 10, 25 or 50 landings. Zoom, pan and Focus zone let you get in close on the aiming point.
- The same plot appears on each flight page for that flight’s arrival runway, so you can see where a single landing sat against your usual pattern. A runway needs at least three scored landings before its spread is drawn.
Improvement 2.8.4
Place the in-sim panel every time you open it
The SQWK panel in MSFS now opens ready to move: drag it where you want it, lock it, and fly. The placement window is also about a third narrower, so it covers less of your cockpit while you line it up.
July 26, 2026
- Opening the SQWK panel from the MSFS toolbar now always starts in placement mode, with a clear outline showing exactly where your landing debrief will appear.
- Drag the SQWK title bar to position the window, choose which side notifications dock to with the ALIGN button, then click LOCK POSITION for a clean, click-through overlay.
- The placement window is roughly 30% narrower than before, so it hides less of your view while you line it up.
- MSFS itself forgets a panel window’s position between sessions (a simulator limitation that affects all add-on panels), so the panel now simply opens movable every time instead of staying locked in a spot you can no longer change.
Improvement 2.8.0
Live score status on the flight page, honest failures, and one-click retry
The flight page now tracks scoring in real time, tells you plainly whether scoring is queued, running, or failed, and lets you retry a failed score without re-uploading the flight.
July 19, 2026
- The flight page updates itself the moment your score is ready, with a toast to confirm it landed. No more refreshing to find out whether processing finished.
- Processing copy now reflects what is actually happening behind the scenes: queued for a scoring slot, scoring right now, or ready.
- If scoring fails, the page says so and gives a plain-language reason instead of an endless processing animation.
- A new Retry scoring button re-runs a failed score in one click, and the page follows the retry live until the score arrives.
Feature 2.7.0
Skill ratings with real currency, and medals for the challenge arena
Your medal case and public profile now carry currency-style skill ratings that stay current only while you keep flying, plus three new arena medals earned from challenge results.
July 3, 2026
- Landing and Approach ratings distill your last ten verified flights into the same score bands the rest of the app uses; Crosswind shows the strongest crosswind you have actually landed recently.
- Ratings follow the real-world currency rule: stay current with three qualifying flights in the last 90 days, or the rating greys to Lapsed until you fly again. It never disappears.
- The challenge arena now mints medals when a board closes: Arena Debut for finishing on the board, Podium Finish for the top three, Challenge Victor for the win.
- Ratings appear on your medal case and, if you choose, on your public profile via a new visibility toggle. Like everything else, only verified eligible flights count.
- The stabilized-approach rating arrives with approach procedure scoring in a future release.
Feature 2.6.0
Public pilot profiles: your medal wall, out in the open
An opt-in public page shows off your medal wall, rarity numbers, strike serials, career stats, and the flights you have chosen to share. Off by default, one switch to publish, and a link that never breaks.
July 3, 2026
- Turn it on in Settings under Public pilot profile. Your page lives at /pilots/your-handle, with a short /p/your-handle link that unfurls cleanly in Discord and elsewhere.
- Pick your handle once, before your profile first goes public. After that it locks permanently, so any link you have shared keeps working forever.
- What is visible: display name, medal wall with rarity and strike numbers, career stats, and only the flights you have individually shared. Nothing else, and medals never link to private flights.
- Career quality numbers (best landing, average score) count only verified eligible flights, the same gate medals use.
- Switch it off any time and the page returns to not-found within a minute.
Feature 2.5.0
Medals: pilot credentials struck from verified telemetry
A new medal case turns your flying history into earned credentials: legendary destination quests, landing streaks, storm-condition medals, and career milestones. Every medal requires an eligible flight and shows how rare it is, so a medal on your wall actually means something.
July 2, 2026
- Eight legendary destination medals for the approaches pilots dream about: Lukla, Paro, Saba, St. Barthelemy, Madeira, Innsbruck, Toncontin, and St. Maarten. These are struck in obsidian and gold, and you will plan flights around them.
- Every medal shows what percentage of pilots hold it, and each earned medal carries your strike number, so being the twelfth pilot ever to land Paro is part of the medal.
- Streak medals reward consecutive sub-100 fpm landings (5 and 15 in a row; one firm arrival resets the run), and condition medals cover storm-crosswind landings and sub-800 m visibility.
- Medals only unlock from eligible flights, the same verification gate the leaderboard uses. Slew, slow motion, or external-view landings never earn a medal, which is exactly why they are worth something.
- Your flying history counts: medals are backfilled across past eligible flights, dated to the flight that earned them. Fresh unlocks celebrate once with a toast, and each flight page lists the medals it earned.
- Scoring updates never take a medal away. Once struck, a medal records the scoring version that judged it and stays on your wall.
Improvement 2.4.2
Landing speed added to the Flight at a glance card
The Flight at a glance card now shows your touchdown speed alongside landing rate and approach quality, so the key numbers from your landing sit together at the top of every flight.
July 2, 2026
- Landing speed now appears in the at-a-glance summary whenever a touchdown is detected, shown in knots or km/h to match your unit setting.
- It reads as a plain number without a color-coded chip, since a good landing speed depends on the aircraft you are flying.
Feature 2.4.1
Training Insights: see your weakest areas and what to work on next
A new dashboard card looks across your last 90 days of flying, ranks the scoring areas where you are weakest, and shows how each one is trending, so you always have one clear thing to practice next.
July 2, 2026
- The Training Insights card names your top focus areas across recent flights, each with a plain-language rating (Needs work, Developing, or Polish), so you can see where your flying needs the most attention. Each area needs at least five scored flights before it is ranked, so one rough landing will not label a habit.
- Open any flight and the debrief now flags when it repeats your number one focus area, and marks the moment you beat your recent average on it.
- Free names your weakest areas on every dashboard. Pro adds the score trend for each area, the specific aircraft dragging it down the most, and coaching on how to fix it.
Feature 2.4.0
Flight Review now speaks Simplified Chinese
A new Language setting switches the app between English and Simplified Chinese, and your choice is saved to your account so it follows you across browsers and devices.
July 1, 2026
- Pick your language in Settings under Units and locale. The app switches right away and remembers your choice on every device you sign in from.
- The first translated surfaces are the app navigation, the dashboard, sign-in error messages, and error pages, with more of the app to follow.
- Dates and numbers across the app now format to match the language you picked.
- This is the start of a broader multi-language rollout. German, French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish are on the way, and anything not yet translated stays in English.
Feature 2.3.8
Flight at a glance: an instant verdict and quality cues on every flight
A new summary card pins a plain-language verdict to the top of each flight, and the headline metrics now carry color-coded quality chips, so you can read how a flight went before scrolling into the raw numbers.
June 28, 2026
- A "Flight at a glance" card synthesizes your landing, approach, touchdown G, and fuel reserve into a single one-line verdict (for example, "Smooth touchdown after a strong, stable approach, with a healthy fuel reserve"), tinted by the weakest of those dimensions.
- Landing rate, touchdown G, and crosswind now show plain-language chips (Smooth / Firm / Hard, Calm / Light / Moderate / Strong) in green, amber, or red, and Touchdown G is now surfaced where it was previously captured but never shown.
- Readability cleanup across the page: zebra striping and row hover on the score table, always-visible legends explaining the sigma and percentile codes, and a single source of truth for your fuel reserve margin.
- Charts now show a "touchdown reference pending" banner when a landing exists but the analyzer has not produced a touchdown timestamp yet, so a missing marker reads as pending rather than no touchdown.
Improvement 2.3.8
Telemetry exporter debrief now compares each flight to your recent form
The exporter Flight Log and Flight Detail views gain readability cues plus new insights: how a flight stacks up against your recent average, personal-best record badges, and a single thing to work on next.
June 28, 2026
- Flight Detail now shows a debrief comparing this flight to your recent average for landing rate and score, so you can see at a glance whether you are trending up or down.
- Personal-best record badges appear on the Flight Log hero, list cards, and Flight Detail when a flight sets a new best.
- A single coaching tip calls out the weakest component of the flight, so there is always one clear thing to focus on next.
- Landing and score pills, plus the touchdown headline metrics (rate, G-force, bounces), are now toned green/amber/red in both light and dark themes for faster reading.
Feature 2.3.5
Optional post-flight coaching emails
Opt in to get a short debrief emailed after each flight is analyzed, with your touchdown rate, an approach and landing assessment, and what to work on next.
June 21, 2026
- Off by default. Turn it on at signup or any time in Settings under Notifications, and unsubscribe from any email.
- Each email summarizes the metrics SQWK already analyzes, tagged within limits, advisory, or exceedance against your aircraft profile.
- Free includes the report and one finding; Pro adds full coaching recommendations and a landing-rate trend across recent flights.
Improvement 2.3.4
More accurate runways, and thousands more airports
Touchdown plots and runway-based scoring now line up with the runway you actually landed on, and Flight Review recognizes far more airports worldwide, so your centerline, touchdown-zone, and rollout analysis stay accurate well beyond the major hubs.
June 20, 2026
- Runway diagrams and centerline tracking now match where you really touched down. At some airports the runway was drawn slightly off to one side, which could make a perfectly centered landing look like it drifted toward the edge. That is fixed.
- Coverage expanded to 32,000+ runways across 26,000+ airports, so regional fields and small strips get the same accurate touchdown-zone, centerline, and rollout analysis as the major hubs.
- Open any flight to see its approach and touchdown plotted against the corrected runway.
Fix 2.3.3
Widebody aircraft are no longer flagged "Over MTOW" against a narrowbody limit
Widebody types like the A330, A350, A380, and 747 were being measured against a narrowbody (A320/737) maximum takeoff and landing weight, so a normal load showed a false "Over MTOW" warning on the Weights & Fuel card and lost points in scoring. Each type now carries its own published structural limits, and flights without a matched type profile show no weight margin instead of a wrong one.
June 19, 2026
- Added real per-type max takeoff, landing, and zero-fuel weights to the A330, A350-900/-1000, A380, A310, A300, Beluga, 747 variants, C-17, and the narrowbody types that were missing them.
- The generic airliner fallback no longer carries a structural MTOW/MLW, so a flight with no matched type profile simply omits the weight margin rather than comparing against an A320-sized limit.
- The Takeoff Weight and Landing Weight scoring penalties now only apply when a real type-specific limit is known, so widebody flights are no longer docked for a limit that did not fit the aircraft.
- Existing flights re-score the next time they are analyzed, so historical false "Over MTOW" penalties will correct themselves.
Fix 2.3.2
Leaderboard runway filter now matches the real runway length
The leaderboard’s Runway filter now sorts flights by the actual published length of the runway you landed on, the same number shown on each flight’s touchdown plot, instead of an unrelated takeoff measurement.
June 17, 2026
- Short, Medium, Long, and Very long now reflect the published length of your arrival runway, matching the runway length on the flight detail touchdown plot.
- Previously the filter was based on your takeoff ground roll, so a landing on a long runway could land in the "Short" bucket and the options never lined up with the runway length on your flights.
- Older flights are re-sorted into the correct runway buckets as this update rolls out, so filtering becomes accurate across your flight history too.
Feature 2.3.1
Tell us how we are doing with a quick in-app rating
A small, optional rating card now appears in the sidebar for established pilots, so you can rate your experience with Flight Review in one tap and add a comment if you like. It stays out of the way, and you can snooze it or turn it off entirely.
June 14, 2026
- Rate Flight Review from 1 to 5 stars right in the sidebar, with an optional comment. It only shows up once you have flown a few flights, never for brand-new accounts.
- Not now? "Maybe later" hides it for a month, and "Don't ask again" turns it off for good.
- Loving it? A 5-star rating offers a quick link to leave a review on flightsim.to, which genuinely helps more pilots find us.
Improvement 2.3.0
Bounced landings now score the hardest touchdown, not the softest
When a landing bounces, the landing rate and touchdown G-force now come from the hardest touchdown in the sequence instead of the final gentle settle, so a firm first impact counts against the score the way it should.
June 10, 2026
- A hard first touchdown followed by a soft bounce recovery used to score on the soft one. It now scores on the hard impact, and each bounce is still penalized separately through the Bounces metric.
- Touchdown zone distance is now measured where the wheels first touched the runway instead of where the aircraft settled after a bounce.
- Every touchdown in a bounced landing is now recorded with its own rate, speed, and G-force, laying the groundwork for showing the full bounce sequence on flight detail.
- Existing flights re-analyze automatically the next time they are viewed, so historical bounced-landing scores will correct themselves.
Fix 2.2.25
In-sim toast now moves to any spot you pick, not just the top-right
Placing the landing toast anywhere other than the default top-right now actually moves it in MSFS; a panel sizing bug had pinned the toast to the top-right no matter where you placed it in the Customizer.
June 4, 2026
- Left, bottom, center, and every corner now place the in-sim toast where you pick it. Until now the toast stayed in the top-right even though the Customizer preview showed it moving.
- The toast overlay now spans the full screen, so the toast can travel to any edge or corner instead of being stuck where it started.
- Update the in-game panel from the exporter (Settings, In-Game Panel) and restart MSFS to get the fix.
Fix 2.2.24
The in-sim landing toast now lands exactly where you place it
The exporter position picker is now pixel-accurate: every corner and the center land where you choose, the toast docks flush against the right edge instead of stopping short, and changes apply live in the sim without restarting the flight.
June 2, 2026
- The toast can now sit flush against the right edge of the screen instead of resting a few pixels short, and the left edge, all four corners, and dead center now land exactly where you pick them (center used to drift slightly to the right).
- Position changes take effect in the sim within about half a second of saving, so you no longer need to restart the flight to see the toast move.
- An out-of-date in-sim panel turned out to be the real cause of the worst placement glitches, like a top-left pick showing up bottom-right. The exporter now keeps the panel current automatically and, if it ever falls behind, flags it in Settings with a one-click "Update panel" button.
Fix 2.2.23
Cleaner flight track map on long, detailed flights
The route map on flight detail now draws as one smooth, continuous line on telemetry-dense flights, instead of looking broken or dotted until you zoomed in.
June 1, 2026
- Flights with lots of telemetry points used to show a beaded, broken-looking route when the whole flight was in view. The map now renders a clean, continuous track.
- The line still colors by airspeed, vertical speed, or altitude, and the legend still reflects the range across the whole flight.
- Zoom and pan behave exactly as before. The route just looks right at every zoom level now.
Feature 2.2.17
Place the in-sim landing toast anywhere on screen from exporter settings
The exporter Customizer now has a drag-to-place screen where you can pin the in-game landing and status toast to any corner, edge, or the center, and it loads there in MSFS.
May 25, 2026
- A new Position picker in the exporter Customizer lets you drag a toast chip on a mock screen, or snap it to a corner or the center, to choose where the HUD toast appears in the sim.
- Your placement is saved and pushed to the in-game panel, so toasts load in the spot you picked instead of always the top-right.
- You can still nudge the toast by dragging it in the sim; the position you set in the exporter takes over again whenever you change it.
Feature 2.2.16
Choose pounds or kilograms across weights and fuel flow
A new Weight Unit setting lets you read takeoff, landing, fuel, and burn-rate values in pounds or kilograms across supported app views.
May 24, 2026
- The Settings page gains a new Weight Unit toggle (lb / kg) in the Units and locale section, following the same pattern as the existing altitude, speed, and distance preferences.
- Fuel & Weights, Plan vs Actual, and Step Climb & Cruise Summary on flight detail, plus the Aircraft Library and Reports pages, now reformat masses and fuel-flow rates (pph for pounds, kg/h for kilograms) to your preference.
- The new preference now applies across the app surfaces that show weight and fuel-flow values, matching the views listed above.
- Conversions use the exact avoirdupois factor (1 lb = 0.45359237 kg) so MTOW, MLW, and MZFW comparisons stay accurate.
Improvement 2.2.13
Telemetry exporter v2.2.13: control inputs and flap angle now reach flight detail
New flights uploaded from this exporter feed the Controls & Attitude widget on flight detail with real stick, throttle, and rudder data, and the analyzer now scores flap behavior on the actual wing angle instead of just the handle position.
May 19, 2026
- Yoke X/Y, aileron, elevator, and rudder are now forwarded in the upload payload, so the stick, attitude, and time-series widgets added in v2.2.11 fill in for flights captured after you update.
- Telemetry captures the actual flap angle in degrees alongside the handle percent, so flap overspeed and configuration metrics score on what the wing is doing rather than where the lever is.
- In-sim MSFS panel altitude now reads from PLANE ALTITUDE so the cockpit panel matches the number you see on the flight detail page.
Fix 2.2.12
Correct MTOW / MLW / MZFW reference values for 747-8 and 787-10
The Boeing 747-8 and 787-10 profiles were missing their structural weight limits, so MTOW, MLW, and MZFW fell back to narrowbody A320/737 figures. That zeroed out the MLW exceedance metric on every flight in either type. Affected flights will rescore on their next view.
May 17, 2026
- The Fuel & Weights card on flight detail now shows the correct reference MLW for these aircraft instead of 145,500 lb.
- The Tier 3 MLW exceedance metric now scores normally on 747-8 and 787-10 landings. Previously, any normal LDW was well above the 5%-over-cap because the reference MLW was the narrowbody fallback.
- Existing flights re-analyze through the normal version gate, so historical weight metrics correct themselves over the next few days as flights are re-read.
Feature 2.2.11
Leaderboard cards now show key landing metrics inline and an approach sparkline on hover
Compare runs without leaving the leaderboard. Every podium and list card now carries an at-a-glance line of landing metrics under the score, and hovering or focusing a card opens a detail popover with an approach sparkline and the headline numbers behind the score.
May 17, 2026
- Every podium, list, and "your entry" card now shows landing rate, touchdown G, approach stability, and centerline deviation in a tidy row under the score, so you can compare runs at a glance.
- Hovering or tabbing to a card opens a popover with a sparkline of the approach against a 3-degree glideslope reference, a breakdown of which metrics drove the score, the headline numbers (landing rate, touchdown G, touchdown bank, centerline deviation, approach stability, bounce count), and a link to the full flight.
- The popover opens on focus and dismisses on Escape or blur, and it stays open while your pointer is on the card or the popover.
- Older flights still show the inline metrics and the popover headline numbers. The approach sparkline fills in as those flights flow through the updated analyzer.
Feature 2.2.11
Pin aircraft profiles to the top of your Aircraft Library
A handful of regularly-flown aircraft can now stick to the top of the Aircraft Library sidebar without scrolling or searching. Pins follow you across browsers and reorder by drag or by keyboard.
May 17, 2026
- Pinned profiles are grouped above a divider in the Aircraft Library sidebar so the planes you actually fly are always one click away.
- Drag to reorder within the pinned group, or use the keyboard-accessible Move up / Move down buttons that appear on focus and hover for non-mouse users.
- Pins persist server-side per user, so the same set shows up on every browser and device you sign in from.
- Unpublishing an aircraft profile no longer drops it from your pin set: pins survive the round-trip and rejoin the visible list when the profile is re-published.
Feature 2.2.11
See stick, throttle, rudder, and attitude in the 3D approach replay
The 3D approach view on every flight detail now shows what you were doing with the controls and how the aircraft was actually responding, synced to the replay scrubber so you can step through any moment of your final.
May 17, 2026
- New Controls & Attitude sub-section on the 3D approach panel: a stick crosshair widget, an attitude indicator, and a stacked time-series chart with toggleable legend chips for yoke X/Y, rudder, throttle, pitch, and roll.
- All widgets follow the existing replay scrubber, so scrubbing to the flare or rollout updates the stick position, attitude, and chart cursor in lock-step.
- Behind the scenes, the API now passes through the five control-input fields (aileron, elevator, rudder, yoke X, yoke Y) the exporter has been capturing for a while. Older flights with those fields in their telemetry will start showing the widgets once the data flows through.
Improvement 2.2.11
Visible loading indicator while the dashboard refreshes
The dashboard now shows the same scanning beacon you see during a cold load whenever flights are reloading after a score recompute, so it is obvious the page is doing something instead of looking frozen.
May 17, 2026
- The previous screen-reader-only loading text is replaced with the beacon and scan indicator that was already used on first load, giving sighted users a clear "we are working" affordance.
- Copy adapts to the situation: a cold load still says it is fetching your flights, while a refresh triggered by a score-recompute event reads as a brief sync rather than a fresh load.
Fix 2.2.10
Flap overspeed no longer counts cruise with flaps retracted
A scoring bug was crediting "Flap Overspeed" time during normal clean cruise and descent for almost every airliner profile. Affected flights will rescore on their next view.
May 16, 2026
- Real-world Vfe only applies when flaps are extended, but the analyzer was also using the up-position Vfe (often 280 kt on 737s) and flagging clean flight as overspeed. One real user logged 61, 34, and 25 minutes of false flap overspeed across three consecutive flights at 280 to 330 KIAS clean.
- Frames with flaps fully retracted no longer contribute to the flap overspeed metric. Frames with flaps extended still count as before, including at the rounding boundary as flaps come down.
- Existing flights re-analyze through the normal version gate, so historical flap-overspeed times correct themselves over the next few days as flights are re-read.
Fix 2.2.9
Leaderboards now require enough scoring coverage to rank
A flight that landed but never recorded a landing rate, touchdown G, or approach stability score could inherit a 100/100 score and dominate the leaderboard. Eligibility now checks that those measurements are present.
May 16, 2026
- Flights are ineligible if landing rate, touchdown G-force, or approach stability is missing. Touch-and-go flights and no-takeoff flights still rank as before.
- Previously contaminated leaderboard entries were withdrawn during deploy. Historical rankings now reflect only flights that recorded the metrics they were scored on.
- The Promote button on a flight detail page explains the new "insufficient coverage" reason directly when it applies.
Feature 2.2.9
Touchdown plot: zoom, target zone, and displaced-threshold support
The 2D runway touchdown plot on every flight detail now zooms and pans, paints the FAA touchdown zone, and correctly renders runways with a displaced threshold.
May 16, 2026
- Focus runway, +, minus, and Reset buttons, mouse-wheel zoom anchored at the cursor, drag-to-pan, and double-click to reset. Default view is unchanged.
- Green translucent overlay for the FAA touchdown zone (first 3,000 ft or one-third of the runway, whichever is less) plus a dashed aiming-point line at the standard 1,000 ft target. Solid green border when the first touchdown lands inside, dashed otherwise.
- Runways with a displaced threshold (e.g. KSEA 16R, 1,008 ft displaced) now show the real-world chevron arrows and threshold bar. Target zone, aiming point, and hit detection all shift to the landing threshold, and the touchdown summary surfaces the displaced distance.
- The 2D path is no longer vertically exaggerated, so a flight that was straight in the 3D view no longer looks like a dramatic S-curve in 2D.
Improvement 2.2.9
Better loading and error feedback across the app
Pages now show shimmer skeletons shaped like the eventual layout instead of plain "Loading…" text, and failures surface as a persistent inline card with a one-click retry.
May 16, 2026
- Dashboard, flight detail, shared flight, and leaderboard pages all use the new loading skeletons and inline error cards. Sections on the shared flight page fill in independently as data arrives, so you no longer wait on the slowest fetch.
- When a refresh fails but cached data is still on screen, a less intrusive stale-data banner appears instead of replacing your content with an error.
- Photo upload failures on a flight detail now show a persistent retry card above the gallery in addition to the existing toast.
Improvement 2.2.9
Telemetry exporter v2.2.9: faster uploads and a filterable event log
Uploads run in parallel with bigger chunks and per-chunk retry, problems that used to silently fail now appear on the flight card, and the in-app event log gains severity, source, and search filters.
May 16, 2026
- Upload chunks raised from 1,000 to 5,000 points with up to three in flight at once, optional request gzip, and exponential-backoff retry per chunk. Long flights upload noticeably faster.
- Performance and benchmark enrichment failures now show on the flight card as a "Performance data pending, sync to retry" hint instead of disappearing silently. Landing-media restore and photo-permission checks log warnings rather than swallowing them.
- The exporter event log gains severity chips (All, Errors, Warnings, Events), a source dropdown, debounced search, and a 2,000-record ring buffer so you can jump back through what happened during a flight.
Improvement 2.2.7
Accelerated sim rate no longer disqualifies leaderboard flights
Time-warping the cruise leg of a long flight no longer blocks you from the leaderboard. Only sustained slow motion (which gives extra reaction time on landing) is gated now.
May 12, 2026
- Eligibility now looks at average sim rate over the whole flight instead of the peak. Brief touches above 1.0x during cruise are fine.
- Flights that averaged slower than real time remain ineligible — slow motion inflates landing scores and is the real unfair advantage.
- Flights captured before this change that were previously blocked solely for accelerated time are now eligible again automatically.
Feature 2.2.6
Globe view for the flight log
Browse your flight history on a 3D globe. Every flight in your current filter renders as an arched route between airports, color-coded by your score, with little planes traveling each arc in real time.
May 12, 2026
- New Globe option in the dashboard flight log toggle, alongside Cards and Table. Spins, zooms, and shows every filtered flight at once on a spinnable globe with a starfield backdrop, atmospheric halo, and pulsing airport markers sized by visit count.
- Arcs are color-coded by your training baseline score (green for excellent, blue for strong, amber for developing, etc.) so the shape of your flying month is visible without reading any numbers.
- Hover an arc for the route, score, max altitude, top speed, touchdown G, and landing rate. Hover an airport for visit counts plus quick actions to view its leaderboard or filter the dashboard to flights touching that airport. Click through to the full flight detail from any popup.
- Active weekly challenges appear as orange markers on the globe with a hover card linking straight into the challenge, so new scenarios are easier to spot from your dashboard.
Feature 2.2.5
Leaderboards and challenges launch in alpha
Compete on the same arrivals everyone else is flying. SQWK now ranks your best landings on public leaderboards and runs daily and weekly scenario challenges where the aircraft, airport, runway, and weather are fixed for every pilot.
May 11, 2026
- Public leaderboards rank your best landings against other SQWK pilots by aircraft class (Airliner, Turboprop, GA Piston, Fast Jet) across this week, this month, or all time, with filters for airport, wind bucket, runway length, and career mode.
- Promote any eligible flight from its detail page. Withdraw any time; scores freeze at submission so your rank never shifts retroactively if scoring rules change.
- Daily challenges reset at 00:00 UTC and weekly challenges rotate every Monday at 00:00 UTC. Each scenario locks in a specific aircraft class, airport, runway, weather, and wind bucket, with live countdown timers on every card.
- Eligible flights surface automatically on each challenge detail page. Pick one, submit, done. Standings rank by the same 0 to 100 baseline score used in your normal debriefs, and the top three on every challenge pick up medals.
- Only flights captured with Telemetry Exporter v2.2.5 or later qualify. Fairness rules apply: slew, accelerated time, and external view at landing all disqualify a flight from ranking.
- Leaderboards and challenges are tagged alpha while ranking rules, filters, and scenario rotations stabilize. Expect refinements.
Improvement 2.2.4
Telemetry exporter v2.2.4 improves telemetry handling and report reliability
v2.2.4 improves telemetry handling and report reliability.
May 10, 2026
- Touch-and-go analysis is refined so takeoff and landing review behavior is more reliable for those operations.
- Low-telemetry flights no longer get stuck in processing, improving report completion reliability.
- Includes minor telemetry exporter UI copy cleanup and dependency maintenance updates.
Fix 2.2.0
Replay works alongside ChasePlane and other third-party camera tools
Replay no longer crashes ChasePlane's WASM module mid-session. If you fly with ChasePlane installed, replay now coexists cleanly and the aircraft sits flush on the runway during ground frames.
May 7, 2026
- ChasePlane (and other third-party camera tools that read the sim's camera state) keep working through every replay session — no more "WASM Module: Not Working" popup when you hit Play.
- ChasePlane is auto-detected on first launch. A new "I use a third-party camera tool" toggle in Settings → Replay camera turns on automatically when detection fires, and the Replay panel surfaces a one-click link straight to it.
- On-ground replay frames now sit flush with the runway instead of sinking the wheels in.
- Replay timeline runs at real-time again — long-haul replays no longer drift to half-speed when there's a lot to render per frame.
Feature 2.2.0
Fuel and weight management for long-haul ops
Capture takeoff and landing weights, total fuel burn, fuel reserves at landing, and step climb segments — then compare against your SimBrief plan and your aircraft type's structural limits. Built for PMDG B777F long-haul ops but works for any aircraft with a seeded profile.
May 6, 2026
- Weights & Fuel card on every flight: takeoff weight, landing weight, fuel at takeoff, fuel at landing, and total fuel burn — each compared against your aircraft type's MTOW, MLW, and final reserve.
- Plan vs Actual panel pulls planned block fuel, trip fuel, TOW, LDW, and ZFW from your SimBrief OFP and shows side-by-side deltas with a P02/M03-style fuel bias badge.
- Fuel bias trend sparkline on the flight detail tracks how your aircraft's burn compares to plan across recent flights, so consistent over- or under-burns become visible without digging.
- Step Climb & Cruise Summary card detects level cruise segments held for ≥ 2 minutes above FL100, with per-segment FL, Mach, fuel flow, duration, distance, and fuel burned. Reproduces hand-tracked tables for long-haul ops.
- Reserves at Landing card colour-codes your fuel state at touchdown using time-equivalent thresholds: green > 30 min cruise burn, amber 0–30 min, red below final reserve.
- Touchdown chart now shows your landing weight and percent of MLW alongside the existing landing-rate context — a 6 fpm touchdown at 540k lbs reads differently from one at 420k.
- Landing performance hints suggest flap setting and autobrake based on your captured LDW for types with a published hints table (Boeing 777F seeded). Advisory only; dismissable per session.
- MTOW and MLW exceedance now register as a measurable penalty in your flight score for types with seeded structural limits, scaled linearly from 0 to 5% over.
Fix 2.1.5
Restart Flight detection, displaced-threshold scoring, and cleaner approach plots
Using "Restart Flight" in MSFS no longer mixes leftover telemetry into a new report, displaced-threshold runways score correctly, and the approach view is trimmed to your final approach.
May 5, 2026
- Restart Flight is now detected. Using "Restart Flight" in MSFS no longer mixes leftover telemetry from your previous session into the new flight's report.
- Landings on displaced-threshold runways score correctly. Touchdown-zone distance is measured from the actual landing threshold, so legitimate landings at airports like SBFI (RWY 15 has ~1800 ft of displacement) no longer get a zeroed touchdown-zone score.
- No more phantom touchdowns before takeoff. First-touchdown detection now waits until you've actually been airborne, so a brief ground bump on the takeoff roll won't be flagged as a landing.
- Cleaner 2D approach view. The approach plot is trimmed to your final approach, so it no longer zigzags through earlier taxi or pattern work. Replay scrubbing before touchdown now correctly labels the phase as "taxi" instead of "rollout".
Improvement 2.1.5
Reports refresh live while scoring finishes
Flight reports now update automatically as soon as scoring completes, and the post-flight notification waits longer for busier flights.
May 5, 2026
- Reports refresh themselves while scoring finishes. If your score isn't ready when you open a flight, the page now updates live as soon as scoring completes. No more manual reloads.
- Slow-scoring flights no longer get dropped. The post-flight score notification waits up to 5 minutes (was 3) for results, so longer or busier flights still surface a score.
Improvement 2.1.2
Cinematic camera toggle in replay with smoother playback
Replay gains an experimental cinematic camera mode, correct pause and scrub behavior, spoiler animation, and hitch-free landing-media capture.
May 4, 2026
- Experimental cinematic camera toggle in replay lets you switch to a smooth external cinematic view during playback.
- Pause and scrubbing now behave correctly when switching between cameras or jumping to a new timeline position.
- Spoilers animate during playback, so replays of landings with deployed spoilers look true to life.
- Status indicators are smoothed to reduce visual noise during speed changes and phase transitions.
- Landing-media capture moved to in-memory snapshots, so the sim no longer hitches briefly on approach or rollout.
Feature 2.1.1
Replay any completed flight with phase timeline and preset cameras
Scrub through any completed flight in the exporter with a phase-annotated timeline, variable speed, and preset external cameras. Take control at any moment to drop into live flight analysis.
April 28, 2026
- Scrub through any completed flight on a phase-annotated timeline with variable playback speed from 1/8x to 4x.
- Switch between preset external cameras for clean replay angles without fiddling with free-camera controls.
- "Take control here" exits replay at the timeline cursor and starts live flight analysis from that aircraft state, so you can pick up any moment and fly it for real.
- Your cockpit state is restored when you leave replay, so reviewing a past flight mid-session never risks your current live flight.
Feature 2.0.6
Replay any flight in the exporter without losing your live session
The telemetry exporter now plays back your full flight history with a phase-annotated timeline, variable speed, preset camera angles, and a one-click hand-off into live flight analysis. Loading a replay snapshots your live cockpit state and restores it on exit.
April 26, 2026
- Scrub through any flight in your local history on a timeline annotated with each phase (takeoff roll, climb, cruise, descent, approach, flare, rollout, taxi, go-around). Six playback speeds from 1/8x to 4x let you slow down the moments that matter.
- Switch between preset camera angles (pilot, gear, wing, flaps, tail, top, nose) for clean external views without fiddling with free-camera controls.
- "Take control here" exits replay at the timeline cursor and starts live flight analysis from that aircraft state, so you can pick up an old approach and fly it for real.
- Built for pilots who do not want to load a fresh flight just to watch a debrief: entering replay saves your current position, aircraft configuration, and environment, then restores them when you exit. Review a past flight mid-session without losing or risking your live flight in progress.
Improvement 1.3.1
Flight cards in the exporter now show aircraft manufacturer and livery
The telemetry exporter now captures manufacturer, model, airline livery, and tail number from SimConnect so flights like a PMDG 777F no longer collapse to a bare title.
April 23, 2026
- Exporter reads ATC Type, ATC Model, ATC Airline, and ATC ID on each flight and uploads them alongside the existing aircraft title.
- Flight log cards and the table render as "Manufacturer Title · Airline" when those fields are present, and fall back to the title alone when they are not.
- Flight log search now matches manufacturer, model, airline, and tail number in addition to the aircraft title.
- Flights uploaded before this release display as before. Only flights recorded with the updated exporter pick up the richer metadata.
Feature 1.3.0
Full flight history in the telemetry exporter, cached locally per account
The telemetry exporter now keeps your full flight history on-device. First sign-in backfills your cloud flights, and the debrief view gains the same controls as the web dashboard: cards or table, search, filters, sort, and pagination.
April 22, 2026
- Local cache now holds your full flight history. Previously only the five most recent flights were kept on-device.
- First sign-in backfills existing cloud flights into the local cache with a progress banner, so a new exporter install picks up every flight you already have in SQWK.
- Multi-account users (for example, a Free account and a Pro account on the same machine) get fully isolated local caches. Flights never leak between accounts.
- If cloud-side retention prunes older scoring data (30 days on Free, 1 year on Pro), the exporter keeps the locally cached score and marks it with a "scored on prior analyzer version" badge.
- Debrief view redesigned to mirror the web dashboard: cards and table toggle, full-text search, time-window and sort filters, pagination, and a page-size chooser (10, 25, 50, or all).
- Settings gained a "Clear local cache for this account" control. The debrief view re-imports from cloud on the next sign-in.
Feature 1.2.9
Free plan expanded: 30 Hz telemetry, 20 flights per month, exports, and sharing
Free now covers the full post-flight debrief. Pro is repositioned around aircraft-specific intelligence: per-airframe scoring, cheatsheets, and procedural coaching.
April 22, 2026
- Free plan now gets 30 Hz telemetry capture (same as Pro) and the flight logging cap has been raised from 10 to 20 per month.
- Exports (JSON, CSV, KML, PLN) and public share links are unlocked for every plan.
- Planned-vs-actual route comparison is available on Free as well — no aircraft-specific gating.
- Pro continues to differentiate with 115+ aircraft-specific profiles, per-airframe cheatsheets, aircraft-tuned procedural coaching, and 1-year telemetry retention.
- The monthly flight cap is now a silent soft ceiling: the dashboard only surfaces a notification if you hit it, rather than running a scarcity counter during normal use.
Feature 1.2.8
New Flying Report page with shareable monthly and weekly summaries
A dedicated Flying Report now pulls your flights into a monthly or weekly card with trends, records, timing patterns, and a shareable or downloadable image.
April 19, 2026
- Switch between monthly and weekly views to see totals, score distribution, your best flight, and how conditions shaped the period.
- Track progress with a 12-period score trend, records (longest leg, farthest route, busiest week, active streak), and time-of-day and day-of-week patterns.
- Get improvement callouts that highlight which metrics moved the most since your prior period.
- Share a read-only link to the report on Reddit, Discord, or anywhere else, or download the card as a PNG.
Feature 1.2.8
43 new aircraft profiles, including Deluxe/Premium Deluxe and popular add-ons
Pro analysis now ships with 43 additional tuned aircraft profiles covering MSFS Deluxe and Premium Deluxe airframes plus popular third-party add-ons.
April 17, 2026
- 25 new MSFS Deluxe and Premium Deluxe profiles, including the 787-10, Citation Longitude, King Air C90 GTx, and CH-47 Chinook.
- 18 new third-party add-on profiles covering PMDG, Fenix, FlyByWire, and popular warbirds.
- Scoring picks the right profile automatically when you fly one of these aircraft, so approach speeds, landing envelopes, and bounce detection are tuned to the airframe.
Fix 1.2.8
Scores now always reflect your latest flight
Performance metrics are saved before benchmarks are requested, so landing scores always match the flight you just finished.
April 17, 2026
- Flight performance metrics are now persisted before benchmark lookups run, closing a timing gap where newly computed metrics could be missed.
- Scores and cohort comparisons now consistently reflect the current flight instead of occasionally showing stale results.
Fix 1.2.8
Smoother exporter upgrades
The installer now gracefully shuts down a running exporter before updating, so upgrades no longer fail with "file in use" errors.
April 17, 2026
- The installer detects and cleanly stops a running telemetry exporter before replacing its files, preventing the "file in use" errors that sometimes blocked upgrades.
- Running an update while the exporter is active is now safe — no need to quit it manually before kicking off the installer.
Improvement 1.2.3
Smarter auth recovery and refined runway visuals
The telemetry exporter now handles API key issues automatically, and runway visualizations look more realistic with new edge markings.
April 13, 2026
- The telemetry exporter now retries automatically when an API key is rejected or expires, clearing invalid keys and prompting you to re-authenticate instead of silently failing.
- Runway edge markings have been added to both 2D and 3D approach visualizations, giving a clearer sense of runway boundaries during replay.
Feature 1.2.2
Expanded landing analysis with 12-metric scoring, flare quality, and touchdown zone placement
Landing scores now evaluate twelve metrics across three flight phases, with new assessments for flare technique, touchdown zone accuracy, and rollout discipline.
April 12, 2026
- Scoring expanded from 7 to 12 metrics grouped by flight phase: Landing (64% weight), Approach (12%), and Takeoff (24%). New landing metrics include touchdown G-force, centerline deviation, rollout stability, touchdown bank angle, flare quality, and touchdown zone placement.
- Flare quality scores your descent-rate arrest, pitch smoothness, flare duration, and float control during the final moments before touchdown.
- Touchdown zone placement measures how far down the runway you land, with aircraft-class-aware targets so airliners and GA aircraft are evaluated fairly.
- Go-around count has been removed from scoring. Go-arounds are a safety-critical decision that should never be penalized.
Improvement 1.2.2
Smarter difficulty scoring with crosswind and visibility factors
The operational context bonus now accounts for crosswind intensity and visibility conditions, giving proper credit for challenging approaches.
April 12, 2026
- Crosswind is now a standalone difficulty factor. Landing in a 25-knot crosswind earns a meaningful context bonus instead of being lumped into the general weather category.
- Visibility is now tracked as a numeric value from MSFS and scored on an IFR-based scale. A Cat III approach in 200-meter fog earns significantly more credit than marginal VFR at 4500 meters.
- The maximum context bonus has increased from 12 to 15 points, with six factors now evaluated: weather, crosswind, visibility, runway surface, time of day, and runway lighting.
Feature 1.2.1
Flap & gear markers, user guide, and a more resilient exporter
Flight charts now highlight configuration changes, a new user guide helps you get started, and the exporter handles sim crashes gracefully.
April 12, 2026
- Flap & gear markers on charts: Flight detail charts now show exactly when you extended flaps or lowered the gear. Color-coded vertical markers appear on your altitude and speed plots, showing how configuration changes align with your approach profile.
- New user guide: A comprehensive getting-started guide is now available at /guide, walking you through installation, your first flight, and how to read your review, so there's no more guessing what each chart means.
- Cleaner dashboard stats: Demo flights are now excluded from your statistics and trend calculations. Your personal bests, averages, and progress charts reflect only your real flying.
- Smoother 2D landing view: The flight path in the 2D landing view is now clipped to the visible plot range, eliminating visual artifacts at the edges. Paths now start cleanly at the approach boundary rather than snapping awkwardly from offscreen.
- More resilient exporter: The telemetry exporter now recovers gracefully from unexpected sim crashes rather than silently stopping. If MSFS goes down mid-flight, the exporter saves what it can and resets cleanly for your next session.
Improvement 1.2.0
Telemetry Exporter v1.2.0 — smarter weather, faster playback
The telemetry exporter now captures weather more accurately, loads flights faster, and uploads more reliably.
April 9, 2026
- Weather detection is now temperature-aware — snow in warm climates is correctly reclassified as rain, and brief sim glitches no longer mark your flight as rainy.
- Route maps and telemetry charts load much faster for long flights by sampling evenly across the full flight instead of pulling every data point.
- Telemetry uploads are more resilient to transient errors, and flight data is automatically compacted after upload for better long-term performance.
Feature 1.1.20
Aircraft-specific tuning for every MSFS 2024 Standard Edition aircraft
Pro analysis now ships with 69 individually tuned aircraft profiles covering every fixed-wing, helicopter, glider, and specialty aircraft in the base game.
April 7, 2026
- Added 69 aircraft-specific profiles with POH/AFM-researched approach speeds, crosswind limits, landing rate envelopes, and bounce detection thresholds.
- Profiles cover all Standard Edition categories: GA piston, turboprop, airliner, military fast jet, helicopter, glider, amphibious, eVTOL, and historic aircraft.
- Analysis now resolves the correct profile automatically based on the aircraft you fly, so scoring adapts to whether you land a Cessna 152 or a Boeing 747.
- Profile configs are version-controlled and diff-synced on deploy so updates ship without downtime or manual intervention.
Feature 1.1.13
Flight Photos now keep a private gallery with each flight
Flight detail now supports private MSFS 2024 Photo Mode galleries with exporter capture, web uploads, and richer review controls.
March 31, 2026
- Added Flight Photos galleries to flight detail so screenshots stay attached to the specific flight they came from.
- Let the exporter watch for new MSFS 2024 Photo Mode screenshots automatically, with a manual web upload path when you want to add photos later.
- Revamped the gallery with clearer status states, original-download and delete actions, a larger lightbox, and a collapsible layout that keeps gallery fill visible.
Feature v0.26.0
MSFS PLN exports now include planned and actual routes
Flight detail can now export either your planned route or the route you actually flew as an MSFS PLN file for import into compatible tools like Navigraph.
March 23, 2026
- Added planned-route PLN exports that preserve stored flight-plan waypoints when they are available.
- Added actual-route PLN exports reconstructed from flight telemetry so debriefs can be compared against charted routing.
- Updated export controls and upgrade messaging so both PLN options are visible directly from flight detail.
Improvement v0.25.0
Public changelog launched
Introduced a dedicated changelog page and linked it from the shared public footer so product updates are easy to track.
February 23, 2026
- Added a new public changelog route with release cards and structured updates.
- Centralized release entries in a reusable content module for easier maintenance.
- Extended smoke tests to validate changelog route rendering and footer link visibility.
Feature v0.24.0
Flight detail analytics expanded
Flight detail review now includes broader telemetry charting and route map coverage for deeper post-flight debriefs.
February 20, 2026
- Expanded whole-flight visual analytics across climb, descent, and touchdown windows.
- Added client-side downsampling and capped chart datasets for better rendering performance on large flights.
- Shipped route map panel support with telemetry track and start/end context.
Feature v0.23.0
Planned-vs-actual comparisons enhanced
SimBrief-connected workflows now surface richer planned-vs-actual analysis including route adherence and envelope deltas.
February 18, 2026
- Added planned-vs-actual envelope metrics for climb, cruise, and descent comparisons.
- Introduced route-adherence scoring with corridor coverage and cross-track error statistics.
- Enabled waypoint extraction persistence and cache fallback behavior for temporary SimBrief upstream issues.
Improvement v0.22.0
Route metadata confidence improved
Route and runway metadata now use improved telemetry and geospatial inference to increase consistency in debrief context.
February 16, 2026
- Normalized route metadata fields and added backfill support.
- Added telemetry-derived departure and arrival runway inference with recompute persistence.
- Added airport ICAO geospatial inference support when airport datasets are configured.
Feature v0.21.0
Benchmark cohorts and percentiles added
Performance scoring now includes cohort-driven percentile context so pilots can compare outcomes with similar flight conditions.
February 12, 2026
- Added cohort segmentation by aircraft class, runway length bucket, and wind bucket.
- Introduced percentile cut points and threshold status mapping for key performance metrics.
- Enabled benchmark result payloads for dashboard and flight-detail surfaces.