Hot Air Downloads & RevenueHot Air · App Store
Hot Air is #24 in Navigation Paid in Japan and charting in 11 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 21 events
- 🚀Hot Air: now shown next to Ultramagic FlightPack, Balloon Nav, FlyOn Pilot +2 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Hot Air entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · FR
- 📈Hot Air entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · BR
- 📈Hot Air new best rank in the overall chart: #110Top Paid · All Apps · TR
- 📈Hot Air entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · CA
- 📈Hot Air entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · GB
- 📈Hot Air entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · JP
- 📈Hot Air entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · JP
- 📈Hot Air new best rank in the overall chart: #167Top Paid · All Apps · TR
- 📈Hot Air charting in a new countryTurkey
- 📦Hot Air updated to version 15.19What's new in 15.19
• Faster, smoother Live Data, especially on older iPhones.
• Share KML overlays with your crew: in Custom KML Map Overlays, tap the crew icon on an overlay to send it to crew phones on your AirShare channel.
• Better flight share images: Track Map Image, Flight Summary, and Instagram/Facebook Stories now use the map you're looking at, with altitude colors, the Hot Air logo, and an altitude legend.
• Ambient temperature now keeps exactly what you type and no longer changes each time you reopen it. Max Envelope Temp is fixed too.
• Other bug fixes and improvements.… more - 📦Hot Air: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📈Hot Air charting in a new country in 2 chartsMexico · United States
- 📈Hot Air entered the top 100Top Paid · Navigation · US
- 📈Hot Air entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Navigation · DE · Top Paid · Navigation · FR
- 📦Hot Air updated to version 15.18Hot Air opens again on iOS 27. If the app was showing a white screen and then closing, install this update and open it from the icon you already have.
- 📈Hot Air charting in a new country in 4 chartsAustralia · India · Italy · Russia
- 📦Hot Air updated to version 15.17Compass now returns the map to north. Tapping a waypoint shows its name.
- 🆕Hot Air first spotted by AppInsider#71 in Top Paid · Navigation · Japan
- 📦Hot Air version 15.16No release notes
- 🆕Hot Air released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Navigation PaidHot Air at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-04. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Hot Air is a specialized navigation and flight logging tool for hot air balloon pilots, offering live tracking, wind profiling, and detailed postflight analysis. The app holds the #2 spot in Japan's paid Navigation category, significantly outperforming its positions in other markets like South Korea (#90) and Brazil (#91).
Similar apps: ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, SkyDemon
Hot Air on the App Store
App details
Hot Air downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | NavigationPaid | #24 |
 United States | NavigationPaid | #68 |
 South Korea | NavigationPaid | #90 |
 United Kingdom | NavigationPaid | #147 |
 France | NavigationPaid | #96 |
 Brazil | NavigationPaid | #86 |
 Germany | NavigationPaid | #158 |
 Canada | NavigationPaid | #136 |
 Russia | NavigationPaid | #107 |
 Australia | NavigationPaid | #143 |
 India | NavigationPaid | #158 |
Apps near Hot Air on the chart
Navigation Paid, around #24.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Hot Air
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app as an essential tool for hot air balloon pilots, highlighting its accurate tracking, comprehensive logging features, and responsive developer support. While most reviews are positive, a few users report technical issues such as crashes after updates or failures in third-party integrations like Glympse.
Mostly positive (92% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful.
What people like
- Features & content: “Very helpful logbook feature”
- Useful: “Very helpful logbook feature”
- Privacy & data: “Wondering why tracking doesn't go to flight log”
- Ease of use: “It makes logging your flight easy and quick”
About Hot Air
Whether you’re a student pilot, a commercial operator, or flying for fun, Hot Air helps you stay organized, informed, and connected.
Features include:
• Live tracking on street or satellite maps
• Wind profiling by altitude during climb and descent
• Waypoint navigation with bearing, distance, and estimated time
• Automatic flight recording with 3D export support
• Custom map overlays (KML/KMZ)
• Offline-capable with map caching
• Real-time flight sharing with crew or friends
• Detailed flight logs for crew, passengers, propane, and temperature
• Flight summaries and totals for logs or checkrides
• Interactive map history of takeoffs and landings
• Export to HTML, KML, or GPX
• Payload calculator for accurate weight and balance
• Integrated weather data and forecasts
• Improved UTM 4x4 waypoint format support
Additional features:
• Real-time heading projection
• Built-in data backup and restore
• Localized in English, French, Czech, and Slovak
• Fully optimized for iPhone and iPad (portrait and landscape)
Note: Continued use of GPS can reduce battery life. Use an external battery for longer flights.
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