Tool in the Cockpit1.7.4 - App Store

The essential performance and weight & balance app for helicopter pilots. Built by a commercial helicopter pilot for Robinson 22, 44, 66, Eurocopter AS350, H125, EC120, EC130, Bell 206, 407, and AW119 operators.

A pilot’s app that feels like a cockpit upgrade.
Built by a commercial helicopter pilot for others who love flying and love great tools.
Tool in the Cockpit simplifies your preflight and in-flight routine - not just to save time, but to make flying more focused, more enjoyable, and more professional.

Key features include:

In-flight screen with relative wind, hover ceilings, density altitude, power limits, Vne, and more

Weight & balance for R22, R44, R66, AS350 B2, H125 B3+, Bell 407, EC120, EC130 and AW119

Sign, save, and email W&B sheets in seconds

METARs and TAFs in two taps - enter ICAOs, hit send, and print

Warning light references pulled straight from the POH

HIGE / HOGE Hover ceiling charts

Fuel and weight shown in kg, lbs, litres, gallons, and percent

Offline unit converter with all the aviation-specific tools you need

Auto-generated PDFs for nav logs

As a working pilot, you know how fast things change - extra luggage, a fuel top-up, a last-minute detour. This app lets you recalculate performance or W&B right there in the cockpit, without switching apps or flipping through paper.

Whether you’re flying an R22 or a B3, training or flying charters, Tool in the Cockpit keeps your flying sharp, confident, and stress-free.

R22 and AS350 are always free. For R44, R66, and other machines start a free trial and unlock full capability.

Version History Sign in and keep your subscriptions and saved aircraft W&B when changing devices.
EC120 & EC130 warning lights 1.7.4 4d ago B206 - HIGE, HOGE
EC120 & EC130 - HIGE HOGE 1.7.0 Sep 23 minor bug fix 1.6.9 Sep 19 Minor bug fix 1.6.2 Sep 16 NEW: Route Weather Maps
Printable weather maps for the hour you fly, with your route drawn across each one: surface wind and gusts, cloud cover, low cloud, cloud base, visibility, fog, thunderstorms, rain and precipitation type. Winds aloft for every leg with the best altitude for a tailwind picked out, plus the METAR and TAF for every airport on the route, all in one PDF you can print or share. Enter the route by ICAO code, airport name, coordinates or by tapping the map. Tap "Get advanced weather maps for my route" on the Weather page to see a full example. Available as a subscription.

Nav page: rebuilt from the ground up. Airports for the whole world, the best fuel stops found in under a second with up to three route options, must-stops and avoids, ports of entry marked, and a new nav log with magnetic tracks, times, fuel and alternates.

Time Calc: add up flight times, shown in hours:minutes and decimal hours.

Flight pages keep running in the background, so switching apps mid-flight no longer sends you back to the menu. 1.6.1 Sep 15 Minor Bug Fix 1.5.9 Sep 14 AS350 B2 power check.
AW119 power assurance check page improved. Save PAC's and view the long term trend. 1.5.7 Sep 12 New Flight Page:
- Bug fix, no more lag
- HIGE added
- HIGE & HOGE go green to orange to red depending on how close to, or over, the hover limit you are
Conversion Page:
- Fuel conversion added
- Better layout
- Other bug fixes
HOGE Page:
- Print HOGE charts
- Bug fix on the AS350 B2 HOGE chart 1.5.6 Sep 8 onboarding design improvement 1.5.4 Feb 17 1) METARs and TAFs working again,
2) Onboarding updated,
Updated description. 1.5.3 Feb 16 privacy policy update 1.5.2 12/20/2025 Max fuel on Bell 206b3 corrected. 1.5.1 11/17/2025 Added Bell 206 Longranger (L3) weight and balance.
In settings you can now set the weight units you prefer for the printed W&B pdfs. You can choose between default, kg and lb. If default is selected pounds will be used for American manufacturers (Bell and Robinson) and kg for the European manufacturers. 1.4.6 10/10/2025 Added Bell 206 B3 Weight and balance. 1.4.4 10/07/2025 Challenges 1.3.8 07/28/2025 EC120 W&B 1.3.6 07/25/2025 Onboarding revised 1.2.8 07/22/2025 Added EC130 W&B
Added B407 W&B 1.2.5 07/16/2025 Fixed Bug on new flight page.
Added grid view on new flight page. You can now choose which info boxes you see 1.0.16 07/14/2025 New Flight Page. Shows HOGE limits in ft for current weight, Fuel Range ring on the map. Fuel and weight automatically decrease with fuel burn. 1.1.11 07/10/2025 Added share button 1.1.8 06/24/2025 Added monthly subscriptions 1.1.6 06/23/2025 R44 Raven I weight and balance added. 1.1.3 06/21/2025 link to 407 updated 1.1.2 06/15/2025 minor bug fix 1.1.1 06/07/2025