App started asking for subscription fee

[MIKE MARTIN]

Is this legit or do I have a virus and it's a scam

[Apps4av Support]

Hi Mike

The app requires subscription now beyond one region. 

Regards,

Apps For Aviators Support,

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On Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 8:07 PM MIKE MARTIN <cfi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is this legit or do I have a virus and it's a scam

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[MIKE MARTIN]

It came from the VFR area plates, they are not in a group and listed by state. I have Northwest set for everything else. Thanks.

[Andrew Sarangan]

I wasn’t aware of this new requirement, and I have to say I’m disappointed to learn about it. The cost itself is not the issue; rather, requiring a subscription puts Avare in a different category, alongside iFly, DroidEFB, Garmin Pilot, and similar apps.

Avare was always special because it was completely free and came with no meaningful limitations. I thought the previously introduced subscription for transferring flight plans between devices was reasonable because it did not fundamentally change that model. Restricting chart coverage by geography, however, feels different and seems to move away from what made Avare unique.

[Jay *]

Which is another reason why I strongly encouraged the coder to charge a one time fee / membership like Plex.

I don't expect substantial updates to Avare and what I use now is 'good enough' for the last 5 years.  I couldn't figure out AvareX, its loaded with features but what I want is weather, metars and traffic.    

So Avare legacy fulfills that and works well.