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Volanta and ElevateX are good at live tracking. Here’s a complete, factual look at everywhere GroundNav goes further, and the one honest gap worth knowing about.
| Capability | GroundNav | Volanta | ElevateX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live tracking + logbook | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VATSIM integration | ✓ | ✓ | Planned Q3 2026 (map events only) |
| IVAO integration | ✓ | ✓ | Planned Q4 2026 |
| Landing scoring | Full pillar breakdown, aircraft-aware | Touchdown FPM, speed, wind — no graded score | No scoring found on their site |
| Departure / SOP scoring | ✓ | — | — |
| Live fuel monitoring | Continuous 20-min windows | Post-flight fuel burned only | No fuel tracking found |
| Takeoff/landing performance calculator | 55 aircraft, BFL/FLEX/RWYCC | — | — |
| Career mode / pilot progression | Two full tracks | — | Not on roadmap |
| Virtual Airline tools | Full lifecycle, both platforms | — | In development in-house (Q2–Q3 2026) |
| Fleet + maintenance simulation | ✓ | — | — |
| Multiplayer (AI-injected pilots) | ✓ | Shown on map; in-sim injection not confirmed | Planned Q3 2026 (Parties, map-based) |
| Voice radio between users | LiveKit PTT on shared freqs | — | — |
| Taxiway-graph pathfinding | Real Dijkstra, ATC-clearance-aware | — | — |
| Screenshot gallery, geo-tagged | ✓ | Premium for 4K/unlimited | Premium for 4K/unlimited |
| Flight replay | 2D + web viewer, share cards | 3D flight path view, not a scrubbable replay | Planned Q3 2026, not live yet |
| Mobile app w/ sim monitoring | iOS + Android, read-only today, write control coming | Premium app, remote-pause only | No mobile app yet (planned Q3–Q4 2026) |
| Stream/OBS overlay | Built-in, themeable | Premium feature | Free, OBS/Streamlabs browser source |
| Real-world route explorer + schedules | ✓ | Premium feature | — |
| Discord integration | Rich Presence + VA webhook | Badges only, premium | Server role linking only, no Rich Presence |
| Multi-simulator support | MSFS only (X-Plane planned) | MSFS/X-Plane/P3D/FSX/DCS/FlightGear | MSFS/X-Plane/P3D, Windows only (macOS/Linux planned) |
The catch: GroundNav is MSFS-only today, with X-Plane support planned and no Xbox plans. Everywhere else on this table, it goes further than either competitor. Several rows (Career Mode, VA tools, the performance calculator, multiplayer with voice) neither competitor has at all, not even in a lesser form.
Mobile is coming too. The Android app is targeted to launch alongside the desktop app, and if it doesn’t, expect it within a month after. iOS is in development and expected three to four months after Android goes live. If either date moves, we’ll say so through our usual channels rather than leave you guessing.