Built in Switzerland, for Swiss pilots
Every launch, briefed.Every flight, debriefed.
Before you launch. After you land.
Read the day. Fly it. Read it back.
The forecast for your launch before you go, your own history beside it, and the moments that made the flight replayed when you land.
The briefing card · paraguide.io
Emmetten - Niederbauen
1,573 m · faces N · Example · 12 Sept 2026
The read
Light head wind on launch, thermals working to 1.1 m/s estimated net climb; modelled top 1,800 m, light winds above.
2km/h
LIGHT
08:00
2km/h
LIGHT
10:00
4km/h
LIGHT
12:00
5km/h
HEAD
14:00
2km/h
LIGHT
16:00
0km/h
LIGHT
18:00
0km/h
LIGHT
20:00
The forecast for your launch. And what to make of it.
Wind, lift and the changing day, explained for the slope you plan to fly.
- Weather models via Open-Meteo, with MeteoSwiss surface forecasts where available and separate nearby station observations.
- The launch’s aspect, the föhn pressure gap and local valley context help explain how the day may develop.
- Open the hourly detail to see what drives the read, which station it uses and what is still uncertain.
Example · Fri 11 Sep · 50 recorded flights
MeteoSwiss ICON-CH1 at your launch hour · 17 flights
your best climbs · the 9 flights that climbed here
drift of your thermals · 5 tracks
the tops of those 9 flights
You have a history here. Put today beside it.
Your flights give the forecast a point of reference you recognise.
- Put today’s modelled launch wind beside the range from your own flights here. Nearby station readings stay separate.
- Your tracks supply the climbs, thermal drift and heights you have experienced here, where enough data is available.
- Today’s forecast sits beside those ranges, so you can see what looks familiar and what deserves a closer look.
Altitude
2,758m
Vario
+0.0m/s
Speed
0km/h
Height profile
2,758 m peak · 1 h 29 min
Your flight, in 3D. The moments that matter.
See what happened over the terrain, with the key moments found for you.
- Replay your actual track over 3D terrain, with height, climb and speed alongside it.
- Jump to a climb, glide or high point instead of searching through the whole flight.
- Bring in the IGC files you already have. Every flight gets its own replay and debrief.
After you land · The app itself
Import your flights. Get all of this.
One zip and your whole flying life arrives: every season counted, every wing with its stats and its trim reminders, and every flight flown back with its key moments in it.
The day at your launch, read before you go. The window, the read and the hours drawn, for the launch you tapped: the room the app opens on, shown with a fixed Swiss example day.
Example data · read-only · nothing you touch is saved
The engine
Your data in. Your read out.
Weather data, your flying data, and what the makers and the experts know: three inputs, one engine, and the engine writes the briefing, the debrief, the wing read and every Ask answer.
01Weather data
MeteoSwiss · SwissMetNet · Holfuy
Light wind
Illustrative days · 1/4
02Flying data
Your tracklogs · FlySkyHy · XCTrack
62flights
31hours
20sites
Seasonality · all years
Monthly airtime
31h
total
Your shape
You're a speedflying maestro.
03Wing + domain expertise
Makers · pilots · the books
122 wings. 23 makers.
Specifications from the manufacturers.
127hrs
in the air
84
flights
1,420km
flown
73km/h
top speed
+5.2m/s
best climb
12.5m/s
steepest sink
You were up there 127 hours: that’s 11× the LOTR extended trilogy, back to back.
What it costs
All of it. Free.
The whole product, for every pilot. Ask is three questions a day.
The whole product
CHF0
forever.
No trial. No card details. What’s free today stays free.
- Every flight, forever
- 3D replay with the key moments
- The full Briefing, at any spot
- Your wings and their service clocks
- Ask, grounded in your own flights
Ask · 3 questions a day
Start flying with it
Drop your flights, get your Wrapped.
Start your logbook and every flight flies back, your season wraps itself, each flight gets its read, and it’s all yours. The logbook is free, forever.
0×
longer than your best flight a year ago
Yours builds from your own tracks, and rewraps with every flight.
FAQ
Straight answers.
01Who is Paraguide for?
Pilots flying in Switzerland who keep their tracklogs. Whether that's ten years of XContest history or your first season, Paraguide turns them into a logbook that knows your flying, and reads every Swiss launch against it. Every flight you add sharpens the picture.
02Why Swiss launches?
Because the read is only as good as what is under it. In Switzerland that is MeteoSwiss ICON-CH1 and ICON-CH2 hour by hour, the SwissMetNet stations measuring now and back through your own flying days, the föhn gap across the Alps, BAZL airspace, and the SHV's own 3x3 as the shape of the read. That stack does not exist everywhere, so we started where it is deepest.
03Can I use it outside Switzerland?
Yes, and thousands of launches across the Alps and beyond are in the map. Outside the Swiss models the read names whichever model answered for that point, the station history thins out, and the föhn and airspace layers stop applying. It is honest about all of it, on every read.
04What does it cost?
Nothing. The whole product is free: every flight, the 3D replays with their key moments and the debrief, the full Briefing with your history at the spot and the week ahead, your wings with their service clocks, your Wrapped. Ask is grounded in your own flights and metered at 3 questions a day, which is the one thing that costs us money per question.
05Will anything move behind a paywall later?
No. What is free today stays free. If a paid layer ever comes it is added on top, never carved out: comparison against everyone's flying once a region has the density to be honest, what pilots fly where you are heading, how your wing measures up across the fleet.
06I already log on XContest. Why move?
Don't move. Sync. XContest is the league; Paraguide is the debrief. Import your XContest history in one zip and every flight arrives read, your league account untouched.
07Do I have to upload every flight by hand?
No files and no retyping. Connect FlySkyHy or XCTrack to Paraguide once, and after a flight it's one tap in the app to send it over: the flight arrives with its track, site and stats. Any IGC file from any instrument works too.
08Does it track my gear?
Every wing you fly gets its own page, built from your logbook: hours and kilometres, the maker's own service intervals counting down, trim reminders, and your review when you're ready to give it.
09What happens to my flights?
Your flying builds more than your logbook. Flight and equipment data contribute by default to Paraguide’s shared knowledge, comparisons and gear information. You keep ownership of your data. Your logbook visibility is separate from its contribution to the platform. Our privacy policy explains these uses and your choices.
10Is Paraguide live?
Yes: the logbook is live and free on the web today, and the iPhone app is in review with Apple. Sign up on the web and your account carries straight into the app the day it lands. We call it a beta because the reads are still being honed with a first cohort of pilots and real instructors, and pilots flying with us now get a say in what we build next.