simmer/noun: A person deeply into flight simulation, usually with a strong interest in aviation, realism, and the experience of flying on a PC or console.

For a long time, I had the same problem every time I opened Microsoft Flight Simulator. Not during the flight itself, before it.

I would sit there thinking: "Where should I fly today?"

And somehow that simple question would turn into:

• Opening random airport maps
• Trying to remember routes I wanted to revisit
• Visiting the same routes again

The actual flying was immersive. Getting to the flight often wasn't.

So I started building something for myself.

Something lightweight, calmer, and focused on actually flying.

That project became Simmers.app.

What is Simmers.app?

Simmers.app is a lightweight companion for flight simmers.

It helps you:

• Discover routes
• Save favorites
• Log flights
• Track your flying history
• Build your hangar
• Share boarding passes
• And keep your sim sessions organized without turning the hobby into admin work

It works with: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and 2020, and X-Plane 12. And it's built primarily for casual flight simmers. Not every flight needs to feel like airline operations.

Find a route without overthinking it

The core idea behind Simmers.app is simple: Reduce the friction between wanting to fly and actually flying.

Sometimes you just want:

• A beautiful night approach
• A 30 minute hop
• A regional jet route
• A calm coastal flight
• Or something challenging after work

So the app gives you multiple ways to discover flights.

You can:

• Answer a few quick prompts in "What should I fly today?"
• Browse curated routes
• Or filter by:
• duration
• complexity
• aircraft type
• region
• time of day

No giant dispatch workflow. No ACARS setup. No pretending you're managing an airline (for now, we might introduce that feature later). Just: "Give me a good route and let me fly."

More than a route picker

As I kept building, I realized I didn't just want route discovery. I wanted continuity between sim sessions. So Simmers.app evolved into something bigger.

You can now:

• Save routes for later
• Log flights
• Track airports and regions visited
• Create a personal hangar
• Reuse aircraft presets
• View your flight map
• Build a public pilot profile
• And generate shareable boarding passes

The goal isn't realism for the sake of realism. It's helping your virtual flying life feel persistent.

Community routes

The platform also includes community-submitted routes.

Pilots can:

• Propose new routes
• Vote on routes
• Help expand the catalog
• And contribute discoveries from around the world

Right now the platform already contains more than 2,000 curated routes covering most world regions. Community routes are the next layer on top of that foundation.

What's next?

Right now the focus is improving the core features:

Discover → Save → Fly → Log → Share

Some of the next areas I'm exploring:

• Curated route collections
• Better progression systems
• Richer logbook summaries
• Flight recap cards
• Streamer-friendly tools
• And deeper community contributions

But the philosophy stays the same: Less setup, more actual flying.

Try it

Simmers.app is live now:

https://simmers.app

If you're into flight simulation, I'd genuinely love to hear what you think.