For the developers at Local Route Labs, the wait to have a product on the iOS platform is finally over. When we spoke with Local Route Labs’ Tyler Krucas in July they announced the release of the Disc Golf Unchained Flight Lab for Android and today they are excited to announce that Flight Lab is now available for iOS users as well.

This free download is more than just a preview of what is to come from Local Route Labs. With partnerships with Dynamic Discs, Latitude 64, Westside Discs, Prodigy Disc, Gateway Disc Sports, and UB Disc Golf, users will be able to simulate flights of real discs made by those companies. You’re also able to easily purchase any of these discs with links straight to Disc Nation within the app itself.

We talked with Tyler a bit yesterday evening and we got a chance to play with the Flight Lab last night when it first hit the iOS App Store.

When you launch the app and enter the lab, you’ll have a randomly generated hole created for you. Once you check out the distance, you can select the disc you want to throw for that hole. The simulated flight path will show on the screen to give you an estimated look at how the disc would fly based on the current conditions. The flights seem relatively accurate with overstable discs holding up better in headwinds and understable discs becoming a little flippy when thrown into any headwind.

We found the distances to be pretty predictable across the board. On some holes where it was less than 300 feet, we switched it to a midrange and had very little problem reaching the hole. We had fun making some ace runs on these holes with a lot of control and came close on a few attempts. As you get closer to a hole, the disc selection will automatically change from drivers to a midrange or putter depending on the distance you have left. Be careful on the putting though. We gave it a little too much power and had it chain out on us. I guess some things carry over from our personal golf game to the video game.

Some might find the Flight Lab to be a little simple, but the idea isn’t a full on game, but part simulation and part showcase in our minds. We certainly like throwing discs that we’ve used on the course ourselves and having the option to make that quick purchase is a nice feature. What we’re most excited about is the future potential for something like this. The physics are nearly perfect. A few things need to be tweaked and the developers are already working on some updates.

While talking with Krucas last night, we talked about the next steps for Local Route Labs and Krucas stated the development now turns to their full app with multiple designed courses. Krucas has said they’ve already made some big improvements from when they first started building the app and can’t wait for what they can do next. After some improvements to the Flight Lab, they’ll begin designing actual courses to be loaded into the app along with some in app purchases. Once you play around with the Flight Lab and learn the right angles and power to really see a full flight, you’ll start to get the itch to see fully designed courses. Could you imagine playing Fountain Hills, DeLaveaga, Winthrop Gold, or other famous courses on your phone? Heck, it doesn’t even need to be a famous course for us to enjoy it.

While the overall development continues, download the free Flight Lab from the iOS App Store or the Google Play Store and check out what Local Route Labs has been working on. We’d love to see some more companies jump on board and support these guys on what could become the best disc golf simulation app available.