# Pilot Helper — Cockpit tools for GA pilots

> Cockpit tools for GA pilots (iPhone/iPad app by Vitalii Rostovskii.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pilot-helper/id6802036403 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vitalii Rostovskii](https://appshunter.io/developer/1878108866)
- Category: Navigation, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 26 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-13
- Data updated: 2026-11-01

## What is Pilot Helper?

Pilot Helper is a pocket assistant for general-aviation pilots. Everything you reach for in flight is on one dark, high-contrast screen with large buttons — readable at a glance and easy to hit, even in turbulence.

CHECKLISTS
• Your own checklists grouped by flight phase
• Tick items, add comments, keep a history of completed runs

TIME
• UTC and local time side by side
• Analog clock with draggable markers
• Bearing to the selected airfield

TIMERS
• Stopwatch and named countdown timers with alerts

CONVERTERS
• Pressure, altitude and speed in one tabbed screen
• Snap-to-value scroll drum; the last value is remembered

AIRFIELDS
• Your own airfield database: ICAO search or pick a point on the map
• Runway diagram that rotates with your bearing
• "Nearest airfield" button

AIRSPACE & FREQUENCIES
• Zones with polygon boundaries and their frequencies
• "YOU ARE HERE" marker from GPS

MOVING MAP
• OpenStreetMap with track-up following
• Distance, ground speed and ETA to the airfield

COMPASS
• Magnetic heading and GPS track
• Nearest-airfield and current-zone panels with distance to the boundary along your track
• Tap to cycle between airfields

MADE FOR THE COCKPIT
• Choose the order and visibility of sections and one of three home-screen layouts
• Screen stays on, portrait only
• Back up all your data into a single file
• 10 interface languages

Pilot Helper is a situational-awareness aid only. It is not certified for navigation and does not replace official charts, NOTAMs, approved instruments or pilot judgement.

## Is Pilot Helper safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Pilot Helper.

## Is Pilot Helper legit?

Pilot Helper has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pilot Helper is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-31

Flight logbook with manual entries, GPS drafts, night time and reports. Save historical METAR/TAF and flight plan telegrams with each flight. CSV export, A5 PDF and printing. ADS-B traffic on the map and compass. Complete backup and restore of data and settings. Updated launch screen.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-29

Added weather and minor improvements

### 1.1 — 2026-10-28

• Interface in 10 languages: English, Russian, French, Turkish, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese
• Checklists: collapsible sections with a done/total counter; tap anywhere on a row to tick it; finishing a section opens the next one
• Standard checklist can be added in the current language
• Language picker in Settings

### 1.0 — 2026-09-13

No release notes.

## More apps by Vitalii Rostovskii

- [UmkaTelecom](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/umkatelecom/id6759329873)

All apps by Vitalii Rostovskii: https://appshunter.io/developer/1878108866

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