# PilotCalc — A Time Calculator & Flight Log

> Pilot time calculator and flight log with customizable features. (iPhone/iPad app by Ian Longshaw.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pilotcalc/id1536911640 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ian Longshaw](https://appshunter.io/developer/1536911642)
- Category: Utilities, Business
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.88/5 from 8 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 30 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-11-18
- Data updated: 2026-06-01
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pilotcalc/id1536911640/reviews.md

## What is PilotCalc?

PilotCalc is a utility comprising a mini Flight Log and Time Calculator.  The basic functionality of the Time Calculator and the Flight Log is free with no ads, but there are two one-off in-app purchases available to extend the usefulness of the app and to customise its appearance.

The Flight Log is designed to enable pilots to log basic flight information and a few notes for a series of flights. It automatically calculates the associated block, airborne, duty and tech log times. If scheduled times are entered before flight, it also provides a countdown to departure. The Flight Log can be used in UTC or system time.  Buying the Flight Log Preferences in-app purchase allows for customisation of the Flight Log. This customisation includes:
- Tailoring the departure countdown, including adding and removing alert times, changing associated colours and the option to enable audio and/or background notifications for each countdown alert. 
- Displaying elapsed times in hours and minutes or in decimals.
- Changing the default periods used for calculating the Duty Start and Duty End times.
- Changing the tech log calculation to use block times instead of airborne times.

The Time Calculator is designed to add up logbook entries with minimal keystrokes, but can be used for any hours and minutes calculations, including those involving elapsed time within a 24 hour period (useful for those duty time sums at the end of a long night). There are no practical limits to the number of hours that can be added, but time calculations resulting in negative time values are not supported. All calculations are held in a rolling tape for reference. The free version of PilotCalc offers three different calculator keyboard colour options and includes the hours and minutes time calculator. Opting to pay for the Calculator Preferences in-app purchase unlocks eight additional keyboard colours and two additional calculators - a decimal time calculator and a basic arithmetic calculator. With the Calculator Preferences enabled, hours and minutes calculations and decimal calculations are automatically converted when switching between the two time calculators.

The app was developed to work well on the relatively small screen of an iPhone but scales effectively to the larger iPad screens.  This version does not allow synchronisation between devices.

Please visit www.coldaridcode.com for more information or follow us @coldaridcode for the latest news. If you find PilotCalc useful we would really appreciate a review on the App Store!

## Key features

- Flight log for basic flight information
- Automatic calculation of block, airborne, duty, and tech log times
- Departure countdown with customizable alerts
- Time calculator for hours and minutes
- Decimal time calculator
- Basic arithmetic calculator
- Customizable keyboard colors

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Calculator Colour Pack One | $0.49 | one-time |
| Countdown Preferences | $0.99 | one-time |
| Calculator Colour Pack Two | $0.49 | one-time |
| Calculator Preferences | $1.99 | one-time |
| Flight Log Preferences | $1.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pilotcalc/id1536911640/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Excellent and elegant solution

*2022-03-07*

The developer has created a brilliant, simple app for calculating and recording flight times. Highly recommend. Very responsive to suggestions and improvements. Well done.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your kind review. I am so pleased that you are finding PilotCalc useful and that I was able to help in the short term with some small improvements. I hope to be able to implement some of the other suggestions in the next release.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2021-10-12*

Downloaded Pilot Calc for pilot log book calculations for which it is brilliant. There couldn’t be an easier way to enter hrs mins and the scratchpad shows all the data so any entry mistakes are easy to spot.
The bonus is the scheduler/flight log to record scheduled and actual flight data. The schedule can be entered before the flight day so a series of flights can be set up easily.  I elected to have the Alert time upgrade which allows you to set your own countdown and alerts which with Airports/Airlines super keen on ‘on time’ performance is really useful. There is also a handy free text field to add things like pilot names etc.

**Developer response:** I'm pleased that you are finding PilotCalc useful and appreciate you taking the time to leave a review.

Thanks, Ian

## Frequently asked questions about PilotCalc

### Does PilotCalc have ads?

PilotCalc is ad-free. The basic functionality is free and contains no advertisements.

### What is the price of PilotCalc?

PilotCalc is free to download and use. There are optional one-off in-app purchases for extended features and customization.

### What devices does PilotCalc support?

PilotCalc is designed to work on iPhone and iPad, scaling effectively to larger screens.

### How often is PilotCalc updated?

The latest version, 2.1.3, was released on February 4, 2023. Updates are released periodically to improve functionality and add features.

### What are the in-app purchases for PilotCalc?

There are two one-off in-app purchases: Flight Log Preferences for customizing the flight log features and Calculator Preferences for unlocking additional calculators and keyboard colors.

### Can I sync my PilotCalc data between devices?

This version of PilotCalc does not support synchronization between devices. Data is stored locally on the device.

### What age rating does PilotCalc have?

PilotCalc has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

### What do users like about PilotCalc?

PilotCalc is highly rated at 4.9 stars from 8 ratings, indicating strong user satisfaction with its utility and features.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1.3 — 2023-02-04

•Added the ability to backup data files to email and restore them at a later date.
•Fix for an occasional crash caused by a missing value.
•Fix for duty time manual edits not being correctly restored when app is reloaded.
•Added a 'Follow on Mastodon' button to the Contact/Follow/Review screen.
•Added an occasional prompt for a review.
•Removed obsolete conversion code.

### 2.1.2 — 2022-12-11

This is a bug fix release to address the crash on update bug introduced with version 2.1.0

### 2.1.1 — 2022-12-08

Bug fixes related to the release of Version 2.1.0

### 2.1.0 — 2022-12-05

This update contains lots of new functionality and a number of bug fixes. Full details are available in the help file and on our website but are summarised below:

General:
• Consolidated in-app purchases to Flight Log Preferences and Calculator Preferences (in-app purchase required for those items marked with the symbols ¹  (Flight Log Preferences) and ² (Calculator Preferences) below).
• The ‘What's New’ window can now be re-opened from the menu.
• Fixed a number of crash bugs.
• Fixed a display issue affecting the Unlock Additional Options screen on smaller devices.

Flight Log:
• Added new aircraft registration field.
• Added new duty time fields.
• Added new PDF report for flights.
• Added option to use block times instead of airborne times in the log time calculation.¹
• Added the option to display elapsed times in decimals instead of hours and minutes.¹

Calculator:
• Calculator history tape is now saved between sessions.
• Added an arithmetic calculator.²
• Added a decimal time calculator.²
• Added automatic conversion between hours and minutes and decimals.²

Notes:
Previous purchase of Countdown Preferences automatically enables the new Flight Log Preferences and previous purchase of either Colour Pack automatically enables the new Calculator Preferences.

### 2.0.8 — 2022-03-08

Version 2.0.8 is another very small update:

•  Adds a copy button to the calculator, to quickly save the contents of the history tape to the iOS clipboard.

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