Skydive LogBook vs GCS Manifest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skydive LogBook
This digital logbook helps skydivers track ratings, membership, and jump details. It allows for easy entry, storage, and export of skydiving and wind tunnel logs, with features for repack dates and multi-signatures.
- USPA Approved Digital Logbook
- Ratings, Membership, Line Count Tracker
- Repack Date Tracker
- SkyDive/Wind Tunnel Log Entry
- PDF Export
- Signature & Multi-Sign Support
- Dropbox Backup & Excel Upload
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A Simple and Clean USPA Approved Digital Logbook for Skydivers Includes: - Ratings, Membership, Line Count and Repack Date Tracker - Location Based DZ Selection, Weather and Winds Aloft - Enter and Store SkyDive / B.A.S.E. / Wind Tunnel Logs - Comprehensive List of Metrics on Your Logbook Data - View & Export Your Logbook as a PDF, CSV or Excel - Flocking Calculator and Integrated Burble Board - Deep and Steep Insight Bluetooth Sync - Support for Signature & Multi-Sign - Ability to Copy Logs for Easy Entry - Dropbox Backup and Excel Import - iCloud Sync for Logbook Data - Scan and Import Paper Logs - Re-Arrange Log Entry Fields - USPA SIM 3-1 Compliant - Light and Dark Mode UI - Siri Enabled
GCS Manifest
This application provides a mobile-friendly interface to the GCS (Ground Control Skydiving) manifest website. It serves as a wrapper for easy access to skydiving manifest information.
- Mobile-friendly interface
- Access to GCS manifest website
- Easy information retrieval
- Wrapper for website functionality
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This app is a simple mobile-friendly wrapper around the GCS (Ground Control Skydiving) manifest website. DISCLAIMER: This app is absolutely not an official GCS app and is provided on an "as is" basis with no guarantees of completeness, accuracy, or usefulness. The official GCS website will always be the source of truth!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GCS Manifest at 5.0 against Skydive LogBook's 4.3. GCS Manifest also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Skydive LogBook's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GCS Manifest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Skydive LogBook's written reviews are positive against 100% of GCS Manifest's.
Skydive LogBook ships an update every 10 days, GCS Manifest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and July 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skydive LogBook | GCS Manifest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shiraz Omar | Nicolas Faralli |
Customer experience
Skydive LogBook
GCS Manifest
In-app purchases
Skydive LogBook
No in-app purchases
GCS Manifest
No in-app purchases
