Comparison

FLYLOG.io vs fDeck

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FLYLOG.io

Effortlessly log flight hours, import data from various sources, and generate professional reports for aviation authorities. Features VFR navigation with maps and route guidance, ensuring compliance and easy record-keeping for pilots.

Highlights
  • Easy flight logging
  • Import from airline, CSV, Excel, ADS-B
  • Authority-ready exports
  • Totals, limits, and recency tracking
  • Professional CV and reports
  • VFR navigation with maps
  • Works across all devices
Features
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The digital pilot logbook for airline and general aviation pilots. Log every flight in seconds, stay current, and export your logbook for any aviation authority. • Import From Your Airline Import your roster from 150+ crew systems, including AIMS eCrew, NetLine, CAE FLiCA and NAVBLUE. Upload CSV or Excel files, or move your full history from LogTen, ForeFlight, CrewLounge, MyFlightbook and others. • AI Paper Logbook Scanner Scan your handwritten logbook, both pages at once, and turn it into digital records. • Log Flights in Seconds Take a photo of the ACARS screen in the cockpit, or search a flight by flight number or aircraft registration and fill it in from ADS-B data. Replay your flight track at any time. • Your Logbook, Your Way Show only the fields you use, set default aircraft and crew roles, and add custom fields. Edit many flights at once with bulk editing. • Automatic Night Time Night time is calculated from your route, date and times, using civil twilight and your authority's rules. • Built-In Audit Finds overlapping flights, duplicates, flight time longer than block time, and missing fields before your next check. • Digital and Remote Signatures Sign on your device, or send a secure link to your instructor or examiner. No account needed. Signatures appear in your exports. • Authority-Ready Exports Print-ready PDF logbooks for 13+ authorities, including EASA, FAA, UK CAA, TCCA, GCAA, QCAA, HKCAD, CAAC, JCAB, CASA, NZ CAA, SACAA and DGAC. • Flight Time Limits and Recency Track your flight time limits, duty hours and recency at a glance. Limits follow your authority and ratings. • Licences, Ratings and Medicals Get alerts before your licences, type ratings and medical expire. • Totals and Analytics Totals by aircraft type, PIC, SIC, dual, instructor, IFR, night and multi-crew, with interactive charts and a map of every airport and country you have flown to. • Pilot CV and Airline Jobs Build your online Pilot CV from your records and share it with a link. Browse airline jobs and check your hours against their requirements. • Connect With Pilots Follow other pilots, see recent flights worldwide and compare your hours on global leaderboards. • VFR Maps and Navigation Plan and fly VFR with live maps, route planning and airspace alerts. Check NOTAM, METAR and AUP. Record your flight and add it to your logbook. • Works Offline, Syncs Everywhere Log flights without internet. Your logbook syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web once you are back online. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

fDeck

This app provides a comprehensive flight deck with realistic instruments for aviation enthusiasts and pilots. It includes navigation tools, real-time weather, and traffic data, functioning as both a training aid and a supplementary instrument set.

Highlights
  • Realistic flight instruments (HSI, VOR, ADF, etc.)
  • Interactive aviation moving map
  • Live weather and ADS-B traffic data
  • Radio navigation training simulation
  • Worldwide aviation database
  • X-Plane flight simulator integration
Features
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fDeck turns your iPhone or iPad into a working aircraft instrument panel - a graphically beautiful flight deck for your pocket, with live weather, real ADS-B traffic, a flight planner and a powerful radio-navigation trainer. Trusted by 50,000+ pilots, student pilots and flight-sim enthusiasts worldwide. 100% ad-free. A FULL PANEL OF INSTRUMENTS Every instrument is hand-crafted to look and behave like the real thing - responsive, animated, and controlled with intuitive touch. Mix and match any combination to build your own flight deck: • Synthetic Vision (Vision PFD) • Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) • VOR receiver • Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) • Artificial Horizon • Altimeter (GPS/Baro) • Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) • Aircraft compass with heading bug • Groundspeed indicator • Chronometer with fuel totaliser • Live weather & wind, with TAF/METAR in raw or decoded form Every instrument has its own built-in video tutorial. LEARN TO NAVIGATE Pan your aircraft anywhere on the map and watch every instrument respond in real time. Tune any VOR, NDB or radio aid from a worldwide database - or build your own virtual navaids to practise tracking radials, intercepts and holds. The best radio-navigation trainer you can carry. PLAN YOUR FLIGHT Build a flight plan and slave any instrument to it. Waypoints transition automatically as you fly, so every needle keeps pointing exactly where it should - no re-tuning between legs. FLY WITH CONFIDENCE • Worldwide aviation database: 20,000+ airports and navaids, updated monthly • Aviation moving map with airspace, airports and navaids • Optional 5/10/20NM range rings and enhanced radial lines • Live ADS-B traffic with a built-in traffic avoidance (TCAS) system • Tag your own aircraft registration to silence alerts on yourself • Export your tracks as GPX or KML FOR YOUR HOME COCKPIT Drive the instruments straight from X-Plane or Microsoft Flight Simulator via the flight simulation connection, and turn any device into a secondary instrument panel. PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST No ads. No tracking across other apps. We never sell your data and collect only what is needed to run the app. NEW IN VERSION 3.0 • Vision: a brand-new synthetic vision PFD (early access - 2D now, 3D coming soon) • Now 100% ad-free • Microsoft Flight Simulator support, alongside X-Plane FDECK PREMIUM fDeck is free to download and use. Become a Premium member to unlock: • Premium and Early Access instruments (including Vision) • Unlimited user navigation stations • Monthly navigation database updates • Map weather overlays & live virtual radar • Live ADS-B traffic with TCAS alerting • Live TAF & METAR reports • Unlimited X-Plane & MSFS flight simulation connection • Crazy fast support from the dev! Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. • Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends • Manage or cancel anytime in your account settings IMPORTANT fDeck is a training aid and a supplementary/backup instrument. It is not a certified instrument and must not be used as a primary means of navigation. Questions or ideas? I read every email personally - just use "Contact the developer" in the app, or the contact page on my website: https://fdeck.app/support/#contact Full details of our Terms of Service and Privacy policy can be found at the following URLs: Terms of Use: https://fdeck.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://fdeck.app/privacy/

Screenshots

FLYLOG.io4 screens
fDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FLYLOG.io at every 3 days against fDeck's every 3 weeks. fDeck's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 64%) and ratings volume (329 vs 107). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FLYLOG.io sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and fDeck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for FLYLOG.io against 4.8 for fDeck. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 107 and 329 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of FLYLOG.io's written reviews are positive against 90% of fDeck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FLYLOG.io ships an update every 3 days, fDeck every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FLYLOG.io versus fDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFLYLOG.iofDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (107 ratings)4.8 (329 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings107329 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB141 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBreeleDarren Yeates

Customer experience

FLYLOG.io

All ratings104 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative26.6%

fDeck

All ratings329 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and requests

FLYLOG.io

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

fDeck

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Compass inverted display
  • Map pointer inverted
  • VOR OBS reverse sensing (TO/FROM indication incorrect)
  • Maps fail to load/display
  • X-Plane simulator connection unreliable
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  • VSI inaccuracy compared to actual aircraft instruments
  • App incompatible with iPhone SE screen format
  • Ads cannot be closed and require app restart
  • Weather pressure readings 1mb inaccurate

Requested features

9 requests
  • Compass horizontal configuration support (180 degrees)
  • CarPlay functionality for in-vehicle navigation
  • EFIS version for advanced glass cockpit simulation
  • Local NOTAM integration
  • CAA airspace overlay for UK users
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  • User-defined waypoints with latitude/longitude input
  • Primary flight display (PFD) for airliner-style instruments
  • Accurate elevation data for locations
  • iPad split-screen compatibility

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FLYLOG.io

Subscriptions2
  • Basic$5.991 Month
  • Premium$10.991 Month
3 purchases

fDeck

Subscriptions2
  • fDeck monthly lounge access$3.991 Month
  • fDeck annual lounge access$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • fDeck lifetime lounge access$49.99

Questions

Is FLYLOG.io free?
FLYLOG.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is fDeck free?
fDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FLYLOG.io or fDeck?
fDeck is rated higher. FLYLOG.io averages 4.7 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while fDeck averages 4.8 from 329 ratings.
Do FLYLOG.io or fDeck have ads?
Neither FLYLOG.io nor fDeck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FLYLOG.io or fDeck?
FLYLOG.io ships an update every 3 days, and fDeck every 3 weeks. Most recently, FLYLOG.io was updated on October 29, 2026 and fDeck on October 29, 2026.

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