Comparison

RWY Check vs TrailLog

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

Head to head
About

RWY Check

This app provides official maps and charts for drone operations in Australia, including VTC, VNC, and WAC maps, along with ERSA and TAF data. It features a street address search, custom overlays for aerodromes and helipads, and a built-in ruler for measurements.

Highlights
  • Official maps and charts for UAV operations
  • VTC, VNC, WAC, ERSA, AIP SUP, TAF, TTF, NOTAMs data
  • Street address search
  • Aerodrome and helipad overlays
  • User position circle and street address results
  • Ruler tool
Features
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RWY Check is designed to display the official maps & charts required for several categories of UAV / RPAS / RPA / UAS operation in Australia. Data includes: - VTC, VNC and WAC maps - ERSA - AIP SUP - TAF, TTF and NOTAMs Features: - Street Address Search - 3.0 NM (5.5 km) overlay around controlled aerodrome boundaries - Departure and Approach overlays for controlled aerodromes (iaw CASR Part 101) - 1.5 NM diameter boundaries around HLS - 3.0 NM circle around user position + street address results - Ruler (hold 2 fingers on map) If you have an existing OzRunways or RWY subscription, it will work with your existing UserID. Otherwise start the app and create a trial. Visit help.ozrunways.com for support and feedback. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

TrailLog

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TrailLog is an app for amateur radio portable operations including World Wide Flora and Fauna (WWFF), Parks On The Air (POTA) and Summits On The Air (SOTA). It provides spots, alerts (agendas), logging, archiving and other radio related features. Spots and alerts feeds from Spotline (WWFF), pota.app (POTA) and SOTAwatch3 (SOTA). The spots feed can also show other programs including BOTA, HEMA, IOTA, SiOTA and ZLOTA (sourced from Spothole). Alerts feed shows recently past, active and future activations for WWFF, POTA and SOTA. Spots and alerts can be sent to Spotline, pota.app (spots only), SOTAwatch3 and ParksnPeaks. Logging for portable activations. Features include name and grid square lookup (via Contacts or HamQTH), quick logging of multiple callsigns, park and summit reference databases. Also allows logging of multi-operator activations. Logs show QSO count, park-to-park and summit-to-summit tags and duplicate logs. Maps show logged QSOs, nearby parks and summits, activated parks and summits, GPX tracks and custom boundaries (e.g. park boundaries). Parks and summits can be filtered based on those that you have activated or not. Watch list provides notifications for selected callsigns for conditions including: first seen, first seen today, new UTC day, change of band, change of mode, change of reference and QRT. Contacts is your address book of regular contacts. Names, alternative callsigns and grid square can be saved. The app provides propagation and space weather information. It has predictive signal tools for locations worldwide, based on real-world WSPR data. Solar indicators include SFI, SN, K-index, and geomagnetic alerts and warnings (sources: NOAA, BoM SWS and GFZ Potsdam). Archive keeps a searchable record of all logged QSOs, with ADIF import and export for backing up logs or bringing in QSOs from elsewhere. Summary tracks your activation progress for every park and summit, showing visits, activations and QSO counts against each program’s own activation rules.

Screenshots

RWY Check3 screens
TrailLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrailLog at none against RWY Check's 1. TrailLog also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). RWY Check's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. RWY Check sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TrailLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RWY Check ships an update every 3 months, TrailLog weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
RWY Check versus TrailLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRWY CheckTrailLog
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews85.7% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 β€” better17.6
Further details β€” not scored
Size273 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOzRunways Pty. Ltd.James Barbato

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RWY Check

One-time1
  • Private/VFR$149.99
None

TrailLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RWY Check free?
RWY Check is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TrailLog free?
TrailLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RWY Check or TrailLog have ads?
Neither RWY Check nor TrailLog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RWY Check or TrailLog?
RWY Check ships an update every 3 months, and TrailLog weekly. Most recently, RWY Check was updated on November 2, 2026 and TrailLog on October 31, 2026.

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