PilotPal vs Pilot Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PilotPal
This app provides FAA aviation airport charts and facility directories for easy flight planning. Access airport diagrams, frequencies, elevation, and helipad information offline. Stay updated with monthly chart revisions and quickly find nearby or favorite airports.
- Offline charts
- Airport Facility Directories
- Airport Diagrams
- Airport Information (Maps, Frequencies, Elevation, Helipads)
- Monthly updated FAA charts
- Nearby and favorite airports
- Airport search
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PilotPal is the easiest way to flight plan. PilotPal brings the FAA airport facility directory and Airport Diagrams to your pocket. Features: • Offline Charts: Easily download airports or entire regions for offline use • Airport Facility Directories • Airport Diagrams • Weather via METAR and TAF • Wind maps • Airport Information including: • Maps • Frequencies • Elevation • Helipads • Updated FAA charts every month so you're always up to date. • Nearby airports: Easily find airports around you • Favorite airports: Save your favorites for quick access • Airport search: Easily find any airport or helipad • Dark mode • iPad support Built by real pilots with a love for aviation Feedback or issues: tinybyteapps@gmail.com Legal: Airport facility directories and airport diagrams are provided by the FAA. Always consult appropriate and available sources to prepare for your flight. Our privacy policy is available at: https://pilotpal-1139.firebaseapp.com/privacypolicy.htm Our terms of service is available at: https://pilotpal-1139.firebaseapp.com/termsofuse.html
Pilot Pro
An electronic pilot logbook designed for pilots to track flights, aircraft, and certifications. It offers customizable dashboards, automatic syncing across devices, and export options for backups and check-rides. Features include night flight calculations, a worldwide airport directory, and reminders for important aviation dates.
- Customizable flight dashboard
- Night flight calculation
- Photo logging for flights/aircraft
- Automatic device syncing
- Customizable logbook fields
- Worldwide airport directory
- Medical exam and currency reminders
- Certification and rating tracking
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Pilot Pro packs a host of features in an elegant design to give you what you want in an electronic pilot logbook. Here are just a few of the features available: • View a customizable Dashboard with all your flight totals • Night flight calculation • Add photos of your flights and aircraft • Both dark and light modes available for the user interface • Automatically sync all your devices • Log anything you want with custom logbook and aircraft fields • Worldwide airport directory of 70,000+ airports • Create reminders to keep track of medical exams, flight reviews, currency, etc. • Track your endorsements, certifications, and ratings using achievements • Specify flight time goals • Custom currencies • Export/print your logbook to a PDF or as CSV for check-rides and backups • Sign each logbook entry with your finger • Monitor your landing and approach currency • Search and filter your logbook, aircraft, and dashboard totals • View approach logs and generate an FAA 8710 report • Import your logbook using our CSV/Excel template Learn more on pilotpro.com Apple's terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PilotPal at 4.7 against Pilot Pro's 1.6. PilotPal also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 29%) and ratings volume (663 vs 7). Pilot Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. PilotPal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Pilot Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PilotPal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PilotPal has 663 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of PilotPal's written reviews are positive against 29% of Pilot Pro's.
PilotPal ships an update every 3 months, Pilot Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PilotPal | Pilot Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (663 ratings) — better | 1.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews — better | 29.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 663 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tinybyte Apps LLC | Labrum Co. |
Customer experience
PilotPal
Pilot Pro
Bugs and requests
PilotPal
Reported bugs
5 issues- Subscription verification loop - shows already subscribed but denies access
- Airport diagrams not displaying despite active subscription
- App stopped working after February update
- General app functionality failures
- Missing settings/preferences menu
Requested features
6 requests- Airport diagram printing functionality
- Ability to sort favorites tab
- Front and back page information inclusion
- Improved search functionality for VOR locations
- Legend/index documentation
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- Comprehensive chart supplement data (VFR corridors, visual reporting points, VOR test locations)
Pilot Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PilotPal
- Airport Diagrams$0.991 Month
- PilotPal Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- PilotPal Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
Pilot Pro
- Pilot Pro$34.991 Year
- Pilot Pro iOS$39.99
- Pilot Pro Mac$59.99
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