BART CoPilot vs FleetText
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BART CoPilot
Manage flight details, log actuals offline, and attach receipts. Maintenance personnel can track aircraft times and inspections. Enhances paperless operations for aviation teams.
- Flight details view
- Offline flight log posting
- Receipt photo attachment
- Aircraft time tracking
- Inspection due date monitoring
- Squawk management
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BART CoPilot is the perfect companion to your BART Flight Management System. Flights are viewable in a wide selection of calendar formats. All flight details are available to see, however custom configuration allows management to hide specific data deemed as private. Pilots are able to post flight log actuals as they happen at any time no matter where they are without the worry of an internet connection. Syncing handles this for them behind the scenes. Taking pictures of receipts and attaching them to a flight log enhances the paperless experience. Maintenance personnel are able to view aircraft times, see inspection due dates and manage squawks. Your team is simply one download away from enjoying all the benefits CoPilot has to offer.
FleetText
This aviation communication platform enables messaging between ground users and pilots/passengers aboard an aircraft. It allows for real-time aircraft tracking on an integrated map and keeps dispatch crews updated on important events. Usage requires an organizational invitation.
- Aviation messaging
- Pilot and passenger communication
- Real-time aircraft tracking
- Integrated map view
- Group and individual messaging
- Event updates
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Note: Usage of this app requires an invitation from your organization. FleetText is an aviation communication platform which allows you to message pilots or passengers connected to an Airtext router aboard the aircraft. Send messages from a group of ground users or as an individual; all members of your dispatch crew will remain up to date. Send messages to all pilots onboard or to any individual passenger. Receive and view important events (such as ETA updates) directly in a conversation. Track your organization's aircraft in real time on the integrated map. For more information about Airtext, visit sendaero.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FleetText at 5.0 against BART CoPilot's 2.5. BART CoPilot's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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.
FleetText holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BART CoPilot has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BART CoPilot | FleetText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Portside, Inc. | SEND SOLUTIONS, LLC |
Customer experience
BART CoPilot
FleetText
In-app purchases
BART CoPilot
No in-app purchases
FleetText
No in-app purchases
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