APA Pilot vs ShuttleQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
APA Pilot
Access real-time pilot schedules, weather, and crew data. This tool offers offline flight history, news, and essential pilot utilities. It supports account setup, biometric authentication, and provides trip and commuter information.
- Real-time pilot schedules
- Arrival/departure weather
- Load details
- Crew data
- Offline flight history
- News updates
- Pilot tools
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Allied Pilot Association, the certified collective bargaining agent for the 15,000 professional pilots who fly for American Airlines, presents APA Pilot as a leading-edge mobile app/tool. APA Pilot provides pilot schedules in real-time, arrival/departure weather, load details, and crew data. APA members will also have access to offline flight history, news updates and a robust suite of pilot tools. APA Pilot also provides the following capabilities: · Account Setup · Biometric Authentication · Navigation Bar (Available for All Apps) · Touch Dashboard Icons for Navigation · Settings Management · Known Crewmember Information · Auto Sign-in · Option to Provide Feedback · FAR 117 Support · APA Reserve BETA · Trip INFO · Commuter INFO · Sentinel · Pay Check Audit
ShuttleQ
This system streamlines guest transportation and parking management for businesses. It facilitates real-time communication between managers, drivers, and guests, tracking dispatches, pickups, and drop-offs. Guests receive live updates via text and email, including a GPS map of the driver's progress.
- Real-time communication
- GPS tracking
- Guest notifications
- Parking lot management
- Customizable dashboards
- Task assignment
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ShuttleQ.com is a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) Transportation, Tracking, Parking and Guest Management Communication System with a proven track record of optimising fleet operations and increasing guest satisfaction. ShuttleQ allows managers, drivers the front desk to effectively communicate, track and handle all hotel guest transportation aspects. Easy-to-use, interactive and intuitive dashboards with customisable inputs make it easy to communicate with drivers and guests in real time, while keeping track of all guest transportation tasks: dispatches, pickups, drop-offs, reservations waitlist, parking and more. Upon receiving a pickup request, the system will assign the task and notify the next available driver via Shuttle’s app, monitor progress via GPS from dispatch to pick-up to drop-off. Guests are kept apprised of the transportation status via text and email that includes a mobile web link to ShuttleQ to view actual progress via a real-time interactive GPS map & driver tracking, eliminating miscommunication & need to call and tie up the front desk. Can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection, via browser or mobile app, at any time. Shuttle’s integrated parking lot management solution, allowing any size business to keep track of spot availability, permit creation and fees. ShuttleQ.com was created by veterans of the hospitality industry and tested in South Florida's busiest tourist seasons, with thousands of weekly guests arriving and departing via hundreds of shuttle routes to airports, cruise ports and other tourist destinations. Great for Hotels Hospitality * Auto Dealerships * Medical & Resort Community Transportation Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShuttleQ at 100% against APA Pilot's 29%. ShuttleQ also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.5). APA Pilot's advantage is ratings volume (417 vs 7). 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.
ShuttleQ holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: APA Pilot has 417 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of APA Pilot's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShuttleQ's.
APA Pilot ships an update monthly, ShuttleQ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APA Pilot | ShuttleQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (417 ratings) | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 417 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Allied Pilots Association | EZ HOSPITALITY L.L.C. |
Customer experience
APA Pilot
ShuttleQ
In-app purchases
APA Pilot
No in-app purchases
ShuttleQ
No in-app purchases









