Comparison

Use Before Flight vs My Pilot Log

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

Head to head
About

Use Before Flight

This app offers interactive pilot training for professional pilots, focusing on ECAM handling and emergency scenarios for Airbus aircraft. Prepare for simulator checks and enhance system knowledge with hundreds of drills, videos, and documents, available offline.

Highlights
  • Interactive ECAM handling drills
  • Simulated glass cockpit screens
  • Over 250 abnormal/emergency scenarios
  • Offline use for all drills
  • Cross-referenced content (blogs, videos)
  • Intuitive multi-functional menu
Features
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THE AWARD-WINNING APP FOR PROFESSIONAL PILOTS Use Before Flight is the essential training app for the professional pilot, helping you prepare quicker and better for your sim check with interactive, immersive training, anywhere and at any time. **SUBSCRIPTION TO USE BEFORE FLIGHT REQUIRED** AVAILABLE FOR A320 & A330 AIRCRAFT ECAM handling and -discipline is key to operating Airbus aircraft. It is crucial, not only in real life, but also at least twice a year when the next simulator check is approaching. All Airbus pilots have experienced this: being in the flight simulator for a check is not the right time to start practicing ECAM handling, quite the contrary. You are expected to know what you are doing, and getting confused can really spoil the day. During line flying and daily operations, however, luckily failures and malfunctions are rare, so proper preparation with just the manuals can be challenging. This is where Use Before Flight steps in. Prepare yourself without the pressure of a simulator detail, wherever you are in your own time. Don’t let those unexpected ECAM lines surprise you! Being prepared will take the stress away and free up capacity you can spend on flying the aircraft and proper decision making. Albeit being the most confusing, it is not just the ECAM handling that matters. Training with literally hundreds of drills, supported by videos, blog posts and documents, will greatly improve not just your system knowledge, but expand your overall abilities as an Airbus pilot! Key features: - Visualise and interact with immersive scenarios with all glass cockpit screens fully simulated - Find content quickly and easily through an intuitive multi-functional menu system - Practice over 250 interactive abnormal and emergency scenarios anywhere and at any time  - all drills embedded for instant offline use - Enhance your training experience further with our unique iconic guidance and by discovering fully cross-referenced related content, such as blogs, videos documents & case studies

About

My Pilot Log

Organize your flying experience by logging flights, simulator sessions, and crew details. Sync your records across devices and access them offline. Generate custom reports and manage aircraft, licenses, and currency requirements.

Highlights
  • Log flights, simulator sessions, and crew details
  • Offline logging with automatic synchronization
  • Import existing logbooks and rosters
  • Interactive map and statistics for flying history
  • Manage aircraft, licenses, and currency
  • Generate custom PDF reports
Features
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Your flying experience, organised. My Pilot Log brings your flights, simulator sessions, crew and aircraft records together in a digital pilot logbook. Log on your iPhone or iPad and keep your records in sync with the My Pilot Log website. LOG FLIGHTS YOUR WAY Record routes, aircraft, flight times, take-offs and landings, crew, remarks and tags. Add simulator sessions, save unfinished entries as drafts, and use return-flight and next-leg options to reduce repeated entry. Automatic night calculations and recalculation tools help you review your records. WORK OFFLINE, SYNC WHEN CONNECTED Keep logging without a signal. Local changes wait for synchronisation when a connection is available, with sync status and pending changes visible in the app. KEEP CREW DETAILS TOGETHER Search saved crew profiles when adding flights. Record additional crew, roles, operators and flight-specific notes. View shared flying history, edit profiles and merge records. PLAN WITH CALENDARS AND ROSTERS View logged flying and planned roster activity together. Import supported roster files or connect a supported calendar subscription. BRING YOUR EXISTING LOGBOOK Import from supported logbook and roster sources. Review staged flights, possible duplicates and warnings before confirming. Match or create aircraft and crew profiles, and review your import history. Supported formats and available details vary by source. EXPLORE YOUR FLYING See your routes on an interactive map or globe, with sectors, flying time and distance summaries. Explore statistics for your aircraft, airports, routes and crew. MANAGE YOUR RECORDS Maintain your aircraft register, licences and currency requirements. Track flight-time and duty usage against your configured limits. Attach flight photos and signatures, add licence images and browse your media gallery. CREATE REPORTS YOUR WAY Search and filter your flying, arrange your custom logbook table and generate PDF reports using supported formats, date or page ranges and report options. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Choose light or dark mode and use layouts designed for both phone and tablet screens. An account is required. Some features require a subscription. Internet access is needed for account services, synchronisation, online lookups and downloads. Roster compatibility, lookup results and track data depend on the source and availability. Review imported data, calculated times and configured limits before relying on your records. My Pilot Log is a record-keeping tool, not a navigation service or a guarantee of regulatory compliance. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Pilot Log at 93% against Use Before Flight's 30%. My Pilot Log also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Use Before Flight's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. My Pilot Log sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $30.99 per year. Use Before Flight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Use Before Flight holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Use Before Flight's written reviews are positive against 93% of My Pilot Log's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Use Before Flight ships an update every 2 months, My Pilot Log monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Use Before Flight versus My Pilot Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUse Before FlightMy Pilot Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews30.4% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size286 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUse Before Flight UK LtdMY PILOT LOG LIMITED

Customer experience

Use Before Flight

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive30.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative65.2%

My Pilot Log

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

None

Use Before Flight

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

My Pilot Log

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$30.991 Year

Questions

Is Use Before Flight free?
Use Before Flight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Pilot Log free?
My Pilot Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Use Before Flight or My Pilot Log?
Use Before Flight is rated higher. Use Before Flight averages 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while My Pilot Log averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Use Before Flight or My Pilot Log have ads?
Neither Use Before Flight nor My Pilot Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Use Before Flight or My Pilot Log?
Use Before Flight ships an update every 2 months, and My Pilot Log monthly. Most recently, Use Before Flight was updated on November 2, 2026 and My Pilot Log on November 7, 2026.

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