Comparison

Use Before Flight vs Swift Pilot Logbook

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

Swift Pilot Logbook

This app simplifies flight logging with an intuitive interface and automatic cloud synchronization. It offers automated night time calculations and easy import/export of previous flight data. A free tier is available for new pilots.

Highlights
  • Automated night time calculation
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Previous experience import
  • Customizable PDF export
  • Intuitive user interface
Features
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Swift Logbook is the most advanced Electronic Pilot Logbook for an affordable price and completely Free for new pilots with less than 300 hours of total time.  With the modern technology of user interface design, adding flight details could not be easier. Thanks to the automatic cloud synchronisation, you don’t have to worry about backing up your data, it does it automatically for you. To make your Logbook experience easier, Night time calculation is fully automated and with the most accurate night formula. With our ‘Previous Experience Manager’, you can easily add as many previous logbooks as you have. It helps you importing your logbook data from another app or a custom spreadsheet in just a few minutes. You can also export your data in any PDF format you wish. Our app is super-efficient and customer orientated, to make sure we deliver the best service and experience for an affordable price. We offer a trial period for you to test it yourself, with no commitment if you’re not satisfied. Payments and Subscriptions Subscription payments will be charged to your Apple Account once you confirm your purchase. Subscription automatically renews at the end of your current subscription period, unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours prior to end of the current period. Terms of Service: https://swiftlogbook.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://swiftlogbook.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Swift Pilot Logbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swift Pilot Logbook at 96% against Use Before Flight's 30%. Swift Pilot Logbook also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Use Before Flight's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Swift Pilot Logbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Use Before Flight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swift Pilot Logbook holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Use Before Flight's written reviews are positive against 96% of Swift Pilot Logbook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Use Before Flight ships an update every 2 months, Swift Pilot Logbook weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Use Before Flight versus Swift Pilot Logbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUse Before FlightSwift Pilot Logbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings)4.5 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.4% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings521 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — 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 MB112 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperUse Before Flight UK LtdAero Notion Limited

Customer experience

Use Before Flight

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

Swift Pilot Logbook

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%

In-app purchases

None

Use Before Flight

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Swift Pilot Logbook

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Use Before Flight free?
Use Before Flight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swift Pilot Logbook free?
Swift Pilot Logbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Use Before Flight or Swift Pilot Logbook?
Swift Pilot Logbook is rated higher. Use Before Flight averages 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Swift Pilot Logbook averages 4.5 from 21 ratings.
Do Use Before Flight or Swift Pilot Logbook have ads?
Neither Use Before Flight nor Swift Pilot Logbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Use Before Flight or Swift Pilot Logbook?
Use Before Flight ships an update every 2 months, and Swift Pilot Logbook weekly. Most recently, Use Before Flight was updated on October 29, 2026 and Swift Pilot Logbook on October 24, 2026.

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