Comparison

OffBlock vs Smart Logbook

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

Head to head
About

OffBlock

This app combines a smart pilot logbook with a flight crew organizer. It offers features like automated roster imports, flight logging, and crew communication tools. Share your aviation life and manage your professional schedule efficiently.

Highlights
  • Smart flight logging
  • Automated roster imports
  • Integrated aircraft management
  • Calendar with timeline
  • Crew communication tools
  • Roster sharing
  • Data export in official formats
Features
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The features you love combined in one app: Pilot Logbook – Created to do the work, with no work for you. • Smart flight logging, optimized for speed • Integrated aircraft management • Digital signature • Precise night time calculation • Powerful statistics, also for type- and class ratings • Data export, PDF reports in official formats (EASA, FAA) • Certificate manager • Extensive airport database, location info & aviation weather • Easy data import from third party apps Flight Crew App – Keep up. Be organized. Stay connected. • Calendar with timeline • Automated roster imports (“Live Updates”) • Push notifications & highlighting of roster changes • Calendar export to your private calendars • Crewlists for upcoming und past flights • Common events • Messaging (private chats & groups) • Flight map – ready to share on social media Roster Sharing – Share your aviation life. With privacy built in. • Connect with friends & colleagues • Check their rosters • Find common off days • Extra: OffBlock Family App for your non-flying family and friends The roster evaluation software „easy dutyplan“ is directly integrated into OffBlock - save money even faster and easier on your tax return! Supported roster systems: • AIMS eCrew • eCrew OCR • CBL WinOps • CrewConnex • CrewWebPlus APM • Jeppesen Crew Access • Leon • Lufthansa Group Open API • NetLine/CrewLink, Crew IDP • Planeación • RAIDO • Sabre CWP • SGT • SkedPlus+ • TOPS FREE 60 day trial on signup.

About

Smart Logbook

Effortlessly log flight hours, track currency, and manage pilot certifications. Visualize your flight history on an interactive map and receive timely renewal reminders for medicals and training. Supports various international regulations and export formats.

Highlights
  • Fast and easy flight logging
  • Customizable totals calculation
  • Currency and limit tracking
  • Medical and training renewal reminders
  • Interactive flight map
  • Electronic signature capture
  • Multiple export formats
Features
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Smart Logbook makes logging your flights fast and easy. When you apply for a new rating or interview for a job, you can easily see your flying totals, over any span of time, in any type of aircraft. Track your currency and limits, and get reminders to renew your medical and recurrent training. As your flying experience grows, use the interactive map to see for yourself all the places flying has taken you. Getting started is easy. Download Smart Logbook and log 50 hours of flight time for free. Then make a one-time purchase in the app to continue adding flights. Besides getting the intuitive and powerful functionality Smart Logbook offers today, you'll also receive regular updates with new capabilities. Smart Logbook sync keeps your logbook securely backed up, and lets you seamlessly access it from multiple devices. Sync is included in the free trial. After that, just sign up for the very affordable sync subscription. The first year is free, and you can cancel any time. For more info about purchasing or the sync subscription, see https://thesmartlogbook.discourse.group/c/help/purchase Features: • Extensive customization, with defaults for general aviation and professional pilots. • Calculate your totals, filtered by time period, aircraft type/characteristics, and more. • Currency and limit tracking. Includes rules for FAA, EASA, and Transport Canada requirements, and allows creating custom rules. • Electronic signature capture, compliant with FAA standards. • Track certificates, ratings, endorsements, and medicals, and get notifications to renew items that expire. • Interactive map of your flights, which can be viewed and shared online. • Database of 40,000 airports, and allows adding custom airports. • Print your logbook in Jeppesen Basic/Pro, Transport Canada, EASA, or DGCA (India) format. • Calculate totals for the FAA Form 8710-1 / IACRA. • Add photos of aircraft, models, crew members, certificates, and flights. • Import flights from LogTen Pro or Excel/CSV file. • Export flights to CSV file. • Support for Dark Mode and Sign in with Apple. Privacy Policy: https://thesmartlogbook.com/privacy.html Terms & Conditions: https://thesmartlogbook.com/eula.html

Screenshots

OffBlock4 screens
Smart Logbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

OffBlock and Smart Logbook both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Smart Logbook's written reviews are positive against 48% of OffBlock's. OffBlock's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. OffBlock sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Smart Logbook sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for OffBlock against 4.8 for Smart Logbook. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 102 and 153 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of OffBlock's written reviews are positive against 93% of Smart Logbook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OffBlock ships an update every 2 months, Smart Logbook every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OffBlock versus Smart Logbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffBlockSmart Logbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (102 ratings)4.8 (153 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews93.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings102153 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size275 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOffBlock GmbHKviation, Inc.

Customer experience

OffBlock

All ratings102 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive48.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative41.4%

Smart Logbook

All ratings153 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative1.4%

User reviews

OffBlock

From 102 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great support team
  • 👍 App is good and useful
  • 👍 Top App
  • 👍 Best Support and product
  • 👍 Works without difficulty

Room to improve

  • 😞 Roster import not working
  • 😞 App is unusable
  • 😞 Way too expensive
  • 😞 Service is really bad
  • 😞 Data lost

Smart Logbook

From 153 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 💰 Affordable one-time payment
  • 🚀 Seamless syncing across devices
  • 🛠️ Highly customizable
  • 🌟 Excellent customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Rare updates
  • 🐛 Small but frustrating bugs
  • 🐛 Sorting issues (requires UTC date setting)
  • ❓ Bug reporting requires third-party registration
  • ❓ Registration form missing (only sign-in available)

Bugs and requests

OffBlock

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Roster import not working
  • App is unusable
  • Roster autodownload and manual download doesn't work
  • Stby duties are not visible
  • Data lost
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  • App crashes
  • Dates bugging
  • Calendar export not working
  • Synchronization issues with Offblock-Family
  • Import roster stuck at 0%
  • Total flight hours not visible without payment
  • Statistics data lost after forced migration
  • All old data gone after update
  • Remark option not reintroduced

Requested features

6 requests
  • Export in calendar view for printing
  • Calendar export to be fixed
  • More content in logbook for general aviation
  • Reintroduce 'remark' option
  • Desktop version available again
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  • Integration of other airlines for connecting with friends outside own airline

Smart Logbook

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Multiple sectors during one day sorted by name, not by time of departure
  • Some airports missing (e.g., VDTI)
  • Flights added as simulator flights
  • Search function is terrible, impossible to find crew member
  • Cross-platform purchase restoration issues (Android to iOS)

Requested features

18 requests
  • Ability to input waypoints instead of just airports
  • Automatically add normal flight times for a route
  • Separate flights by year on the main page for better overview
  • Display flight direction on the map
  • Allow custom names in the create an airport option
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  • Filter flights by date (older/newer)
  • Edit totals to date hours on FAA print pages
  • Show all dates filter by default
  • Add search by airport name
  • Option to mark/switch view of all visited countries
  • Add Airline field
  • Add filters by airlines
  • Show aircraft model and airline on the same line of the list
  • See flight times with different date filters together on one page (e.g., last 7, 30, 120, 365 days)
  • Add a signature feature for examiners and instructors
  • Configure night time manually in settings for automatic calculation
  • Add a prefix with airline name for flight ID
  • Log duty time with multiple legs

In-app purchases

4 purchases

OffBlock

Subscriptions4
  • OffBlock Pro (1 month)$2.991 Month
  • OffBlock Pro+ (1 month)$6.991 Month
  • OffBlock Pro (1 year)$29.991 Year
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  • OffBlock Pro+ (1 year)$69.991 Year
5 purchases

Smart Logbook

Subscriptions2
  • Sync (monthly)1 Year trial$1.991 Month
  • Sync (yearly)1 Year trial$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Unlimited Flights (discounted)$19.99
  • Unlimited Flights (on sale)$23.95
  • Unlimited Flights$34.99

Questions

Is OffBlock free?
OffBlock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Logbook free?
Smart Logbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OffBlock or Smart Logbook?
Smart Logbook is rated higher. OffBlock averages 4.7 out of 5 from 102 ratings, while Smart Logbook averages 4.8 from 153 ratings.
Do OffBlock or Smart Logbook have ads?
Neither OffBlock nor Smart Logbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OffBlock or Smart Logbook?
OffBlock ships an update every 2 months, and Smart Logbook every 3 months. Most recently, OffBlock was updated on October 11, 2026 and Smart Logbook on October 8, 2026.

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