FlightLog App vs Smart Logbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlightLog App
This app serves as a comprehensive pilot logbook and flight monitor, offering detailed logging of flight information, roster imports, and real-time en-route data. It also provides advanced briefing tools, airport information, and crew management features.
- Detailed flight logging
- Roster and logbook import/export
- Live in-flight position and weather map
- Diversion planning
- METAR/TAF and NOTAM briefing
- Airport database with runway sketches
- Flight time limitations tracking
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FlightLog 3: the pilot logbook that flies with you, from roster to block-in. LOGBOOK • Log every detail: OOOI times, PIC name, function, PF/PM, approach type, night time computed along the actual route, cross-country, IFR. • Proficiency and line checks with examiner name and digital signature. • Fleet with registration, type and engine class, hours per aircraft. DOC 8643 type auto-fill. • Certificates, licences, medical and ratings with expiry alerts. IMPORT & EXPORT • Rosters: 20+ formats incl. Air France, Transavia, AIMS, NetLine, Jeppesen, Leon, Condor, CAE Crew Access, RosterBuster, iCal. • Logbooks: ForeFlight, LogTen Pro, MyFlightbook, CrewLounge / mccPILOTLOG, Flylog.io, CSV and more. • OFP import: route, fuel, scheduled times, waypoints, SID/STAR, crew names and NOTAM pack filled in from your flight plan PDF. • PDF logbook export: EASA, FAA, TCCA, CAAC, JCAB, CASA, DGCA CAR 7-B-I, DGCA CA-39. CSV. ENROUTE [PRO] – your in-flight companion • Live position (GPS, ADS-B or flight plan timed on your OFP) over a tactical weather map: radar, convection, lightning, storm cells, turbulence, SIGMETs, winds at your FL. • Vertical cross-section of the route: turbulence, cells, terrain, tropopause. • Diversion board by scenario (LAND ASAP, EMER DESC, ENG FAIL, MEDICAL…): airports ranked by weather, NOTAMs, approaches, runway length and performance. • Flight watch: destination, alternates and ETOPS weather, live NOTAMs with an alert when one is missing from your OFP, runway in use from D-ATIS / ADS-B. • Reminders: FIR calls, ETOPS points, crew relief, flight deck crew call. MSA on the map. • FIR procedures and country rules on every boundary of your route. BRIEFING [PRO] • Per-flight METAR / TAF with degrading elements underlined, NOTAMs in full text, SIGMETs, CB, turbulence, jetstream, PIREPs. • Vertical profile with tropopause and your cruise level. Daylight and moonlight along the route. • Dispatcher AI (experimental): one synthesis of weather, NOTAMs, country risk and GPS jamming with a GO / CAUTION status. Always cross-check. AIRPORTS • Worldwide database, AIRAC auto-update, runway sketches with painted markings, RET, notes and warnings. • Airport plans [PRO]: taxiways, stands, gates, holding points, PAPI, NOTAM closures, exit distances, touchdown zones. • Taxi guidance [PRO]: stand ↔ runway with follow-the-greens lights, taxi time, runway crossings, closed taxiways avoided. • 3D relief view of SIDs, STARs and approaches with vertical profile, decision altitude and glide path [PRO]. • Weather & NOTAMs on the airport page [PRO]. CREW TOOLS [PRO] • 90-day currency and recency planner, dual type rating. • Flight Time Limitations: EASA, FAA, TCCA, CAAC, CASA gauges and 28-day projection. • KSS fatigue risk: sleep, circadian phase, WOCL, time zones, timeline. • Crew rest calculator with visual timeline. • Rotation calendar with crew rest timelines. STATISTICS • By period, aircraft, route, airport, function. Day/night charts, CO2, cosmic radiation dose, relativistic time dilation. • Year-over-year comparisons [PRO]. SKY & WORLD [PRO] • SKYWATCH: twilights, moon events and aurora (Kp) along your route. • Space weather: solar radiation, geomagnetic storms, 12-month cosmic dose with 6 mSv alert. • Global awareness: conflicts, civil unrest, GPS jamming, country risk. MORE • Live tracking of your aircraft (ADS-B) and airport delay alerts [PRO]. • Refueling: fuel grid, density, uplift and jet fuel cost [PRO]. • Tools: unit converter, TAS, altimeter correction, radio range, takeoff stop margin, METAR runway state decoder, delay codes. • World map with great-circle routes. Atlas with offline tile packs [PRO]. • Cloud backup, Dropbox and multi-device sync. Dark mode. AIRLINE MODULES Air France and Transavia: authenticated rosters, assignments, salary tracking, FTL and duty time. Made for pilots, by pilots. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Logbook at 4.8 against FlightLog App's 4.5. Smart Logbook also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 77%) and ratings volume (161 vs 23). FlightLog App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. FlightLog App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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.
Smart Logbook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Logbook has 161 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of FlightLog App's written reviews are positive against 93% of Smart Logbook's.
FlightLog App ships an update every 3 weeks, Smart Logbook every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | FlightLog App | Smart Logbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (161 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 161 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean-Philippe Bouchi-Lamontagne | Kviation, Inc. |
Customer experience
FlightLog App
Smart Logbook
Bugs and requests
FlightLog App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
FlightLog App
- PRO Monthly$1.991 Month
- PRO Yearly$22.991 Year
Smart Logbook
- Sync (monthly)1 Year trial$1.991 Month
- Sync (yearly)1 Year trial$14.991 Year
- Unlimited Flights (discounted)$19.99
- Unlimited Flights (on sale)$23.95
- Unlimited Flights$34.99
Questions
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