Comparison

Smart Logbook vs Pilot EFB

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

Head to head
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

About

Pilot EFB

This app simplifies VFR flight planning for student and general aviation pilots. It offers a clean interface for creating cross-country routes and visualizing flight paths without complex features. Designed for clarity and speed, it focuses on essential navigation tools.

Highlights
  • VFR flight planning
  • Cross-country route planning
  • Simple navigation workflow
  • Student-friendly interface
  • Aviation-style mapping
  • Quick trip setup
Features
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Pilot EFB – Simple VFR Flight Planning A simple Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) built for student pilots and general aviation (GA) pilots. Designed to make VFR flight planning clear, fast, and easy without the complexity of full-featured EFB systems that try to fly for you. Built for Student Pilots Learn and practice cross-country flight planning with a clean and easy workflow. • VFR flight planning • Cross-country (XC) route planning • Simple navigation-style planning workflow • Student-friendly interface Designed for General Aviation (GA) Fast and lightweight planning for everyday flying. • VFR route planning • Quick trip setup • Simple navigation workflow • Clean aviation-focused interface Flight Mapping Visualize your route clearly and efficiently. • Route visualization • Aviation-style mapping • Simple and uncluttered layout Who it’s for • Student pilots • Private / GA pilots • Pilots learning VFR navigation • Pilots who want a simple flight planning tool Simplicity First This EFB focuses only on essential flight planning tools for clarity and speed. No clutter. No unnecessary complexity. No outrageous pricing. Just simple flight planning. Questions? 
Send us an email: redundancyapp@gmail.com
 Need phone support? We don’t have a call center. Email us, and we the developers working on the logbook (and EFB) will schedule a time to call you directly. -- Companion App A separate pilot logbook app is also available for flight logging and training records. -- Privacy Policy: https://redundancyefb.app/#privacypolicy Terms of Service: https://redundancyefb.app/#termsandconditions

Screenshots

Smart Logbook4 screens
Pilot EFB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pilot EFB at every 2 weeks against Smart Logbook's every 3 months. Pilot EFB also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Smart Logbook's advantage is ratings volume (153 vs 3) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smart Logbook sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pilot EFB sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pilot EFB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Logbook has 153 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Logbook ships an update every 3 months, Pilot EFB every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and July 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smart Logbook versus Pilot EFB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart LogbookPilot EFB
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (153 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings153 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKviation, Inc.Tanner Severson

Customer experience

Smart Logbook

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

Pilot EFB

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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
Show 13 more
  • 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

Pilot EFB

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

Pilot EFB

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly3 Months trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Smart Logbook free?
Smart Logbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pilot EFB free?
Pilot EFB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smart Logbook or Pilot EFB?
Pilot EFB is rated higher. Smart Logbook averages 4.8 out of 5 from 153 ratings, while Pilot EFB averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Smart Logbook or Pilot EFB have ads?
Neither Smart Logbook nor Pilot EFB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Logbook or Pilot EFB?
Smart Logbook ships an update every 3 months, and Pilot EFB every 2 weeks. Most recently, Smart Logbook was updated on September 17, 2026 and Pilot EFB on July 3, 2026.

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