Comparison

FlightChecklist vs Pilot Notebook

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

Head to head
About

FlightChecklist

This app helps pilots manage essential safety checks and aircraft documentation. It allows for creating custom checklists, logging events with timestamps, and utilizing timers for critical phases of flight. Emergency procedures and digital documentation are also accessible.

Highlights
  • Customizable checklists
  • Event timestamp logging
  • Integrated stopwatch
  • Time presets with warnings
  • Emergency procedure checklists
  • Digital aircraft documentation (PDFs/images)
  • Sketchpad for notes
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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FlightChecklist is a professional checklist app, developed to support pilots with ensuring they have carried out of the necessary safety checks, and to keep their checklists and aircraft all in one place. CHECKLISTS - The ability to create a list of all the items which need to be carried out, whether it is on the ground, or during flight. TIME STAMPS - Log exactly when events happen, whether it’s Block Off, Take Off, Landed or Blocks On, as well as logging any other necessary events. STOPWATCH - Need to time when how long something takes? The app comes with its own Stopwatch. TIME PRESETS - Ability to set timers to go off in advance of a time for an event, and provide warnings (red, amber and green) that event time is approaching. HAPTIC TIMERS - Coming soon! EMERGENCY - This section of the app is for all the emergency checklists and gizzers, for example if there is a ‘Fire during Start’, this checklist will advise the best practice to resolve this issue. GIZZERS - Images or PDFs of plane related documentation, which can have Hotspots on, to navigate to other areas in the app (Hotspots created via the CMS). SKETCHPAD - Somewhere to jot things down! APPLE WATCH - Comes with the ability to navigate through the checklists, emergency checklists, be notified of set Time Presets, or to set Timers. This all comes with an online Content Management System (CMS), to enable the creation, publishing and sharing of aircraft, whether it’s with your team, friends or family. To access the CMS, navigate to https://rrfclcms.co.uk, and log in with the credentials created in the app.

About

Pilot Notebook

Effortlessly track flight hours and manage your aviation career with this digital logbook. It offers quick entry, automatic calculation of various hour types, and compliance with FAA/EASA standards. The app functions offline and provides landing currency tracking.

Highlights
  • Log flights in seconds
  • FAA & EASA compliant reports
  • Auto-calculated hour totals
  • Landing currency tracker
  • 100% offline functionality
  • Privacy-first data handling
Features
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Track flights, log hours & manage your aviation career effortlessly! Key Features - Log Flights in Seconds – Simple 1-tap entry replaces paper clutter. - FAA & EASA Compliant – Generate official reports with one click. - Auto-Calculated Totals – PIC, SIC, Night, IFR, and simulator hours. - Landing Currency Tracker – Never miss a validity deadline again. - 100% Offline – No internet? No problem. Works anywhere. - Sync Across Devices – Coming soon! Trusted by Pilots Worldwide: India, France, Mexico, ... - "Best digital logbook I've found so far. Easy to use, beautiful design and possibility to export the logbook for printing" - "Very quick and easy pilot logbook app, very intuitive, very smooth" Download Now & Take Your Logbook Digital! Perfect For: Student Pilots | Commercial Pilots | Flight Instructors | Airline Pilot Why Choose Pilot Notebook? * Designed by pilots, for pilots – No unnecessary features. * Privacy-first – Your data never sold to third parties. * Lightweight & Fast – Uses less battery than competitors. Questions? Email contact@eventually.biz

Screenshots

FlightChecklist4 screens
Pilot Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pilot Notebook at 100% against FlightChecklist's 25%. FlightChecklist's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlightChecklist ships an update every 8 days, Pilot Notebook every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FlightChecklist versus Pilot Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlightChecklistPilot Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCompsoftThibault de Lambilly

Customer experience

FlightChecklist

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Pilot Notebook

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlightChecklist

No in-app purchases

None

Pilot Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlightChecklist free?
FlightChecklist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pilot Notebook free?
Pilot Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlightChecklist or Pilot Notebook have ads?
Neither FlightChecklist nor Pilot Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlightChecklist or Pilot Notebook?
FlightChecklist ships an update every 8 days, and Pilot Notebook every 3 weeks. Most recently, FlightChecklist was updated on September 29, 2026 and Pilot Notebook on October 3, 2026.

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