FlightChecklist vs Logbook Ultra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Logbook Ultra
This app provides a digital pilot logbook for pilots, offering features like flight tracking, data analysis, and professional PDF export. It syncs across devices via iCloud and can import existing logbook data. Advanced features require a subscription.
- Digital pilot logbook
- Device Sync via iCloud
- Import existing logbooks
- Airline roster import
- FMC & ACARS Capture
- ADS-B autofill
- Professional PDF export
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Logbook Ultra is a premium digital pilot logbook for airline, charter and private pilots on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with professional PDF logbooks in FAA format. Your flights are stored in your own iCloud, with no separate account to create. Keep one logbook across your devices with Device Sync, and access your flights offline. Import your existing pilot logbook from LogTen Pro, SafeLog, CrewLounge PILOTLOG, other logbook apps, or a spreadsheet - or start fresh with your existing totals. Then keep it current with airline roster import, FMC / ACARS Capture, ADS-B autofill, and calendar sync. Free roster import for worldwide airlines including British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Qantas and many more, or request your airline in the app. Engineered over many years and trusted by professional pilots worldwide. DASHBOARD | Your flights at a glance Totals, recent activity, upcoming flights, milestones, and logbook health. STATUS | Limits & Projections Plan ahead with limits and currency projections based on your logged flying and operating rules. INSIGHTS | Explore your flying Interactively analyze your flying with distributions across date ranges, roles, aircraft and time types. FLIGHT GLOBE | Your whole career, on a globe Every route and airport you've flown, drawn on an interactive 3D globe you can spin and zoom. Tap an airport to filter Insights, replay your flying period by period with Play Timeline, or export it to Google Earth. INTELLIGENT FLIGHT WIDGET | Your next flight at a glance Your upcoming flight, route and countdown on your Home Screen, with the flights that follow. FMC & ACARS CAPTURE | Times straight from the flight deck Reads OUT, OFF, ON and IN from your FMC or ACARS screen for you to check before saving. Recognition happens entirely on your device. FEATURES • Device Sync: your pilot logbook kept up to date across iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud. • Airline roster import. • FMC & ACARS Capture. • ADS-B flight radar autofill. • iOS Calendar sync. • Smarter flight entry: a default crew member, crew roles suggested from your most recent crewed flight, Pilot Flying or Pilot Monitoring by default, an optional PF/PM swap when copying a return sector, instrument time auto-fill, and IFR time in the editor. • Professional PDF logbooks in FAA (United States), CASA (Australia) and EASA (Europe) formats. • Intelligent night calculation. • Worldwide offline aircraft database. • Logbook health indicators. • Secure iCloud backup. More than a digital logbook. Built to help you understand your flying and plan ahead. Log up to 250 hours of flight time free. Subscribe to unlock advanced features, including ADS-B flight radar autofill, calendar sync, and unlimited logging. Secure discounted Version 3.5 launch pricing and keep your renewal price for as long as your subscription remains active (subject to App Store policy and regional pricing). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Logbook Ultra at 100% against FlightChecklist's 25%. FlightChecklist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Logbook Ultra sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.95 per month. FlightChecklist asks for nothing beyond the download.
FlightChecklist ships an update every 8 days, Logbook Ultra every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlightChecklist | Logbook Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Compsoft | Future Approach Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
FlightChecklist
Logbook Ultra
In-app purchases
FlightChecklist
No in-app purchases
Logbook Ultra
- Launch Pass - 1 Month$5.951 Month
- OLD - Test subscription$22.951 Year
- Launch Pass - 12 Months$29.951 Year
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- Launch Pass - 12 Months$29.991 Year
Questions
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