Makai vs WNFlightLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Makai
This app helps pilots verify flight plan enroute times by comparing estimated and actual times. It allows for quick updates to waypoint ETAs and setting alarms for important flight milestones.
- Enter waypoint enroute times
- Compare running total time to flight plan
- Calculate waypoint estimates after departure
- Update waypoint ETAs enroute
- Set waypoint ETA alarms
- Activate/deactivate waypoint alarms
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Simply enter your waypoint enroute times from your flight plan before departure. Compare the running total time against your flight plan enroute time to verify that your entries are correct. After departure, enter your actual time off the ground and the waypoint estimates will be calculated and presented for easy flight plan log entry. Gain or lose a few minutes while airborne? You can quickly and easily update your waypoint ETAs while enroute with convenient increment and decrement buttons in the flight time log. Set alarms for approaching a waypoint ETA, at a waypoint ETA and 10 minutes past a waypoint ETA to remind you to perform notations, plots or any other company requirement. Alarms can be activated or deactivated for any waypoint ETA by selecting the alarm icons on the flight time log.
WNFlightLog
Visualize your flight logbook data with graphical depictions and detailed statistics. Export your logs in custom ranges for other aviation programs and add individual notes for flights, crew, and aircraft.
- Graphical depiction of logbook data
- Data import from swapa.org
- Custom logbook range export to ForeFlight CSV
- Illustrates flights by route, crew, and N-number
- Time-in-type and crew member history
- Add individual crew, aircraft, and flight notes
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Download CSV files from swapa.org to see a graphical depiction of logbook data from any date range back to 2011. You can import duplicate years and and the data will just be overwritten so you can add to your logbook all throughout the year. Export custom logbook ranges to a ForeFlight CSV file to import in their logbook program. The app illustrates flights by route, crew and N-number. See a depiction of time-in-type as well as crew member history. Add individual crew, aircraft and flight notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Makai at 13.0 against WNFlightLog's 17.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Makai against 5.0 for WNFlightLog. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Makai ships an update every 2 months, WNFlightLog every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Makai | WNFlightLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Perkins | Thomas Winsor |
Customer experience
Makai
WNFlightLog
In-app purchases
Makai
No in-app purchases
WNFlightLog
No in-app purchases
