Comparison

Pilot vs Cockpit

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

Head to head
About

Pilot

This reference app provides flight crews with fast, offline access to over 14,000 aviation abbreviations and acronyms. It includes organized lists for general terms, datalink messages, airports, aircraft registrations, and airlines, drawing from numerous international sources.

Highlights
  • Offline access to 14,000+ aviation abbreviations
  • Organized lists: general, CPDLC, airports, registrations, airlines
  • Covers FAA, NOTAM, EASA, Jeppesen, and more
  • Fast and intuitive search functionality
  • Created by a pilot for pilots
  • Optimized for flight planning and in-flight reference
Features
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Pilot-Abbr – Aviation Abbreviations for Flight Crews Pilot-Abbr is a powerful reference app designed for professional pilots, providing fast, offline access to over 14,000 aviation abbreviations and acronyms from international sources. Main Features: Five Organized Lists: • Abbreviations – General aviation terms used by pilots. • CPDLC Messages – Commonly used datalink message elements. • Airports – IATA and ICAO codes, airport name, city, and flag. • Registrations – Aircraft registration codes by country. • Airlines – IATA and ICAO codes, airline name, and country. Sources Include: • FAA Abbreviations • U.S. Aeronautical Contractions • NOTAM Abbreviations • Canadian AIM • Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) • Jeppesen • Boeing Acronyms • EASA Acronyms • Dangerous Goods and Ground Handling codes • And more Whether you're decoding a NOTAM, preparing for departure, or reviewing CPDLC messages, Pilot-Abbr gives you the reference you need — anytime, even offline. Why Pilots Use Pilot-Abbr: • Created by a pilot, for pilots • Fast, intuitive search • Covers operational, regulatory, and airline-specific terms • Optimized for flight planning, briefing, and in-flight reference Subscription Details • $4.99/year, auto-renewable • Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase • Manage or cancel your subscription in your iTunes account settings • No partial refunds Legal • Privacy Policy & Terms of Service: https://villarroel98.wixsite.com/hazmat-pjv/about • Apple EULA (End User License Agreement): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Pilot-Abbr — The most complete aviation abbreviation tool on the App Store. Essential for every flight crew.

About

Cockpit

Features
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CockpitCheck turns your paper checklist into a guided, always-current cockpit companion — organized exactly the way you already fly. Made for Flight Training Learning to fly, or teaching it? The Memory-Item Drill trains your emergency boldface items on the ground: hide the response, recall it from memory, then reveal to self-check. Every calculator shows its working: "How It's Calculated" opens the exact formula behind the result. And "Share with a Student" sends a plane's complete checklists to your student, ready to import. Not Bolted Onto a Map Every major EFB treats its checklist as a small tab behind maps, charts, and weather — CockpitCheck is built around nothing but the checklist itself. Guided Fly Mode and instant emergency access, built for the cockpit. Run it as your primary checklist, or keep it as an independent backup alongside the EFB you already fly with — no shared account, no shared point of failure. Organized by Phase of Flight Preflight, engine start, before takeoff, takeoff, enroute, and landing — every checklist lives exactly where you expect it, grouped and ordered the way your POH already teaches you to think. Fly Mode: Guided, Step by Step Your next checklist waits at the top of the Fleet screen, one tap on Fly away. Then a live progress ring, elapsed timer, and one-tap Check or Skip — heads up, not buried in a binder. Live Activity, Right There See your current step and progress on the Lock Screen or in the Dynamic Island — glance without unlocking your phone. Cockpit Night A true red-on-black night mode that preserves your night vision, one tap away — no digging through Settings before a night flight. Emergency Procedures, One Tap Away Every emergency checklist for your aircraft surfaces instantly from a single red button — no digging through tabs when seconds matter. Hands-Free Voice Readout Let CockpitCheck read each challenge and response aloud while you fly, in your choice of natural voice and pace — eyes on the panel, not the screen. Start From a Template Add a new plane and start from a generic checklist — single-engine, retractable gear, or glass cockpit — then make it your own, with an optional reference photo on any item. Your Whole Fleet Manage checklists for every aircraft you fly — a club rental, your own plane, or several you're checked out in — each with its own groups, checklists, and emergency procedures. Drag to put your most-flown aircraft first. Weight & Balance, Built In Set your aircraft's empty weight, stations, and certified CG envelope once — then load each flight and see a live, color-coded verdict plus a plotted takeoff/landing graph. Save named presets for the loads you fly most. The calculator is free; sharing or printing a full report with the envelope graph included comes with any one-time purchase. Pilot Tools, Built In Eleven offline tools with big, turbulence-friendly controls — a timer that rings even on silent, sunset & civil twilight for any airfield, climb/descent rate, wind correction, crosswind, fuel, time-speed-distance, density altitude & TAS, flight time, Zulu time, and unit conversion — each showing the formula behind the result. Nothing leaves your device. Works With Your Other Apps Export any checklist to PDF for printing, or to ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, or Garmin G3X/GTN (.ace) format, so your existing EFB and avionics stay in sync. Built for iPhone and iPad A native SwiftUI app with an adaptive layout — compact on iPhone, spacious on iPad — with iCloud sync to keep your fleet current across every device. Private by Design No sign-up, no login. Your checklists sync through your own iCloud account, and nothing is ever uploaded to a third-party server. One-Time Purchase Buy CockpitCheck once, tiered by how many aircraft you fly, and own it for as long as you fly them. No subscription, ever. Whether you fly one Skyhawk on weekends or keep a small fleet current, CockpitCheck keeps every checklist exactly where — and how — you need it.

Screenshots

Pilot4 screens
Cockpit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cockpit at every 10 days against Pilot's every 31 months. Pilot's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pilot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and Cockpit sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pilot ships an update every 31 months, Cockpit every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pilot versus Cockpit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilotCockpit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPedro Jose Villarroel Cuevasser.soft GmbH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pilot

Subscriptions1
  • PilotAbbr Subscription$4.991 Year
4 purchases

Cockpit

One-time4
  • Unlock CockpitCheck$2.99
  • 2 Planes$3.99
  • 5 Planes$5.99
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  • Unlimited Planes$12.99

Questions

Is Pilot free?
Pilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cockpit free?
Cockpit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pilot or Cockpit have ads?
Neither Pilot nor Cockpit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pilot or Cockpit?
Pilot ships an update every 31 months, and Cockpit every 10 days. Most recently, Pilot was updated on October 11, 2026 and Cockpit on October 25, 2026.

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