PFM Mobile App v2 vs Fly5by5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PFM Mobile App v2
Access all your trip details, including itineraries, flight logs, and crew information. Download trips for offline use and utilize paperless flight log posting. Integrates with datalink services for automatic data entry.
- Trip details access
- Offline trip download
- Crew grid
- PFM database access
- Paperless flight log posting
- Datalink interface
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-All trip details, including Tripsheet, Flightlog and Trip Itinerary PDF -Download trips for offline access -Crew grid for non-flight activity codes -Access to PFM databases (passenger, airport, FBO) -Fuel pricing -Time/distance calculator -Paperless flight log posting (both on-line and off-line). -Datalink interface. No need to key in take-off/landing times. (ARINC Direct or SATCOM-Direct subscription required. -SATCOM Direct interface. For joint customers, all data from the flight deck (take-off/landing, fuel burn, night/day take off and landings, approaches) auto-filled. -Crew Notification Acknowledgements. Ability to send a message back to dispatch
Fly5by5
This app simplifies aircraft ownership for individuals, flying clubs, and partnerships. It offers features for scheduling, flight logging, maintenance tracking, and pilot currency management, all accessible from a single platform.
- Shared aircraft scheduling
- One-tap flight logging
- Automatic maintenance tracking
- FAA currency tracking
- Digital manuals library
- Flying club management tools
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5-by-5 is the complete aircraft ownership platform — whether you fly solo or as part of a partnership or club, with one aircraft or a whole fleet. Built by pilots who got tired of spreadsheets, group texts, and binders full of PDFs, 5-by-5 puts everything you need to manage your aircraft in one place. SCHEDULING Book flights on a shared calendar with color-coded member slots. Sync to Google Calendar or Outlook. Convert bookings to logged flights with one tap. FLIGHT LOGGING Log flights with tach or Hobbs times, airports, routes, and landings in under a minute. The tach cascade system keeps your flight history perfectly continuous — even when flights are inserted or corrected after the fact. MAINTENANCE TRACKING Track annuals, oil changes, ADs, time-limited components, and more — with automatic due-date calculations and dashboard alerts. Import Airworthiness Directives relevant to your aircraft with a single tap. SQUAWK REPORTING Report aircraft discrepancies with severity levels and photos. Grounding squawks show a bold alert so no one flies a broken airplane. A&P MECHANIC ACCESS Invite your mechanic with a dedicated role — they get access to maintenance records and squawks without seeing scheduling, billing, or member data. PILOT CURRENCY Automatic FAA currency tracking from your logged flights — day, night, IFR, medical, and flight review. Always know where you stand. MANUALS LIBRARY 130+ POHs, maintenance manuals, engine guides, and accessory documents for the most common GA aircraft — always with you. ASK AI Answer aircraft, avionics, and procedure questions grounded in your aircraft's actual manuals. Ask AI can also help you book or reschedule a flight directly in-app — just tell it what you need. FLYING CLUBS & PARTNERSHIPS Shared scheduling, per-member billing, expense reimbursement tracking, cash flow projections, member roles and titles, and group-wide currency tracking. Everything a group needs to stay coordinated whether you operate one plane or a whole fleet. TREASURER TOOLS Draft and publish monthly invoices, payment reminders, Stripe / bank / Venmo / PayPal / Zelle collection, with multi-line adjustments for reimbursements and one-off charges. WEB DASHBOARD Full-screen analytics on your desktop — cash flow projections and trends, expense categorization, maintenance scheduling, oil analysis history, and FlightAware track data integration. Export datasets as CSV. Start free. Upgrade when you're ready. Terms of Use (EULA): https://fly5by5.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://fly5by5.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fly5by5 at 100% against PFM Mobile App v2's 20%. Fly5by5 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5). PFM Mobile App v2's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Fly5by5 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of PFM Mobile App v2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fly5by5's.
PFM Mobile App v2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Fly5by5 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PFM Mobile App v2 | Fly5by5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Professional Flight Manager | BlueSkyApplications LLC |
Customer experience
PFM Mobile App v2
Fly5by5
In-app purchases
PFM Mobile App v2
No in-app purchases
Fly5by5
No in-app purchases
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