Flight Recency vs AviCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Flight Recency
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Flight Recency is a simple app to help easily keep track of your compliance with EASA/FAA Recent Flight Experience requirements by logging your latest takeoffs and landings in an intuitive interface. By entering basic details of your latest flights or simulator sessions the app will show if you are complying with recency requirements at the moment, what the expiration date will be, and detailed recency of takeoffs and landings. Data older than 6 months is automatically deleted and no information about you is gathered or shared with any partner. Safe flights! PLEASE NOTE: This application is NOT CERTIFIED FOR OPERATIONAL USE; it may contain inaccuracies, or the computations may result in wrong data. You are the ultimate responsible for your own fitness to fly and the maintenance of your qualifications under the current regulations that apply to you. Happy landings!
AviCalc
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Calculate your duty times, fuel uplifts easy and fast. To use the app, read the full text of instructions. Purpose of AviationCalc: Flight Duty Period Page: AviationCalc helps you calculate Maximum Duty Periods and Total Duty Periods, correcting for time zones from the start of duty location and end of duty time zone. Also, it will search maximum flight duty period for acclimatised crew for Hong Kong CAD. Fuel Uplift Page: AviationCalc helps you calculate fuel uplift in Kg, USG and Litres to help you calculate your data fast and easy. ***Disclamer*** The information this app presents should not be used as primary tool for your calculations. Allowing the app access your location will only allow the app to help get better precision on which Time Zone to use. Click on info button (bottom right) to pull up how-to-use alerts or whenever you want to change the regulatory institution or choose a different time after flight duty for total duty period calculation. If there is something wrong going on, tap the screen again. Please leave your review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AviCalc at every 3 weeks against Flight Recency's every 24 months. AviCalc also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight Recency ships an update every 24 months, AviCalc every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight Recency | AviCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 3 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joao Boavida | Aldo Mendes Martins |
In-app purchases
Flight Recency
No in-app purchases
AviCalc
No in-app purchases
Questions
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