Comparison

PPL Pilot Logbook vs FlightDeck EFB

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

Head to head
About

PPL Pilot Logbook

Easily log and track your flights with essential flight information. This app serves as a digital backup for your paper logbook, prefilling details and offering quick entry options. It supports a vast database of airports and allows for PDF or CSV exports.

Highlights
  • Prefill log entries with profile preferences
  • Quick autofill for new logs
  • Extensive airport database
  • Automatic flight calculations
  • Export logs to PDF/CSV
  • Dashboard view of last flights
  • Customizable reports and filters
Features
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Logging and tracking your flights has never been easier. The PPL Pilot Logbook has been designed for light aircraft pilots and student pilots. No complicated forms to fill, just enter the essential flight info to keep a record of your flights. This will be a perfect digital backup of your paper logbook. Features: - Set information on your profile with your preferred aircraft type, registration, etc. and new logs will be prefilled with your preferences every time - Autofill makes adding a new log quick and easy - Select from over 30,000 available airports/airfields (covering the USA, Europe, and Australia) or add your own - All calculations are done for you - Export to PDF in EASA standard report or CSV format locally on your device - View your last flights from the main dashboard - Report listing your flying details and totals - Filters on the logs list - No registration required, no data collection

About

FlightDeck EFB

This app digitizes the pilot's kneeboard, offering digital checklists, simple flight logging, and an intuitive notepad. It also provides a traffic screen for enhanced situational awareness when used with compatible receivers.

Highlights
  • Digital checklists
  • Customizable checklist templates
  • Simple flight logging
  • Intuitive notepad
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Traffic screen with GDL90 receivers
Features
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FlightDeck EFB – Your ally in the cockpit FlightDeck is the EFB app built for every pilot. It brings the workflows you've traditionally managed on paper into one clean, capable app that works just as well as an electronic kneeboard on an iPhone or iPad mini as it does mounted to the panel or yoke. Get started with these features today, with an exciting roadmap of new features on the way: Digital Checklists Simple yet powerful. Build and customise your own checklists from scratch, or start from one of our free templates. Flights A quick, simple way to log your flight details and reduce your workload in the cockpit. Record times with a single tap and jot down other vital details, making it easy to transfer to your logbook later. Weather Check the METAR and TAF for your chosen airfields at a glance, with decoded conditions or the raw reports, whichever you prefer. Notepad Write down frequencies and clearances with our simple, intuitive notepad. Apple Pencil supported. Documents Keep your own PDFs such as your POH, plates and licences to hand in the cockpit. Your documents stay on your device. Reminders Never miss a date. Track rating expiries, medical renewals and anything else with a deadline, and get notified before it's due. Traffic A traffic display for use with GDL90 receivers, as an aid to help improve your situational awareness. EFIS A EFIS screen giving attitude, ground speed, altitude and traffic data that draws from AHRS enabled GDL90 traffic receivers or simulator connectors.

Screenshots

PPL Pilot Logbook4 screens
FlightDeck EFB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PPL Pilot Logbook at every 2 days against FlightDeck EFB's every 2 months. PPL Pilot Logbook also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). FlightDeck EFB's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PPL Pilot Logbook against 4.9 for FlightDeck EFB. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FlightDeck EFB has 28 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of PPL Pilot Logbook's written reviews are positive against 98% of FlightDeck EFB's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PPL Pilot Logbook ships an update every 2 days, FlightDeck EFB every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PPL Pilot Logbook versus FlightDeck EFB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPPL Pilot LogbookFlightDeck EFB
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)4.9 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better97.7% of reviews
Number of ratings528 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdemar GomesGNK Softworks Ltd

Customer experience

PPL Pilot Logbook

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FlightDeck EFB

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive97.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PPL Pilot Logbook

No in-app purchases

None

FlightDeck EFB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PPL Pilot Logbook free?
PPL Pilot Logbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlightDeck EFB free?
FlightDeck EFB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PPL Pilot Logbook or FlightDeck EFB?
FlightDeck EFB is rated higher. PPL Pilot Logbook averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while FlightDeck EFB averages 4.9 from 28 ratings.
Do PPL Pilot Logbook or FlightDeck EFB have ads?
Neither PPL Pilot Logbook nor FlightDeck EFB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PPL Pilot Logbook or FlightDeck EFB?
PPL Pilot Logbook ships an update every 2 days, and FlightDeck EFB every 2 months. Most recently, PPL Pilot Logbook was updated on October 14, 2026 and FlightDeck EFB on October 15, 2026.

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