PPL Pilot Logbook vs PilotBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
PilotBox
This aviation utility app provides pilots with automated weather reports, significant weather charts, and essential flight calculation tools. It offers features like fuel uplift calculation, temperature altitude corrections, and a coordinates converter, accessible on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
- Automated Weather (METAR & TAF)
- Significant Weather Charts
- Fuel Uplift Calculator
- Temperature Altitude Corrections
- iPhone Widgets
- Watch App
- Coordinates Converter
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Pilot Weather and Tools perfect for Airline Pilots - Fully Automated Weather (METAR & TAF) - Significant Weather Charts - Fuel Uplift Calculator - Temperature Altitude Corrections - iPhone Widgets - Watch App - Useful Aviation Tools - Coordinates Converter Find out more: https://pilotbox.app Payments and Subscriptions: Subscription payments will be charged to your Apple Account once you confirm your purchase. Subscription automatically renews at the end of your current subscription period, unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours prior to end of the current period. Terms of Service: https://pilotbox.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://pilotbox.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PPL Pilot Logbook at none against PilotBox's 2. PPL Pilot Logbook also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). PilotBox's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 5). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. PilotBox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PPL Pilot Logbook asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PPL Pilot Logbook against 4.9 for PilotBox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PilotBox has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PPL Pilot Logbook ships an update every 2 days, PilotBox every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PPL Pilot Logbook | PilotBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ademar Gomes | Aero Notion Limited |
Customer experience
PPL Pilot Logbook
PilotBox
In-app purchases
PPL Pilot Logbook
No in-app purchases
PilotBox
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
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