Planebooker vs SafeHours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planebooker
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Create, track, and manage airplane-sharing bookings easily, manage rental packages, and know exactly the current account status for each pilot within your club and each airplane in your fleet.
SafeHours
This tool helps Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs) monitor duty time limits. It visualizes flight, ground, and class time on a 24-hour timeline, providing automatic warnings for excessive hours or insufficient rest. Customize rules and export data locally for efficient schedule management.
- Track Flight, Ground, SIM, and Class time
- Visualize activity on a 24-hour timeline
- Automatic warnings for excessive hours
- Customize duty rules
- Export and save data locally
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SafeHours is a tool designed specifically for Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs) to manage and monitor daily, weekly, and consecutive duty time limits. With a clean interface and intuitive design, SafeHours allows CFIs to: • Track Flight, Ground, SIM, and Class time • Visualize activity on a 24-hour timeline • Receive automatic warnings for excessive hours or inadequate rest • Record Writtens/Practicals and Endorsements with Photos! • Customize duty rules based on your school's policies • Export and save data locally Whether you’re checking today’s totals or reviewing the past 7 days, SafeHours puts flight safety and schedule management in the palm of your hand. Built by instructors, for instructors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Planebooker at Free against SafeHours's $4.99. On update cadence, 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
Planebooker is free to download; SafeHours costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Planebooker ships an update every 10 days, SafeHours weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planebooker | SafeHours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aerodev SRL | Stacy Elliott |
In-app purchases
Planebooker
No in-app purchases
SafeHours
No in-app purchases
