Comparison

Pilot Notebook vs Airports Pro

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

Head to head
About

Pilot Notebook

Effortlessly track flight hours and manage your aviation career with this digital logbook. It offers quick entry, automatic calculation of various hour types, and compliance with FAA/EASA standards. The app functions offline and provides landing currency tracking.

Highlights
  • Log flights in seconds
  • FAA & EASA compliant reports
  • Auto-calculated hour totals
  • Landing currency tracker
  • 100% offline functionality
  • Privacy-first data handling
Features
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Track flights, log hours & manage your aviation career effortlessly! Key Features - Log Flights in Seconds – Simple 1-tap entry replaces paper clutter. - FAA & EASA Compliant – Generate official reports with one click. - Auto-Calculated Totals – PIC, SIC, Night, IFR, and simulator hours. - Landing Currency Tracker – Never miss a validity deadline again. - 100% Offline – No internet? No problem. Works anywhere. - Sync Across Devices – Coming soon! Trusted by Pilots Worldwide: India, France, Mexico, ... - "Best digital logbook I've found so far. Easy to use, beautiful design and possibility to export the logbook for printing" - "Very quick and easy pilot logbook app, very intuitive, very smooth" Download Now & Take Your Logbook Digital! Perfect For: Student Pilots | Commercial Pilots | Flight Instructors | Airline Pilot Why Choose Pilot Notebook? * Designed by pilots, for pilots – No unnecessary features. * Privacy-first – Your data never sold to third parties. * Lightweight & Fast – Uses less battery than competitors. Questions? Email contact@eventually.biz

About

Airports Pro

This app provides pilots and navigators with a comprehensive flight preparation tool. It features a global database of airports, interactive maps, weather information, and essential aviation calculators. Access a vast collection of reference materials for safe and efficient flight planning.

Highlights
  • Global airport database (75,000+ locations)
  • Interactive map with runway and airfield data
  • Real-time weather (METAR, TAF, wind/temp maps)
  • NOTAMs and Volmet frequencies
  • Pilot calculators (wind, fuel, braking action)
  • Extensive aviation reference library
Features
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Airports Pro – an application for pilots, navigators and even advanced passengers! This is a new operating system for preparing for flights. Includes a database of 75,000 airports, heliports and landing sites around the world. The application has a convenient interactive map, information about runways, airfield characteristics and radio communications, a list of webcams and websites of all airports in the world. All important functions in one application: • Weather overview in METAR and TAF format • Maps of hazardous weather phenomena • Wind and temperature maps by flight levels • NOTAM telegrams • Sunrise and sunset times, twilight • Current list of Volmet frequencies around the world • Saving your notes on aerodromes All the necessary calculators and tools for pilots: • Wind Calculator • Temperature Correction • Fuel Uplift • Approach Path • Braking Action • QNH – QFE • Day/Night Calculator • SNOWTAM Decoder • Units Conversion • ISA Calculator • Radiation Calculator The most complete collection of reference books: • Description of METAR/TAF • Weather Symbols • NOTAM abbreviations • List of all airlines • Aircraft Classifications • ACN/PCN table • Marshalling Signals • Dangerous Goods • Emergency signals • Morse and ICAO(NATO) alphabet • Holdover Time • AIRAC Cycles • Brevity Codes All the necessary functions in one application, as well as more than 100 demonstrations of ICAO documents and data for non-standard situations. For example, information about the aviation authorities of all countries and territories, about the ministries of defense, and about the main hydrometeorological centers of the world.

Screenshots

Pilot Notebook4 screens
Airports Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pilot Notebook at every 3 weeks against Airports Pro's every 3 months. On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pilot Notebook ships an update every 3 weeks, Airports Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pilot Notebook versus Airports Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilot NotebookAirports Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB468 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThibault de LambillyVictor Ermilov

Customer experience

Pilot Notebook

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Airports Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pilot Notebook

No in-app purchases

None

Airports Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pilot Notebook free?
Pilot Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Airports Pro free?
Airports Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pilot Notebook or Airports Pro have ads?
Neither Pilot Notebook nor Airports Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pilot Notebook or Airports Pro?
Pilot Notebook ships an update every 3 weeks, and Airports Pro every 3 months. Most recently, Pilot Notebook was updated on October 23, 2026 and Airports Pro on October 8, 2026.

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