iLog Aviation Logbook vs Crewlu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iLog Aviation Logbook
Easily log and access your flight data, including trips, flights, crew, expenses, and remarks. Search your flight history by city, aircraft, or crewmember, and view route maps. Includes FAR-117 calculations and a world airport lookup with weather data.
- Quick and simple data entry for trips and flights
- Monthly calendar view with events and notes
- Route maps for trips and individual flights
- Comprehensive data export (CSV, iCal)
- Extensive search functions for flight history
- World airport lookup with TAF/METAR and diagrams
- Track trip-related expenses and crew members
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The App was designed as a supplement to (not replacement for) your complete Flight Data archive. iLog is a handy method to enter & access your flight data. Just as you do now, enter your flight data by entering Trips (which contain Flights, Crew Names, Expenses, and Trip Comments, etc.). Then, using the built in search functions, you can quickly find when you flew to a city, in an aircraft or with a crewmember. FEATURES: • Quick and Simple Data Entry: Flight data is entered starting on the Trip Page. You create Trips which contain your Flights, Expenses, and Remarks. You add Flights to the Trips which contain Times, Aircraft, Landings, Crew Lists, etc. Times can be entered in Local, UTC or a Reference timezone (selected by the user). - Notes: You can enter notes for any Trip, Flight, Crewmember, Aircraft or Airport. • Monthly Calendar View: You can view (and select) your Trips right on a Monthly Calendar. You can also add Events (like Vacation) and Notes to the calendar. • Route Maps: You can view a route map for the trip or individual flights. • Data Export: Export your flights as comma separated values (CSV) for import into your permanent logbook or spreadsheet. * Comprehensive Totals display: Show & Print totals by multiple criteria (Year, Aircraft Type, Crew Position, etc.). Totals are also available for a Trip, the Monthly Calendar, and the results of any search. • FAR-117 Calculations for flights. • Extensive Trip/Flight Searches: How much Flight Time did I log last year? What was my B767 CA time the last 6 months? How many times have I been to CDG, or... any airport in Paris, or... any airport in France? What is the Airport Name for code 'EGBB/BHX"? Show me all my trips to Germany last year. When did I last enter a remark about diverting for fuel? • World Airport Look-up: Contains a Database of over 4,300 commercial airports!... With more coming. Lookup CDG or LFPG, or...any airport in Paris, or... any airport in France for that matter? Enter/search for your Remarks about any airport. View a TAF/METAR for the displayed Airport (online only). Display FAA Airport Diagram (US Airports only). Display an Airport Area Map. You can Request additional commercial Airports be added to the database. • Track Trip-Related Expenses: Enter/search for Trip Related Expenses (with editable categories). What were my Deductible Trip Expenses last year? How much did I spend on Uniform Purchases so far this year? • Track Crew Members: A Master Crewmember List displays all crew members entered in your trips. Perform Crew Searches ... When did I fly with Bill Smith? You can also enter and Search for crewmember comments! • You can Back-up your Flight data to our web server. • Export Flight Data as Comma Separated Values (CSV) (via email). • Export a Trips and/or individual Flights to iCal. • View NOAA US Regional WX Radar (online only) • Send us your feedback right from within the App, or from our web site. Be sure to check out the additional information available on our web site via the links below! Apple Eula Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Crewlu
Manage your flight schedules, including jumpseats, commercial tickets, and crew details, all in one place. Easily export your itinerary to your calendar. Developed by an airline pilot for efficient life management.
- Import flight schedules
- Manage jumpseats and tickets
- Organize crew information
- Export schedule to calendar
- Unlimited imports with subscription
- Free trial for subscription
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This app lets you import your schedule, jumpseats, commercial tickets, catering, and crew, all in one app. Easily export your schedule to your calendar. This app is being developed by a current IPA pilot who just needed a better way to view his life. The first five imports before subscription are free. If you sign up for a subscription, you get one week free of unlimited imports and full app use. Cancel anytime, of course. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crewlu at 5.0 against iLog Aviation Logbook's 4.4. Crewlu also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). iLog Aviation Logbook's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. iLog Aviation Logbook sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Crewlu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Crewlu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of iLog Aviation Logbook's written reviews are positive against 100% of Crewlu's.
iLog Aviation Logbook ships an update every 6 weeks, Crewlu every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iLog Aviation Logbook | Crewlu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (89 ratings) | 5.0 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #141 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Otto Pilot Software LLC | Todd Anderson |
Customer experience
iLog Aviation Logbook
Crewlu
Bugs and requests
iLog Aviation Logbook
Reported bugs
17 issues- Crew lookup functionality broken by info messages
- Crew photos won't load / perpetual loading status
- Airport database needs update (BER/EDDB not listed)
- Unable to select 'submit/send' button for feedback
- App resets to beginning on closing
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- Deleted saved databases/lost information
- Crewmember info import gets stuck in a loop and crashes
- Unable to log into FLICA account after latest update
- Pop-up menu text color hard to read in night mode
- Incomplete backup to restore problem
- Lost last 6 months of flight data after restoring server file to new app
- Crew images did not load, required individual access
- Auto-renewing subscription screen doesn't allow scrolling
- No front-end updates in over 4 months
- History of crew photos deleted with transition to new app
- App requires individual crew member lookup to update
- New app crashed on setup
Requested features
4 requests- Update airport database (BER/EDDB)
- Improve night mode readability for pop-up menus
- Option to update all crew members at once
- Fix rest calculation bugs with schedule changes
Crewlu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iLog Aviation Logbook
- Crew Access Subscription$1.991 Month
Crewlu
- Pro Subscription Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Pro Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Questions
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