Pilot Tools vs Flight Crew Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pilot Tools
This comprehensive toolbox provides airline pilots with essential modules for flight planning and operations. It includes tools for deicing, cold weather calculations, dangerous goods decoding, wind limitations, and crew rest predictions.
- Deicing module with holdover times
- Cold weather altitude calculator
- Dangerous Goods decoder
- Wind limitations module
- Crew rest and alertness prediction
- Refueling module
- MEL & CDL reference
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A complete toolbox for airline pilots (if you have already FlightLog app with PRO version, YOU DON'T NEED THIS APP !): • A complete deicing module with holdover times according to last FAA tables • A cold weather calculator for correct altitudes • A Dangerous Goods decoder with maximum quantities allowed by IATA • A wind limitations module (cross wind, maximum allowed wind force...) • A crew rest module with alertness prediction calculator • Refueling module • MEL & CDL • Landing parameters (true speed, GoAround gradient etc) • Unit converter • True altitude calculator • Radio Range • Continuous Descent Operations • ATC minimum separation according aircraft type • decoder for runway state (METAR, SNOWTAM, RCAM) and more to come...
Flight Crew Notes
This app helps aviation professionals, frequent flyers, and enthusiasts document their journeys. Capture and relive flight details with this essential in-flight documentation tool. It's designed for seamless note-taking and sharing.
- In-flight documentation
- Journey capture
- Note-taking
- Sharing capabilities
- Aviation professional focus
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Flight Crew Notes is the essential tool for flight crews to elevate their in-flight documentation experience. Tailored for aviation professionals, this app is also perfect for frequent flyers and aviation enthusiasts. Your go-to companion for capturing and reliving the details of your journeys through the skies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flight Crew Notes at 100% against Pilot Tools's 0%. Flight Crew Notes also leads on price (Free vs $8.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Pilot Tools's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Flight Crew Notes is free to download; Pilot Tools costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight Crew Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pilot Tools's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flight Crew Notes's.
Pilot Tools ships an update every 8 months, Flight Crew Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pilot Tools | Flight Crew Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean-Philippe Bouchi-Lamontagne | Matt Lindasson |
Customer experience
Pilot Tools
Flight Crew Notes
In-app purchases
Pilot Tools
No in-app purchases
Flight Crew Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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