Comparison

MyFlightbook vs Hotline Events

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

Head to head
About

MyFlightbook

This app allows pilots to digitally log their flights, track flying totals, and manage currency. Access your logbook from anywhere, view flight routes on a map, and add photos and comments to entries. It also helps find nearby airports and offers optional auto-fill features for flight entries.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based flight logging
  • Track flying totals and currency
  • View flight routes on map
  • Add photos and comments to flights
  • Find nearby airports
  • Optional auto-fill flight entry
Features
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MyFlightbook provides a convenient tool for pilots to enter their flights and track their flying totals and currency. All information is stored in the cloud. Use of MyFlightbook requires a free account on MyFlightbook.com. MyFlightbook enables you to: • Access your logbook from anywhere. • Enter new flights (including auto-location of nearest airports), or edit existing entries. • View flying totals and do customized searches. • View your flying currency. • View the route of your flight on a map • Upload, edit, and view pictures for flights (either existing, or taken with the iPhone/iPad camera), including comments. • Find nearby airports and view airports you have visited. MyFlightbook also contains optional functionality to auto-fill parts of your flight entry for you. (Note that continued use of this GPS-based functionality running in the background can decrease battery life.)

About

Hotline Events

Discover local happenings across Rhode Island with a personalized feed or calendar view. Find concerts, food events, markets, and more, all tailored to your interests and location. Save events, add them to your calendar, and share with friends.

Highlights
  • Personalized event feed
  • Calendar-based event exploration
  • Search events by interest and organizer
  • Filter by location, cost, and category
  • Save and manage future events
  • Add events to phone calendar
  • Share events with friends
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Hotline makes it easier to find out what is happening across Rhode Island. Browse a personalized feed shaped by your interests and location, or pick a date in the calendar-first Explore view to see what is happening that day. Hotline brings concerts, food pop-ups, farmers markets, art shows, comedy, family events, outdoor activities, wellness, classes, community events, and more into one useful place. With Hotline you can: - Browse your feed of local events - Explore events by day with a full calendar - Search events, organizers, series, and interests across RI - Filter by location, cost, category, and audience - Save and browse your future events - Add events you choose to your phone calendar - Share events with friends - Get useful notifications about saved events and strong matches Hotline is independently built and run in Providence for the whole state.

Screenshots

MyFlightbook4 screens
Hotline Events4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MyFlightbook at none against Hotline Events's shown. MyFlightbook also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Hotline Events's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for MyFlightbook against 5.0 for Hotline Events. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyFlightbook has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of MyFlightbook's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hotline Events's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyFlightbook ships an update every 4 weeks, Hotline Events every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MyFlightbook versus Hotline Events: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyFlightbookHotline Events
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB80 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMyFlightbook LLCWilliam Lupo

Customer experience

MyFlightbook

All ratings1,054 ratings
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews268 reviews
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.1%

Hotline Events

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

Bugs and requests

MyFlightbook

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Occasional crashes or performance issues after updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • Automatic PIC/Co-Pilot name entry
  • Better support for duty time tracking
  • Improved integration with other platforms

Hotline Events

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MyFlightbook

No in-app purchases

None

Hotline Events

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyFlightbook free?
MyFlightbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hotline Events free?
Hotline Events is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyFlightbook or Hotline Events?
Hotline Events is rated higher. MyFlightbook averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Hotline Events averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MyFlightbook or Hotline Events have ads?
Hotline Events shows ads; MyFlightbook does not.
Which is updated more often, MyFlightbook or Hotline Events?
MyFlightbook ships an update every 4 weeks, and Hotline Events every 4 days. Most recently, MyFlightbook was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hotline Events on October 29, 2026.

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