Comparison

ROTAIR FlightLog vs smartCHECK

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

Head to head
About

ROTAIR FlightLog

This app serves as a digital logbook for pilots, allowing them to track flight times, manage IFR, PIC, and other flight data. It also includes aviation weather reports, a time calculator, and sunrise/sunset information.

Highlights
  • Electronic pilot logbook
  • Flight time tracking
  • IFR, PIC, Copilot, FI, Block time handling
  • Customizable special fields
  • METAR, TAF, NOTAM retrieval
  • Time calculator
  • Sunrise/sunset times
Features
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ROTAIR FlightLog is a digital pilot logbook for pilots who want to record and manage their flights simply, clearly and reliably. Record your flights, keep track of your flight times and currencies, access aviation weather and NOTAM information, and manage your logbook across your devices. KEY FEATURES • Easy flight recording Quickly enter flights with aircraft, pilot, departure and destination, flight times and additional information. • Flight time overview and statistics Keep track of your flying experience and evaluate your flight times whenever you need them. • Currency management Manage your currencies and expiry dates and receive reminders before they expire. • NOTAM and aviation weather Retrieve NOTAM, METAR and TAF information for airports and surrounding areas directly from FlightLog. • GPS tracks Optionally record GPS tracks during your flights and review the flown route afterwards. • Aircraft, pilots and airfields Manage frequently used aircraft, pilots and locations and select them quickly when entering a flight. • Flight sharing Flight instructors can share flights with their students using a QR code or sharing code, making it easy to transfer flight details. • Synchronization Keep your FlightLog data synchronized and access your logbook on supported devices and platforms. FOR PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL PILOTS Whether you fly airplanes or helicopters, FlightLog helps you keep your flight records organized and gives you quick access to the information you need. FlightLog is continuously developed with a focus on practical everyday use for pilots.

About

smartCHECK

This app acts as a digital copilot for airplane crews, reading checklists aloud and offering automatic altitude callouts. It also includes an integrated document browser for manuals and a notepad, along with tools like an oil log and fuel switch timer.

Highlights
  • Synthetic voice checklist reading
  • Automatic altitude callouts
  • Integrated document browser
  • Customizable checklists
  • Oil log and fuel timer
  • Night mode
Features
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smartCHECK is an App that reads Checklists by synthetic voice to airplane crews – smartCHECK is your „Digital Copilot“. I. Checklists App comes with a ready Light Airplane Template and a ready checklist set for the Cirrus SR22-G3 and G3 models. You can easily add items or even checklists to the checklist set. Other Checklist sets as in-app purchases: Cessna 172, 182, Piper Warrior and Archer. All checklist sets from the store can be downloaded as often as required, edited and saved. All checklist sets can be shared by eMail if the recipient owns the basic checklist of that airplane. Send checklist sets to yourself to save them on your computer or in a cloud service. Or install them on a second iPad. Make your own checklists for the categories Normal, Abnormal and Emergency and save them in the right category (Ground, Taxi…) of the checklist set for your airplane All checklists you create can be read to you II. Checklist Usage and Setting Checklists can be displayed as text only or shown as text and be read to the pilot/crew at the same time. Checklist items (text or audio) can also be completed manually one at a time by simply tapping the screen. If the whole checklist is read automatically then the reading can always be stopped and resumed by one tap on the screen. Some Checklist groups (Ground, Taxi, Takeoff…) can be forwarded automatically by GPS. Move and sort the icons on the screen according to your needs. Your edited checklists will be preserved with each new version of smartCHECK (we still recommend saving them). III. Automatic Altitude Callouts on Take-off (especially important for pilots of airplanes with BRS or CAPS system) Height AGL* above the Take-off runway can be announced („five hundred“). Pilot can either set one Height AGL* to be announced or a range between 100 and 1000 feet. Elevation above Take-off runway can be displayed in large numbers at the same time. Cirrus Aircraft Checklists contain a special CAPS checklist. After Take-off Checklists can be activated and read automatically and hands off. IV. Integrated Document Browser: Access all your Documents, Tables or Manuals with one tap Document Browser. Create green icons, give them a name and import any PDF or JPEG document. you might want to access with one tap. Import PDF documents like Avionics Manuals or Performance tables. Every document is accessible with tapping its icon. Use the camera of your iPad to create a document on the spot. Notepad feature. V. Other Tools and Settings Oil Log: Enter the Oil status of your engine, how much oil you added and the app calculates the oil consumption per flight hour. Fuel Switch Timer: Select an interval and get an onscreen and audio reminder to switch your tanks. Control brightness of screen in the app or use the red Night Mode. Switch the audio feature on/off. Switch on/off automatic forwarding of flight phases. Or swipe groups manually. Auto voice on/off. Auto voice means: The app reads the complete checklist and goes back to the main menu when checklist is completed. When using checklists without auto voice each tap on the screen will read one item (manual audio mode). If used without audio each tap will only mark each item/line green (manual text mode). Move checklist icons to other place on the screen by sliding them to a new position. Filter which checklist types you want to have displayed with a simple toggle switch. This way you can reduce the number of icons on the screen. More information: www.airwork.biz Hardware Requirements: smartCHECK will work on every iPad and iPad mini. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ROTAIR FlightLog4 screens
smartCHECK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ROTAIR FlightLog at Free against smartCHECK's $13.99. ROTAIR FlightLog also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). smartCHECK's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

ROTAIR FlightLog is free to download; smartCHECK costs $13.99 up front. smartCHECK sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. ROTAIR FlightLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

smartCHECK holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: smartCHECK has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ROTAIR FlightLog ships an update every 6 weeks, smartCHECK every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ROTAIR FlightLog versus smartCHECK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterROTAIR FlightLogsmartCHECK
PriceFree — better$13.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROTAIR SoftwareairWORK aviation media UG

Customer experience

ROTAIR FlightLog

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

smartCHECK

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral10.7%
Negative17.9%

In-app purchases

None

ROTAIR FlightLog

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

smartCHECK

Subscriptions1
  • smartCHECK Pro3 Months trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is ROTAIR FlightLog free?
ROTAIR FlightLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is smartCHECK free?
smartCHECK costs $13.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ROTAIR FlightLog or smartCHECK?
smartCHECK is rated higher. ROTAIR FlightLog averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while smartCHECK averages 4.0 from 9 ratings.
Do ROTAIR FlightLog or smartCHECK have ads?
Neither ROTAIR FlightLog nor smartCHECK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ROTAIR FlightLog or smartCHECK?
ROTAIR FlightLog ships an update every 6 weeks, and smartCHECK every 3 weeks. Most recently, ROTAIR FlightLog was updated on September 6, 2026 and smartCHECK on September 10, 2026.

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