Comparison

ROTAIR FlightLog vs Helitab Flight Planner

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

Helitab Flight Planner

Features
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The Airbus Helicopters Helitab/Flight Planner application is an All-In-One Mission Planning Solution for Electronic Flight Bag. This user-friendly mobile application for tablets is designed to ease pilot workload and help for decisions. Helitab/Flight Planner gathers a large kind of environment and map data for an effective moving map display, available before as well as during the flight. Such data including maps, elevation, navigation database or TAF/METARs/SIGMETs data are available over the entire world through a secured cloud-based web portal. Helitab/Flight Planner enables the creation of navigation routes including detailed instructions such as hover, landing or SAR patterns actions, configuration change, time or speed constraints... Created routes are displayed through the moving map and vertical profile. A weather forecast over the area can be downloaded and applied to the navigation and displayed over the map. Helitab/Flight Planner embeds weight & balance and performance computations models in accordance with Airbus Helicopters Flight Manual. Based on such models, the application displays over the navigation waypoints the planned W&B and available performance. Helitab/Flight Planner allows the planned mission to be shared through various flight documents or to the onboard FMS using a physical or wireless media. Once in flight, Helitab/Flight Planner users can retrieve the actual GPS location from on-board equipment to accurately feed the moving map and record the flight trace. Dedicated in-flight functions allows users to find a nearby landing site, mark a position or display updated navigation data to the next waypoint. Helitab/Flight Planner requires a subscription. Support is available at support.flightplanner.ah@airbus.com

Screenshots

ROTAIR FlightLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ROTAIR FlightLog at every 6 weeks against Helitab Flight Planner's every 5 months. ROTAIR FlightLog also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Helitab Flight Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

ROTAIR FlightLog ships an update every 6 weeks, Helitab Flight Planner every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ROTAIR FlightLog versus Helitab Flight Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterROTAIR FlightLogHelitab Flight Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB825 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROTAIR SoftwareAIRBUS HELICOPTERS

In-app purchases

None

ROTAIR FlightLog

No in-app purchases

None

Helitab Flight Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ROTAIR FlightLog free?
ROTAIR FlightLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Helitab Flight Planner free?
Helitab Flight Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ROTAIR FlightLog or Helitab Flight Planner have ads?
Neither ROTAIR FlightLog nor Helitab Flight Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ROTAIR FlightLog or Helitab Flight Planner?
ROTAIR FlightLog ships an update every 6 weeks, and Helitab Flight Planner every 5 months. Most recently, ROTAIR FlightLog was updated on October 8, 2026 and Helitab Flight Planner on September 22, 2026.

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