ROTAIR FlightLog vs Flight Kneeboard EFB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Flight Kneeboard EFB
This app provides a comprehensive electronic flight bag solution for pilots, offering offline access to maps, charts, airport information, weather data, and flight planning tools. It supports in-flight navigation with synthetic vision and ADS-B traffic integration.
- Offline maps and charts
- Airport information and NOTAMs
- Comprehensive weather data
- Flight planning tools
- Synthetic vision PFD
- ADS-B traffic integration
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Everything you expect from a full electronic flight bag, the whole workflow from planning on the ground to the approach. MAPS AND CHARTS • VFR sectionals, terminal area charts and flyway charts • IFR enroute low and high, Caribbean/Mexico low and high, and oceanic • In house VFR-style chart for the entire world • Satellite imagery basemap • Georeference approach plates, airport diagrams, takeoff minimums, Chart Supplement AIRPORTS • Runway lengths, widths, surfaces, TDZE, thresholds, pattern direction • Frequencies, ATIS and D-ATIS, flow control, fuel and services • Your aircraft's takeoff and landing numbers for each runway • NOTAM Highlights: the few that matter, above the sixty that do not • NOTAMs grouped into runway, taxiway, procedure, airspace and other • Favorites, direct-to, and add-to-route from any airport WEATHER • METARs and TAFs — tap any token in the raw text to decode it in place • PIREPs, winds and temperatures aloft anywhere on earth, MOS/LAMP guidance • Up to 8 days of station history, charted nine different ways • Animated radar with a time slider, and surface analysis • Infrared satellite that follows where you are looking — GOES and Himawari • Airport weather cameras with 24hrs of history • Color airport symbols by flight category, wind, ceiling, visibility or ATIS • Loaded weather stays available offline ADVISORIES AND AIRSPACE • SIGMETs including international, AIRMETs and TFRs • Controlled and special-use airspace worldwide, floors and ceilings labelled • Live FAA feeds: runway visual range, wind shear, airspace activation, traffic flow • Military training routes, obstacles, MVA/MIA sectors • Navaids, fixes, VFR reporting points, and low/high airways PROCEDURES • Approaches, departures and arrivals plotted on the map • Filter approaches by ILS, LOC or GPS, grouped by runway • Load an approach with its transition or vectors and fly it in the route FLIGHT PLANNING • Type a route with airway expansion, or pull preferred and coded ones • Trip planner: aircraft profile, altitude, power setting, fuel on board • Nav log with leg headings, distances, times and fuel • Winds-aloft-corrected times, with climb, cruise and descent performance • Fuel plan with taxi, enroute, reserve and block • Full briefing, and a printable flight package or PDF IN FLIGHT • Synthetic-vision PFD with terrain ahead, an HSI, and full-screen instruments • Terrain shaded against your selected altitude • Glide ring from your current height • ADS-B traffic from portable GDL 90 receivers over Wi-Fi • Sim Connect: MSFS and X-Plane over your home network • Own-ship that degrades honestly when the GPS fix does • Live groundspeed, GPS altitude, track, vertical speed and Zulu time • Two-finger measure for distance and bearing DOWNLOAD AND CURRENCY • Download FAA charts, plates and data by region and by product • 28-day data and 56-day chart cycles, with a cycle picker • Fully usable with no connection once downloaded IMPORTANT This app is an advisory aid for situational awareness only. It is not certified for navigation and must not be used as a primary means of navigation, or for terrain or traffic avoidance. Traffic from a portable receiver will not include all aircraft. Always carry current official charts and comply with your operating rules. Data comes from the FAA, NOAA/NWS, openAIP, NASA and OpenStreetMap; verify currency before every flight.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flight Kneeboard EFB at 5.0 against ROTAIR FlightLog's 1.0. Flight Kneeboard EFB also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). ROTAIR FlightLog's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight Kneeboard EFB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Kneeboard EFB has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ROTAIR FlightLog ships an update every 6 weeks, Flight Kneeboard EFB every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ROTAIR FlightLog | Flight Kneeboard EFB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROTAIR Software | YINGZHI TANG |
Customer experience
ROTAIR FlightLog
Flight Kneeboard EFB
In-app purchases
ROTAIR FlightLog
No in-app purchases
Flight Kneeboard EFB
No in-app purchases
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