Comparison

Seat Alerts vs My Flight Log

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

Head to head
About

Seat Alerts

Find better airplane seats for your flights. This app helps you locate preferred seats like window or aisle by monitoring seat maps. Get notified when your desired seat becomes available, improving your travel experience.

Highlights
  • Monitor flight seat maps
  • Set custom seat alerts (window, aisle)
  • Receive notifications for available seats
  • View SeatGuru seat ratings
  • Supports over 150 airlines
  • Cross-device alert management
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You've booked a trip to your favorite getaway but the plane is full and you're stuck in the middle seat, sound familiar? Let Seat Alerts® by ExpertFlyer help find you a better seat in 3 easy steps: 1. Look up the Seat Map of your flight. 2. Set up a Seat Alert to find window seats, aisle seats and more. 3. Get notified if your preferred seat is found. Seat Alerts will monitor the available seats right up until the flight departs. If it becomes available you can change your seat when your Seat Alert notification arrives, just contact the airline or the travel agency that booked your ticket. Seat Alerts finds a window or aisle seat better than 75% of the time. • With a Free account, you can set up one Free Seat Alert at a time using the Any Seat, Any Window or Any Aisle options. Other advanced alert options require a fee. • Seat maps include SeatGuru® seat ratings so you know which seat is the right seat for you. Just click on a seat to see its rating and review • If you need multiple Seat Alerts at the same time, additional alerts and alert options are available for purchase • Supports over 150 airlines that have preassigned seating Notes about app functionality: • Account registration is required to use the Seat Alert app, this is so we can notify you of found seats and keep track of your alerts across devices. • Miles Award or Upgrade searching and alerting is not the same as Seat Map searching and alerting. This app is Seat Map Alerts only. For Miles Awards & Upgrades, please use our website. • Also works with ExpertFlyer.com Basic and Premium subscriptions to manage your Seat Alerts. • Seat Alerts checks the seat maps several times a day. If you find and take an open seat before the next check of the alert, you won't be notified. • To prevent abuse, a limited about of seat maps can be viewed each day, resetting every 24 hrs. Only a single seat map search is needed to create a Seat Alert.

About

My Flight Log

Log the details of every flight you take, from airline and aircraft type to departure and arrival airports. This app is designed for travelers to record unique aspects of their journeys, not for professional pilots. All flight information is entered manually.

Highlights
  • Log flight details
  • Track airline and aircraft type
  • Record departure and arrival airports
  • Create flight log records
  • Manual data entry
Features
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My Flight Log is a comprehensive flight-tracking app for those who want to track all the details related to flights they have taken. This app was designed so the everyday traveler could log unique aspects of their flights. This app was not designed for pilots to use for logging their flight activities. My Flight Log captures information related to the airline you are flying, the type of plane you are flying, the unique aircraft you are flying, and your departure and arrival airport. It uses the information gathered to create flight log records for each flight you are on and track time events related to each flight. The app currently does not have any integrations with online data sources, so all data must be manually entered directly into the app. Enjoy!

Screenshots

Seat Alerts4 screens
My Flight Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Seat Alerts at 3.1 against My Flight Log's 1.7. Seat Alerts also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 0%) and ratings volume (140 vs 3). My Flight Log's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Seat Alerts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Flight Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Seat Alerts holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seat Alerts has 140 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Seat Alerts's written reviews are positive against 0% of My Flight Log's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seat Alerts ships an update every 3 months, My Flight Log every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Seat Alerts versus My Flight Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeat AlertsMy Flight Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (140 ratings) — better1.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings140 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Imagitas, Inc.Grant Kohler

Customer experience

Seat Alerts

All ratings137 ratings
Positive50.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative40.9%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative52.8%

My Flight Log

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Seat Alerts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect seat information
  • Endless login loop
  • Inability to create new accounts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Push notifications for seat alerts
  • Support for more airlines
  • Improved user interface
  • Award seat availability search

My Flight Log

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Seat Alerts

One-time1
  • Seat Alert$0.99
None

My Flight Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Seat Alerts free?
Seat Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Flight Log free?
My Flight Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Seat Alerts or My Flight Log?
Seat Alerts is rated higher. Seat Alerts averages 3.1 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while My Flight Log averages 1.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Seat Alerts or My Flight Log have ads?
Neither Seat Alerts nor My Flight Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seat Alerts or My Flight Log?
Seat Alerts ships an update every 3 months, and My Flight Log every 6 days. Most recently, Seat Alerts was updated on November 1, 2026 and My Flight Log on November 2, 2026.

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