Sky Briefing vs Logbook C.A
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sky Briefing
This app provides private and student pilots with essential preflight information. Access up-to-date weather observations, forecasts, NOTAMs, and runway data for thousands of airports globally. Visualize weather conditions graphically and view webcam images.
- Airport weather observations and forecasts
- Graphical weather representation
- NOTAMs
- Runway and crosswind data
- Webcam images
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Sky Briefing is the perfect companion app for private and student pilots to check weather and other preflight information (NOTAMs, runway data, forecasts). Features: - Up-to-date weather observations and forecasts for over 40,000 airports worldwide - Graphical representation of weather conditions - Airport NOTAMs - Runway and crosswind information - Webcam images of nearby locations
Logbook C.A
This app offers pilots a digital logbook to record flight details, monitor duty periods, and generate custom reports. It features secure digital signing, cloud backup, and a unique SCAN to LOG function for easy data import. Designed for simplicity and comfort, it includes a dark mode for night use.
- Digital flight logbook
- Flight duty period monitoring
- Custom report generation
- Secure digital signing
- Cloud backup and sync
- SCAN to LOG feature
- Dark mode
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Logbook CrewAssistant is a simple convenient logbook for all pilots. Whether you are an airline pilot or a student pilot, an instructor or a First officer, this application provides you all the tools you need to keep a digital logbook, sign your logbook entries and generate custom reports. You can also log and monitor you Flight Duty periods using our logbook. Our custom reports and logbook summary features will make your license renewal process a walk in the park. With our simple layout Logbook CrewAssistant is very simple to use and comprehend at any time. Our great features allow you to securely and digitally sign and store your flight records. Our Cloud service allows you to upload your records with our reliable server and download it to any of your other devices. We also have a dark mode with several themes that make it easy and comfortable to use the app when flying at night. With our new Machine learning optical recognition module (SCAN to LOG feature), You can now take photos from your aircraft ACARS system, and import them as flight records on our logbook. This application compliments the CrewAssistant Pro application to allow Pilots in organizations that use this tool to export and store their flight records in our digital logbook
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Logbook C.A at 5.0 against Sky Briefing's 3.9. Logbook C.A also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). Sky Briefing's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Logbook C.A sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Sky Briefing asks for nothing beyond the download.
Logbook C.A holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sky Briefing has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sky Briefing ships an update every 7 months, Logbook C.A every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sky Briefing | Logbook C.A |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Philippe Leybaert | Charles Oruko |
Customer experience
Sky Briefing
Logbook C.A
In-app purchases
Sky Briefing
No in-app purchases
Logbook C.A
- Logbook CrewAssistant Premium$19.991 Year
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