Extended Rest Operations vs Flight Bag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extended Rest Operations
Easily calculate inflight rest periods for long-haul flights. Features multiple rest distribution options and flight data input methods. Includes a round-up feature for clear schedules and optional alarms for crew changes.
- Calculate inflight rest periods
- Over 10 rest distributions
- Multiple flight data input methods
- Round-up feature for schedules
- Wake-up alarms for crew changes
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Flying long-haul? Work out the inflight rest periods for the whole crew in a few taps. FOR PILOTS AND CABIN CREW • 3 pilots, 4 pilots or cabin crew with one, two or three services • Pick the rest distribution your crew prefers, drawn to scale so you see it before you choose • Works for every rank: Captain, Cruise Captain, First Officer, Cruise Relief Pilot FAST TO FILL IN • Three ways to enter your flight: choose the one that matches the times you have at hand • Round up to get clean, easy to read times • Adjust the result and add a changeover time DURING THE FLIGHT • Your schedule as a timeline, with the period in progress marked • Wake up calls before each crew change, so nobody oversleeps • Share the schedule with the rest of the crew by Bluetooth AT A GLANCE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: the rest in progress and a live countdown to the next crew change • Apple Watch: Smart Stack widget and watch face complications • Moves to the next rest by itself, offline, all flight MADE FOR THE FLIGHT DECK • Dark design, easy on the eyes at night • Works offline, in airplane mode • No account, no ads, no data collected • iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch Built with the input of dozens of pilots and cabin crew.
Flight Bag
This app offers a suite of essential tools for pilots to perform quick and practical calculations. It includes calculators for crew rest, night time, and log time, along with helpful reference guides and conversion tables. Designed for ease of use, it aims to assist pilots with common aviation-related tasks.
- Crew Rest Calculator
- Night Time Calculator
- Cold Temperature Altitude Correction
- Log Time Calculator
- NOTAM Abbreviations
- Approach Path Calculator
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Flight Bag is a complimentary, ad-free, simple and user-friendly application including following tools which are intended to help pilots make practical calculations when needed. Crew Rest Calculator Night Time Calculator Cold Temperature Altitude Correction Drill Codes Emergency Response Guidance Log Time Calculator Abbreviations Stick Time Calculator Metric-Feet Conversion Table (PRC) Approach Path Calculator For any comments, please feel free to contact us via flightbagapp@gmail.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flight Bag at Free against Extended Rest Operations's $2.99. Flight Bag also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Extended Rest Operations's advantage is ratings volume (67 vs 2) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
Flight Bag is free to download; Extended Rest Operations costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flight Bag holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Extended Rest Operations has 67 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Extended Rest Operations's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flight Bag's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extended Rest Operations | Flight Bag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #105 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Santiago Borja Lopez | Ugur Sola |
Customer experience
Extended Rest Operations
Flight Bag
In-app purchases
Extended Rest Operations
No in-app purchases
Flight Bag
No in-app purchases
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