Comparison

CrewLink Manager vs MySimpleLog

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

Head to head
About

CrewLink Manager

Manage and download your flight rosters from NetLine/CrewLink. Generate reports for earnings and flight time, and easily check and accept notifications. Supports multiple airlines with experimental features for others.

Highlights
  • Download and store flight rosters
  • Offline roster viewing
  • Generate earnings and flight time reports
  • Check and accept notifications
  • Crew checking functionality
  • Email and AirPrint support
Features
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!!!PLEASE VERIFY THAT CREWLINK MANAGER WORKS FOR YOUR AIRLINER, SEE LIST BELOW!!! This app eases the management/ download and storage of your planned and actual rosters published by NetLine/CrewLink, with reports creation for your earnings and flight time data; expedites notifications checking and acceptance (one touch checking); allows to check your crew from within the app. Currently, the app supports the following airliners: -GOL Linhas Aéreas (storage, crew, notifications, earnings and flight time reports) And the following in experimental version - Storage, crew and notifications: -Alitalia -Bulgaria Air -Garuda Indonesia -Portugalia -TACA -Transaero -Tunisair -Lufthansa and its subsidiaries -OTHER (just enter the crew link address of your airliner) General Features (all airliners): -Simple configuration: select your airliner, your function, and your CrewLink login and password. -Download and storage of your planned and actual rosters, separated by month. -View your rosters offline. -CrewLink username and password storage by the app. -View and accept notifications. -Check your crew from within the app. -Open your roster using the app (directly from your email, or even another app). -"Open In…" function, allows you to open your roster in a 3rd party app. -Email support, send your rosters directly from the app. -AirPrint Support, print your roster/report directly from the app. -Notifications Auto Check with Audio feedback - will auto check your notifications every 5 minutes, and sound the appropriate feedback sound for “No new notification”, “New notification” or “Error”. Note: The responsibility of receiving the notifications cannot be delegated to the app, so you should provide the usual means your airliner to contact you and not rely on the app. The app will not keep history of when this feature was enabled. Specific Airlines Features: -GOL Linhas Aéreas -Main screen summary, with planned/actual roster earnings comparison, showing the higher one (2013+), summary of flight time including night time, holidays and sundays, earning and per diems for that month, organized by payment days. -Monthly report for total flight time, night time, holiday and sunday time, total paid time and total unpaid holiday and sunday time. -Monthly report of per diems, organized by day (e.g 3/CAJ, 4/JE) -Monthly report of detailed flight time: day time, night time, CAT1 time (day and night), Reserve time(day and night), StandBy time, Holidays and Sundays Time (day and night), and Holidays and Sundays unpaid time. -Monthly preview of paycheck - with basic salary, organic premium, risk premium, day and night flight time, day and night holidays/sundays time, Social Security taxes, Income Taxes and paycheck discounts - such as union contribution, health insurance and alimony. -Manual configuration of paycheck discounts as fixed values, percentages of gross and net income (with and without income tax discount), or number of kids affecting income tax. IAP's may apply for individual company features updates. If your airliner still don't have and specific earnings/per diems/flight time report (or any other kind of information that is relevant for your airliner), please contact me on patrickgoettert@hotmail.com. With your help, I'll be able to add automatic reports for your airliner and make the app even more useful. If your duty roster is also published by NetLine/CrewLink, please contact me on patrickgoettert@hotmail.com so that I can add support for your airliner. I am always looking for beta testers at unsupported airliners at wich NetLine/CrewLink is being used!

About

MySimpleLog

Features
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SimpleLog – Pilot Logbook SimpleLog is a fast, modern Pilot Logbook for airline pilots, commercial pilots, and private pilots. Track flight time, duty time, IFR, night, PIC, SIC, and aviation experience with a streamlined digital logbook designed for real-world operations. Built by an airline pilot, SimpleLog helps you log flights faster while keeping full control of your data. FAST FLIGHT LOGGING Log flights in seconds: • Date • Departure airport & time • Arrival airport & time • Tap Calculate • Save Optimized for fast, accurate flight logging with minimal typing. AUTOMATIC FLIGHT TIME CALCULATIONS Automatically calculate: • Flight time • Duty time • Block time • Night time • IFR time • PIC time • SIC time • Cross-country time • Multi-engine time • Aircraft totals • Currency totals IMPORT EXISTING PILOT LOGBOOKS Transfer your pilot hours and flight history without manual re-entry. Import flight records from: • SWAPA CSV reports • Qatar Airways XLSX reports • LogTen Pro TXT export • SimpleLog Legacy CSV export • Wader CSV export • ForeFlight CSV export • Additional airline and aviation logbook formats coming soon PROFESSIONAL REPORTS Generate: • Printable EASA-compliant logbook reports • Printable Jeppesen-style layouts • Flight hour summaries ANALYSIS & AVIATION INSIGHTS Track: • Total flight hours • PIC/SIC totals • IFR and night currency • Aircraft type experience • Airport history • Operational statistics • Duty summaries INTERACTIVE AVIATION MAP Visualize: • Visited airports • Flight routes • Aviation history • Route network activity LOCAL-FIRST & PRIVATE • No account required • No subscriptions required • No cloud dependency • No tracking • No analytics • No advertising Your pilot logbook data stays on your device. FULL DATA OWNERSHIP • Offline-first architecture • Local database storage • Device-to-device local network transfer • Flexible backup & export options BUILT FOR PILOTS • Airline pilots • Commercial pilots • Corporate pilots • Flight instructors • Student pilots • Private pilots OPEN SOURCE PILOT LOGBOOK SimpleLog is open source, providing transparency and full control over your aviation records. SimpleLog helps pilots log flight time faster, reduce workload, and maintain accurate professional aviation records.

Screenshots

CrewLink Manager4 screens
MySimpleLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MySimpleLog at Free against CrewLink Manager's $13.99. MySimpleLog also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On 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

MySimpleLog is free to download; CrewLink Manager costs $13.99 up front. CrewLink Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MySimpleLog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrewLink Manager ships an update every 2 months, MySimpleLog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CrewLink Manager versus MySimpleLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewLink ManagerMySimpleLog
Price$13.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.2 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick GoettertRicardo Brito Riet Correa

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrewLink Manager

One-time1
  • Gol Paycheck$0.99
None

MySimpleLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrewLink Manager free?
CrewLink Manager costs $13.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is MySimpleLog free?
MySimpleLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CrewLink Manager or MySimpleLog have ads?
Neither CrewLink Manager nor MySimpleLog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrewLink Manager or MySimpleLog?
CrewLink Manager ships an update every 2 months, and MySimpleLog every 2 weeks. Most recently, CrewLink Manager was updated on November 10, 2026 and MySimpleLog on November 9, 2026.

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