Flight Crew Notes vs Gate Assist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flight Crew Notes
This app helps aviation professionals, frequent flyers, and enthusiasts document their journeys. Capture and relive flight details with this essential in-flight documentation tool. It's designed for seamless note-taking and sharing.
- In-flight documentation
- Journey capture
- Note-taking
- Sharing capabilities
- Aviation professional focus
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Flight Crew Notes is the essential tool for flight crews to elevate their in-flight documentation experience. Tailored for aviation professionals, this app is also perfect for frequent flyers and aviation enthusiasts. Your go-to companion for capturing and reliving the details of your journeys through the skies.
Gate Assist
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Gate Assist is the ultimate tool for Gate managers to keep track of important times, and events during the gate process. Built by Airport employees for airport employees, Gate Assist provides the simplest way to keep track on a busy and chaotic day. With the history tab, all flights previously started or completed are easily accessible, incase questions may arise later on.
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Verdict
Flight Crew Notes and Gate Assist are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 Crew Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, Gate Assist every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flight Crew Notes | Gate Assist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matt Lindasson | AEGIR FJELD NORDOE |
In-app purchases
Flight Crew Notes
No in-app purchases
Gate Assist
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Flight Crew Notes or Gate Assist have ads?
Which is updated more often, Flight Crew Notes or Gate Assist?
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